Newcomer / Intro New Odyssey Missions

[Demonlord79]

Ok, So I admit I suck but I've run 12 missions ranging from level 0 to 3 and have failed everyone of them by having to go into a restricted area the end up getting shot by workers, no big deal at least until the entire damn base gets there. No chance in hell.
Can anyone give me some tips or advice on surviving at least one?
Thanks for any advice...o7

 

[Factabulous]

what missions? Most low threat ones are .. low threat

 

[Demonlord79]

I was supposed to get a plant but it was in a security area.
Any advice one how to enter secure areas without aggroin the entire base?

 

[Chris Simon]

I was supposed to get a plant but it was in a security area.
Any advice one how to enter secure areas without aggroin the entire base?

Don't let anybody see you.

 

[Factabulous]

Well, you can use the alternate mode of the id scanner to clone someone's ID tp get it, but if they spot you they will kill you. Surprised a low threat mission would require that (though I haven't been doing those ones).

 

[Kaeb]

The Ground Missions are not really funny. I had one mission where i must Repair a Ground Base with 10 Pirats around. After i killed the first of them 4-5 Ships arrived with reinforcment so at the end the Base was full with over 25 Pirats. Not to mention that each guy with a plasma gun could nearly twoshot me in my grade 3 suit.

 

[Chris Simon]

The Ground Missions are not really funny. I had one mission where i must Repair a Ground Base with 10 Pirats around. After i killed the first of them 4-5 Ships arrived with reinforcment so at the end the Base was full with over 25 Pirats. Not to mention that each guy with a plasma gun could nearly twoshot me in my grade 3 suit.

To be fair, these missions are usually marked "Threat 4". So at least you have been warned.

 

[Factabulous]

The Ground Missions are not really funny. I had one mission where i must Repair a Ground Base with 10 Pirats around. After i killed the first of them 4-5 Ships arrived with reinforcment so at the end the Base was full with over 25 Pirats. Not to mention that each guy with a plasma gun could nearly twoshot me in my grade 3 suit.

... which is when you head back to your SRV

 

[Chris Simon]

... which is when you head back to your SRV

Ah, the good ol' "Best hand-to-hand combat strategy is having a big tank" approach.

 

[Factabulous]

Ah, the good ol' "Best hand-to-hand combat strategy is having a big tank" approach.

Well, smol tank, but yeah - I'm not at the stage I want to take the amount of time it would take me to kill that many scavengers on foot

 

[Demonlord79]

Thank all of you for your input. We need to convince FD to put a large SRV in, kind like an APC....lol Oh @Chris Simon if that really is your time...lol my 8k looks bad..lol...
Thanks guys, see ya in the black...o7

 

[Chris Simon]

Thank all of you for your input. We need to convince FD to put a large SRV in, kind like an APC....lol

We need this:

...so we can comfortably sit 10 miles away behind a mountain and shell the crap out of the base, then waltz in and do the thing.

 

[aRJay]

In the low threat missions where you have to collect something and it is in an area you don’t have clearance for check for other ways into the building, some of them have different security level in different parts of the building so the mission might be possible by not walking through the high security lab but going around the side and using the office door.

 

[Chris Simon]

Okay while we're being serious about advices - if you REALLY need that clearance, you can use the access panel. Just like you can find and mark a specific crate, you can find and mark a specific NPC! They are listed there even with their clearance levels. Then just go find them, wait till they're alone and turned away from you and clone their credentials. You can do it from a relatively long distance.
Just watch out for the guards from then on.

 

[Alteph Four]

Ive tried all the suggestions, but for me nothing works. If its a salvage mission, its always too hot to get out on the surface, yet that only affects me. Makes the mission impossible to complete. I can kill all the NPC's i want, but i cant ever get out of my SRV to get the item to complete the mission.

If its not that, its fires not going out, or disconnect errors.

I cant ever get to see what Oddysey has to offer because the missions are impossible to complete. And I dont think its a matter of skill I think its sheer luck and completely RNG when you get a mission as to whether or not it will be complet-able right from the start.

So, again im quite b u t hurt from Fdev about this expansion.

Sincew launch day ive been trying to complete just 1 fing mission in oddyssey and thats all I have done - the ones wher eyou go loot the crates at a settlement. it pays nothing and isnt worth doing, but its the only one I can complete.

I probably wont stop complaining for a VERY long time. I really hope Fdev is greatly impacted by this so they can fire the majority of their management as nothing less will fix the game.

 

[Chris Simon]

I really hope Fdev is greatly impacted by this so they can fire the majority of their management as nothing less will fix the game.

Yeah. Because firing people gets the job done faster. Everybody knows that.

Sorry. I feel you. There are things that don't work for me, too (different ones), but vengeance is rarely useful in solving problems.
Let's just hope Fdev are going to put their head down and get to work. So far they've been doing just that. We've already had two quite significant updates that addressed a lot of wrongs, so hopefully this trend continues.

 

[Alteph Four]

Yeah. Because firing people gets the job done faster. Everybody knows that.

Sorry. I feel you. There are things that don't work for me, too (different ones), but vengeance is rarely useful in solving problems.
Let's just hope Fdev are going to put their head down and get to work. So far they've been doing just that. We've already had two quite significant updates that addressed a lot of wrongs, so hopefully this trend continues.

I dont disagree with you, I dont want to be mad but both of those updates only made things worse for me and both updates and everything they have said indicate that they want the game to be super duper insane hard mode, which makes it a game someone like myself cannot play.
I thought Oddysey would finally bring some depth to Elite, but Elite to this day has incredibly shallow game loops that arent worth the time investment.

Man I cant wait until someone finally gets a Space Sim right, so far nobody knows how to make a space sim. Zero, natta, every single supposed space sim out there is only a tiny sliver of what a space sim requires in order to be called a sim.

 

[Chris Simon]

Man I cant wait until someone finally gets a Space Sim right, so far nobody knows how to make a space sim. Zero, natta, every single supposed space sim out there is only a tiny sliver of what a space sim requires in order to be called a sim.

Yeah. I'm afraid unless somebody codes a new reality on some quantum computer, with complex life and everything, every "sim", just like every other game, will always be "shallow". If you look under the hood (graphics), it's a simple "Press x to do y" deal. Always was, always will be.
Personally I'm fine with wiggling the stick, looking at pretty lights and pretending I'm in space. Elite has always been a great (LA)RPing platform but that's about it.