Correcting some misinformation about unlocking Terra Velasquez

Agony_Aunt

Agony_Aunt
ObiW said:
I already did in my last email, but that got conveniently ignored it seems, so I guess it's a case of computer says no by the looks of it.

I might just let this slide, it's getting a bit ridiculous now trying to explain to the developer (as in the company) what their own game says or doesn't say and what the intended design is supposed to be.

I reckon it's bugged but in a way that it allowed people to unlock Velasquez earlier than they were supposed to. My initial reading of the in-game text took it as 12 missions but you could for sure read it differently. Just really, really weak wording and unnecessarily so.
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From a developer point of view, its much more likely that missions are not adding to the counter than the counter incrementing when it shouldn't.
 

Deleted member 182079

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Agony_Aunt said:
From a developer point of view, its much more likely that missions are not adding to the counter than the counter incrementing when it shouldn't.
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Or it's counting stuff twice :) god knows, or maybe someone at FDev. Though the former might be more likely at this point.
 

St0rmFury

St0rmFury
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Just unlocked her. Didn't do any covert thefts after getting referred by Jude.

So doing only covert heist works.
 

Deleted member 182079

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Heh, forgot about this thread.

I also unlocked her in the end - my tally last time I posted here was 3 CH's, 5 CT's, so I figured I may as well try 1 more CT. Nothing unlocked. Did 3 more CH's and she unlocked.

Oh and after I went back to support just pointing out that the description in-game isn't as clear cut they referred me to the Suggestions forum... yeah ain't gonna happen lol.

I just happened to focus on the mission type that's not being counted by the game by the looks of things.
 

Jonkarra

J
PatentlyObvious said:
For the sake of one more data point... never done a covert theft. Took six covert heists sequentially from the terminals and completed all successfully. Velasquez unlocked after a relog.
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Another data point post update 11, 5 Covert thefts, 1 covert heist, relog and a big fat nothing! Its great to see after 11 updates and 12 months its working so well!
 

R4dioS1lence

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Funny part:
  • I had her unlocked a long time ago (back in July, I think), and needed support to do it for me, since neither 6 c.heists or 6 c.thefts were doing the job;
  • Today, after a covert heist that I did for loot, I got her unlock message;

Like, Terra herself is late for the party.
 

HRDiagram

HRDiagram
R4dioS1lence said:
Funny part:
  • I had her unlocked a long time ago (back in July, I think), and needed support to do it for me, since neither 6 c.heists or 6 c.thefts were doing the job;
  • Today, after a covert heist that I did for loot, I got her unlock message;

Like, Terra herself is late for the party.
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I think that's part of her character!

After having done 7 + 7 myself last year, I had Support unlock her for me.
A few weeks afterwards, I received her unlock message.
 

Northpin

Northpin
PatentlyObvious said:
Thefts and any mission taken from an NPCs (even on a concourse) don't seem to add to the counter. Heists from the terminals do.
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Some of the thefts do add to the counter. But it's really unpredictable.

The unlock on one of my toons took 7 Covert Thefts and 3 Covert Heists.
The last 2 Heists were done in the same session and were completed at the same time, then I relogged and got the message.
But i cannot really tell if only one or both Heists were needed for the unlock so i dont know exactly how many thefts were counted for the unlock. Could be 3 out of 7 or 4 out of seven 🤷‍♂️
 

Raxiel

Raxiel
Has anyone who's had trouble with unlocks gone back to their journals and checked how many "Mission On Foot Production Heist Covert MB" they have after the date of the referral and found she's failed to unlock with six or more?
 

Northpin

Northpin
Raxiel said:
Has anyone who's had trouble with unlocks gone back to their journals and checked how many "Mission On Foot Production Heist Covert MB" they have after the date of the referral and found she's failed to unlock with six or more?
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I checked my mission history on Inara.
Some of those Theft missions appeared as Expired on Inara. Not many, 1 or 2.
But IIRC i did not count those missions in the 7 Thefts i did while unlocking Terra
 

Cmdr Esteban

Cmdr Esteban
Unless you enjoy all that sneaking around (which is fine, but I don’t), just go to Colonia for goodness’ sake.

It’s not a slog, there’s a carrier shuttle and back weekly thanks to the Fleet Carrier Owner’s Club which, not being a carrier owner myself (nor ever wanting to be), I’m very grateful for. Back in the Bubble a week later and you’re done; no endless jumping, no space madness.

Yeah, all that covert this and that is not my style…
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Chuckgofer

Banned
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I had to do six covert thefts, then contacted support only for them to say it was bugged and not registering any mission completions. Having only six total missions was enough for support to unlock it manually.
 

Neilski

Neilski
Chuckgofer said:
I had to do six covert thefts, then contacted support only for them to say it was bugged and not registering any mission completions. Having only six total missions was enough for support to unlock it manually.
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I think I'm gonna have to do the same (I just hit 7 with no invitation after a relog).
Would be grateful for a reminder about how to contact Support though :)
[Edit: the "Contact us" button at the bottom of the page doesn't work properly; forcing it into a new tab works but when I log into the ticketing system I can't find a button to create a new ticket - I can only browse the existing issues... https://customersupport.frontier.co.uk/hc/en-us/categories/4404016831378-Elite-Dangerous- ]
 
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