I want to echo what most other people are saying here; people board flip because they can't find the mission types they want. It's incredibly frustrating to want to support a faction, and they're offering 2 donation missions, or even no missions at all. Either increase the quantity, or let us pick an activity and generate missions based on that. Don't just kill off the answer we found to the problem.
News Implementation of a dedicated mission server
FDdev - please reconsider.
I'll miss board flipping. It's the most exciting part of the game. Plus, as part of the special 2.8% I feel part of the, you know, Elite.
I'll miss board flipping. It's the most exciting part of the game. Plus, as part of the special 2.8% I feel part of the, you know, Elite.
Sounds good all 'round. Having a simple, consistent mission system sounds both more fair (in-game) and maintainable / extendable (outside the game).
Flipping was a horrible mechanic, glad it's being gotten rid of. It'd be really nice if there could be new systems for finding the kinds of mission you want (e.g. Galnet could be used for systems looking for traders/fighters/passenger craft etc.)
Flipping was a horrible mechanic, glad it's being gotten rid of. It'd be really nice if there could be new systems for finding the kinds of mission you want (e.g. Galnet could be used for systems looking for traders/fighters/passenger craft etc.)
you should see how they treat minorities they don't like....some of the most violent shrill people I've ever seen.
everyone is celebrating until they realized this change wasn't for stability.. but to make the grind EVEN LONGER......
think about it, no board flipping, no more mission stacking.. if the missions you want empty out, you will be waiting until it refreshes because board hopping won't force it.. so now missions as a whole will be non-viable for anything but BGS.. unless you like waiting.
I am now convinced they are trying to drive people away from this game so they can focus on new and more profitable ones.
think about it, no board flipping, no more mission stacking.. if the missions you want empty out, you will be waiting until it refreshes because board hopping won't force it.. so now missions as a whole will be non-viable for anything but BGS.. unless you like waiting.
I am now convinced they are trying to drive people away from this game so they can focus on new and more profitable ones.
A welcome change for sure Frontier, but why not ditch peer to peer networking and put ED on a proper dedicated server the game's connectivity and stability would benefit so much as a result and with all those lep's and cosmetic sales I'm sure you could afford it.
This is overall a good change, but I hope it carries with it some significant tweaks that will increase the variety of missions and the value of completing missions that will be harder to ignore. I would prefer not to be stuck choosing between 6,000 ton wing missions for 3 million credits and mining missions.
TIME TO ADD A MISSION FILTER THEN?
Will this enable you to add a Mission Filter then?
At the moment we just have the Reward Filter (which is semi-useful) but I think the boards really need to have a Mission Filter as well.
What I mean by this is a filter at the top where you can select the Type of Mission that you want to see: Delivery, Source & Return, Massacre, Mining, etc.
They are all grouped into various Icons, so surely they can be filtered too? I spend half my time scrolling through Mission Boards trying to find what I want.
Am I mad, or is that a totally fantastic idea?!? [woah]
Will this enable you to add a Mission Filter then?
At the moment we just have the Reward Filter (which is semi-useful) but I think the boards really need to have a Mission Filter as well.
What I mean by this is a filter at the top where you can select the Type of Mission that you want to see: Delivery, Source & Return, Massacre, Mining, etc.
They are all grouped into various Icons, so surely they can be filtered too? I spend half my time scrolling through Mission Boards trying to find what I want.
Am I mad, or is that a totally fantastic idea?!? [woah]
I will echo what others say.. increasing the payout isnt the carrot you should be using here to give to people for stopping board flipping.. increasing the type and variety and quantities of missions are what you need to be working on.
I grinded for 2 Vettes and Cutter without later nerfed missions and board flipping. I think not me the only one. But yeah, surely will lots on the other side. Maybe better payments will help to them, and there is always some way to make things easier. Many player will find that way(s).
This. Or a way to influnece what type of missions you are getting. Maybe depending on ship type? Or the ability to request additional missions from ission givers? I'd rather have 10% less payout and be able to refresh missions instead of having to wait a fixed amount of time for a refresh in case the board is crappy.
So, I forsee:
Please consider:
Ultimately, this kills the unwanted server/board flopping for missions... and increases the amount of time spent staring at lackluster missions that arent wanted, of are denied access for one reason or another.
I do hope that it helps with stability as mentioned.
I do hope gameplay isn’t strangled more as a side-effect of this long needed change.
- Fewer missions available to take because one cannot refresh and get a new roll of the dice. aka more grind.
- Fewer legal missions to run due to plethora of extra-legal missions
- More instances of solo missions clogging up the board when in wings.
- More instances of wing missions clogging up the board when solo.
- (yeah, happens both ways)
Please consider:
- move wing missions to new board like passenger missions
- move illegal missions to ‘black market’ or create a new board to hold extra-legal activity (smuggling, black market, piracy, wanted passengers, etc) and make access to that section dependent on reputation with the seedier factions.
- Note: black markets and extra-legal activities should not be shut down by current player fines or bounties...
- Perhaps it just costs more through the pirate-bay... unless the player has a really good rep with one of the seedier factions.
- Add a refresh button to the boards that rolls the dice again. Allow it to be used once per cycle for the board, or make it per faction and make the # of available rerolls tied to rep with that faction.
Ultimately, this kills the unwanted server/board flopping for missions... and increases the amount of time spent staring at lackluster missions that arent wanted, of are denied access for one reason or another.
I do hope that it helps with stability as mentioned.
I do hope gameplay isn’t strangled more as a side-effect of this long needed change.
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It is if 97.2% of the player base were on the Gnosis/waiting for carriers/ice planets
Excellent!
I'd rep you again if I could but it won't let me.