Were you able to confirm this in 2-3 places by now? I don' recall Michael stating that is the case... Except i agree that would be logical.
Lets test this persistent universe and see if FD are true to their word.
- Thread starter orfeboy
- Start date
Were you able to confirm this in 2-3 places by now? I don' recall Michael stating that is the case... Except i agree that would be logical.
Here is a current mission screen I have. If you look you will see 3 proactive missions available. This could very well be a symptom of our current situation. they are missions to kill pirates. I know doing these missions can be a pain trying to find pirates to fulfill them But I have noticed if you take several such missions when you complete 1 you complete them all. Doing these may very well be the key to lifting the lockdown.
Yeah - bundling them I find is always better. When you hit a sweet USS with three or four scanning you it's handy enough to pick them off one by one. An hour or so of that will clear a few objectives. No point heading out with a single "kill 2 pirates" mission.
Has anyone experienced any npcs teaming up against you? I haven't.
OK, I just had a conversation with Roybe and he tells me he dropped into a checkpoint to see what they are all about and got attacked instantly by Fed ships. Now that may sound obvious but if you think about it these check points are like USS and you can opt to go in or avoid them. If the only point of them is to attack ships that are hostile to LFE then why would the programmers go to the bother of programming them and all the time that takes unless there was a proper reason for them being there? Now if you consider that Lockdown is created due to the fact LFE (and thus the Feds) are getting frightened of all the weapons and hostiles in the Lugh system then they must fear a revolution and so send in the boys with the riot shields to suppress it...
So what happens if we go to the check points and start killing all the feds there? What other purpose can they serve? It is not like they are interdicting you. You can choose to avoid them - problem solved. They must have a purpose and I suspect they might be a trigger...
So what happens if we go to the check points and start killing all the feds there? What other purpose can they serve? It is not like they are interdicting you. You can choose to avoid them - problem solved. They must have a purpose and I suspect they might be a trigger...
In the system we had been until the last week at one point the controlling faction had a lockdown up. I don't think it lasted very long (can look it up, but don't think more than one week or so) and we were killing loads of system authority t that point.
Bounty hunting and cashing in bounties will favour the controlling faction in the system AFAIK. Would help for LFE but imo it won't help for CSG. I would gave that a try.
Bounty hunting and cashing in bounties will favour the controlling faction in the system AFAIK. Would help for LFE but imo it won't help for CSG. I would gave that a try.
I'm just about to log in, so I'll give it a go. It'll be interesting to see what happens. Don't want to burn too much of my bridge, though. I still need to operate in Federation space, after all.
edit:
Just got back from the checkpoint near Knight's Dock. Aside from being charming conversationalists, nothing happened. I even got close to one of the Cobras there and flashed my high beams at him, and he just sidled out of the way.
Last edited:
Now I have to say that all reads like an invitation to attack if I ever read one. I bet you are not hostile to LFE then? What other purpose does that serve other than a 'special' USS for you to enter and attack the occupants? What other point could it have to exist?
Remember, Michael did mention both wars and civil wars in his posts. Fuel the arts of war missions by their name imply starting wars and they also push up lockdown. LDF and SN are in a civil war and that is to decide a dominant faction between only two factions. These lockdowns are created by a system becoming highly militarized.
If we were to start attacking these checkpoints (which is their only purpose as far as I can see) what would be the worst that could happen? More lockdown?
I think maybe we should think about teaming up into pairs and attacking these checkpoints and see what happens?
Remember, Michael did mention both wars and civil wars in his posts. Fuel the arts of war missions by their name imply starting wars and they also push up lockdown. LDF and SN are in a civil war and that is to decide a dominant faction between only two factions. These lockdowns are created by a system becoming highly militarized.
If we were to start attacking these checkpoints (which is their only purpose as far as I can see) what would be the worst that could happen? More lockdown?
I think maybe we should think about teaming up into pairs and attacking these checkpoints and see what happens?
Last edited:
You could very well be correct about these checkpoints been our way of controlling the lockdown situation we currently have.
I'm ready to hop in with some other CMDRS and pick off these checkpoints, I think anyone who does not have the Credits to pay off bountys should still keep bounty hunting in SC or at the Nav beacon.
I don't think it will throw off lockdown. I think it might start a war.
I am in LTT4846 right now if you want to team up.
Last edited:
A war to free lugh? Did I get this right?
you can pick up a T9 in Khaka @ qureshi enterprise 12.5LY from Lugh, The outfittings is fully stocked too
I'm guessing that, much like Conflict Zone and cap ship kills, attacking a checkpoint does nothing to affect the "background simulation" whatsoever.
i AM ON MY WAY TO kNIGHT DOCK NOW TO PAY IT!
These checkpoints are crazy combat zones if you are hostile. Do not enter on your own. I would not recommend going in unless you are in a group of four players minimum. Myself and Tsaf are ingame now. I will send you a friend request.
Sitting outside Knight
Of course I'm not hostile to LFE. It would be rather hard to get their missions, and then sabotage them, if I was hostile, wouldn't it?
I've been building rep with the Federation outside Lugh and its closest neighbors, then spending that rep to stab the LFE in the back. A careful balancing act, as I'm sure you're aware. Just got back from a proactive combat mission on behalf of CSG. It seems that they're a bit POed at the civil war between LDF and the silver folks. I needed to kill nine warzone targets, and after completing the mission my nerves are fried. I need to get back into my Cobra and do some peaceful trading for a while.
Unfortunately, the mission I took did not decrease lockdown, and it increased civil unrest. (not sure if that's a good thing, since I believe civil unrest is CSG fighting itself) I've got 40k of bounties to turn in to the Federation. [sweetly]"Why, yes, Colonel, I'm a loyal Federalist.
Can you tell Lugh For Equality that I'm trustworthy? Thank you!"[/sweetly] I've also got 12k in Imperial bounties I'll need to turn in some time.The pew pew is fun in small doses, but not something I'd care to do all the time. At least I'm no longer harmless. I'm only mostly harmless.
Here are the results. It seems I have helped CSG and Dominion of Lugh for some reason? This better be worth it! I just spent 4,000,000cr!