Planetary Covert Missions w/ SRV are impossible right now

CMDR Kril Zandozan

CMDR Kril Zandozan
I'm talking about planetary structures that you have to illegally enter and scan a Hub Access Terminal.
My Challenger with fixed missiles takes out every single surface to air & surface to surface turret. The only defense leftover at the installation are skimmer sentry's.
I land my ship away from the structure and deploy my SRV - this is where the "impossible" part comes in...
  • There is an unknown amount of sentry's
  • They use combat tactics like - not firing at you until they've flanked you, or waiting for backup to begin firing at you, or they'll hide under hill crests to recharge while other sentry's shoot you.
  • Sentry's popup whether or not you are near them, and there's a seemingly endless number of them to deal with.
  • The ONLY SRV in the game is extremely under-powered, under-shielded, out-gunned in every way you can think, in regards to combat against Sentry's.
  • I can repair, restock, run away, as many times as I want, and play as cautiously as I possibly can, but still there's no possible way to move forward enough to retrieve a scan without blowing up first.
  • I made multiple attempts at the same installation with a more methodical approach each time - the sentry's NEVER STOPPED SPAWNING.

I love planetary missions.
I used to be able to tip toe in while going in a straight line and only killing the ones that would get disturbed and popup near me; This Does Not Work Anymore.
This insane combat defense difficulty against a Vanilla planetary vehicle is just awful. Throw in the over a year old SRV destruction glitch that shuts off modules and sometimes doesn't allow you to restock your SRV, and you've got yourself an incredibly lousy Friday night of gaming.
 

Pigletslastand

Pigletslastand
It's been a long time since I've done this but I believe there is a generator that controls the sentry spawn, if you disable this it gives you a limited time before it becomes operational again, enough for a scan. I could be wrong or it could be bugged.. again.
 

efoo

efoo
I never attack the base with my ship when I approach it. I just land my ship a distance away, preferably obstructed by a hill so the base turrets don't have a direct line-of-sight on my ship. I drive my SRV to the edge of the red trespassing zone closest to the data point, wait for any skimmers to move away if there are any, then do the scan. I will be attacked immediately so I just retreat as fast as possible back to my ship. After my SRV has been loaded into my ship, I take off and quickly boost away from the base (with extra pip to my shield) as the turrets are firing at me. Fly to a nearby system with interstellar faction to pay my fine before handing in the scan data at its destination. Success.
 

MishaTX

MishaTX
I just carpet bomb anything that dares to move with my Python, then land and let my SRV do whatever is needed. I love watching stuff burn. Are the skimmers not coming out now unless you land? (I admit that it's been a while since I did a surface mission).
 

CMDR Kril Zandozan

CMDR Kril Zandozan
Wow, lots of good replies in here. Thanks (almost) everyone. The comment from MickyG isn't helpful one bit, and is not at all accurate.

So, to compare my experience with all of yours:
- I used to do the exact same thing as many of your are describing - move slow, don't attract attention, keep the ship away, drive fast after the scan...
None of the previous methods worked in this particular Covert Link Scan mission. Sentry's were swarming from far and wide, without me even provoking them.
I couldn't even get close to the base to perform a scan. That's what the problem is that I'm describing here. I used to move slow, kill only what I needed to, get the scan, and run...
But not anymore.
I can't seem to find any Sentry Controller/Generator unit anywhere. I've left everything untouched before & I've scorched the entire place - nothing seems to "control" or "generate" the sentry's. Now, if this is a security scan thing - where you scan some data terminal and the sentry security is disabled for a minute or two - that may be possible...BUT one again, I can't get close enough to do any scans.
I will attempt to scan the terminal with a small ship (I thought that you couldn't) and see what happens.
Thanks.
 

MickyG1982

M
All I was doing was replying to the original premise of the thread. "Planetary covert missions are impossible right now". They aren't, the fact that you have had several responses that show how they aren't impossible also shows that my statement was accurate.

Clear, concise and to the point, they aren't impossible, just difficult for you at the moment.

You stated that they were impossible, i stated differently and my point - other players are managing to do supposedly impossible missions was supported. You got advice from said players
 

CMDR Kril Zandozan

CMDR Kril Zandozan
MickyG1982 said:
All I was doing was replying to the original premise of the thread. "Planetary covert missions are impossible right now". They aren't, the fact that you have had several responses that show how they aren't impossible also shows that my statement was accurate.

Clear, concise and to the point, they aren't impossible, just difficult for you at the moment.

You stated that they were impossible, i stated differently and my point - other players are managing to do supposedly impossible missions was supported. You got advice from said players
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The issue with illegal planetary missions are that they vary drastically. Many of the player experiences are from various mission types, and stations. I knew before I posted the title of this thread that I would at least receive one reply from someone like you, calling out the illogical nature of using such a defining word as "impossible". I'm so very sorry that this triggered you into making your original snooty comment. I should've prefaced with "seemingly", just so I could've avoided this conversation.
Keep it constructive and positive.

Also, "managing" is a very relative term in this regard.
 
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