mining wing quests FTW!!

[howmanymexicans]

okay lemme start by saying that every time Ed or Will ask "what is your favorite thing about beyond" whilst conducting a live stream, i furiously type "Wing Missions!!" as my reply, with far too much attached punctuation.

and the fact that you can share these wing missions with multicrew... well done FDev, I tip my hat to you
/tips hat

I must admit though that I have been really a-wanting for some wing missions to go mining.
I mean, I've noticed all the scaling up done to mining (yey, i like mining) with both the hand in prices AND the quest rewards.. good job there

but mining is something that you can already legitimately do in a multicrew ship, it's actually pretty fun and you make money for your crew both killing bandits and handing in cargo.

So here is my vote for incorporating mining quests into wing missions, I understand that many more mining advances are coming around the bend and I am very much looking forward to that, but here is something that I am sure can be done fairly easily right now and would expand the scope of the game a little bit while we wait for the real hidden treasures later down the line.

anyway, just a stray thought before I go to bed. whadda you think community

comments please.

 

[Xevyr]

okay lemme start by saying that every time Ed or Will ask "what is your favorite thing about beyond" whilst conducting a live stream, i furiously type "Wing Missions!!" as my reply, with far too much attached punctuation.

and the fact that you can share these wing missions with multicrew... well done FDev, I tip my hat to you
/tips hat

I must admit though that I have been really a-wanting for some wing missions to go mining.
I mean, I've noticed all the scaling up done to mining (yey, i like mining) with both the hand in prices AND the quest rewards.. good job there

but mining is something that you can already legitimately do in a multicrew ship, it's actually pretty fun and you make money for your crew both killing bandits and handing in cargo.

So here is my vote for incorporating mining quests into wing missions, I understand that many more mining advances are coming around the bend and I am very much looking forward to that, but here is something that I am sure can be done fairly easily right now and would expand the scope of the game a little bit while we wait for the real hidden treasures later down the line.

anyway, just a stray thought before I go to bed. whadda you think community

comments please.

+1 I support improvements to mining!
Maybe I can finally get my friend who hates mining to tag along ) Make sure the payout is decent and it doesn't require mining 5k tonnes like the wing transport missions (those are a bit silly for the pay)

 

[Ronzer]

I was thinking exactly this, but wasn't sure if maybe I just haven't seen mining wing missions listed yet.
It definitely should be a thing...the amount needed to complete said mission doesn't have to be any greater than current mining missions...this would just make it quicker to achieve (which to me seems fairly long anyways)...maybe all mining missions should be potential wing missions.

 

[howmanymexicans]

yes I agree the mining quests can take a while to complete... Osmium and Bromelite are not too bad to farm, but the monosodium methanol crystal things can take a really long time.
however the quests rewards have now got an awful lot better so there is certainly more incentive now.

I would tend to agree that there is little need to increase the hand in amount if turning a regular mining quest into a wing mission, the rewards are already good enough. It will (as you say) just speed things up, and players sure do like to spend their time efficiently.

and I also agree that the payouts for "boom time delivery of 5470something tons of whatever" could be a little bit bigger.. I have seen source quests paying out massive amounts for relatively little work, but the delivery quests seem to be a little bit lacking considering the vast amounts involved.
but I am sure this will all be balanced in time. my faith in the Devs is unshakable.