[Request] - Mission rewards that give out something OTHER than mineral mining ships.

[grapedog]

For those missions that reward the player with Mineral mining ships... could we get some variation on that? Some L freighters, or Gas mining ships? Also perhaps different mods on the ships? maybe even a couple high end frigates or corvettes with mods.

I guess I'd also request a pass over the mission rewards in general. For example, a mission to build a defense station and supply ships can reward a mineral miner with mods, but you can also find that mission offered with a reward of just an exceptional shield mod, but no ship.

and not losing access to missions when you complete certain faction storylines.

[vvvvvvvv]

For those missions that reward the player with Mineral mining ships... could we get some variation on that?

As far as I can tell the actual reward there is not the ship, but captain, mods and nividum. So you disassemble mods and reassign the captain. Nividium goes into hq to fuel high mass teleportation and research.

[enyophaze]

Get reward ships, sell ships, earn credits, buy other ships.

[jlehtone]

For those missions that reward the player with Mineral mining ships... could we get some variation on that? Some L freighters, or Gas mining ships? Also perhaps different mods on the ships? maybe even a couple high end frigates or corvettes with mods.

As said, the ship may be mere bonus -- a vessel for delivering the "real" rewards.

There are missions that do hand out Gas miners and Freighters. Well, not explicitly as "reward", but nevertheless. The "board a ship" missions. I was actually surprised (and concerned) the first time I did one of those. I did expect the boarded ship to transfer to the client (and was worried on how to keep my marines). It did turn out that I have to keep the ship.

I guess I'd also request a pass over the mission rewards in general. For example, a mission to build a defense station and supply ships can reward a mineral miner with mods, but you can also find that mission offered with a reward of just an exceptional shield mod, but no ship.

Isn't that "variation on" rewards? We can choose missions based on what they offer. I do.

and not losing access to missions when you complete certain faction storylines.

That is a whole topic: The Guilds and how "diplomacy" affects them. (With diplomacy being forced choices in stories and effect being permanent removal.) Overall, players feel that more factions should have Guilds, but would access to more simultaneous, lucrative, cheesy missions be in line with the profit nerfs that other activities in the game have already encountered?

[BitByte]

There are missions that do hand out Gas miners and Freighters. Well, not explicitly as "reward", but nevertheless. The "board a ship" missions. I was actually surprised (and concerned) the first time I did one of those. I did expect the boarded ship to transfer to the client (and was worried on how to keep my marines). It did turn out that I have to keep the ship.

And kill person missions where you can get S/M size ship when captain bails out.

[GCU Grey Area]

Agree with grapedog. I do a lot of these missions specifically to obtain L miners with a moderately decent captain & crew. Saves me a fortune in the early-mid game where I'm still constrained in my ability to buy all the ships I need. Would be really quite useful if some of the missions provided L gas miners or freighters instead.

[grapedog]

And kill person missions where you can get S/M size ship when captain bails out.

I haven't done one of those in a while, does the captain bailing out count as a kill? Or do you have to shoot the escape pod to get credit?

[grapedog]

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To some people the ship is the reward. I like the mods and the pilot is nice too, but I really like the ships. I just want more variety.

I don't feel like it's a crazy ask to get some different ships as rewards.

And I know guilds are a whole other issue, but I at least wanted to drop another mention of it, since it's adjacent to missions.

[BitByte]

I haven't done one of those in a while, does the captain bailing out count as a kill? Or do you have to shoot the escape pod to get credit?

You need kill pilot in escape pod.

In missions where you need destroy faction ships (e.g. FAF) it's counted as "destroyed" when pilot bails.