Took a mission to kill 12 skimmers at planet Base, flew down to Base and landed took srv into Base and there are no skimmers anywhere. Anyone know how to get them to spawn or is this bugged? I've scanned data points but that just sets of alarms and the 20 or so turrets start shooting.
Horizons Skimmer killing mission but no skimmers at Base?
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dayrth
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You sometimes have to go right in to the center of the base to find the SRV trespass zone (much smaller than the ship trespass zone). Then wait inside it for the skimmers to respond.
You will also often find there are only 2 to 4 skimmers at the base. You kill them, hop in your ship, take off and jump to SC. Drop out again and go back to the base. This will reset the instance and you have to do the mission all over again. Repeat until you have killed 12 skimmers.
You will also often find there are only 2 to 4 skimmers at the base. You kill them, hop in your ship, take off and jump to SC. Drop out again and go back to the base. This will reset the instance and you have to do the mission all over again. Repeat until you have killed 12 skimmers.
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The trick to completing these missions is not going to directly to the stated base, but landing near it (within 10-50km). Search for POIs in the area, either with your ship or SRV wave scanner. Any skimmers found at these will belong to the mission target faction and most will be wanted, meaning you can destroy them without receiving a bounty. You can actually make a lot of money doing these missions and this is a very low risk way of completing them.
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I'm having similar problems with one of the Pirate Hunting Missions. You need to kill a SPECIFIC Pirate faction. Not just any wanted pirate will do. But the problem is... There is like a handful of these guys in the system!
I did one last night where I had to take out 24 pirates, and it took me literally 5 hours to get that many! I made the mistake of accepting several of these at once, and now today, I am on another one that required 16 from a specific faction. After checking res sites, USS, Nav Beacon and just flying around aimlessly in SC, I have managed to kill 6 in the last 3 hours!
I think the problem here is that FD has not bothered to check the game mechanics to see how many of the required target the game is generating! Just like your Skimmer mission, these pirate missions just don't have the required number of targets! I'm definitely not taking any more of these missions, and the same goes for that Skimmer mission you posted about!
From an immersion stand point... Seems highly unlikely that a group of pirates so small would warrant a mission with 2.5 million CR reward! lol!
Stupid Grind once again! Just plain stupid.
I did one last night where I had to take out 24 pirates, and it took me literally 5 hours to get that many! I made the mistake of accepting several of these at once, and now today, I am on another one that required 16 from a specific faction. After checking res sites, USS, Nav Beacon and just flying around aimlessly in SC, I have managed to kill 6 in the last 3 hours!
I think the problem here is that FD has not bothered to check the game mechanics to see how many of the required target the game is generating! Just like your Skimmer mission, these pirate missions just don't have the required number of targets! I'm definitely not taking any more of these missions, and the same goes for that Skimmer mission you posted about!
From an immersion stand point... Seems highly unlikely that a group of pirates so small would warrant a mission with 2.5 million CR reward! lol!
Stupid Grind once again! Just plain stupid.
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