Best and Worst Mission (IMO) - Time vs. Reward

[WhoopinOnYou]

I've run most of the missions thus far and they've all been solo (except two maybe).

The best mission is still Deep Vein: Extraction. It continues to reign supreme in the time investment vs. the reward you get for that investment. 150 R / 64 E (16-80 potentially)

The worst mission award goes to Nightwatch: Geo-Research. I finally did this mission and for the amount of running across the map you have to do, a measly 50 R is all you get when you're done. lol. It was an easy mission but has to rank the absolute worst, for me, in the time vs. reward category.

* I'm purposely ignoring the Tech 4 Fabricator missions because those are a headache all by themselves, but would probably still rank above the Geo mission.

Change my mind. What else would you put into these two categories?

[Mourn]

Nightwatch is pretty low level right ?
think of it as an opportunity for lower level people to get a little currency , reasonably easily, learn a bit about the game and how the map works and potentially grab a few levels on the way.

[WhoopinOnYou]

Originally posted by RatScorpioRat:

Nightwatch is pretty low level right ?
think of it as an opportunity for lower level people to get a little currency , reasonably easily, learn a bit about the game and how the map works and potentially grab a few levels on the way.

It's ranked easy, yes. Well, 2 of 4 skulls now. But Nightwatch Geo Research is pretty deep into the Mission tree and you have to trek a good part of that through the Riverlands. The second location is a loooooooooooong way away from the first. It's quite a lengthy mission for a 50 R reward. You'll see what I mean when you run it. It's a one and done mission, never to repeat again for that reward. lol

[Osnauticus]

Deep Vein: Extraction is literally the only mission worth playing, reward wise. Every other mission is bad but I'd say Payday: Extraction is the worst at least for a solo player. You spend all that time developing T4 (if you're lucky and get good ore spawns) dodging polar bears and then you get more exotics than you can bring back in a single drop ship (100) after 12+ hours of gameplay where you could have done Deep Vein in 30 minutes and gotten 60.

[Mourn]

Originally posted by WhoopinOnYou:

Originally posted by RatScorpioRat:

Nightwatch is pretty low level right ?
think of it as an opportunity for lower level people to get a little currency , reasonably easily, learn a bit about the game and how the map works and potentially grab a few levels on the way.

It's ranked easy, yes. Well, 2 of 4 skulls now. But Nightwatch Geo Research is pretty deep into the Mission tree and you have to trek a good part of that through the Riverlands. The second location is a loooooooooooong way away from the first. It's quite a lengthy mission for a 50 R reward. You'll see what I mean when you run it. It's a one and done mission, never to repeat again for that reward. lol

ahhh, ok, I must have been thinking of the other geo research mission. Haven't done all that many myself, am taking my time and chilling through the missions, just did Death Ray, went without a hitch and levelled about 4 times (hit 40 just before I left)

[Pluto]

you can bring back a full invo off Exotics +100 in ship

[Daredevil]

I came to realize they're all awful.

There are mindless ones, where you just run around like a headless chicken. Then there are those considerably more awful where you have to tech all the way up to the furnace so you can forge composites so you can craft a radar. This made me hate this game, seriously.

I think the devs like to punch kittens if thats their concept of fun

[Peace Saintjohn]

FIRE WALK: DELIVERY, 250 R, 25 min, 10 R/min.
Though 25 min requires Naneo Armor set, no hard engagement, no weather alert. 35 min for crafted fur armor.

[WhoopinOnYou]

Originally posted by Peace Saintjohn:

FIRE WALK: DELIVERY, 250 R, 25 min, 10 R/min.
Though 25 min requires Naneo Armor set, no hard engagement, no weather alert. 35 min for crafted fur armor.

This a good mission. I run it a lot for leveling up. Endless wolves to kill on the way up and back.

[Falonious]

Nightwatch is bugged for many people.

[F4lc0n]

If you play Co-op I can recommend the Ramp-up Stockpile mission for 600 Credits. Took us exactly 3 hours on our first try with 2 people but we could have saved at least one hour if we knew what we were doing and by killing ourselves instead of running back to the ship.
With more people it will scale even better - just being solo it will suck.

[Duck1098]

I just finished the Nightwatch Geo mission and I am just a little curious as to wtf the devs were thinking with this one. You run the map for hours, literally, for 50 R ?? Considering I can run BioHazard in 9 minutes for 50R ...I don't get it. If you read this DO NOT DO Nightwatch.

I agree that Deep Vein is the best mission overall.

I love Ramp Up Stockpile as I find it to be the most "fun" and its awesome to solo.

Just a couple of things to add,

1. If you aren't using the Ghillie in the Riverlands then you get what you deserve. The Ghillie is the bomb and is the first thing I do upon hitting the ground. You can almost pet the bears.

2. If you aren't using the scicle then you are working way too hard.

[susume6]

Uplift: Bio Research is a quick 200 credits. Shengong pickaxe is the only real requirement.

[F4lc0n]

Lifeline Construction Hard gives 100 exoctics as well (plus 200 or 250, can not remember, normal credits) and can be done solo in less than 2 hours.