I just really liked the skimmer missions.

BrickHamfist

BrickHamfist
I don't want to post all crazy "THAT IS IT" type of nonsense. This game is great, and I feel like it is slowly and surely moving in what I feel to be the 'right' direction.

But I swear the skimmer missions stacking for millions was a blast.

FD, it was the most just stupid fun I have had in this game.

That's it really.

If FD had a boatload more missions with huge payouts like that, and they announced it and provided tutorials and a backstory... I would really prefer this game over others, and would tell other people about this game.

Instead, I just log in. Argue with myself if I want to ship some space trucking around, or take some mission to kill 128 Pirates. Then I log out and post here on the forums wishing that something stupid and fun would happen again out there in the Universe.
 

Red Anders

Red Anders
See also: Robigo smuggling. It's a shame that there seems to be a correlation between the amount of fun a mission type provides and the chances of the payout being borked.
 

Cosmos

C
BrickHamfist said:
I don't want to post all crazy "THAT IS IT" type of nonsense. This game is great, and I feel like it is slowly and surely moving in what I feel to be the 'right' direction.

But I swear the skimmer missions stacking for millions was a blast.

FD, it was the most just stupid fun I have had in this game.

That's it really.

If FD had a boatload more missions with huge payouts like that, and they announced it and provided tutorials and a backstory... I would really prefer this game over others, and would tell other people about this game.

Instead, I just log in. Argue with myself if I want to ship some space trucking around, or take some mission to kill 128 Pirates. Then I log out and post here on the forums wishing that something stupid and fun would happen again out there in the Universe.
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You just really liked the credits.. don't be silly oh its a new forum user.. blah blah
 

Marc_Hicks

Marc_Hicks
Trying to outmaneuver a bunch of skimmers in an SRV is extremely fun, which is why I love Scan missions where skimmers are present.

However, killing off skimmers from the safety of a ship is the exact opposite of fun or exciting.
 

Azamo

Azamo
I am betting if they brought back that mission type today but you only got a fraction of the payout you would not find it as "fun" as you are claiming it is. Most likely you would not even bother doing it. Lets be real here, you like it because it paid stupid big credits.
 

GroundxZERO

GroundxZERO
This game could really use the equivalent of “double xp weekends.” Screw the BGS and let’s focus on having fun for once in this game.

Make CGs once a month and more engaging with meaningful story. (A lot of missed opportunities during The Return)
Have mini “Gold Rushes” once every few months. (To be frank, we’ve been having them just unintentionally apparently. Has any irreparable harm come to the game?)
And I hate to say this but make these “events” open only so your community builds from them. These current style CGs could remain as weekly goals and be available in all modes just like they are now.
 

Hellakitty

Hellakitty
Azamo said:
I am betting if they brought back that mission type today but you only got a fraction of the payout you would not find it as "fun" as you are claiming it is. Most likely you would not even bother doing it. Lets be real here, you like it because it paid stupid big credits.
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I have more than enough credits, both in my current in-game bank account and in liquid assets. I could buy and A-rate another whole fleet of Corvettes and Cutters if I so wished.

I did the skimmer missions because a) they were spewing out G5 engineering materials and that allows me to skip at least some of the mindless, nonsensical grind of engineering and b) they were actually fun to do.

Credits were meaningless.
 

Pyrotiger

Pyrotiger
Azamo said:
I am betting if they brought back that mission type today but you only got a fraction of the payout you would not find it as "fun" as you are claiming it is. Most likely you would not even bother doing it. Lets be real here, you like it because it paid stupid big credits.
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What are you talking about? I did it yesterday for an hour without even taking a mission

:)

It's fun. I find it fun. I'll continue to find it fun. I've only 8.1 Billion Credits.

I used to sit in that starter place in Asellus Prime, buy cobalt etc and sell it back to the market. 390 mil an hour at its best. CRY ME A RIVER! Skimmers is fun after you've done that for a bit.

Keep digging :)
 
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Pyrotiger

Pyrotiger
Go do Skimmers where the Base attacks you instantly with rockets and lasers. That's exciting. I was doing some of that. Yet noone is mentioning that.
 

Marcus Tullius

Marcus Tullius
I’m wondering how we had played the game before skimmer and bulk passengers missions? How I’ve been so unhappy to buy my first anaconda before 2.0? Countless hours in High RES for stupid Anaconda? Yeah, that’s why I am still here and all my friends used Robigo, Aditi generators runs, Nagii skimmers and Sothis excrement shadow deliveries are playing others games. They don’t value their assets in ED and went back to the games where they grinded their equipment for years of grind. Seeing how fast FD’s reaction about exploits in 3.0. is I suspect they have learned the lesson.
 

RooksBailey

RooksBailey
It's an odd thing: I can't recall the last time I did a skimmer mission, but now that FDev removed them from the game until the next patch, I really want to do a skimmer mission! That's human nature for ya. Never appreciate what you have until you lose it. :)
 

Iskariot

Iskariot
BrickHamfist said:
I don't want to post all crazy "THAT IS IT" type of nonsense. This game is great, and I feel like it is slowly and surely moving in what I feel to be the 'right' direction.

But I swear the skimmer missions stacking for millions was a blast.

FD, it was the most just stupid fun I have had in this game.

That's it really.

If FD had a boatload more missions with huge payouts like that, and they announced it and provided tutorials and a backstory... I would really prefer this game over others, and would tell other people about this game.

Instead, I just log in. Argue with myself if I want to ship some space trucking around, or take some mission to kill 128 Pirates. Then I log out and post here on the forums wishing that something stupid and fun would happen again out there in the Universe.
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If skimmer missions are the most fun you've had in ED then I must be missing something.
They are of course a great way to amass credits, but all you do is rinse and repeat the same thing over and over.
When I read your post carefully I think you like them only because they were easy money.
I do admit there is something very satisfying about launching a few missiles and seeing them explode all over the place :).

Some/many players have come to regard 'credits per hour' as the measure of fun in ED.
I think you might have fallen in that trap. I think it is a trap because it is not sustainable in the long run.
 
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avow555

avow555
Marc_Hicks said:
Trying to outmaneuver a bunch of skimmers in an SRV is extremely fun, which is why I love Scan missions where skimmers are present.

However, killing off skimmers from the safety of a ship is the exact opposite of fun or exciting.
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Skimmer skeet shoot is excellent fun from a ship.
 

Pyrotiger

Pyrotiger
Ouberos said:
Those high security bases are tough. What was your method?
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Go in like a whirling dervish! Blast and leggit a toute vitesse before getting blown to bits! Sometimes I escaped, sometimes I didn't...I did it in a flimsy ship, which made it more fun. I could have just tanked it in a bigger one.

Given everything, I think I made about 50 mil an hour. But that was irrelevant, as long as rebuy was covered.
 
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