Could we please change this one aspect of Toursist Missions?

[Roland Deschain]

Example: Tourist mission with 2 destinations. We have to go to destination A first, then to destination B. What if we want to go to destination B first? --> it won't work.
Why can't we choose, which destination we want to go to first?`

The reason why I am asking this: The Beluga Liner!
Its only advantage of Dolphin and Orca is its size - the possibility to take more passengers. However this advantage is currently only one when it comes to long distance passenger missions (Colonia, SagA,...).
Within the bubble we still have to go to the different passenger mission destinations in a specific order, hopping back and forth within the bubble - which takes about the same amount of time as just taking on mission at a time with the dolphin.

If we could choose the order of mission destinations, we could plan the most efficient route, utilizing the real advantage of the Beluga (and making route planing part of game play in the course).
At the moment the Beluga is mostly obsolete. This would make it immensely useful!

 

[Brrokk]

Yes. I'd like to be able to take 3 or 4 sightseeing missions, see all the destinations on the galaxy map, then plan an efficient route around to show all the passengers what they want to see.

 

[Lily from anim.o.v.e]

Eww freedome of chocie tours. No way!



But basically these thinsg were suggest right after they said passanger stuff will come, but no deas or feedback ever made it into the game.
passangers act way too much like cargo with a chance to break. And a stupid habit of wanting to get flushed into space right in nowhere.

 

[IntX]

I like this request. Not because of the Beluga angle (because I don't own one) but due to ability to have a choice on how to efficiently meet all my tourists' desires in a timely manner. I am all about customer satisfaction.

 

[Bomba Luigi]

A good Idea, would allow for more flexability. Tough I would leave in some very picky passangers here and there who won't have it, you know some people are like that (but also make them pay a bit better)

 

[Roland Deschain]

I like this request. Not because of the Beluga angle (because I don't own one) but due to ability to have a choice on how to efficiently meet all my tourists' desires in a timely manner. I am all about customer satisfaction.

Well, you see: the Beluga was my first "big" ship. Also the first one, I went to the core with. So I have a very special love/hate relationship with the Beluga

 

[Aashenfox]

/signed

In the absence of being able to choose the order myself, I would settle for being able to SEE all the waypoints on the map. All first stops have an orange mission icon above the system, as current, all second stops have a blue one, all third stops have a purple one and IF there's a fourth stop, it's, I dunno...yellow?

 

[Roland Deschain]

/signed

In the absence of being able to choose the order myself, I would settle for being able to SEE all the waypoints on the map. All first stops have an orange mission icon above the system, as current, all second stops have a blue one, all third stops have a purple one and IF there's a fourth stop, it's, I dunno...yellow?

Would be good, but wouldn't solve the Beluga issue.

 

[Koenig]

It's a nice idea (I'd certainly like it too) but not sure it'll happen. If FDev control the order of destinations in a single mission it gives a definite return on time and effort. Return on time and effort is one hot topic at the mo what with skimmers and "free" minerals and metals The nearest I can get to this is currently loading two nice paying missions into my Dolphin which have the same first destination. Once that's out of the way I check the next stops on the Gal Map and try and plot as efficiently as possible... Should be expandable to three or more for you Orca and Beluga owners...

 

[Roland Deschain]

It's a nice idea (I'd certainly like it too) but not sure it'll happen. If FDev control the order of destinations in a single mission it gives a definite return on time and effort. Return on time and effort is one hot topic at the mo what with skimmers and "free" minerals and metals The nearest I can get to this is currently loading two nice paying missions into my Dolphin which have the same first destination. Once that's out of the way I check the next stops on the Gal Map and try and plot as efficiently as possible... Should be expandable to three or more for you Orca and Beluga owners...

Hmm...time and effort would still be limited by the amount of passengers you can fit. But the ships used would scale to their expenses.

 

[Eshackleton]

They could just make sightseeing missions for like 50 passengers that pays alot better.

 

[strich]

It's a nice idea (I'd certainly like it too) but not sure it'll happen. If FDev control the order of destinations in a single mission it gives a definite return on time and effort. Return on time and effort is one hot topic at the mo what with skimmers and "free" minerals and metals

It's valid issue to be aware of, but this is the kind of design improvement is little else but a positive - Giving the player the opportunity to increase return over time through skill is basically the core tenant of any design.

Let's be honest here - "Passenger Missions" are themed cargo missions. No real development effort has been put into this stuff so far.

 

[IntX]

They could just make sightseeing missions for like 50 passengers that pays alot better.

That would make me feel more like a cruise ship instead of a large limo. In reality, I don't mind the current payouts of site seeing adventure missions. Once you are allied w/ the faction, the pay isn't all that bad from a risk/reward standpoint (my opinion). I fly an Orca and even when the passenger(s) are wanted and/or don't want to be scanned, it isn't that hard to complete and I get to watch Netflix and go see places I don't normally see. Although more credits per mission is always nicer, like the OP; I am advocating for being able to re-arrange the order of being able to visit the locations.

 

[Roland Deschain]

They could just make sightseeing missions for like 50 passengers that pays alot better.

Hmm, that would also be an option.
The thing is: for me this not that much about money (although scaling of time, effort, ships, cost and reward is a big thing to discuss atm).
It just annoying to have to go back and forth several times (My Beluga is fitted with only Luxury and 1st class cabins, so it's 1 Mission per cabin usually), which is breaking the immersion a bit. You don't see cruise ships in real live going from Greece to Spain to Croatia to France and back to Italy just because their passengers want to go there in that order

I just want a nice round trip through the galaxy. Apart from that I really enjoy passenger/tourist missions from time to time. It's my money-making, relaxing yin to my money-costing, thrilling PVP-yang^^
You can see turn on the TV and relax - and see very nice places within the bubble along the way!