Wing Missions in Solo? Is That Possible?

[Leadfoot]

Done playing with Engineers for a bit, got my Asp Explorer up to 40 ly jumps so headed back to home base (Cubeo) and checked out the planet textures (Cubeo 3 A - really nice).

Checked out the missions available and got a bit of a puzzled look on my face at a number of them. A number of the new missions giving out over a million credits at a time require that they be done in wings of 3 players.

Can someone in Solo still accept these missions and just ferry back and forth to keep picking up more cargo or was this set of missions NOT supposed to be available in Solo Mode? Can we pick up NPC's as a wing? If yes, how?

Color me curious.

 

[rain_walker]

Yes you just pick a partial of the total cargo back and forth till ur done. But the pay isnt worth the trouble so do it just for fun

 

[c00ky1970]

Yes you can!

I did a couple alone - albeit in a Private group, until my wing buddy CMDR ToCoSo turned up.

Although they wont make you billionaires, I enjoy the fun of actually trucking and shipping large quantities of things around! Having a T-9 helps alot!

 

[Leadfoot]

Ok, thanks. Appreciate the responses. I would have thought, however, that FD would simply not put wing missions in Solo mode. Seems kind of silly. Just my 2¢, of course.

 

[[VR] Mad Mike]

Ok, thanks. Appreciate the responses. I would have thought, however, that FD would simply not put wing missions in Solo mode. Seems kind of silly. Just my 2¢, of course.

the missionboard is the same regardless of solo or PG or open..... (yes i know the missionboard changes, but that is due to the server you are on and is not balanced for the mode you are in).

possibly not a bad suggestion tho for the solo player to have a solo mission board, but tbh i think FD would rather encourage co-op MP play than solo play. the lack of equivalent to multiplayer features for single player seems to support this

 

[Kayweg]

Ok, thanks. Appreciate the responses. I would have thought, however, that FD would simply not put wing missions in Solo mode. Seems kind of silly. Just my 2¢, of course.

They didn't specifically "put" them in solo mode, they put them into the game, and the game is the same regardless of mode, you just don't see other players in solo.
I'm not sure they even could remove them from one mode, and not from others.

 

[willowfan]

A lot of the "wing" trade missions are perfectly achievable solo for anyone with a decent cargo capacity.

 

[Hasaf]

Last night I ran some wing missions in my T-9. It was great, finally missions worthy of the T-9, in all of its beauty.

I suspect that it will get nerfed; because right now it is great!

 

[Wobblin-Gobblin]

It's possible, but you won't get paid for the goods, only at the end when you've accomplished the mission. Or am I wrong? So the paying is not as good as it seems for someone alone.

 

[Leadfoot]

Just for fun and giggles, took one of those wing missions for cargo delivery. Used my anaconda, 480 tons cargo capable. Took six trips to complete for 2.5 million credits. I guess I can LEARN to live with it.

<grumpy old man>
Why, back in my day, we used to get 1.5 million for a single ship load of cargo and we liked it.
</grumpy old man>

 

[GG7]

I did a few in Beta by myself just to see how they differed from the original versions. Many more targets and obviously weighted for multiple players. But I was able to get through them solo.

The thing is, the payouts are no better for a single player than the orignals, and they take much longer to finish. If you like the challenge than you might enjoy these. But in terms of an economic use of your game time for earning mission rewards? Don't bother!

 

[Mrat13]

Last night I ran some wing missions in my T-9. It was great, finally missions worthy of the T-9, in all of its beauty.

I suspect that it will get nerfed; because right now it is great!

It already came pre nerfed lol. Standard missions stacked pay more. Only thing it beats right mow is passengers, but that's only cos passengers got hit so hard, they make courier missions look appealing.

But of course, to balance this, they'll just nerf other missions, rather than actually have all missions pay well, cos the grind is so fun right? Lol.

Yes I'm salty....

 

[ShimEnki]

I did a few in Beta by myself just to see how they differed from the original versions. Many more targets and obviously weighted for multiple players. But I was able to get through them solo.

The thing is, the payouts are no better for a single player than the orignals, and they take much longer to finish. If you like the challenge than you might enjoy these. But in terms of an economic use of your game time for earning mission rewards? Don't bother!

...and all that cargo will have no better impact on the state bucket than a solo mission.

 

[Strangepork]

Done playing with Engineers for a bit, got my Asp Explorer up to 40 ly jumps so headed back to home base (Cubeo) and checked out the planet textures (Cubeo 3 A - really nice).

Checked out the missions available and got a bit of a puzzled look on my face at a number of them. A number of the new missions giving out over a million credits at a time require that they be done in wings of 3 players.

Can someone in Solo still accept these missions and just ferry back and forth to keep picking up more cargo or was this set of missions NOT supposed to be available in Solo Mode? Can we pick up NPC's as a wing? If yes, how?

Color me curious.

I tried a wing assasination, with a quickly converted mining Corvette I had in the rim. I had 1700mj shields and I got smashed. I think my Anaconda with 2200mj would have been fine. I had messed up my third load of the 7a Shield booster deployments however.

 

[Spacecat]

Although they wont make you billionaires, I enjoy the fun of actually trucking and shipping large quantities of things around! Having a T-9 helps alot!

Depends on the pay, which is currently all over the place. And yes, having almost 700 units of storage does help immensely!

 

[Ka_Tor]

Performing Assassination Wing Missions in solo is fun and so satisfying. The first time I had to retreat in my chieftain. Then I returned with my cutter and npc crewmen. Destroyed the target and fled the scene, chased by the remaining 6 ships, with one ring remaining, no more scb and melted modules. It was exhilarating!

 

[ADAMtheWELSHMANz]

Done several wing assasination missions too for g5 mat rewards

Don't even needing to use scb's now that Vette is almost finished (again)! - yay me!

Think I'll hold off on transport one's until they come more into line with what you can earn doing standard missions though

 

[Mrat13]

Done several wing assasination missions too for g5 mat rewards

Don't even needing to use scb's now that Vette is almost finished (again)! - yay me!

Think I'll hold off on transport one's until they come more into line with what you can earn doing standard missions though

Or they nerf standard missions into the ground....

I wouldn't put it past the devs....

 

[Noddie]

Giving it a go - wish me luck.

 

[evanevery]

Done playing with Engineers for a bit, got my Asp Explorer up to 40 ly jumps so headed back to home base (Cubeo) and checked out the planet textures (Cubeo 3 A - really nice).

Checked out the missions available and got a bit of a puzzled look on my face at a number of them. A number of the new missions giving out over a million credits at a time require that they be done in wings of 3 players.

Can someone in Solo still accept these missions and just ferry back and forth to keep picking up more cargo or was this set of missions NOT supposed to be available in Solo Mode? Can we pick up NPC's as a wing? If yes, how?

Color me curious.

You must be the ONLY one not doing them! ;-)