Worst thing in this game. RIGGED ASTEROID CHALLENGE

[Buzzerker]

I HATE IT. If this game had more garbage like this I wouldn't even play it. After you find all of these explosives, you place all of these explosives and then you have to find all 4 wherever the hell they are on the asteroid within 8 seconds to turn the 'switch' on the explosives (green), while facing nose down and orbiting around this huge rock the size of a small mountain.

IT's dumb as hell, it's tedious as hell, it makes no sense. Why couldn't you place all of the explosives move back a few thousand meters and just detonate the damn explosives?

It's not a challenge it's a game/mission killing p.o.s., that's what it is. It's not fun.

Because the German developers thought that would be too easy.

I have a question, what the hell do I get for all of this hard frustrating work screwing around with a giant dumbass space rock? What treasure do I get? What coveted piece of loot that I can't live without do I get for spending a HALF HOUR wasting my time with this huge hunk of space rock?

[Buzzerker]

if you fly just a fraction of an inch away from that Fruchkin asteroid, all of the explosives shut off and you have to start over.

It's disgusting, what a trash mission, I am not doing it.

[Graviterium]

Yeah, it's not good. And it is especially annoying when you had the explosion sockets and explosion charges marked on your display all the time, but when you join them together the markings suddenly vanish and you have to search for them manually. Doesn't make any sense. Maybe the intention was to make us train our memory, but come on, doing so for asteroids is pointless.

[Pappy]

Originally posted by Buzzerker:

what the hell do I get for all of this hard frustrating work screwing around with a giant dumbass space rock?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwxmS_ZyXw8

[LarvaLounge]

Tip: Set the game to Very Easy when you do them.

[CEPHY]

I only did 2 of those so far, but I hate them as well.


I just wish they'd get rid of the timer entirely, or at least mark the explosives so I don't need to circle the damn thing in my bomber.

[BurntFaceMan]

They're not that hard - if it helps there is a keybind for players to place markers (up to 3 at once), but it's unbound by default - highly recommend binding it as it helps with some of the larger ones.

Personally I've never taken more than 1 attempt on any of them, and after I failed I just marked 3/5 of them and started with the two unmarked ones and did it very easily.

You're not even obliged to do them, so if you don't like them that much just ignore them.

[iHaku]

^ this is the real strat to do them. you have to actually try to fail. Tho i also dont know why placing markers is unbound, this is a terrible default setting.

they are really just another very simple puzzle like the other ones.

[CitizenKing]

Each you activate adds more time to the clock. Just circle strafe around it, they're not that hard to spot.

It's not that bad.

[Carlos Spicywiener]

Its annoying for sure but easy to do

[Sonatix]

Agree, most annoying activity in the game.

[F****** S******]

why people hate this? i love this. just goes around vertical + horizontal before start. remember the position and where to start for horizontal, stop for horizontal, and start for vertical..

[ToJKa]

Only the big one in Ceto is really difficult.

It was even more fun during the EA when it dropped only one ore

[Jhea]

Originally posted by BurntFaceMan:

They're not that hard - if it helps there is a keybind for players to place markers (up to 3 at once), but it's unbound by default - highly recommend binding it as it helps with some of the larger ones.

Personally I've never taken more than 1 attempt on any of them, and after I failed I just marked 3/5 of them and started with the two unmarked ones and did it very easily.

You're not even obliged to do them, so if you don't like them that much just ignore them.

Yeah well,. that's coz you have a good coordination and ability to orient yourself in 3d space
Other's like the OP of this thread, can't think in 3 dimensions, and have a hard time finding it.

I just like to take a step back from these roids, so i can see it in its entirety and then circle it once and know where all those explovives are.
And then go go go time - i love these missions - even without any marker.
it's easy af if you have some coordination and can wrap your mind arround these 3d positions.

But this is also pretty much the reason not everyone is suited to be a fighter pilot...

[CaoLex]

Asteroid detonators timers are ♥♥♥♥ idea, why the hell they even timed. Don't you have space Wi-Fi that you are using all the time.
Changing diffculties just for this is ridiculous and even then they are still timed, you just have more time to fight the control of your ship.

[KnuckleHead]

I like them, and I'm not even that good at flying.