Two nights ago, I was in my smuggling Cobra with 32T space and came across a mission in the "Unavailable" section of the BB worth 2.2 million to smuggle 96 Imperial Slaves to a distant system. I had all of the pre-requisites for the mission (Trade rank, Allied relationship, etc.) save cargo space which was in red.
No problem, as my Python with 196T cargo was in the neighbouring system 8LY away, so I toddled off to get it. By the time I got back, seven minutes later, the mission was gone. I've also had this happen when I went into outfitting to add a cargo bay for a decent paying mission only to find it gone on my return to the Bulletin Board a minute later.
If we could pin a mission to hold it for a short time, that would help. By "pin," I mean tentatively accept it even though we don't meet all of the criteria (available cargo space). As long as that is the only thing we are missing, we should be able to pin that mission. There might be an occasion where we stop off at a station (while on a mission) with cargo holds full to find another mission in that BB. By pinning the second mission, we can take it on the way back once we have an empty hold.
To avoid abuse, on pinning, the mission countdown can begin to count down. This alone might add some excitement and urgency to getting back, especially if your Python is 125 LY away.
Also, there can be a 10%-20% penalty if the mission counts down to 0 after pinning and not being accepted as a mission. This discourages people pinning everything they see. Want to cancel the pin, you have to go back to that station and unpin it on the BB.
Or alternatively, you need to pay 10% of the mission reward to pin it, which will be refunded on successful completion.
Yeah or nay?
No problem, as my Python with 196T cargo was in the neighbouring system 8LY away, so I toddled off to get it. By the time I got back, seven minutes later, the mission was gone. I've also had this happen when I went into outfitting to add a cargo bay for a decent paying mission only to find it gone on my return to the Bulletin Board a minute later.
If we could pin a mission to hold it for a short time, that would help. By "pin," I mean tentatively accept it even though we don't meet all of the criteria (available cargo space). As long as that is the only thing we are missing, we should be able to pin that mission. There might be an occasion where we stop off at a station (while on a mission) with cargo holds full to find another mission in that BB. By pinning the second mission, we can take it on the way back once we have an empty hold.
To avoid abuse, on pinning, the mission countdown can begin to count down. This alone might add some excitement and urgency to getting back, especially if your Python is 125 LY away.
Also, there can be a 10%-20% penalty if the mission counts down to 0 after pinning and not being accepted as a mission. This discourages people pinning everything they see. Want to cancel the pin, you have to go back to that station and unpin it on the BB. Or alternatively, you need to pay 10% of the mission reward to pin it, which will be refunded on successful completion.
Yeah or nay?
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