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Just had to abandon two Assassination Missions to the same System.
Missions were picked specifically with Mission Filter "Legal" to avoid any illegal actions.
However, upon arrival in the Target System, I received the Mission wrinkle "Hack Data Point to get Target location".
The Data Point was in a High Security + Installation with Air Support, making it physically impossible to ever legally attain the Data (Data Point 2.5km inside the Trespass Zone).
Thus, a few major issues exist with that Mission wrinkle :
If I wanted any of those, I had chosen those and not opted for the Combat Mission branch instead.
So it makes virtually zero sense to send Players through those additional hoops, just to waste their time and all while offering absolutely no Bonus for the additional Tasks and Time and illegal nature of an otherwise legal Mission.
(worst-case, the wrinkle Installation is owned by the exact same Faction that sent out the Player in the 1st place)
PS.
Extremely annoying, especially because the condition "can't legally complete this MIssion" didn't become apparent until I had already flown home again, switched Ships (SRV), flew back, approached & landed on the Planet and approached the Installation.
Missions were picked specifically with Mission Filter "Legal" to avoid any illegal actions.
However, upon arrival in the Target System, I received the Mission wrinkle "Hack Data Point to get Target location".
The Data Point was in a High Security + Installation with Air Support, making it physically impossible to ever legally attain the Data (Data Point 2.5km inside the Trespass Zone).
Thus, a few major issues exist with that Mission wrinkle :
- it invalidates the "Legal/Illegal" Mission Filter by adding an illegal wrinkle to an otherwise and intended legal Mission type
- this occurs RNG, entirely outside of Player control
- above means the sheer existence of this RNG wrinkle invalidates the entire Assassination Mission branch if one intends to remain legal and ensure Mission Completion (due to the risk of having to abandon it if the wrinkle occurs)
- on top, what is a component that isn't a part of any common Combat Ship Build? Unsurprisingly, that's.... an SRV.
- this means the Player lacking the SRV has to turn around, fly back home, dock the Ship, retrofit an SRV or change Ship and return; perform the Hack, then return, hop back into the Combat Ship and then proceed into the System once again to complete the Mission. All due to an arbitrary and unrelated Mission wrinkle. (I assume one could lay waste to the entire Installation and then possibly scan it with the Ship Data Link scanner, but that'll incur a ton of Bounties)
If I wanted any of those, I had chosen those and not opted for the Combat Mission branch instead.
So it makes virtually zero sense to send Players through those additional hoops, just to waste their time and all while offering absolutely no Bonus for the additional Tasks and Time and illegal nature of an otherwise legal Mission.
(worst-case, the wrinkle Installation is owned by the exact same Faction that sent out the Player in the 1st place)
PS.
Extremely annoying, especially because the condition "can't legally complete this MIssion" didn't become apparent until I had already flown home again, switched Ships (SRV), flew back, approached & landed on the Planet and approached the Installation.
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