Assassination Missions DULL DULL DULL (or am I missing something)

humbleton · Jan 20, 2015

I've been trading for an age and thought I'd give shooting people a go. Well I've decked out a viper and it's look nice ... but I'm looking for the targets in the systems they're saying ... stopping at nav beckon ... stopping at all the USSs I come across and I've been doing that for a whole hour and not found a single target yet. Is that the deal? Keep Keep Keep searching because if it is there's just no point. It's really dull. About 90% of the USSs have nothing in them ZIP, NADA, ZILCH. How can it be giving off a signal.

Is this the deal or am I missing something ... help appreciated guys and gals.

Mahtamori · Jan 20, 2015

The assassination missions (and missions in general) are objectively poorly designed, yes, but USS should always contain something. It sometimes takes time for the content to spawn and if the servers are having communication problems like they did a few times this weekend you might experience empty USS. File a bug report is my recommendation

Just be aware that assassination missions are two step missions. First you need to find an NPC who know where the target is and then you need to find the target in the system the NPC tell you. Both Anaconda and informer encounter takes a bit longer to spawn than other USS encounters.

Derath · Jan 20, 2015

you go to USS in the listed systems until a guy says ... omg! I barely escaped from The Juice Bigalo... I last saw him in... Kappa fornacis! then you go to kappa and do USS until he actually appears pewpepewpew 150k+60k bounty and some boredom accomplished!

Shads · Jan 20, 2015

Just go to a resource collection site with a decent kill warrant scanner. You wont be short of targets

ciger · Jan 20, 2015

Are you referring to the missions which pay out about 150k for a single target? You get 3 systems to search for your target, need to visit USSs in one of those systems and wait for a vessel that gives you info on where to find your target. So now you only have a single system where you need to search USSs again. Your target will spawn sooner or later.

Shads · Jan 20, 2015

ciger said:
Are you referring to the missions which pay out about 150k for a single target? You get 3 systems to search for your target, need to visit USSs in one of those systems and wait for a vessel that gives you info on where to find your target. So now you only have a single system where you need to search USSs again. Your target will spawn sooner or later.

bare in mind that you will have funeral cortges, wedding processions, cannisters, trading ships, random people just hanging in space, alternative delivery options for every single mission in your log....before you find the guy giving directions. Then you have to do it all again before you find your target.

nielsvaes · Jan 20, 2015

humbleton said:
Is this the deal or am I missing something ... help appreciated guys and gals.

If you just want to shoot stuff and earn 3k-25k a pop, find a system with ringed planet. Go to a resource extraction site on the rings and fly around for a minute or two. You'll find more targets than your guns can handle

salad · Jan 20, 2015

Shads said:
bare in mind that you will have funeral cortges, wedding processions, cannisters, trading ships, random people just hanging in space, alternative delivery options for every single mission in your log....before you find the guy giving directions. Then you have to do it all again before you find your target.

That poor crashed clipper.