Pirate Mission

[BimblesDidums]

I have a mission to take out 16 pirates.

I've tried res, nav beacon and sc.

Managed to see/kill one in an hour.

This drop rate is criminal.

I should be flying my FAS over to FD headquarters and collecting from there?!!?[mad]

 

[nigeljk]

Where ever they are spawning stick around after the first wave and more will come.

 

[BimblesDidums]

Where ever they are spawning stick around after the first wave and more will come.

The problem is they aren't spawning. Mission Targets aren't turning up. Just sat there waiting.

 

[Y nt Zoidberg7]

I took one of these missions two weeks ago, I had not seen one in so long. 3 hours later and 3/27 pirates killed I abandoned the mission. The system only had two planets, one station, and a nav beacon. I couldn't find them, not even in supercruise. And I tried about 15 USS as well.

 

[ForeverN00b]

I've always found mission pirates in supercruise. Of course they can't just be any pirates, so res farming won't work.

 

[BimblesDidums]

Typically, after posting this, I have manged to kill 4 in quick succession.

 

[Bertrand Du Guesclin]

The mission description of these "pirate hunt" missions can be misinterpreted :

The mission asks you to find and kill X amount of pirates from a very specific faction.
Of course, if the faction is a peacefull corporation, or political faction aligned with a major power, finding wanted ships from said faction can be problematic.

I would advise checking the faction mentionned in the mission description before accepting the mission.

Dictators, Anarchy, and Unfettered faction types usually spawn a good amount of mission target pirates.