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Sir Vesa
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Posted - 2004.04.26 16:46:00 -
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I have been away from the mission game for a while now but read that some changes were made to the difficulty of these type missions. Are there tougher rats to kill now or just more per encounter? Has the quality of loot from the rats improved at all?
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Ari Kristinn
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Posted - 2004.04.26 16:55:00 -
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what i know that the missions are often twice as hard.
For instance a mission that involved killing an 65k rat and a 25k indy (which doesnt really count as he does near no damage) now involves killing two of those 65k Moa rats instead of one.
And you can get mission that involve fighting up to 7 frigates at a time.
I like them =)
Havent noticed any change in loot
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YuuKnow
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Posted - 2004.04.26 18:11:00 -
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Yeah, I was doing kill mission before and right after the patch. Basically where there used to be 3 cruiser now there are five. Where it used to be one missle cruiser and one missle frigate, now there are one missle cruiser and four missle frigates.
etc.
Same type of tatics, but the number of enemies were upped to make them more of a pain and slower to do.
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FoxDown
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Posted - 2004.04.26 18:41:00 -
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Yup. Showed up to kill a thief last night and found he has twice as many friends as usual. Well, they did warn us. Stabber salespeople must love me.
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Rancid Mare
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Posted - 2004.04.26 20:24:00 -
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but the number of enemies were upped to make them more of a pain and slower to do.
very true.
Zor was a challange solo...
these new changes are no more a challange,just a pain.
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Sir Vesa
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Posted - 2004.04.26 20:46:00 -
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yea i did a little field testing myself and the only difference ive noticed was the number of bad guys you got to kill. I wish i could have seen that zor when he was in-game but never got the mission :(. Only difference is i use more ammo now, can half pay attention and and still never be in actual danger.
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Wired
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Posted - 2004.04.26 22:31:00 -
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You guys are lucky then, i've found my missions getting easier (top lvl3 Ishukone security agent), i've found myself packing more mwd's to make it more of a challenge, and i dont use heavy drones anymore, i now use hammerheads and infiltrators coz i've got loads of them. I seem to be getting more cash for less work.
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Phaethon
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Posted - 2004.04.26 23:00:00 -
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Edited by: Phaethon on 26/04/2004 23:03:41
The new lvl3 Grecko missions screams for a large smartbomb setup.
Would it be too much to ask for to give harder rats when you are in a battleship?
I mean they drop so many drones and cap charges you need the extra cargohold to haul it back to base.
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DrMod
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Posted - 2004.04.26 23:29:00 -
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There is 2 missions that are head for security lvl3 but thats about it.
And if your in a battleship then you should be ok all the time!
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Admiral Seafort
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Posted - 2004.04.27 01:11:00 -
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/me waits anxiously for L4 missions...
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Mastik
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Posted - 2004.04.27 22:40:00 -
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Been running L 3 Q8 missions with my Omen cruiser and havnt had too many problems. But whats up with that 85k rat that just dropped a Miner I 
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Armin Chamberlain
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Posted - 2004.04.28 01:55:00 -
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They sure did change the loot. Now the more expensive rats often drop 1 unit of tech 2 construction components, pretty worthless! I especially hate that everybody seems to drop cap booster charges now. So I'd say loot changed, but didn't improve. |
Orion Yoda
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Posted - 2004.04.28 07:21:00 -
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I want Zor back! Can we have him back if you turn up in a BS?
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hatchette
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Posted - 2004.04.28 07:29:00 -
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Most of the times i get very ****ty loot. But yesterday i got kill mission.. and serpentis dropped me 'partial hull conversion - inertia stabilizer' and 'Amorphite Mining Probe' (i was searching for mining probe nearly a month!)
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Mangold
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Posted - 2004.04.28 08:49:00 -
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I like the missions and the loot. What do you want to find as loot from a 30k rat? A BPO for a cruiser? Get real.
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Amara Takani
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Posted - 2004.04.30 08:15:00 -
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Edited by: Amara Takani on 30/04/2004 08:24:33
Edited by: Amara Takani on 30/04/2004 08:22:56
Yes, it's more pain for everyone in a cruiser, like me.
What did the dev's think as they decided to make the missions more challenging? Everyone in a BS is waiting for level 4 missions and is bored further on.
As i did my level 2 missions in my tristan it was challenging for me and fun  to get the rats down.
Often i had to warp away and repair myself, when i killed one or more of the rats.
As i left my level 2 agent, when i learned the cruiser skill, i thought "Hey lets see how challenging that will be!".
And before the patch, i didn't think they were to easy. It was also a challenge as in the high level frigatte.
But now in my thorax with combat skills at level 3 so far and smarts for the raks, it's really a pain for me to fight
double  the rat escorts. That's what i see, when i did level 3 kill missions after the patch.
And i do only kill missions for courier agents! What's then with the kill missions for the navy?
I think the only reason ccp has done that, is to put the player off the not available level 4 agent missions
or that the kill missions in the same system, with high enough standing, also are to short compared to courier.
But these changing in missions doesn't solve the both problems! So i for now go mining and return when i get a BS also or my combat skills upped.
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Valerien
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Posted - 2004.04.30 13:39:00 -
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I'm on a similar boat to you Amara... when the patch came out, I was still doing L2 missions in my tristan. Now I finally got my standings to access an L3 agent, and they scaled the difficulty up. Couldn't they have waited for me to get a BS like everyone else? 
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Kragg Malak
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Posted - 2004.05.01 05:35:00 -
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Edited by: Kragg Malak on 01/05/2004 05:37:13
well i must be very lucky then, or not, depending on the point of view. Granted, i don't do killing missions only, but i get a kill mission once every 3-4 missions... and i do them in a kestrel, without losing more than half my shield... those are level 3 missions
the loots are just as bad as before.. but i got lucky this week: 1 24.2% cargo expander and another 20.36% one just now :D
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YuuKnow
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Posted - 2004.05.01 08:40:00 -
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Originally by: Valerien
I'm on a similar boat to you Amara... when the patch came out, I was still doing L2 missions in my tristan. Now I finally got my standings to access an L3 agent, and they scaled the difficulty up. Couldn't they have waited for me to get a BS like everyone else?
The "diffulcuty" the mission have been upped, but the pirate tatics are the same. You should still be able to do any lvl 3 mission in a high level cruiser and the same old tatics still work. Warp-in, get to your optimal range and stay there (by keep at range or mwd) and shield harden and shield boost when neccessary. Warp out when neccessary.
Same ol story, just slower to do now.
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