General Better Signposting for Senarios.

Phoenix_Dfire · Dec 22, 2019

Hi Folks,

One of the things I've been really enjoying is the Defend/Raid the Installation or Defend the Battlecruiser senarios. The problem I have I find it difficult to find the damn things. If one of these senarios are active in a system, Would it be possible that after you fly about in supercruise for a couple of minutes or so, we get a one of those tip-off Comm messages which tells us of a possible raid at the installation name or that intelligence reveals a possible attack on a certain Capital Ship.

I just feel that a lot of people are missing out on this kind of gameplay beacuse they don't know it's active in the system they're in.

What does everyone else think?

Drelthar · Dec 22, 2019

I feel like they are fine as they are. They just happen to you, rather than you go to them.

I like that, because it means they don't become a "Has Res" which people constantly grind over and over again and then complain about the game being samey and having "nothing to do" after they did the same thing for hours.

-VR- Max Factor · Dec 22, 2019

Phoenix_Dfire said:
Hi Folks,

One of the things I've been really enjoying is the Defend/Raid the Installation or Defend the Battlecruiser senarios. The problem I have I find it difficult to find the damn things. If one of these senarios are active in a system, Would it be possible that after you fly about in supercruise for a couple of minutes or so, we get a one of those tip-off Comm messages which tells us of a possible raid at the installation name or that intelligence reveals a possible attack on a certain Capital Ship.

I just feel that a lot of people are missing out on this kind of gameplay beacuse they don't know it's active in the system they're in.

What does everyone else think?

The best kind of signposting would surely be missions. But I have never seen a mission on the mission board offering these scenarios.

fu9ar · Dec 22, 2019

I do them regularly, but I never needed to have my hand held and told I was a good boy.

-VR- Max Factor · Dec 22, 2019

fu9ar said:
I do them regularly, but I never needed to have my hand held and told I was a good boy.

Not really about hand holding. It's more about story and meaningful reasons to do them which missions can help with.

fu9ar · Dec 22, 2019

Having some random writer make some crap up to make you feel like The One doesn't make anything in a video game more meaningful.

-VR- Max Factor · Dec 22, 2019

fu9ar said:
Having some random writer make some crap up to make you feel like The One doesn't make anything in a video game more meaningful.

I never mentioned anything about being The One.

CMDR Corlas · Dec 22, 2019

I literally forgot scenarios were added into the game, so I'd love for them to be "advertised" better.

Phoenix_Dfire · Dec 22, 2019

fu9ar said:
I do them regularly, but I never needed to have my hand held and told I was a good boy.

Well, lucky you!

Maybe some players are not as lucky as you at finding them.

fu9ar said:
Having some random writer make some crap up to make you feel like The One doesn't make anything in a video game more meaningful.

Drelthar said:
I feel like they are fine as they are. They just happen to you, rather than you go to them.

I like that, because it means they don't become a "Has Res" which people constantly grind over and over again and then complain about the game being samey and having "nothing to do" after they did the same thing for hours.

It doesn't have to be a direct call where they say 'Only YOU can save us, Commander'. That doesn't fit with the way this game works anyway. More like a general warning saying there's heighten pirate activity in the area. That could be a signal that it might be worth checking out the Local Installations or Capital Ships but not every one will kick off a scenario.

fu9ar · Dec 23, 2019

You already have that. You already know when factions are at war in any given system, or when there are pirate attacks. Pay attention.

Phoenix_Dfire · Dec 23, 2019

fu9ar said:
You already have that. You already know when factions are at war in any given system, or when there are pirate attacks. Pay attention.

It's not obvious! Most people, like myself, do know know what the circumstances are where these scenarios will spawn. Like I said, it needs better signposting. People are missing out on decent content because of it.

CMDR Corlas said:
I literally forgot scenarios were added into the game, so I'd love for them to be "advertised" better.

See what I mean?

Drelthar · Dec 23, 2019

Phoenix_Dfire said:
Like I said, it needs better signposting. People are missing out on decent content because of it.

I dunno, I think people are missing out on decent content because they just don't try anything new and stick to the same activity.

There are distress call signal sources, emissions signal sources, megaship missions, megaships highlighted on the nav panel with a warning about thargoid attack, combat zones, all of which can land you in a scenario, if you go to those places.

Phoenix_Dfire · Dec 23, 2019

Drelthar said:
I dunno, I think people are missing out on decent content because they just don't try anything new and stick to the same activity.

There are distress call signal sources, emissions signal sources, megaship missions, megaships highlighted on the nav panel with a warning about thargoid attack, combat zones, all of which can land you in a scenario, if you go to those places.

Distress Call Signal Sources and Combat Zones are really the only ones that people know about. The others people don't really know about.