Fix for mercenary missions

[markus54]

Hi,
Mercenary missions are really nice when you can find the guy and destroy him. I have had several successful missions. I have had 2 that failed miserably. Unexpected attacks by the federal navy.
I am in a mercenary mission right now. I have been involved in this mission for over 20 minutes according to the game clock. The computer has said " mission objective detected". I do 2 things when this happens, first I look for a new rectangle or triangle on the scanner. Then I hit the throttle a visually scan the area. During the times the computer has alerted me of the mission objective being in the area. I scan looking for the blue text. Nothing everytime.
What would be nice is that when the bad guy comes into my area you put a blue rectangle or triangle on the scanner. That would make it so much easier to find him and shoot him down. Right now it is just aggravating waiting for him to show up in front, hearing mission objective detected, and not being able to start the dogfight. Please look into this and use my suggested fix.
Thanks
Mark

 

[Nero Tacitus]

I assume by "Mercenary Missions" you're referring to Assassinations.
If so, I think using the scanner to find it is making the task harder than it needs to be. When you hear the mission objective prompt, jump into your left-hand panel and acces the Navigation section, the USS you're looking for will be there (in blue). Simply select the USS and target it, then use the scanner to angle over to it.

If you're still stuck, try watching some tutorials on Youtube. I do quite a lot of Assassination missions and visually scanning for the USS would be a nightmare.

 

[markus54]

I'll give it a try. But if the assassination mission I am on takes a half hour to 45 minutes because the computer keeps saying mission objective detected and you can't see it on the scanner it takes a long time to achieve your objective. It the mission target is in blue on the scanner that would make it much easier to find.