Clearing a System Lockdown?

Hooplah · Mar 28, 2017

Play this game for years and one still doesn't know everything. I haven't even tried PowerPlay yet.

For fun I decided to attempt to clear a system in lockdown with the controlling faction at 58.9% influence. Off to a HazRez for an hour bounty hunting and generated 2.5M credits in a Fer de Lance. I made sure to support and not shoot at the controlling faction wanted ships. Turn in the bounties and the controlling faction increases to 62.6% influence but still in lockdown. Questions:

1. Am I doing it right?
2. Any info on the time/bounties required to clear a lockdown?
3. Should I concentrate on the next highest faction for bounty hunting?
4. Would reading the GalNet for info help?
5. Am I missing something?

Lots of info on the Forum about lockdowns, but not much on how to specifically clear one. I also wonder if supporting and becoming allied with all factions in one system would eventually contribute to a lockdown. Mostly a trader but each delivery does effect the factions at least with my standing. Some say it is all about clean/system authority kills but I wonder. Just looking for info to better understand the dynamics in the game. It was time to work on my combat Expert rating anyway.

Regards

Turlorn · Mar 28, 2017

You are doing it right. Right on CMDR!

Handing in bounties doesn't clear the lockdown immediatelly but reduces its duration to a few days.

There's nothing known about the time and money required, but I guess even a little bit of bounty hunting helps at reducing the lockdown.

Handing in bounties of only one faction is advanced BGS stuff. For simply clearing a lockdown hand in all the bounties you collect in a system when using a KWS scanner.

In my humble opinion the lockdown will be cleared after tomorrow's tick.

Hooplah · Mar 28, 2017

Turlorn said:
You are doing it right. Right on CMDR!...For simply clearing a lockdown hand in all the bounties you collect in a system when using a KWS scanner.

Thanks for the info. I had totally forgotten about the Kill Warrant Scanner and Frame Shift Interdictor as well. Was using a Fuel Scoop and Frame Shift Wake Scanner previously for farming materials. Retrieved them from storage and we're all set for whatever wanted comes our way.

Limoncello Lizard · Mar 28, 2017

Lockdown happens to every system that this faction controls and could have been caused in any system where the faction is present. Massacre missions say that they increase lockdown, so I think they are often the cause lately, especially with so many players rushing to use the free money exploit before it is fixed.
Some of the passenger missions may contribute as well - but some also decrease lockdown.

While you are trying to stop the lockdown, there may still be players increasing it with crime and missions.

Saool · Mar 28, 2017

If I am not mistaken, it is the number of hand-ins not the amount of kills or bounties that matters.

Also surface scan missions help clear and prevent lockdown.

Hooplah · Mar 29, 2017

More info. Galnet is also very interesting. Some more bounty hunting and after the tick update the controlling faction is at 67.2% influence. Also after the tick the problem now is two minor factions went to Civil War at 6.8% and 6.5%. Looks like I need to support one but then the change might start issues later with other minor factions currently at 8.1% and 4.2%. War is messy!

Turlorn · Mar 29, 2017

Was the lockdown resolved?

You can support one of the factions in civil war. Pushing one of them down towards the faction at currently 4% wont create another conflict as those only trigger above 7.5%.
Retreat could be more of an issue, if the faction in question originates from a different system.

By pushing one faction in conflict up enough you can jump over the other faction (at 8%) and with some luck not trigger a subsequent conflict.

During the civil war you might be able to grab some high paying massacre missions.

Hooplah · Mar 31, 2017

It took awhile for another tick to see any changes. The two minor factions in Civil War at 6.8% and 6.5% changed to 6.6% and 5.8%. Both factions are based in this system.

A planetary base near the warring factions with services and controlled by a minor faction not involved in the Civil War at 7.4% is still in lockdown with GalNet reporting, " A lockdown is currently active".

The lockdown cleared for an orbiting station some distance away from the war controlled by the main faction at 67.8% with GalNet reporting, "A recent lockdown has now ended. They are expecting civil unrest in the near future.".

I went looking for massacre missions in nearby systems but none found. Also the orbiting station does not have any for either warring faction.

It's very interesting to watch this mini-game in progress and that even in a High Tech system with 27 million inhabitants just one player ship with a little bounty hunting can make an effective difference in the lockdown state. Of course that would probably work both ways for those wanting to clear a lockdown as well as those starting one!