Anyone had a tip off?

Armholeeio

Armholeeio
Dominic Corner said:
Hi there,

This is not what spawns Tip Off messages... I've not previously given away the secrets so I'm tempted to let it stay a mystery for now...

As for the timer, I don't remember Dav speaking about a the non-station missions, but I did in my Q&A just before christmas.

Staying in a game area, undocked, in a populated system, for 15 minutes will trigger a call for a mission. You won't necessarily get one, nor will you necessarily know you've got one. The request will go out, though.

Most of these missions are hidden to start with and just subtly manipulate the game world around you by spawning ships or USS events. Once you've performed an pertinent action, you get an inbox message with further details.

Hope this helps,
Dom
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no vague hints Dom spoon feed us the info , we have lives, and wives and screaming kids , we need action and we need it now before the breakdown kicks in and we rock slowly back and forth on the floor next to our broken youth and dreams of care free couples holidays
 
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DustyArne

DustyArne
Dominic Corner said:
Hi there,

I go wherever New Posts takes me.

It's not a perfect system but most of the forums it excludes are dark, shadowy places run by Scar and the hye... I mean bug forums and such which are covered by QA...

Hakuna matata,
Dom
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haha..

Well, thank you anyway..

Its still a mystery though, but i totally love the inbox missions.. Specially the tip offs..
 

Dominic Corner

Mostly Harmless Programmer
Frontier
Armholeeio said:
no vague hints Dom spoon feed us the info , we have lives, and wives and screaming kids , we need action and we need it now before the breakdown kicks in and we rock slowly back and forth on the floor next to our broken youth and dreams of care free couples holidays
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Hi there,

The mystery of tip off messages is seriously more interesting than the reality. I don't want to spoil it for you.

Thanks,
Dom
 

Aerodeon

Aerodeon
I've followed two scanning tip-offs, neither of which had anything to scan at the location (and yes I tried swapping latitudes and longitudes), so I delete them as soon as I get them now. I'm not wasting time on them any more.
 

rootsrat

Volunteer Moderator
rootsrat
Aerodeon said:
I've followed two scanning tip-offs, neither of which had anything to scan at the location (and yes I tried swapping latitudes and longitudes), so I delete them as soon as I get them now. I'm not wasting time on them any more.
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Shame, because the last one I received led me to a crashed Anaconda, and my friends found a really cool looking ship graveyard on some planet a few weeks ago :)
 

Aerodeon

Aerodeon
Looking at the message, which is exactly the same as one I received and deleted the other night, makes me wonder if the points of interest disappear as soon as the first person visits them. I can't think of another reason for there being nothing at the end of them all the time.
 

rootsrat

Volunteer Moderator
rootsrat
Aerodeon said:
Looking at the message, which is exactly the same as one I received and deleted the other night, makes me wonder if the points of interest disappear as soon as the first person visits them. I can't think of another reason for there being nothing at the end of them all the time.
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Ah, that may be true actually... If that's the case, it's a bit lame :(

The POI should stay and you just should not be able to scan the site for data, but still enjoy the find.
 

Dominic Corner

Mostly Harmless Programmer
Frontier
Aerodeon said:
Looking at the message, which is exactly the same as one I received and deleted the other night, makes me wonder if the points of interest disappear as soon as the first person visits them. I can't think of another reason for there being nothing at the end of them all the time.
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Hi there,

There should always be something at the tip-off locations (if visited while they're active).

If you've found one which appears empty it would be appreciated if you could report this as a bug so the team can investigate.

Also they don't disappear when somebody visits them. I *believe* (though it's been a while since I had to touch anything to do with them as they're largely the web and content team's domain) that there is a rotating pool of locations and they stick around for two weeks and we give out tip-offs for them within the first week before activating the next set. So they're not permanent, but they're also not particularly short-lived.

Thanks,
Dom
 

rootsrat

Volunteer Moderator
rootsrat
Dominic Corner said:
Hi there,

There should always be something at the tip-off locations (if visited while they're active).

If you've found one which appears empty it would be appreciated if you could report this as a bug so the team can investigate.

Also they don't disappear when somebody visits them. I *believe* (though it's been a while since I had to touch anything to do with them as they're largely the web and content team's domain) that there is a rotating pool of locations and they stick around for two weeks and we give out tip-offs for them within the first week before activating the next set. So they're not permanent, but they're also not particularly short-lived.

Thanks,
Dom
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That's some great info there, thanks Dom!
 

Mr Cynical

Mr Cynical
Reina Kaede said:
Here's one I got the other day for ya'll. Too far out of my way for me.

http://i.imgur.com/vCij2RX.jpg
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That's the same one I got and posted before. I wonder if you got it at the same time I did too... Hmmm the plot thickens...

Maybe a dastardly scheme to get cmdrs to compete and meet up at the site... they're either playing cupid, or Dr Evil, or both!

Or none of the above. Anything you'd care to admit to though Dom? ;)
 

Dominic Corner

Mostly Harmless Programmer
Frontier
Mr Cynical said:
That's the same one I got and posted before. I wonder if you got it at the same time I did too... Hmmm the plot thickens...

Maybe a dastardly scheme to get cmdrs to compete and meet up at the site... they're either playing cupid, or Dr Evil, or both!

Or none of the above. Anything you'd care to admit to though Dom? ;)
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Hi there,

[video=youtube;6JizOVAOeLE]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JizOVAOeLE[/video]


[Edit] To be clear, no, it's not meant to be a competitive feature... I think there is some geographical check when deciding which of the active sites to present to you, but we're not trying to make you fight each other, we just trying to find an active site near you instead of one on the other side of the world...

Thanks,
Dom
 
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tententacles

tententacles
Dominic Corner said:
There should always be something at the tip-off locations (if visited while they're active)
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They're usually wrecks with data points, in the one's I've visited, but the one in Nguna seems weird. It takes you to an installation. Can you confirm that that is what's intended, Dom?
 

Dominic Corner

Mostly Harmless Programmer
Frontier
tententacles said:
They're usually wrecks with data points, in the one's I've visited, but the one in Nguna seems weird. It takes you to an installation. Can you confirm that that is what's intended, Dom?
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Hi there,

I think Steve is in charge of those, so he may be able to shed more light than me. I'll try to remember to ask him tomorrow.

Thanks,
Dom
 

Dominic Corner

Mostly Harmless Programmer
Frontier
Hi all,

Can anyone furnish me with a screenshot of the nguna tip off message so we can investigate further?

We're pretty sure that there isn't meant to be a location in Nguna so we may be experiencing thargoid interference...

Thanks,
Dom (Safely inside a tinfoil dome...)
 

Henry

Henry
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it leads to a settlement with a trespassing fence.
 
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