Illegal black box missions still bugged?

Hullreaver

Hullreaver
So, these are still bugged? I stacked 3 of them. Picked up the first one and nothing happens. Shows up in my inventory as mission and stolen, but no message. Go to the next system and collect the black box and get the mission message pop up to turn it in. Put off collecting the 3rd one, because I want to see if I can turn in the 2 I have. Head back to the station and turn in the 1 box, the other is still in my inventory, but cannot turn it in and the mission is still active. Go back to the first system and repeat the process and same thing happens, collect the box and...nothing.

Of course, this bug is not "popular" enough to get voted on and is still being "confirmed", even though it has been a known bug for months. Well, I guess I will just add it to the list of the types of missions I will avoid. I love beta testing.
 

Hullreaver

Hullreaver
Well, I think it is time for my annual break from ED. Too much to do outside now that the weather is decent and the game frustrates me everyday with the bugs I encounter. I hope a lot of the issues are cleared up in the next 6 months so that when I am ready to get back into the game it is better than it is now. Maybe my fps will not drop into the 40's in stations as well.

Peace out people! Have a great summer!
 

Rock Hunter

Rock Hunter
That was a quick summer, until I double checked the post dates.

These are patience testing. I’ve always quite enjoyed the illegal black box missions, a little potential combat and some sneaky smuggling into a station means they can be quite fun. The long running bug just makes them irritating and and a complete no-no for stacking. It’s not just the illegal ones either.

Not to worry, 2020 will have it covered ;)
 

Northpin

Northpin
I did a lot of them when i flipped my first system, less than 2 weeks ago, and all of them went flawless.
Usually i was stacking them, most i got was 4 illegal black box missions staked.
Reading the OP - something seems fishy... i always had to pick 4 black boxes to finish one mission, this was also mentioned in the mission description
 
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Jmanis

Jmanis
Northpin said:
Yea, but the OP, 7 months ago, was picking one single black box... and not 4 as they usually require.
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Oooh. I'll be honest, i actually couldn't understand the OP beyond "illegal black box missions are broken!"

Amount of black boxes varies based on reputation.

4 for allied
3 for friendly
2 for cordial
1 for neutral
Unavailable below neutral
 

Northpin

Northpin
Oh well, learned something new - iirc i always had to get 4 of them, but then again i guess i always was allied with the faction.
So, maybe it was bugged back then or maybe the OP didn't fulfilled the mission by picking all blackboxes required for the mission
 

Jmanis

Jmanis
Northpin said:
Oh well, learned something new - iirc i always had to get 4 of them, but then again i guess i always was allied with the faction.
So, maybe it was bugged back then or maybe the OP didn't fulfilled the mission by picking all blackboxes required for the mission
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Getting off topic, but it's consistent for all mission types... lower rep you have, less effort needed to complete the mission.

Which is fine for some mission types, but sucks for others, particularly if you are trying to do missions for rep and influence rather than credits. At neutral, i can take three or four cargo delivery missions because it'll be for 20-30t of cargo, but if I'm allied it'll be for 180t. Credit rewards scale up, but rep and inf don't as much, and so it's more effective to get those four missions at lower rep.

Same same for massacres... if you're neutral or unfriendly it'll be 5-20 kills... whereas for allied it's 40-60 kills per mission.

Meanwhile, missions like assassinations are virtually indistinguishable
 

Hullreaver

Hullreaver
Oh, well that is embarrassing and would explain it. I had no idea that certain missions required you to recover more than 1 and I guess I read the descriptions of the missions too literally, as they say to recover the Black Box, not Black Boxes. :confused:

Northpin said:
I did a lot of them when i flipped my first system, less than 2 weeks ago, and all of them went flawless.
Usually i was stacking them, most i got was 4 illegal black box missions staked.
Reading the OP - something seems fishy... i always had to pick 4 black boxes to finish one mission, this was also mentioned in the mission description
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ebbrell

ebbrell
These are only an issue if you dont pick them all up. If you get half, you need to eject them reenter supercruise and return to signal source
 

Jmanis

Jmanis
ebbrell said:
These are only an issue if you dont pick them all up. If you get half, you need to eject them reenter supercruise and return to signal source
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No need to eject... just reenter as you described.

I occasionally booch it and smack my nose into one and pop it. Just reenter , grab one more and you're done.
 
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