Newcomer / Intro Bounty Hunting Players

[CMDR Derrida]

(Contains mild mission SPOILERS) Just some further notes. I realised that one type of mission - where you have to kill a general - was not bugged, but that your opponent is a nameless 'clean' ship. Hence the "might have to break with protocol part in the mission description etc. However, there is one type of mission that I (and my friend) still haven't figured though, and that's where you get a particular kind of counter offer, the one where he says, "They blame me for sending their sons and daughters to their deaths. It's not true but if you believe this, come to (for example) Algreit". This kjnd of mission has twice resulted in a 24 hour search with 'no dice'...I can't figure this one at all and I was even tempted to shoot up the funeral barge in case the guy was inside

Last night I was playing (elite) with two friends and we had decided to do these missions as a wing (which you can do as far as sharing the bounty on any pirates met, and the bounty of the target if s/he's a pirate) and we came to the conclusion that missions are not random in the sense of placing the target in one of many USS's or SSS's, but follow more of a structure, which although still contains some elements which could be random, does generally allow for reasonably quick completion (and hour or less).

Just thought I'd leave these observations for what it's worth, and I'm not denying that it might take longer, as Forlorn says above.

 

[the100thmonkey]

I was even tempted to shoot up the funeral barge in case the guy was inside.

I suspect that the funeral and wedding barges are juicy rep and influence boosters/killers. It occurred to me when I happened on one and it was escorted by elite Cobras. I mean, why would you have basically a military escort for a funeral or wedding party if it weren't someone powerful? Like a high-level dignitary in the faction the ships are aligned with.

I've been meaning to test this for ages and never got round to it.

 

[CMDR Derrida]

Yes! The one I saw had an escort of two anacondas! If I find one of these missions again I will shoot it and post the result (if I escape from the escort intact ) I've been looking for repetition of an event in the two I couldn't complete and perhaps this is it. Ie, in the missions where the dropship turned out to be my target, I remembered that the thing practically pestered me all over the system, appearing around six or seven times in 10 to 12 USS's that I'd investigated. Let me know if you shoot up the funeral ship and hit the jackpot! - I can just picture something like that ending of The Big Lebowski where John Goodman is convinced the old man is faking his disability and pushes him out of the wheelchair, only to find he isn't faking

 

[cassog]

Yes! The one I saw had an escort of two anacondas! If I find one of these missions again I will shoot it and post the result (if I escape from the escort intact ) I've been looking for repetition of an event in the two I couldn't complete and perhaps this is it. Ie, in the missions where the dropship turned out to be my target, I remembered that the thing practically pestered me all over the system, appearing around six or seven times in 10 to 12 USS's that I'd investigated. Let me know if you shoot up the funeral ship and hit the jackpot! - I can just picture something like that ending of The Big Lebowski where John Goodman is convinced the old man is faking his disability and pushes him out of the wheelchair, only to find he isn't faking

Just gave you some rep - not for advocating raining death and destruction on a funeral cortege (shame on both you and the centenarian simian!) - but for being a fan of The Big Lebowski!
Now, if it was the wedding procession that you were contemplating attacking - well, why not? Everyone loves a good scrap at a wedding!