Mission Failure....over and over

Streen

Streen
Yeah, so I apparently suck at this whole Odyssey thing. But here's the thing... it seems like you need high-grade gear to complete missions in order to have the mats to upgrade your gear.

I just did a simple delivery mission and got my butt kicked by security. I had to get to a certain locker, which was behind a door that required Level 2 access. I thought, "Okay, I'll scan someone who has that access, as I did in other missions." As soon as I did that, she started shooting at me! I get that the whole idea is to have an FPS within ED, but I got killed SO FAST. I didn't stand a chance. And what else was I supposed to do in order to get into that room?

It seems there is little guidance on how to actually approach this game. I managed to get ONE mat for upgrading my suit, one of very few missions I completed since the game launched (including Alpha). How do you survive this game? :(

Forgive my noobiness. I've been playing ED for many years now, and I'm doing pretty well, all things considered. I guess I would just like a little help on how to get started. I saw a great video that shows you the best way to get mats, which is nice. But most of my missions end up with me getting shot.

Any advice would be appreciated.
 

Ydiss

Ydiss
Parts of this are relevant and will help you:

Source: https://youtu.be/TmdS6Hwg-1o


Not to say you need to learn stealth but the principals of being detected are valid for all infiltration game play (which is what you were trying).

Basically, stay behind, stay crouched, make sure no one can see you. They can still see you if you're behind (you can see an example of this in my video). You really do need to be patient and make sure they're not even aware of you (so if they acknowledge you, step back, wait until they move on, stay crouched, scan).
 

Starsong

Starsong
Percifal said:
Yeah, so I apparently suck at this whole Odyssey thing. But here's the thing... it seems like you need high-grade gear to complete missions in order to have the mats to upgrade your gear.

I just did a simple delivery mission and got my butt kicked by security. I had to get to a certain locker, which was behind a door that required Level 2 access. I thought, "Okay, I'll scan someone who has that access, as I did in other missions." As soon as I did that, she started shooting at me! I get that the whole idea is to have an FPS within ED, but I got killed SO FAST. I didn't stand a chance. And what else was I supposed to do in order to get into that room?

It seems there is little guidance on how to actually approach this game. I managed to get ONE mat for upgrading my suit, one of very few missions I completed since the game launched (including Alpha). How do you survive this game? :(

Forgive my noobiness. I've been playing ED for many years now, and I'm doing pretty well, all things considered. I guess I would just like a little help on how to get started. I saw a great video that shows you the best way to get mats, which is nice. But most of my missions end up with me getting shot.

Any advice would be appreciated.
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Taking somebody’s security clearance is illegal. If she noticed you, she was going to be rather unhappy - and if she was settlement military she would have a lot better gear then an inexperienced (read - pretty much everyone at the moment) player.
 

Galactic Fork

Galactic Fork
You have to scan people behind their back. When nobody can see you. It's illegal to do it.

I usually look for second floor windows and hope people inside walk by. Then scan them when they're not facing me.

Or be on the roof on a skylight and hope people walk under you.
 

thistle

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Ydiss said:
Parts of this are relevant and will help you:

Source: https://youtu.be/TmdS6Hwg-1o


Not to say you need to learn stealth but the principals of being detected are valid for all infiltration game play (which is what you were trying).

Basically, stay behind, stay crouched, make sure no one can see you. They can still see you if you're behind (you can see an example of this in my video). You really do need to be patient and make sure they're not even aware of you (so if they acknowledge you, step back, wait until they move on, stay crouched, scan).
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Great video, I learned a lot. I've spent all my time landing on planets so far, getting in to the settlements and fps now.
 

Ydiss

Ydiss
thistle said:
Great video, I learned a lot. I've spent all my time landing on planets so far, getting in to the settlements and fps now.
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Thanks so much!

My aim is to keep all my videos sub 10 minutes where possible so they're quick and easy to use.
 

gooddoc

gooddoc
I'm leaving missions atm, partly due to the earlier issue of not being able to cash in a finished mission....don't know if that's yet fixed, but mainly 'cos I suck at them & they quickly go sour when I bump into anyone.
Thing Iv learnt is doing the 'brave Sir Robin' & legging it.
Doing some Frontline CZ's are giving me a few idea's in Combat, though I'v still only managed a couple of them without having to rejoin the battle when Iv died.

I'm finding plenty of other stuff to keep me occupied until I catch a few more of Ydiss's vids on not getting caught!!!

Thing is, I'm actually doing pewpew........something I'v avoid in the 6 1/2 years.......even starting to take on the odd Ship in combat:eek:
 

Ethaidan

Ethaidan
Percifal said:
Yeah, so I apparently suck at this whole Odyssey thing. But here's the thing... it seems like you need high-grade gear to complete missions in order to have the mats to upgrade your gear.

I just did a simple delivery mission and got my butt kicked by security. I had to get to a certain locker, which was behind a door that required Level 2 access. I thought, "Okay, I'll scan someone who has that access, as I did in other missions." As soon as I did that, she started shooting at me! I get that the whole idea is to have an FPS within ED, but I got killed SO FAST. I didn't stand a chance. And what else was I supposed to do in order to get into that room?

It seems there is little guidance on how to actually approach this game. I managed to get ONE mat for upgrading my suit, one of very few missions I completed since the game launched (including Alpha). How do you survive this game? :(

Forgive my noobiness. I've been playing ED for many years now, and I'm doing pretty well, all things considered. I guess I would just like a little help on how to get started. I saw a great video that shows you the best way to get mats, which is nice. But most of my missions end up with me getting shot.

Any advice would be appreciated.
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Missions are not necessarily the best place to collect mats. Don't overlook just DSSing a random disembarkable planet and checking out the crash sites and irregular markers. Land close, use your SRV to kill any scavengers, then loot. There's not as much to collect, but there's stuff.

Scavenger missions from abandoned settlements are also an easy option. Again, land close (not the landing pad) and park your SRV near a building entrance. You can then cut open/overcharge external doors, charge up internal doors, and loot in peace - until/if scavengers show up, then retreat to your SRV. I managed to nearly empty every container & locker in a research settlement without firing a shot, although it did take nearly a dozen suit recharges and countless runs back the SRV to empty my pack. When the scavengers did show up, fought a retreat back to my SRV and left.
 

Agema

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Ydiss said:
Thanks so much!

My aim is to keep all my videos sub 10 minutes where possible so they're quick and easy to use.
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Good practice.

Research shows most people have an attention span around 7 minutes for online video information (entertainment holds attention much longer). That's why Khan Academy type stuff is about that length. I wish a great deal more YouTubers understood that.
 

Ydiss

Ydiss
Agema said:
Good practice.

Research shows most people have an attention span around 7 minutes for online video information (entertainment holds attention much longer). That's why Khan Academy type stuff is about that length. I wish a great deal more YouTubers understood that.
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Yeh. Some will need longer but I'll aim to cut them up into segments in that case.
 
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