Jumped into a system with a high confict zone nearby, jump in shoot some stuff, leave only to find there's no large landing pads/stations (me being in a clipper) so now i have combat bonds i can't turn in......ok i think, won't do that again. Jump to a nearby system that i know has large stations, look at the bounty board only to find that some missions are trying to send me to outposts which i cannot land at. Any plans to fix this major flaw once you've upgraded your ship to a large landing pad requirement?
So now that i have a bigger ship
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Yeah but what about the fact you're still able to take missions from the BB that want you to take commodities to a station you can't dock at? Surely this is madness and the BB should know what ship your in and offer you relevant missions otherwise what's the point of owning a large ship unless all you want to do is trade/bounty hunt?
With any luck, that's one of the improvements to the missions system coming in 1.3.
Its a bulletin board...
If I go into my local Tesco and buy a pram that I saw for sale on the notice board I can't complain that I didn't want a pram. If I take a job to paint someone's portrait I can't complain when they don't pay - because I can't paint.
There's a lot wrong with the mission system and I'm really looking forward to seeing the new one, but this aspect isn't one of the problems. Research the job before you accept it.
And i bet you also like that you have a high chance the mission is off the board as soon as you come back from the galaxy map "research"?
....... its a design flaw, you can say its realistic, but its still a flaw
Them's the breaks. If you spend time in a system/region you get to know the neighbouring systems rewarding loyalty.
(Leave the mission open on accept/decline, switch to the map.)
It's only a design flaw if the designers think like you and not like me. I don't know the answer to that.
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well, being diplomatic, i would say there is some room for improvements..
I absolutely agree. The mission system is pretty well borked but it's getting a complete overhaul for 1.3 and I can't wait but I don't think that big ships shouldn't be as flexible as smaller ships. Right ship for the right task. You wouldn't choose an assassination mission in your Sidey, and you have to be careful choosing a delivery mission in your Anaconda. I think that is how it should be. Currently I'm focusing on rank/reputation so I switched to my Cobra because it has the flexibility to take on almost any mission.
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It isn't a flaw, it is by design.
Outposts don't have large pads. If you fly a large ship you need to check destinations before you select your missions or trade routes.
In the case of combat bonds you only need to buy yourself a small or medium ship to claim them.
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No landing on outposts with large Vessels is a design decission, no problem with that, but some more user friendly tools, to check where i can drop my parcel and where not, would be highly appriciated.
And sorry, no excuse for the combat bond transfer requiring to actually land on a Station. Being close, lets say orbiting 20km from station, should be enough to transfer some data in the year 3000....i mean, i'm writing this on a 2013 Cellphone device while sitting at the lake...
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Welcome to owning a Clipper, I love mine!
Day 1 of ownership the same thing happened to me. Saw a job running gold. I accepted the mission. Flew to destination, dialed up the station to request landing, denied. I thought, ok, get closer to the station. Dial up again, denied, they don't have large landing pads. Crap!!! So I abandon the mission, pay the 80K fine. Next thing I know, I'm hauling illicit cargo. Ah crap is my next thought. Next thing I know, I'm getting scanned! Thank goodness I'm in the Clipper, 4 pips to engines and I'm out of their with no completed scan. Now I have to find a black market to dump my gold and recover my fine costs. I jump to where I know is a black market, 80 LY away, so I have to jump 6 times. Not only 6 jumps, but I have to fuel scoop too!!! Crap, now anyone can get me. I get to the station un-harmed, and now I have to learn how to fly this bad boy for a smuggling mission! 4 pips to engine, call and get cleared to land and I'm in with no problem! 160 M/S through the letter box! As I get closer to the letter box, 4 pips to system so I don't completely die if I screw this up! I land no problem, and sell my cargo!!!
All in a day's work for Commander Maximus Michael!!!
The system is not broke, just requires you to think through the mission set and come up with the best way to complete the mission!
Day 1 of ownership the same thing happened to me. Saw a job running gold. I accepted the mission. Flew to destination, dialed up the station to request landing, denied. I thought, ok, get closer to the station. Dial up again, denied, they don't have large landing pads. Crap!!! So I abandon the mission, pay the 80K fine. Next thing I know, I'm hauling illicit cargo. Ah crap is my next thought. Next thing I know, I'm getting scanned! Thank goodness I'm in the Clipper, 4 pips to engines and I'm out of their with no completed scan. Now I have to find a black market to dump my gold and recover my fine costs. I jump to where I know is a black market, 80 LY away, so I have to jump 6 times. Not only 6 jumps, but I have to fuel scoop too!!! Crap, now anyone can get me. I get to the station un-harmed, and now I have to learn how to fly this bad boy for a smuggling mission! 4 pips to engine, call and get cleared to land and I'm in with no problem! 160 M/S through the letter box! As I get closer to the letter box, 4 pips to system so I don't completely die if I screw this up! I land no problem, and sell my cargo!!!
All in a day's work for Commander Maximus Michael!!!
The system is not broke, just requires you to think through the mission set and come up with the best way to complete the mission!
I really think its not a problem the way it is. It only takes a minute or so to check where you are turning the mission in before accepting it. As with other things in this game, you just need to take a little time to research or plan your course of action. ED is not one of those games that hands everything to you on a platter, and nor should it be. The game rewards those who make the extra effort, and should remain like this.