Just a proposal on the current chained mission system, although I have not seen many (if not any) since the 3.0 update. they felt rather random and irrelevant, and ant say I ever did more than 2 in a row. and some of these were completely opposite to the type of gameplay of the previous (seach and rescue after combat, combat after doing trade Etc)
there is a better way to do this though, have set groups of missions under the one tab called Operations. basically a neater chained mission relevant to a particular field. when players accept an Operation they will be given objectives in order. for example;
Exploration can contain a number of search and rescue missions space and planetary within a certain system/s. the player will need to multiple objectives instead of just the one to complete this Operation.
Trade scenarios can include an initial delivery of Data to certain ports, returning and then transporting cargo to said stations, as well as returning resources for a local Source and return.
Surface may include Assaults on bases in phases, for instance destroy 8 skimmers, then proceed to destroy the generator, then obtain data. some of these can be leagal with a justified cause (like liberate slave workers, undermine criminal organisations etc)
Combat may include several assassinations picking off targets in a chain of command to expose a known terrorist or ringleader to kill.
Operations will pay a bonus at the end scaled to rank (200k for harmless or 20M for Elite) making it profitable to those who are dedicated through the whole process.
the Narrative possibilities are also drastically widened with this, adding a bit of depth to the overall expectance.
thoughts?
CMDR Jaylem
there is a better way to do this though, have set groups of missions under the one tab called Operations. basically a neater chained mission relevant to a particular field. when players accept an Operation they will be given objectives in order. for example;
Exploration can contain a number of search and rescue missions space and planetary within a certain system/s. the player will need to multiple objectives instead of just the one to complete this Operation.
Trade scenarios can include an initial delivery of Data to certain ports, returning and then transporting cargo to said stations, as well as returning resources for a local Source and return.
Surface may include Assaults on bases in phases, for instance destroy 8 skimmers, then proceed to destroy the generator, then obtain data. some of these can be leagal with a justified cause (like liberate slave workers, undermine criminal organisations etc)
Combat may include several assassinations picking off targets in a chain of command to expose a known terrorist or ringleader to kill.
Operations will pay a bonus at the end scaled to rank (200k for harmless or 20M for Elite) making it profitable to those who are dedicated through the whole process.
the Narrative possibilities are also drastically widened with this, adding a bit of depth to the overall expectance.
thoughts?
CMDR Jaylem
