are all assasinate missions broken?

[CMDR Cillian Raynor]

Get in the system, update happens. Mission itself tells me to look for signal sources. But theres also a mission icon appearing next to a planet. get there. nothing. search USS. Nothing. Wait for enemy to make show up in supercruise, nothing. All 3 assassinate missions i've taken played out the same.

Where EXACTLY am i supposed to be looking for my target anyway!?


Missions in general are as broken as ever it seems. Only now they are also confusing.

 

[CMDR Cillian Raynor]

I would appreciate if someone could tell me how they are supposed to play out now. cause ive got one left and i'd like to know if i'm doing something wrong. Just where IS my target suppose to show up?

 

[CMDR Ash]

I have worked them like this:

Step one: Jump into system, honk scanner or scan Nav beacon
Step two: Mission updates with a planet location or saying they will be in supercruise
Step three: go to location and either interdict/fly around until a blue mission specific USS turns up
Step four: Kick ass!

Hope this helps

 

[the100thmonkey]

I have worked them like this:

Step one: Jump into system, honk scanner or scan Nav beacon
Step two: Mission updates with a planet location or saying they will be in supercruise
Step three: go to location and either interdict/fly around until a blue mission specific USS turns up
Step four: Kick ass!

Hope this helps

That's exactly how they've worked for me.

Perhaps you need to honk or scan to trigger the spawn, just like you need to get at least a trespass warning on kill-skimmer missions to get them to spawn.

 

[cmdr_Havalok]

Have not done Assassination missions but quite a few retrieve Black Boxes/Trade Data which also require you to goto a specific planet and find a Mission Specific USS. FOr most of these I go to the Nav Beacon or perform a Discovery scan when when entering the system, which you must be doing. Then I circle the noted planet and the Mission USS spawns within 2-10 mins(and will respawn if needed). Once you get the Blue Mission USS detected message check you NAV Panel it should show up there in BLUE as opposed to Orange and you can target it just like a planet or Star Port. If it is not showing up there then things are bugged.

 

[Scallop]

I've found them to all work for me, you seem to have to get right close to the planet though, and despite the "go to planet whatever" message, I still sometimes see the target in system and then have to interdict. The mission uss will be marked blue and be accompanied with a notification when it appears, also keep an eye on the timer, it will be only a little early or quite on time.

 

[Chris Simon]

They work even on their own if you don't want to honk/scan the beacon and then hunting for USS.

No search needed. I'm just sitting by the sun and the target eventually appears in the SC, then I just interdict them and kill.

 

[GilliganTX]

I completed one last night - target didn't show up until the very last few seconds of his "window of opportunity."

I almost gave up too, but didn't and it worked out in the end.

Sitting in SC for 14.5 minutes waiting for someone to show up is pretty daft gameplay though...

 

[Chris Simon]

I completed one last night - target didn't show up until the very last few seconds of his "window of opportunity."

I almost gave up too, but didn't and it worked out in the end.

Sitting in SC for 14.5 minutes waiting for someone to show up is pretty daft gameplay though...

You need to have more than one

 

[GilliganTX]

There was only one to take.