Missions & Complexes

So I have started doing scanned combat sites and have been lucky enough to have a couple turn into expeditions. One didnt go very far, however, the second one continued on 4 times. At the end of the first one it was removed from my journal. The second one is not (I have cleared every rat from the location but my journal will not update). Is this normal?

The expedition is called "Drop" i think.

Expeditions can continue for up to 4 continuations total, after which they are completed. They can and will end any any point, so it is quite normal to have one continue for 2 then end or only get the one expedition and it ends there, lately i have been getting more that go all the way to the 4th and final expedition.

I have had it happen a few times where on one leg I kill the faction rat but nothing happens. No end message or continuation message. The expedition stays in the journal until it expires and I can't warp back to it. Quite annoying.

Mind, that expeditions are many cases not only simple "warp to-kill everything-hopefully phat loot". A lot of them can be manually triggered to advance, some of them even MUST BE manually triggered. From a certain point of view it is more important to understand the script behind the site, instead of understanding by game content.

One of those nasty things, that causes an expedition to fail is fleet actions. Example: player a gets expedition, player b in his fleet kills the faction/named/trigger = lower expeditions fail (expedition still in journal, doesnt advance), higher expeditions even sometimes REQUIRE THIS.

Another nasty thing are expeditions which have an alternate solution path (read the popups carefully, then u see IF there is an alternate solution). Bad thing is, that some of them then require you to have correct faction. If you dont/cant do the alternate solution = expeditions stops and vanishes from journal OR the alternate solution still can be done after killing everything and expedition stays in journal, but doesnt advance.

Classic startup for those interested: Expedition "True Power Shipyards" ( https://wiki.eveonline.com/en/wiki/True_Power_Shipyards ) which sometimes require you to wait for the incoming battlefleet (delay 15-25 mins after last kill) even in site #1, and not in the last site as *alternate solution*.

Expeditions usually have several sites to accomplish. If you did everything correct - which in no case is as simple to fly in and kill everything - the expedition can "escalate" and you trigger a further expedition in last site which is in journal then a new expedition, but a harder tier/level.

Well, i understand that some players want to have spoilers. My own point of view is, that Eve is pretty competitive. So, if you want to have spoilers, im not the right person to talk to, since i love to have special knowlegde and keep up my income by keeping this kind of business secret for me personally. Precisely im not the the only one having that knowledge, i wasnt advised or teached and had to find it out by myself also and sacrificed a lot of ships and isk to gain that level of knowledge. So why the heck should i distribute it to everyone for free? Why dont the others who gained that knowledge post it or share it for free?

Im one of the few telling you where and how to start and pointing on " there is more than just to fire at everything behind". IF you are interested in finding out, go on that adventure and you will find out :)

Sorry for not spoilering :9