Bait and switch delivery contracts need to stop

[RollenZ]

I am tired of having my delivery contracts being updated to a different system. 9 times out of 10 it is to a system I do not normally visit and the bonus to deliver to the new destination is not even close to being worth it. I just jettison the cargo and ditch the mission, pay the fine and curse the insipid Dev(s) who think that bait and switch adds to the enjoyment to the game play, but what I really want is to force the original destination to accept the shipment at the agreed upon price in the contract. Since they can fine me for not delivering there needs to be reciprocity (they must honor the original delivery contract).

Dear Devs,

Please stop confusing inconvenience with challenge.

 

[Faded Glory]

I am tired of having my delivery contracts being updated to a different system. 9 times out of 10 it is to a system I do not normally visit and the bonus to deliver to the new destination is not even close to being worth it. I just jettison the cargo and ditch the mission, pay the fine and curse the insipid Dev(s) who think that bait and switch adds to the enjoyment to the game play, but what I really want is to force the original destination to accept the shipment at the agreed upon price in the contract. Since they can fine me for not delivering there needs to be reciprocity (they must honor the original delivery contract).

Dear Devs,

Please stop confusing inconvenience with challenge.

Although I haven't had a change destination update in the current beta so I cannot confirm this, they are supposed in 2.3 to be optional, so you can decline the request.

From the original beta patch notes:

Missions

Delivery, Collect, Passenger Bulk, Piracy, Rescue, Salvage and Smuggle mission change destination wrinkles are now optional

 

[RollenZ]

Not optional

Although I haven't had a change destination update in the current beta so I cannot confirm this, they are supposed in 2.3 to be optional, so you can decline the request.

From the original beta patch notes:

Most of the time I get the location change is when I am in the process of landing at the original delivery location. This of course makes it even more annoying. When I go to the mission panel there is not an option to deliver at the original location.

 

[CMDR Cosmic Spacehead]

Most of the time I get the location change is when I am in the process of landing at the original delivery location. This of course makes it even more annoying. When I go to the mission panel there is not an option to deliver at the original location.

Hold your horses. They're gonna be optional soon™.

That said, if you ignore the message(don't open it, don't even open the panel), i believe you can hand in the mission as normal. At least sometimes anyway.

 

[Faded Glory]

Most of the time I get the location change is when I am in the process of landing at the original delivery location. This of course makes it even more annoying. When I go to the mission panel there is not an option to deliver at the original location.

Are you playing in the beta? They are supposed to become optional with the release of 2.3, so presumably they are so in the beta. As I said, I have not had a change delivery location in beta, so cannot verify this, but should it persist into 2.3, I'm sure bug reports will be filed.

Hold your horses. They're gonna be optional soon™.

That said, if you ignore the message(don't open it, don't even open the panel), i believe you can hand in the mission as normal. At least sometimes anyway.

Yes, I believe this works. Back in the live game I got a mission critical update as I was landing. I didn't open the update message and handed the mission in just fine at the original location.