I've been saying for a while now that missions in general need some attention.
Unfortunately the attention they got was a getting caught up in the balance pass which partially broke a few missions then those issues were 'solved' by another balance which addressed the first issues but unfortunately created several others. I get the impression that FD now thinks it's a case of 'job done'.
The issues highlighted by the OP are just scratching the surface. There are dozens of examples of issues with missions, PAX missions paying very little to ship passengers out to Colonia (compared to data missions requiring the same journey minus the passengers), solo sourcing missions that reward less than the cost of the required commodity, follow on missions now reduced to paying 10-20k cr, haulage missions paying a fraction of their previous reward and increasing cargo requirements, I could go on for pages just picking up on stuff mentioned on these boards.
Some are balance issues, some are just tech issues and underlying all of that is the clunky UI, mixed wing and solo on the same board, lack of mission variety, illegal missions being offered in plain sight etc.. It really is a bit of a mess IMHO.
Odyssey will bring with it new missions and the opportunity to speak to NPC mission contacts face to face and negotiate your rate. I'm wondering if FD are making wholesale changes to missions across both the mission board and the new NPC face to face missions that will be released with Odyssey? One can hope.
Unfortunately the attention they got was a getting caught up in the balance pass which partially broke a few missions then those issues were 'solved' by another balance which addressed the first issues but unfortunately created several others. I get the impression that FD now thinks it's a case of 'job done'.
The issues highlighted by the OP are just scratching the surface. There are dozens of examples of issues with missions, PAX missions paying very little to ship passengers out to Colonia (compared to data missions requiring the same journey minus the passengers), solo sourcing missions that reward less than the cost of the required commodity, follow on missions now reduced to paying 10-20k cr, haulage missions paying a fraction of their previous reward and increasing cargo requirements, I could go on for pages just picking up on stuff mentioned on these boards.
Some are balance issues, some are just tech issues and underlying all of that is the clunky UI, mixed wing and solo on the same board, lack of mission variety, illegal missions being offered in plain sight etc.. It really is a bit of a mess IMHO.
Odyssey will bring with it new missions and the opportunity to speak to NPC mission contacts face to face and negotiate your rate. I'm wondering if FD are making wholesale changes to missions across both the mission board and the new NPC face to face missions that will be released with Odyssey? One can hope.
