Talison conflict

matthewfarmery · Post by **matthewfarmery** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 11:13 am

I found this sector, I boarded the carrier, took out a contract to help military forces kill 7 fighters (roughly) the problem is, even though both enemy cap ship and fighters were destroyed, the mission isn't complete? I waited around and nothing else comes, so I cancel the mission and take out another one, again 7 fighters, but again after helping to kill all enemies near us, the mission again doesn't end, is there something special that needs doing or it is meant to take a while before the mission is complete, PS both were single waypoint missions

using 1.089

small update, I managed to complete one mission, I know the enemy cap ships aren't needed, but I have taken out 4 missions in total from this area, 3 won't finish, one I did managed to complete, so there must be something up?

any help or advice? thanks in advance

Jeremy · Post by **Jeremy** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 11:50 am

Did you kill 7 fighters during the contract? Sometimes not all of them show up and you have to hunt around for them.

Maarschalk · Post by **Maarschalk** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 12:00 pm

Yes, sometimes one of the fighters is a Chicken and flies away or jumps away, and you have to hunt it down!Do not cancel contracts, bad bad bad for your reputation!:PLOL

[Edited on 4-27-2009 by Maarschalk]

matthewfarmery · Post by **matthewfarmery** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 12:06 pm

well I reverted back to 1.088 and managed to do the same type of missions, no issues, contracts completed, hmm, untill there is an issue with the test build? and now Im ensign, looking forward to the next promotion:)

I will keep testing

Edit

done a few more missions with 1.088 no issues, contracts completed, I will try again with the test build and report back, this is most strange

edit 2

again tried the test build, same results as before, contract won't finish, even though everything nearby is dust, certainly something iffy with the test build when it comes to this area and contracts, reverting back to 1.088 as I have no issues with that build

[Edited on 4-27-2009 by matthewfarmery]

Post by **Vice** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 10:40 pm

Keep in mind there is an entirely new contract type in war zones now... spy missions. And they will not complete if you do not complete the spying objective. The reason you completed one of the missions (likely just an attack mission) and didn't complete the others may have been because you kept accepting the spy missions, then destroyed the hostile ships instead of performing a close scan of the capital ship like you needed to. If you destroy the ships before completing the scan, you won't complete the mission. So just to be sure, read the contract descriptions carefully and make sure the mission calls for destroying the ships rather than spying on one of them.

Maarschalk · Post by **Maarschalk** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 1:43 am

Originally posted by matthewfarmery
well I reverted back to 1.088 and managed to do the same type of missions, no issues, contracts completed, hmm, untill there is an issue with the test build? and now Im ensign, looking forward to the next promotion:)

I will keep testing

Edit

done a few more missions with 1.088 no issues, contracts completed, I will try again with the test build and report back, this is most strange

edit 2

again tried the test build, same results as before, contract won't finish, even though everything nearby is dust, certainly something iffy with the test build when it comes to this area and contracts, reverting back to 1.088 as I have no issues with that build

[Edited on 4-27-2009 by matthewfarmery]

Make sure like Vice is saying about spy missions!

I had the same issue like you reported and it was not a spy mission. You have to make sure you destroy seven fighters if it tells you to,. some missions only report the expected enemy fighters but some times there are more and you need to destroy more! and sometimes it looks like you killed them all but there is still one missing and I had to hunt it down by jumping to each square in the sector till I found it and destroyed it and it can take a long time sometimes!;)

Post by **Vice** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 2:07 am

That is another situation to consider, inaccurate intel. However, those should be far more rare, not occuring 3 out of 4 missions. What makes me think he kept accepting spy missions is how often the scenario he described occured.

matthewfarmery · Post by **matthewfarmery** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 11:12 am

I will go back to the test build and find out if you need to spy on a cap ship, so far with the release build, I haven't had any issues with a contact, only with the test build, but I will test again and report back

Maarschalk · Post by **Maarschalk** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 12:18 pm

Originally posted by Vice
That is another situation to consider, inaccurate intel. However, those should be far more rare, not occuring 3 out of 4 missions. What makes me think he kept accepting spy missions is how often the scenario he described occured.

The three out of four missions occuring is I think because he kept canceling and restarting the same contract, and the contract does not get deleted from the contract board till completed! At least that is how it should work the contract board I mean!;)

matthewfarmery · Post by **matthewfarmery** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 6:15 pm

I think they must has been spy missions then, that will teach me not to read the text:P I managed to do a spy mission, blimey they are hard

one thing though, going back to 1.088 seems to have fixed the hanger fee problem I was having, as I don't seem to be getting them anymore, I have nothing stored in any station, still I will keep my eyes peeled if that issue comes back

Maarschalk · Post by **Maarschalk** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 6:21 pm

Originally posted by matthewfarmery
I think they must has been spy missions then, that will teach me not to read the text:P I managed to do a spy mission, blimey they are hard

Yes, always read the fine print of any contract or mission!LOL:P:P:P

[Edited on 4-28-2009 by Maarschalk]