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Solondria Oriki
School of Applied Knowledge
Caldari State
#1 - 2012-07-12 21:58:10 UTC
I have a concern about the beginning npc missions that players who are new (some of which are struggling with the basic concepts of the game itself, mining and activating startwill come across as far as the missing "tools" that are simply not available to them in order to complete said mission. For example I was to fit Civilian Missile Launcher to my ship with the launcher hard points which turns out, I had not acquired because behold, I had yet done the other quest line in order to have done such a feat, not a big deal just do the quest right? Sure, but totally forget the bonus because by the time you do all this not to mention the training, hey that bonus went out the door. Thanks for the warning and development of that mission guys. I put in a petition and got the mission reset, problem solved. Now I have run into at least 2 other issues similar to this with these NPC missions which is not only annoying, but further time consuming because I have to jump through all these hoops and petition writing, forum writing so on and so forth, before too long I am no longer playing the game but doing other activities linked to the game in order to correct this nonsense because of poorly thought out development with these missions. You are given almost no if any direction as to the order I should be following in order to progress with the mission line, which I was of the mind the order did not matter. I however must be wrong because clearly you have to do them in some sort of order because well, we are not given all the assets to complete each and every starting mission (not the tutorials mind you) which does not make any sense to NOT provide the items for said mission if that be the requirement to complete it even if it were for only that duration of the mission. Please for the sake of sanity fix this. I grow tired of coming across the same problem and writing a bunch of petitions truly is not the solution. I enjoy this game, wish to continue playing Eve Online but as far as having to work out "bugs" that probably should have been dealt with long before I got here well, its taking away from my enjoyment of this game.
Daniel Plain
Doomheim
#2 - 2012-07-12 22:21:16 UTC
wall of text lands a perfect hit on Daniel Plain's brain.

I should buy an Ishtar.
Flurk Hellbron
Science and Trade Institute
Caldari State
#3 - 2012-07-12 22:26:02 UTC
Just say what you have to say, don't write a essay that says nothing at all................. adapt and move on...
bubble trout
Brutor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#4 - 2012-07-12 22:38:03 UTC
Solondria Oriki wrote:
I have a concern about the beginning npc missions newbies will come across as far as the missing "tools" that are simply not made available to them in order to complete certain missions.

For example, I was to fit Civilian Missile Launcher to my ship. It turns out I had not acquired it because, I had yet to do the other quest line. Not a big deal, just do the quest right? Sure, but I totally forget about the bonus reward. By the time you do the other mission not to mention the training, the bonus is out the door. Thanks for the warning and development of that mission guys.

I put in a petition and got the mission reset, problem solved. Now I have run into at least 2 other issues similar to this, which is not only annoying, but further time consuming because I have to jump through all these hoops, like petitioning, forum whoring, etc. Before too long I am no longer playing the game, but doing other activities linked to the game in order to correct this nonsense because of poorly thought out development with these missions.

You are given almost no if any direction as to the order I should be following in order to progress with the mission line. I Thought the order did not matter. I, however, must be wrong because we are not given all the assets to complete each and every starting mission (not the tutorials mind you). It makes no sense to NOT provide the items for a mission if they are required to complete the mission, even if the item was granted for the duration of the mission only.

Please for the sake of sanity fix this. I grow tired of coming across the same problem time and again, and then having to write a bunch of petitions to get it fixed. Truly this is not the solution. I enjoy this game and wish to continue playing Eve Online, but this is taking away from my enjoyment of this game.


Done.



OP, you don't "have" to do missions in order. If I recall exactly, you are told by aura(the help fairy who gives little pop ups.) that you can find these items on the market. You can do that, or first read the mission and make sure you are getting the item. Plan ahead, make note of how long you have to do the mission before accepting it.

Beyond that, don't sweat it. Nothing you get in the stater missions is really important, except for the destroyer at the end of the advanced warfare arc. That is probably your best ship for flying level 1 missions, or even mining in, at least in the first week or so.