I am finding the new tie between faction activity and mission availability a bit confusing. I thought I had a handle on how this new system works until my home base HQ in Altair eventually got back to their original STATE, but despite everything returning back to "normal" the missions I was getting in good quantity have never returned!
I'm specifically referring to these new "Antiquities Salvage" missions. There was one specific Altarian faction that was dolling these out to me on a regular/predictable basis. These missions were like any other space based salvage mission with the quantity of the item being (4) total. The major difference between this mission type and the more typical space based salvage was the fact that they were paying a "minimum" reward of 1.5 MILLION credits, with every third or fourth offering paying a whopping 3.5 to 4 MILLION credits! :O [yesnod]
The mission giver's faction was in a BOOM state right when 2.1 dropped and this was when I started getting these incredibly lucrative and EASY to complete salvage missions. When Altair entered into civil war recently, these missions disappeared, and despite things getting back to normal and the system once again enjoying another BOOM, my Antiquities Salvage gravy train has never returned. [cry]
P.S. I was always ALLIED with the mission giver in Altair. In fact, because this system is my Federation home base, I am allied with ALL the Altarian factions as well as the ambassadors who are stationed there from surrounding systems.
As time has gone by, the quality and rewards attached to any missions I am offered in Altair regardless of the station used have continued to degrade. What I see on the mission board today looks like your typical Neutral faction offering.
As I said at the top... I thought I had a handle on how the new system worked, but based on what I have observed in Altair, I am now totally confused. [???]
