Should Missions now be Rank locked again?

[Jmanis]

Is not possible as missions only scale to a few ranks ahead or behind your current rank.
thanks,
Dom

Unless someone shares an Elite-rank wing mission with you I guess?

 

[Dominic Corner]

Unless someone shares an Elite-rank wing mission with you I guess?

Hi there,

Sure, and there are also a couple of missions that only generate at elite rank.
But in general missions don't generate very far past your rank.

Thanks,
Dom

 

[Kenneth McGrew]

What's the point of risk vs reward when no risks can be taken?

I wish Combat rank was risk based, i.e a larger % increase for taking on elite Large ships in small eagles / underdog ships etc, rather than swatting them with one shot kills from the safety of a G5 engineered Corvette with 30kJ shields.

 

[Navigare Necesse Est]

I wish Combat rank was risk based, i.e a larger % increase for taking on elite Large ships in small eagles / underdog ships etc, rather than swatting them with one shot kills from the safety of a G5 engineered Corvette with 30kJ shields.

Then I would likely be already elite and just get more bullet sponges spawned on me. Not a really terrific outlook, imo.

 

[Factabulous]

So according to Dom, who actually knows stuff, missions already are rank locked (or at least filtered to nearby rank).

/thread

 

[Kenneth McGrew]

Then I would likely be already elite and just get more bullet sponges spawned on me. Not a really terrific outlook, imo.

bullet sponges are just another problem that needs solving, but it shouldn't be the reason to stop the risk vs rank reward being tweaked.

 

[TiberiusDuval]

I wish Combat rank was risk based, i.e a larger % increase for taking on elite Large ships in small eagles / underdog ships etc, rather than swatting them with one shot kills from the safety of a G5 engineered Corvette with 30kJ shields.

Hmm aren't shield strenght in MJ's. I mean my IRL rifle can fire bullet with muzzle energy of little less than 4 kJ...

 

[Batterby76]

Yeah .. I said relatively. This is my long term goal actually. Max out the Cobra MK3 with engineering/guardian stuff. I have it currently A rated.

Good plan cmdr. My mk 3 runs with prismatics, cell banks and 2200 armour points, twin beams and multis, runs in at 600m/s in a flash of chrome.
Check out the build on INARA if your looking for ideas. Cmdr name same as above.

o7

 

[martindemon]

Hi there,



No, they were not.

Removing rank as a visible gating mechanic was an intentional part of the mission board revamp that was delivered in 2.1



Is not possible as missions only scale to a few ranks ahead or behind your current rank.

thanks,
Dom

This is why I have to clear my save periodically. The combat missions become too hard to my taste. I was trying to show how to do combat missions to someone a few says ago and I was just unable to find an easy mission! So because I did some combat, the entire universe became very badass...

 

[Navigare Necesse Est]

bullet sponges are just another problem that needs solving, but it shouldn't be the reason to stop the risk vs rank reward being tweaked.

Probably not, but I can't be bothered with that kind of combat anyway.

 

[Chazzie]

@ Dominic Corner

Thanks for taking the time to clear that up, as a long time player I should have remembered that change.
Always nice to hear from you guys! I bet you’re up to your necks in work though!

Keep up the awesome work!

 

[Zieman]

So because I did some combat, the entire universe became very badass...

Which shouldn't be the case.
Combat missions you get, maybe yes, but not the whole universe.

 

[Kenneth McGrew]

Hmm aren't shield strenght in MJ's. I mean my IRL rifle can fire bullet with muzzle energy of little less than 4 kJ...

yeah slip of the fingers.

Probably not, but I can't be bothered with that kind of combat anyway.

well you don't play the game anymore anyway so....?

 

[Jmanis]

This is why I have to clear my save periodically. The combat missions become too hard to my taste. I was trying to show how to do combat missions to someone a few says ago and I was just unable to find an easy mission! So because I did some combat, the entire universe became very badass...

Hmmm.... so I play a dumb little game on my mobile... it lets you choose what level you want missions to spawn at (Level 1 through to 10), including a lower and upper bound, although there's no reason not to choose level 10 (just trust me on this one, it really is a dumb little game).

I wonder if there's merit to such a thing here? I can't think of any distinct advantages to "Generate harmless missions, even though I'm Elite combat rank", but ofc I don't know what's under the hood.

 

[Jmanis]

Sure, and there are also a couple of missions that only generate at elite rank.

Um... there are? Which ones? >.>

EDIT: I'm going to assume something like Wing Assasinations...

 

[Zieman]

I can't think of any distinct advantages to "Generate harmless missions, even though I'm Elite combat rank", but ofc I don't know what's under the hood.

Flooding the mission board might be one not-so-desired outcome.
Would be funny to pop some harmless-novice NPCs for pennies every now and then though, just for laughs.

 

[Navigare Necesse Est]

yeah slip of the fingers.


well you don't play the game anymore anyway so....?

Never say never again, so...

 

[BL1P]

"who actually knows stuff"

/thread

made me giggle

 

[Jmanis]

Flooding the mission board might be one not-so-desired outcome.
Would be funny to pop some harmless-novice NPCs for pennies every now and then though, just for laughs.

Whatcha mean by flooding?

 

[Batterby76]

Flooding the mission board might be one not-so-desired outcome.
Would be funny to pop some harmless-novice NPCs for pennies every now and then though, just for laughs.

Isn't that what level 2-3 convoy POIs are for?