Orca Assassination Bug?

Alpha087

Alpha087
Been running a lot of assassination missions recently. Up until now, all of which, minus one rank progression assassination, have been Anacondas.

Well, this last mission I received tonight ended up being an Orca in an Anarchy system. I swiftly destroyed the Orca and was given no credit towards the mission progression. I figured it may have just glitched out, jumped back into supercruise, and continued searching USS's. I've killed Nancy Bell in her Orca about seven times now. I've left and come back with a Kill Warrant Scanner, killed her two more times, just to be sure. Still no progress on the mission.

Are the assassination missions involving Orcas just bugged at the moment, or am I missing something else here?
 

TargetLost

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It's bugged.
Had that too 2 or 3 days ago.
I killed the orca twice only before I figured it's not working and abandoned that mission.
 

Meric

Meric
I managed to do one yesterday (I believe my target may have been a 34th century Justin Bieber) and completed the mission so they are not all broke.

Was great to see a slightly easier assasination mission. Haven't fancied my luck against the elite anacondas yet.
 

Irritant

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I've seen that with several Assassination missions through Beta and Gamma. Certain targets could be found, but killing them did not clear the mission.
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Shame to hear it is still happening, particularly when there is a negative effect from failing the missions.
 

Sensator

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Seems to be only Orcas that I get this issue with, every Anaconda I've slain has given me the mission completion. Unfortunately 3/5 of these missions are Orcas so I waste a lot of time sifting through the crap.
 

Ixnatifual

Ixnatifual
Had it happen with an Orca and later an Anaconda. The Anacondas mostly work, though. When they are bugged they don't appear to have a bounty, either.
 

Veda

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This is still happening, it seems to be the missions where X target is interfering with business and it needs to be off the books etc.

*edit: scratch that, just had a mission to take out a pirate who was terrorising the galaxy yadda yadda, seems pretty random, but every time a target is in an Orca, the mission can't be completed. I've had about half a dozen missions like this. Doesn't matter how many times i defeat them, they never complete.
 
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mono

mono
I ticketed this a couple of weeks a go (at least). Still waiting for a response.

I killed him 5 times fwiw :D
 

ciger

Banned
ciger
this mission is pretty much not worth taking unless you really want to grind faction rep. it is bugged and takes too much time. searching thru USSs is just plain boring. can get more money and fun farming RES or Nav beacon. Even flying in SC waiting for a wanted conda or python takes less time.
 

IceyJones

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problem is, you cannot know, if its an orca or an conda-mission. many orca missions pay the same as a mediocre conda-mission.

i for sure had to abandon 50 of these missions so far.......50*150k=7,5million cr lost
 

ciger

Banned
ciger
IceyJones said:
problem is, you cannot know, if its an orca or an conda-mission. many orca missions pay the same as a mediocre conda-mission.

i for sure had to abandon 50 of these missions so far.......50*150k=7,5million cr lost
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i am not sure there are any orca missions, but who knows. I always thought it was a bugged conda mission spawning an orca :D
 

darlingm

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IceyJones said:
problem is, you cannot know, if its an orca or an conda-mission. many orca missions pay the same as a mediocre conda-mission.

i for sure had to abandon 50 of these missions so far.......50*150k=7,5million cr lost
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It's not just that, it's the supposed reputation hit you take when having to abandon it or having it time out.
 

ciger

Banned
ciger
GHDW said:
I thought the 35k - 45k assassination contracts were the Orca missions and the 130k - 190k were Condas. Considering the age of this post I am surprised it has started recently for me as I hunt Condas regularly.
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i would not bother with a 35-45k mission, i had orcas spawn for the higher tier 130-190k.
 

Dr. Dave Bowman

Dr. Dave Bowman
The Mission is not bugged, just sometimes the Orca is in an Anarchy system, most of the Reputation assassination missions require you to kill someone who is not wanted and you get a bounty on your head, it clearly mentions this in the mission info. Unfortunately if it spawns in an Anarchy system this can't happen, so simply look at the choices of location that you are given, if any of them is an anarchy system go to that one first, when you drop into a USS as usual you will be given a hint to his location, this way every time i have had an orca mission the place where I am sent for it is not an Anarchy system and you can complete the mission. Not all Assassination missions require you become wanted but there are a few and its hinted at in the mission instructions.

There are 3 types of targets normally

Anaconda
Federal Dropship
Orca

And a Named general (normally in a dropship) however sometimes they can be in another ship you are hunting and ya get the bonus of completing two missions for one kill.


The Final Rank Progression mission is always kill pirates can be between 5-8 and its time limited (couple of hours i think when i got it for the final federation rank mission)
 
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ewanc9

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I've had this problem as well , assassinating JFK funnily enough , either way i've killed him twice and no cigar , would appreciate a fix.
 

foggene

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Same problem here.

Also, having a bounty on yourself it is not enough to trigger completion, in case anyone was thinking on trying that. It seems you have to be(come) wanted on the system where the kill is made.

Dr. Dave Bowman, thanks for the info!
 

someth1ng

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Same problem here, yesterday with Orca and today with Anaconda (first time I see the bug with Conda though, did tonnes of them before).
 
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