Just tried Skimmer missions for the first time.

[Luniticisi]

I cannot for the life of me understand people moaning that you can no longer stack these super simple missions in blocks of up to 20 and getting a single payout! .. These are super easy. I mean each to their own, but really? ... you think that making millions an hour doing such easy and simple missions needs to be able to be stacked?

I don't know, FD should just put a "Add 3 million credits" button to the game.

I liked the mission, but if I knew I could stack it up to 20X, I don't think I could bring myself to do it. Too easy!

BTW this is just my opinion and I am not telling anyone how to play their game! .. It seems to be a trend here that anyone voicing an opinion is "telling someone how to play the game" .. it's not.

 

[Allin]

You see - you have a problem with that and I have a problem why the mission asks you to kill 12 skimmers when a base spawns 3 and POI skimmers do not count - making logging an actual game mechanic required to finish them.

Different people, different problems.

 

[Pauciloquent]

You see - you have a problem with that and I have a problem why the mission asks you to kill 12 skimmers when a base spawns 3 and POI skimmers do not count - making logging an actual game mechanic required to finish them.

Different people, different problems.

What? POI skimmers don't count? I've destroyed 1280 skimmers for skimmer missions almost exclusively POI skimmers...

 

[WAR Minuteman]

Skimmers

Where are you guys finding the skimmers at? I went to a base and there were no skimmers to be found. Also on the other time that I went to a base and there was skimmers I was quickly killed in my srv by defense turrets. Is there a trick I'm missing? Should I do it with my fighter instead of srv? I never could get a lock with my conda.

 

[Pauciloquent]

Where are you guys finding the skimmers at? I went to a base and there were no skimmers to be found. Also on the other time that I went to a base and there was skimmers I was quickly killed in my srv by defense turrets. Is there a trick I'm missing? Should I do it with my fighter instead of srv? I never could get a lock with my conda.

I use the SRV and it's scanner...

When I do skimmer missions I don't attack the base (I do if it's lawless), I find (wanted) skimmers at POI's within 500Km of the base.

 

[Allin]

What? POI skimmers don't count? I've destroyed 1280 skimmers for skimmer missions almost exclusively POI skimmers...

Not for all missions. If the base has differently aligned ones that the ones you're after you're screwed and need to relog spam.

Also I did as well, about half a year ago. Was entirely different when I tried last month. As I said, depends on the base. It does not work 100%.

 

[Red Anders]

2016 called, wants its thread back.

 

[Banana's_Are_Good_For_You]

Okay, find the base with the "+" type makings. Land about 3-5 km away. Lock the base in your Nav panel and then drive away from the base. The circle on your radar should be hollow and in the centre. The reason for this is so you can see the POI's and not get confused with the base itself. Also, remember the heading you take so you don't return to past POI's where you have killed the skimmers.
Keep driving until you see markings at the top of your scanner. These are the POI's which will have skimmers. The one's at the bottom are usually the mining things.
POI's with markings at the top and bottom are usually big buildings, like you would see if looking at the base itself.

Not all of these POI's will have skimmers but if you keep going in one general direction you will come across enough to complete the mission. A slight deviation is usually required to find them.

With regards to surviving these encounters:
3 pips to shields, 3 to weapons. I'd recommend using the turret nut always check first if the skimmer is wanted or not...or potential bounty.
Other hints would be not to rush into the trespass zone, keep your distance and pick them off.
You can also adjust the circular map (sensors) so you can see a greater distance around you. This is under Miscellaneous in "Options / Controls" when you press "Escape"...

Should also add that there's a difference in the number of Skimmers depending on what security level the base has. A base with "+" won't have many, a base with "+++" will have quite a few but if you're new, best avoided because they will hurt.

Hope this helps.

 

[Pauciloquent]

Not for all missions. If the base has differently aligned ones that the ones you're after you're screwed and need to relog spam.

Also I did as well, about half a year ago. Was entirely different when I tried last month. As I said, depends on the base. It does not work 100%.

Do you remember the base name(s) you've had problems with? I would like to check it out, I've never had this problem... I've done many skimmer missions the last few weeks but the bases are all well known to me... maybe there's someting to look out for or maybe it's just a bug... never know...

 

[Luniticisi]

You see - you have a problem with that and I have a problem why the mission asks you to kill 12 skimmers when a base spawns 3 and POI skimmers do not count - making logging an actual game mechanic required to finish them.

Different people, different problems.

Nope, I have the same issue with that too, I had no idea about POI skimmers

Where are you guys finding the skimmers at? I went to a base and there were no skimmers to be found. Also on the other time that I went to a base and there was skimmers I was quickly killed in my srv by defense turrets. Is there a trick I'm missing? Should I do it with my fighter instead of srv? I never could get a lock with my conda.

I just did the mission (and subsequent ones) in my Vulture. I just Boost over the base, into and out of the trespass zone and out of range of any base defenses and let the skimmers come to me. you can't get a lock on them [skimmers] until they shoot and hit you but once you do get the lock it only takes a couple of shots to kill them.

 

[UFO Reality]

I cannot for the life of me understand people moaning that you can no longer stack these super simple missions in blocks of up to 20 and getting a single payout! .. These are super easy. I mean each to their own, but really? ... you think that making millions an hour doing such easy and simple missions needs to be able to be stacked?

I don't know, FD should just put a "Add 3 million credits" button to the game.

I liked the mission, but if I knew I could stack it up to 20X, I don't think I could bring myself to do it. Too easy!

BTW this is just my opinion and I am not telling anyone how to play their game! .. It seems to be a trend here that anyone voicing an opinion is "telling someone how to play the game" .. it's not.

I agree. I like the skimmer missions. I saw some vids on people doing stacked 20 missions and thought it was crap and needed to be fixed. I have been working for corporations from a high population and get decent paying skimmer missions that can stack double at most. With the high payment as an allied pilot I can make over 10 million a run just in the next system causing problems for another corporation that now wants to kill me. I set a beam laser to forward fire and destroy skimmers from the ship. Made 150 million in around 5 sessions of gaming which is quite satisfactory for a semi-casual ED pilot like me. The only gripe is having to jump in and out to make the skimmers re-spawn. Bit of an immersion killer. Would prefer to have some sort of skimmer tracker so as I can hunt them down on the surface of the planet by SRV or ship.

 

[JetsonRING]

I was thinking about trying skimmer missions, for the fun of it and some credits, then did a little research and discovered that not only can a CMDR not stack skimmer-kill missions, the individual mission payouts have been reduced by around 90% per skimmer killed. Previously, skimmer missions paid upwards of six million for 8 skimmers. Now I am seeing missions offering two to four million for twelve skimmers! I could handle the reduction in payment if missions were still stackable, I could handle not being able to stack missions if I could make good credit destroying skimmers but, making missions non-stackable, combined with the reduction in pay and the increase in target numbers makes plain-jane delivery missions more lucrative. Triple nerf-hammer. On top of all this, if I kill skimmers my REP goes down with local factions so I have to go somewhere far away where I am not REPped and do not have to care if I can never return. As if all this weren't enough, as another poster noted a CMDR gets a mission to kill twelve skimmers and only 3 or 4 spawn, making board flipping a necessity! Someone explain again why I would want to do skimmer-kill missions when I can earn 30 to 40 million and up per hour delivering data? :S

 

[shadragon]

Previously, skimmer missions paid upwards of six million for 8 skimmers. Now I am seeing missions offering two to four million for twelve skimmers!

How will you ever scrape by with only 2-4 million for one mission? I didn't realize things were that bad for you! Let me know where to send some Palladium until you can get back on your feet.

I was thinking about trying skimmer missions, for the fun of it and some credits,

Fixed it for you.

 

[IndigoWyrd]

Should also add that there's a difference in the number of Skimmers depending on what security level the base has. A base with "+" won't have many, a base with "+++" will have quite a few but if you're new, best avoided because they will hurt.

Hope this helps.

+++ Will also have Guardians, which are angry skimmers on steroids, and Goliath which are Angrier Guardians on much stronger Steroids. If you think skimmers hurt, [expletive] with a Goliath one time.

I did. It was fun. It also cost me several repairs and reloads to bring down.

 

[Faded Glory]

I've done a bunch of kill skimmer missions since they were reintroduced. Personally I find them fun, and generally use the SRV to complete them.

From my experience, I've had no issues with the POI's not spawning skimmers and stingers as mission targets. Every POI that has skimmers present, they are mission targets. They don't spawn the full amount at once, usually between two and five at a time, so expect to have to visit a number of different POI's.

You can still stack these missions, but you have to do it 'logically'. By which I mean, find two missions from different factions that want skimmers of a particular faction destroyed at a specific location, those missions will stack.

 

[UmbraRex]

I just did the mission (and subsequent ones) in my Vulture. I just Boost over the base, into and out of the trespass zone and out of range of any base defenses and let the skimmers come to me. you can't get a lock on them [skimmers] until they shoot and hit you but once you do get the lock it only takes a couple of shots to kill them.

*facedesk

Oh dem skimmers are SO toast...

(+rep)

 

[d8veh]

You can get 12 skimmers by nuking the generator with dumfires. When you approach, there's a few skimmers skulling around. You nuke the generator and that gives at least 8 in total to shoot at. Blast them with dumfires, and after a bout a minute, 4 more skimmers come out of their bases to give at least 12 altogether. Try to pick them off one at a time because if you get three at once, it doesn't always count them all, so you end up short. you get bounties on you, but it's no problem if you keep going to the same base.

You can see it in this video. skip to 15:30 to see it. BTW, you can't make billions anymore, but the method to kill the skimmers is the same:

[video=youtube;UP87zvg-KIs]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UP87zvg-KIs[/video]