Hethwill, the Red Duke Posted October 1, 2018 Posted October 1, 2018 Good point Baltic. All missions to have requisite of rate seems a good way to promote usage of all ships. IIRC from some post in the Safe Zones discussions the AI within a nation Reinforcement Zone would be changed to feature less enemy shipping and more own nation ships ( makes all sense of course ). So this can be a motivation factor for the Search&Destroy. Also, tested "common" missions yesterday, had to kill frigates and another mission for Belle Poules, so by hunting Belle Poules I was fulfilling both missions at the same time. I find this pleasing. 1
Christoph Posted October 1, 2018 Posted October 1, 2018 I accepted 2 missions! First: Hunt Mission (8x 3rd rate). second: search and destroy (10x 3rd rate) if I sink a 3rd rate in the ow then I've sunk 2 3rds according to missions. that is illogical. The next problem is that I can attack a fleet where the 3rd rates as a fleet are in it. if I sink only the 3rd rates then the fleet always comes back to the ow. I can attack them until I finish the mission
Angus MacDuff Posted October 1, 2018 Posted October 1, 2018 I have a 5th rate mission (kill 10 x 5th rate) and I have a Frigate mission (kill 3 x Frigate). When I killed a player in a Frigate, I only got credit for the 5th rate mission. Nothing for the frigate mission. Shouldn't I have got the credit in both? It is both a 5th rate and a Frigate, ergo...
Cdr. Joseph Barss Posted October 1, 2018 Posted October 1, 2018 (edited) Angus MacDuff, were the two missions of the same type ? I noticed if the Missions are of the same type - for example Hunt - the credits are shared. If a Hunt and a S&D, maybe they do not ? Hope some testers looked into this. Edited October 1, 2018 by Cdr. Joseph Barss
Angus MacDuff Posted October 1, 2018 Posted October 1, 2018 I'm pretty sure one was a hunt and the other S&D. I was happy to see you could choose more than one mission that would target the same ships. If this is not the case, Devs will need to prioritize the missions.
admin Posted October 1, 2018 Author Posted October 1, 2018 1 hour ago, Angus MacDuff said: I have a 5th rate mission (kill 10 x 5th rate) and I have a Frigate mission (kill 3 x Frigate). When I killed a player in a Frigate, I only got credit for the 5th rate mission. Nothing for the frigate mission. Shouldn't I have got the credit in both? It is both a 5th rate and a Frigate, ergo... will check
admin Posted October 1, 2018 Author Posted October 1, 2018 6 hours ago, Banished Privateer said: I can take the 5-star mission in free town and complete it inside the safe zone. They are not attached to any region or port... Just like the old "delivery missions" this can be exploited for very high profits and 100% safety. Mission complexity is determined by what enemies are in the battle instance - not the time to sail or their location. 1
Angus MacDuff Posted October 1, 2018 Posted October 1, 2018 1 minute ago, admin said: will check The exploit in this is if I can find them, I can load up on Trinc, Cerb and Frigate missions and add a 5th rate mission in order to get double credit. I think that's great, but I don't know if it was your intent.
admin Posted October 1, 2018 Author Posted October 1, 2018 12 minutes ago, Angus MacDuff said: I'm pretty sure one was a hunt and the other S&D. I was happy to see you could choose more than one mission that would target the same ships. If this is not the case, Devs will need to prioritize the missions. what is your player name? did you report the F11 by any chance?
Angus MacDuff Posted October 1, 2018 Posted October 1, 2018 1 minute ago, admin said: what is your player name? did you report the F11 by any chance? It's Angus MacDuff. I didn't F11, because i'm not sure its a bug. I thought it might be your intent to only give credit on one mission. I didn't consider it a big issue...I just went and sunk more ships.
Suppenkelle Posted October 2, 2018 Posted October 2, 2018 Tried weekly event for small ships. Am unable to claim reward despite three listed kills. (f11ed ingame name is the same) If this is a feature, thevent is running for 6 more days, please specify in the description. Killing Traders Brigs with basic cutter seems to be valid. This is a bit lame. Is it intended this way?
admin Posted October 2, 2018 Author Posted October 2, 2018 16 minutes ago, Suppenkelle said: Tried weekly event for small ships. Am unable to claim reward despite three listed kills. (f11ed ingame name is the same) If this is a feature, thevent is running for 6 more days, please specify in the description. Killing Traders Brigs with basic cutter seems to be valid. This is a bit lame. Is it intended this way? Rewards can be claimed once event completes. Testbed does not have many players so its easier to get leaderboard. Being on the leaderboard provides major portion of the rewards. With more players participating many will kill frigates or higher rated ships in their cutters or princes taking your place in the leaderboards because they have scored more BR in the light ships.
Suppenkelle Posted October 2, 2018 Posted October 2, 2018 (edited) 2 minutes ago, admin said: Testbed does not have many players so its easier to get leaderboard. Being on the leaderboard provides major portion of the rewards. With more players participating many will kill frigates or higher rated ships in their cutters or princes taking your place in the leaderboards because they have scored more BR in the light ships. That's why I f11ed it: there is no reward shown, no possibility to claim it, and my place on the leaderboard is infinite (none). Edited October 2, 2018 by Suppenkelle spelling
balticsailor Posted October 2, 2018 Posted October 2, 2018 (edited) i managed to get 5500 doubloons from the line ship challange and 500 doubloons form the frigate one, but for me the rules and condions are not very clear for the challange. What i gathered from trying them, you need to kill the given amount of ships in as few battles as possible and for the ships you kill to have a high BR. Edited October 2, 2018 by balticsailor
Angus MacDuff Posted October 2, 2018 Posted October 2, 2018 1 minute ago, balticsailor said: i managed to get 5500 doubloons from the line ship challange and 500 doubloons, but for me the rules and condions are not very clear for the challange. What i gathered from trying them, you need to kill the given amount of ships in as few battles as possible and for the ships you kill to have a high BR. We know from the regular server that we get more reward if we fight with a BR disadvantage. Maybe the Mission menu should be more informative in this regard.
OjK Posted October 2, 2018 Posted October 2, 2018 Is AI expected to "cheat" during boarding on missions? I mean, the enemy Trincomalee was on brace for 14.99 seconds, just to switch for "Attack" in last 0.01s
Cdr. Joseph Barss Posted October 2, 2018 Posted October 2, 2018 It happens now and then. Some smart AI does mimic what players also do - last second changes. 1
OjK Posted October 2, 2018 Posted October 2, 2018 1 minute ago, Cdr. Joseph Barss said: It happens now and then. Some smart AI does mimic what players also do - last second changes. Never happened to me in previous 1k hours That's why I'm asking
Cdr. Joseph Barss Posted October 2, 2018 Posted October 2, 2018 lucky you. First time it happened to me i thought devs would be "controlling" the AI. But then i did have some encounters with similar AI behavior. Is rare but happens. 1
Lovec1990 Posted October 2, 2018 Posted October 2, 2018 4 minutes ago, OjK said: Never happened to me in previous 1k hours That's why I'm asking it happened to me multiple times but never lost boarding becouse of it
Capn Rocko Posted October 2, 2018 Posted October 2, 2018 2 hours ago, OjK said: Never happened to me in previous 1k hours That's why I'm asking It happens 😉 I also find it funny that the ai has boarding prep all the time. You kill half of its crew through normal gunfire by the end of battle
Barbancourt Posted October 2, 2018 Posted October 2, 2018 10 hours ago, Cdr. Joseph Barss said: It happens now and then. Some smart AI does mimic what players also do - last second changes. They do occasionally change in the final second or so, but seldom enough that it doesn't usually effect the outcome.
Cmdr RideZ Posted October 3, 2018 Posted October 3, 2018 On 9/25/2018 at 6:29 PM, Hethwill the Harmless said: "Kill Mission" could be named better. Native speakers could help here. Maybe "Eliminate"? Battle Missions: Search and destroy MISSION Hunt MISSION Kill MISSION Repeating mission is mandatory? 1
Angus MacDuff Posted October 3, 2018 Posted October 3, 2018 I've had pretty good luck in Pirate waters finding missions that I want to do, but I fear that will change when we shift this over to the Caribbean Server. I can easily pop into a neutral port and shop for missions. What happens when we are on a more populous server? Will missions be competed for and very difficult to find?
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