ErrorS
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Posted - 2005.07.12 12:59:00 -
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I consider myself an expert mission runner, heh. I don't do them for money, I honestly enjoy the gameplay.
Everyone recognized that some LV4s are too hard after the patch for whatever reasons. I'm going to list the ones I've done and what I think are wrong with them. I'm in a properly fitted Raven with good missile skills and I'm more effective in general then I was pre-patch.
Anyways.. All Guristas versions of the missions
1. Duo Of Death - This mission has a bit of a "WTF" feeling to it when you first get into it. You don't have a whole lot of time to react and can get screwed quickly if you don't prepare. The spider drones can be taken down quickly enough with drones but you have to be able to tank the sentries and battleships in the meantime. It can be harsh.. The Battleships's tanks are a bit too good for their bounty, they can take forever to kill if you can kill them at all. Overall the mission is doable but I'm sure it catches waaay too many people off-guard.
2. Silence The Informant - This one is just about impossible. When you first warp into the mission you get swarmed by drones that no battleship in the game will be able to take down quick enough. Other people may have tanks that will hold but I don't think it's possible in a Raven. I tried a "kill one drone, warp out, warp back in, kill another" thing but it really didn't work like I wanted it to. The drones took way to long to kill, this misssion needs reworked in my opinion.
3. The Rogue Slave Trader - This mission was a decent mission.. a good challenge overall. I think the rewards are a bit too small as it was harder then others, however, that might be because I'm not use to fighting amarr.
4. The Mordus Headhunters - Challenging but not too difficult. Good mission in my opinion
5. Guristas Extravaganza - This is a fun, challenging mission but it's over the top in length. I like the way it is and I enjoy doing it when I have the time, but it's rare if I do. I don't want the mission toned down but better rewards with less occurances would be nice.
6. The Infested Ruins - This is a good drone mission. I'm able to finish it with little trouble and it still adds a bit of a challenge. The lesser drone hive at the end takes too long to kill
7. The Guristas Spies - Well rounded mission
8. Eliminate the Pirate Campers - another seemingly well rounded mission. ( can't remember very much about it, it can't have been too difficult)
9. Stop The Thief! - Another mission I had little trouble with.
10. Sabotaged - No clue.. it was the first mission I had done in 3 months and I finished it with no trouble, I can't imagine it was very hard.
11. Damsel In Distress - I hate this mission with a passion. It's fun killing off Zor but the ships respawn, when you warp out (this needs to be fixed) Merc Wingmen are insane and .. well.. stuff is too hard to tank. The rewards are crap and you have to fly nearly 70km in a battleship to pick up an item to finish the mission with. It's not impossible but the first 4 merc wingmen might as well be battleships considering how much damage they do and how hard it is to kill them. I don't know how other battleships manage to kill these things with their turrets, I was at 1/2 shields before I got the first one out and that was with 6 heavy drones, a web, 4 cruise launchers and 2 siege launchers. The NPCs in this mission are too difficult (Zor isn't included in this, he's fun). Wingmen can definitely catch someone off-guard if they're not prepared.. I had to warp out 3 times for this mission and it took me almost an hour and a half. Not what I would like to see with LV4 missions.
That's what I have so far. If anyone wants to add anything to this thread, specific missions and why you think they are too easy or too difficult.
and I'm not whining about anything, I'm just giving my opinion. If it bothers you, I'm sorry.. but you need to put a lot less thought into my opinion of this game, it's not healthy.
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