Newcomer / Intro hunt pirates ... cant finish now that there's an alternate

Audrah · Dec 22, 2014

So... I have a mission to kill 6 pirates in a system. I killed 5, then I got this Alternate mission to go kill authority ships. I want to kill the last pirate, but now when I kill anything wanted in the pirate system, it doesn't count towards my 6. Do I need to abandon the alternate mission? How do I do that? It looks like both missions are combined into 1...

Thanks for any help...

Jikahn · Dec 22, 2014

Have you tried killing pirates in the USS's, Nav Beacon, Asteroid Clusters, and Resource Extraction points in the pirate system, or are you pulling them out of supercruise, or letting them interdict you? The combat missions are in a really bad state right now.

Ted Striker · Dec 22, 2014

That mission's progress resets when you get the branched version so you need to kill 6 again, for 11 total.

I've already bug reported it but I suggest you do the same.

Audrah · Dec 23, 2014

Ted Striker said:
That mission's progress resets when you get the branched version so you need to kill 6 again, for 11 total.

I've already bug reported it but I suggest you do the same.

Oh that must be it! Thank you... and also thanks to Jikahn for the advice on where else to find them (I've just been going to USS and Nav Point).

Deadly Chicken · Dec 23, 2014

ahh is that what happens ? I had a similar mission to kill 7 and after 3 got the other mission and it didn't seem to count any more kills , you should be able to accept or reject the alternative mission and go back to your other one, didn't help me either way the pirates I was killing were clean apparently, and the authorities showed up and smashed me

Boobytrap · Dec 23, 2014

I had the same problem. I accepted this mission to kill pirates in a different system. when I got there and scanned a ship, before I even got a chance to fire on a pirate, the ship gave me an alternate mission to go back to the other system and kill Authority ships. The pirate bounty mission was completely replaced.

By the way, the ship i scanned wasnt even a pirate, so i dont know why it triggered the alt mission.

having fun with the game so far; i just hope they fix these bugs soon

Legionnaire · Dec 23, 2014

Boobytrap said:
I had the same problem. I accepted this mission to kill pirates in a different system. when I got there and scanned a ship, before I even got a chance to fire on a pirate, the ship gave me an alternate mission to go back to the other system and kill Authority ships. The pirate bounty mission was completely replaced.

By the way, the ship i scanned wasnt even a pirate, so i dont know why it triggered the alt mission.

having fun with the game so far; i just hope they fix these bugs soon

It wasn't a pirate so it wouldn't trigger the human players instinct to kill all enemies before it had a chance to make its counter offer.

Ted Striker · Dec 23, 2014

Boobytrap said:
I had the same problem. I accepted this mission to kill pirates in a different system. when I got there and scanned a ship, before I even got a chance to fire on a pirate, the ship gave me an alternate mission to go back to the other system and kill Authority ships. The pirate bounty mission was completely replaced.

By the way, the ship i scanned wasnt even a pirate, so i dont know why it triggered the alt mission.

having fun with the game so far; i just hope they fix these bugs soon

If you get that guy first you can finish the pirate option of the mission much easier. The branched mission completely replaces the original mission so if you've already been killing pirates you lose all progress.

That's why I only hunt pirates at nav beacons and resource extraction sites now.

zanussio · Dec 23, 2014

thats not true.

thing is not all "wanted" ships are the ships you actually need to complete your mission
check the contacts tab if the one you scanned is part of the pirate group.

D'Kaeth · Dec 23, 2014

zanussio said:
thats not true.

thing is not all "wanted" ships are the ships you actually need to complete your mission

I've found this to be the case, also.

zanussio said:
check the contacts tab if the one you scanned is part of the pirate group.

I was not aware of this detail, though. Thanks.

Ted Striker · Dec 23, 2014

zanussio said:
thats not true.

thing is not all "wanted" ships are the ships you actually need to complete your mission
check the contacts tab if the one you scanned is part of the pirate group.

But you rack up a lot of bounties while avoiding the chance that the mission progress resets by getting that guy. It's win/win.

malcheus · Dec 23, 2014

I don't really get how I should handle these alternate missions;

yesterday, for example I had a mission to kill pirates for 15.000 creds.
So fine, I go and kill pirates (in an anarchy system).
Then I find this clean guy who offers me the alternative.
My mission is then replaced in my transaction tab with a lame mission to go somewhere to collect 900 credits.
I don't want 900 credits, I want 15000 to kill pirates.
So I destroyed the guy trying to bribe me, but the mission is still there, and the hunting mission is not.
I try to select abandon, in hopes of this cancelling the alternate mission path, but then nothing happens.

What should I do to get back to the original mission?
Kill more pirates, regardless of there being no mission in my transaction page to do so?

Legionnaire · Dec 23, 2014

Yes keep killing the same type of guys you were previously killing, and you should be able to finish the original mission you took and get the original reward.

Ted Striker · Dec 24, 2014

Legionnaire said:
Yes keep killing the same type of guys you were previously killing, and you should be able to finish the original mission you took and get the original reward.

Hmm I didn't know that. It still tracks progress of the original mission?

Nav beacons and resource extraction sites will give you pirate and other Wanted kills without ever getting a branched mission that may screw it up.