Mode switching argument!

[jmp470]

This discussion is getting old!

Bottom line, in the real world, when you establish a company you have to pound doors to get missions. However, once you are a know entity, Companies seek out your skill set. So why doesn't ED implement something like this.

When I established Pydus industries, I should have been beating down the FEds, Empire, Alliance doors. However, now that I'm Allied with them and have ranks established in combat, trading, and exploration, why are they not seeking me out and offering me top dollar for missions. This would alleviate mode switching and make the player feel wanted/needed.

 

[Sapyx]

I'd like to see a Minor Faction rep appear in the "Contacts" tab once you become Allied with them. Kind of like popping into their office and saying "Hi guys, I'm here in town today, got any jobs for me?". It would allow you to find more missions from factions you actually want to support, without having to feel you need to use the mode-switch exploit just to try to keep up.

 

[Dave1235]

I'd like to see a Minor Faction rep appear in the "Contacts" tab once you become Allied with them. Kind of like popping into their office and saying "Hi guys, I'm here in town today, got any jobs for me?". It would allow you to find more missions from factions you actually want to support, without having to feel you need to use the mode-switch exploit just to try to keep up.

Can you explain how this exploit works please

 

[Sapyx]

Basically, it's:
- Log into game in (for example) Solo. Fly to the place you want to pick up oodles of missions from.
- Accept as many of your chosen missions as you can.
- Log out of the game and log back in in Open. Since you're now on a different server, there's a different mission list for you to pick from.
- Accept as many of your chosen missions as you can. These will "stack" with the missions you've already accepted.
- Log out of the game and log back in in Group mode.
- Repeat until your cargo hold is full and/or you're starting to run out of time to actually do the earlier missions.

I never use it myself. Mainly because my computer's so old and slow, logging out and back into the game takes ages. It's faster (and less tedious) for me to do the missions "honestly". But I've heard it's pretty standard practice out at Robigo, or for charity rank-up spamming.