How to find your targets?

YoRHa

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I'm a relatively new player (~200 hours of games) and I've had a problem since the beginning:
How to easily find mission targets?
I almost only do "Eliminate known person X" missions and I currently do it like this:
I accept all missions at my level.
From the map find the nearest system with query
I jump and scan.
If I find a signature in blue with my quest I go there and normally I find my target (or I get intercepted by it).
On the other hand, if I don't have a mission signature it gets a lot complicated.
I go to the navigation beacon and I have to scan all the ships!
2/3 I wouldn't find anyone...
I waste a lot of time just looking for my targets!
It's one of the things that made me stop the game several times (but each time I come back :p)
Is there an easier way to find my targets?
(Sorry Google trad)
 

Jmanis

Jmanis
Shurimal said:
Scan the navigation beacon itself (target it and point your ship at it, wait a few seconds). This will reveal all signal sources, including mission targets, in the system. Note: you need to be in supercruise to actually see them in your navigation panel.
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This one.

The alternative is:
  • On entry, read the mission description, which should note the body the target is near. This only appears once you're in the system.
  • Optional: face the body if you know it exists already
  • Whip out the FSS
  • scan USS signals near the body

Far quicker to just scan the nav beacon.
 

Navigare Necesse Est

Navigare Necesse Est
YoRHa said:
I'm a relatively new player (~200 hours of games) and I've had a problem since the beginning:
How to easily find mission targets?
I almost only do "Eliminate known person X" missions and I currently do it like this:
I accept all missions at my level.
From the map find the nearest system with query
I jump and scan.
If I find a signature in blue with my quest I go there and normally I find my target (or I get intercepted by it).
On the other hand, if I don't have a mission signature it gets a lot complicated.
I go to the navigation beacon and I have to scan all the ships!
2/3 I wouldn't find anyone...
I waste a lot of time just looking for my targets!
It's one of the things that made me stop the game several times (but each time I come back :p)
Is there an easier way to find my targets?
(Sorry Google trad)
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So far pretty close to doing all right. When you go to beacon location, first scan the BEACON itself. It will reveal target in the system.
 

Untilting

Untilting
Shurimal said:
Scan the navigation beacon itself (target it and point your ship at it, wait a few seconds). This will reveal all signal sources, including mission targets, in the system. Note: you need to be in supercruise to actually see them in your navigation panel.
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As above, when you drop out at the Nav Beacon the yellow circle you saw in supercruise will still be visible, but this serves no further purpose - to receive the system's info you need to select the lump of metal itself and point the ship at it (find it as a white blob on your radar or via the Contacts panel). You'll get a message after a few seconds saying the system info has been downloaded, and then once you go back into supercruise your Navigation panel should be full of information.

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