distress signals don't count :-(

[Cindarr]

My frail little eagle isn't beefy enough to kill anything in actual warzones, so i was hoping the distress signal event would count towards kills for the missions... they don't :-(

 

[Morbad]

Get some more practice and give the conflict zones another shot, an Eagle should more than suffice. Just be wary of other CMDRs.

 

[AndersonDG]

I'm not sure if this was a design decision or simply a bug but I wouldn't be surprised if they wanted us to test out the kill missions in the actual low and high conflict zones. They can be brutal at times but just make sure to stick to your target and have a few heat sinks ready just in case you need to make an escape.

 

[Goilveig]

I did some warzone mission kills in the stock starter sidewinder, you can do it in an Eagle.

My method is wait and observe the NPCs battle for a while, find the biggest, meanest ship there is, and attack the other guys