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Buzz Kill - "You need to destroy the Dark Gray Cloud"
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Katsu Ronuken
Republic Military School
Minmatar Republic
#1 - 2015-04-28 20:31:12 UTC
lvl 4 mission, Buzz Kill.
I destroyed the battleships, which show up at the end of the mission.
Instead of a green check by the Agent menu item (on left of screen) I got a circle with a cross hair and the text, "You need to destroy the Dark Gray Cloud"
I set a tab to "show all" - I r. clicked the phrase Dark Gray Cloud and clicked approach. There is nothing to see. Nothing shows up in the display.

Neither Google nor Evelopedia mention Dark Gray Cloud.

And, how would one kill a cloud anyway?

I am guessing it's a bug.

Ideas?
Eru GoEller
State War Academy
Caldari State
#2 - 2015-04-28 20:42:05 UTC
Katsu Ronuken wrote:
lvl 4 mission, Buzz Kill.
I destroyed the battleships, which show up at the end of the mission.
Instead of a green check by the Agent menu item (on left of screen) I got a circle with a cross hair and the text, "You need to destroy the Dark Gray Cloud"
I set a tab to "show all" - I r. clicked the phrase Dark Gray Cloud and clicked approach. There is nothing to see. Nothing shows up in the display.

Neither Google nor Evelopedia mention Dark Gray Cloud.

And, how would one kill a cloud anyway?

I am guessing it's a bug.

Ideas?


Can you get a lock on it? If that's possible then shoot at it.
Nalelmir Ahashion
Industrial Management and Engineering
Mouth Trumpet Cavalry
#3 - 2015-04-28 20:48:35 UTC
http://eve-survival.org/wikka.php?wakka=BuzzKill4an

Misson is flagged completed after you have killed the last battleship in the Final Group.
Katsu Ronuken
Republic Military School
Minmatar Republic
#4 - 2015-04-28 20:51:55 UTC
Eru GoEller wrote:
Katsu Ronuken wrote:
lvl 4 mission, Buzz Kill.
I destroyed the battleships, which show up at the end of the mission.
Instead of a green check by the Agent menu item (on left of screen) I got a circle with a cross hair and the text, "You need to destroy the Dark Gray Cloud"
I set a tab to "show all" - I r. clicked the phrase Dark Gray Cloud and clicked approach. There is nothing to see. Nothing shows up in the display.

Neither Google nor Evelopedia mention Dark Gray Cloud.

And, how would one kill a cloud anyway?

I am guessing it's a bug.

Ideas?


Can you get a lock on it? If that's possible then shoot at it.


that's the thing - there is nothing there. But my screen says "approaching" and I bounce off of nothing when I arrive, just like any other object.
Katsu Ronuken
Republic Military School
Minmatar Republic
#5 - 2015-04-28 20:53:08 UTC
Nalelmir Ahashion wrote:
http://eve-survival.org/wikka.php?wakka=BuzzKill4an

Misson is flagged completed after you have killed the last battleship in the Final Group.



Thanks, I see that, and I indeed destroyed the battleships, but I cannot complete the mission.
Estella Osoka
Cranky Bitches Who PMS
#6 - 2015-04-28 21:14:27 UTC
Petition it.
Katsu Ronuken
Republic Military School
Minmatar Republic
#7 - 2015-04-29 00:01:03 UTC
Estella Osoka wrote:
Petition it.



Thanks. I will post the results.
Garmyne Atavuli
Pator Tech School
Minmatar Republic
#8 - 2015-04-29 22:22:47 UTC
Yes, petition it.
And next time decline Buzz-Kill, it's a crappy mission and not worth the time.
Mr Mac
Dark Goliath
#9 - 2015-04-30 05:37:41 UTC  |  Edited by: Mr Mac
I always ignore this feature on the screen. When you kill last battleship the icon on neocom will blink
ValentinaDLM
SoE Roughriders
Electus Matari
#10 - 2015-04-30 09:19:55 UTC
Garmyne Atavuli wrote:
Yes, petition it.
And next time decline Buzz-Kill, it's a crappy mission and not worth the time.


This is the truth! I don't always cherry pick missions, but I certainly decline ones like this.
Katsu Ronuken
Republic Military School
Minmatar Republic
#11 - 2015-05-02 14:46:49 UTC
Thanks for the comments!! - Yeah, I'll skip Buzz Kill in the future!

GM Mace asked me to file a bug report. - He said it was a known bug! (Obviously there is no Dark Gray Cloud to kill.)
Dato Koppla
Spaghetti Militia
#12 - 2015-05-02 16:31:54 UTC
ValentinaDLM wrote:
Garmyne Atavuli wrote:
Yes, petition it.
And next time decline Buzz-Kill, it's a crappy mission and not worth the time.


This is the truth! I don't always cherry pick missions, but I certainly decline ones like this.


I remember that Buzz Kill wasn't that bad. I used a Machariel with MWD and sentries back when I did missions years ago, and I recall that after pulling some range from the warp in, I was able to drop sentries and blap all the incoming frigates and never have to deploy light drones. Blap frigs and the weaker cruisers then start working on the elite cruisers which still fall quite fast to the 1100 or so dps that Machs put out.
March rabbit
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
#13 - 2015-05-02 22:54:45 UTC
Dato Koppla wrote:
ValentinaDLM wrote:
Garmyne Atavuli wrote:
Yes, petition it.
And next time decline Buzz-Kill, it's a crappy mission and not worth the time.


This is the truth! I don't always cherry pick missions, but I certainly decline ones like this.


I remember that Buzz Kill wasn't that bad. I used a Machariel with MWD and sentries back when I did missions years ago, and I recall that after pulling some range from the warp in, I was able to drop sentries and blap all the incoming frigates and never have to deploy light drones. Blap frigs and the weaker cruisers then start working on the elite cruisers which still fall quite fast to the 1100 or so dps that Machs put out.

Last time i did it i used Rattlesnake + sentries.
MJDed away... and got a little problem: they spawn 100km+ so i cannot order sentries to open fire. And they don't aggro. So it's slow and boring.

Other than that the mission is in line with other missions.

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Mara Rinn
Cosmic Goo Convertor
#14 - 2015-05-02 23:14:13 UTC
March rabbit wrote:
Last time i did it i used Rattlesnake + sentries.
MJDed away... and got a little problem: they spawn 100km+ so i cannot order sentries to open fire. And they don't aggro. So it's slow and boring.

Other than that the mission is in line with other missions.


MJD through the group, you'll end up at about 80km away from the spawn point. That gives you plenty of time to pick them off with sentries!

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