Have missions been updated?

kaaldesh

K
Haven't been able to really play since March and I took a mission last night. Wondering if missions have been updated such that I don't have to look through dozens of signal sources randomly hoping the target I need shows up. I'm looking for some Dmitri fellow that I'm supposed to kill. I've tried 10 or so Unidentified sources, and few Strong sources and a couple Weak sources - all in the three systems he's supposed to be in. Haven't found my guy yet. So far, I've spent 2 hours looking. I have encountered the forced alternate mission that I couldn't reject or remove even from my screen...

Any new way to find a specific target yet?
 

X2Eliah

X2Eliah
Nope, not really. At the moment, missions are basically the same as they've been for months.

1.3 update should have some changes to the mission system, so that would probably include some redesigns/fixes too.
 

kaaldesh

K
Thanks Eliah. Maybe they could introduce a mechanic where the name of the target you're looking for shows up on your Contact tab when he pops into a system - perhaps if you have an Advanced Scanner or something. I don't mind difficult enemies and even enemies so difficult they could kill me, but for goodness sakes, make the enemy someone I can actually find without having to spend hours just hoping the guy appears in one of dozens of doggone Signal Sources.
 

TheoZ

TheoZ
kaaldesh said:
Haven't been able to really play since March and I took a mission last night. Wondering if missions have been updated such that I don't have to look through dozens of signal sources randomly hoping the target I need shows up. I'm looking for some Dmitri fellow that I'm supposed to kill. I've tried 10 or so Unidentified sources, and few Strong sources and a couple Weak sources - all in the three systems he's supposed to be in. Haven't found my guy yet. So far, I've spent 2 hours looking. I have encountered the forced alternate mission that I couldn't reject or remove even from my screen...

Any new way to find a specific target yet?
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Assasination missions are still bugged. If you get in the USS the alternative offer (to kill Y instead of X) b4 finding where X is actually located then, no matter how many USS you visit you wont find him. Feel free to drop the mission.
 

kaaldesh

K
TheoZ said:
Assasination missions are still bugged. If you get in the USS the alternative offer (to kill Y instead of X) b4 finding where X is actually located then, no matter how many USS you visit you wont find him. Feel free to drop the mission.
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You got to be kidding right? They haven't even fixed this yet? Thank you for at least pointing this out to me as I would have spent a few more hours looking for the guy.

Seriously though, I get many different "named" NPCs show up on the Contacts tab when in supercruise. How freaking hard would it be to make one of those "named" NPCs actually be the freaking target I need to hit?! Make the guy have like 3 Anaconda friends all armed to teeth, I don't care about the difficulty but I need to be able to actually find the guy if I'm supposed to kill the guy! Who the heck did they hire to write this stuff? It's like they found the best Graphics guys and gals on Earth and had them make the game, then they found the absolute worst people on Earth to do Mission writing and programming and placed them alongside... holy crap they are bad... like mind-blowing bad.

Guess I'll check back in another few months.
 

NapalmJunkie

NapalmJunkie
If you ever get an NPC attempting to give you some sort of alternative, then if you're quick enough you can fire one shot at them to shut them up, then jump out of the USS sharpish before they can finish. As long as you don't get the "mission updated" text flash up (or the mission change on the left panel) then you should be OK.
 

Daud

Daud
The mission system isn't just being 'improved'- it's being completely reworked. Assassinaton targets will no longer be found in USS. You'll have to hunt them in supercruise
 
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