Tasks that lead to nowhere

[Pindie]

I get a lot of tasks lately where I lose as much reputation with another trader as I gain with one that I work with. As a result the progression has slowed down to a crawl.
I am not a big fan of having a progression in games, I am less of a fan of how grindy GrayZone progression is and I especially do not think you should be literally undoing progression while doing tasks.

If I found myself in such situation IRL I would just skip the tasks as net gain is zero, but the game forces you to grind them. No option to skip tasks.

[flemming]

it´s about the choices you make.. and you need to play more to appreciate it I think. Its absolutely not a perfect system, but when you reach higher levels, it will have an impact on the equipment available to you. fx im level 39 with only 1 mission left to do.. my vendors are all level 3 ( except for artisan ) which is not really an issue for me.. but had I choose to go against Gunny, I would probably now be sad not to be able to choose the right ammo for my missions.. so there is some sense to the madness ;-)

[Onepoint]

In real life you would go where you are told or be on a plane home I suspect. Being a PMC is making good money doing the ♥♥♥♥ work.

As far as grinding, its a game mechanic, I suspect they are trying to make to add an element of strategy to straight up grinding. There is a period when the grind is slow and agonizing, and then at the end is meager reward. I'm kind of wondering why they make it where you make a ton of money, but nothing really to spend it on. That will change as they progress in developing it I suspect as they balance those kind of aspects.

[Merciful Lotus]

Originally posted by flemming:

it´s about the choices you make.. and you need to play more to appreciate it I think. Its absolutely not a perfect system, but when you reach higher levels, it will have an impact on the equipment available to you. fx im level 39 with only 1 mission left to do.. my vendors are all level 3 ( except for artisan ) which is not really an issue for me.. but had I choose to go against Gunny, I would probably now be sad not to be able to choose the right ammo for my missions.. so there is some sense to the madness ;-)

Clearly I did something wrong....I'm done with my missions and only level 2 for handshake and Banshee :) not that they sell anything I need at level 3

[CRiTiCaL]

Originally posted by Pindie:

I get a lot of tasks lately where I lose as much reputation with another trader as I gain with one that I work with. As a result the progression has slowed down to a crawl.
I am not a big fan of having a progression in games, I am less of a fan of how grindy GrayZone progression is and I especially do not think you should be literally undoing progression while doing tasks.

If I found myself in such situation IRL I would just skip the tasks as net gain is zero, but the game forces you to grind them. No option to skip tasks.

This task system is very rudimentary in this game, BUT it is still a pre alpha so, its hard to judge anything too harshly at this point. It has a lot to be desired and I hope there is more bones to the game going forward. The task system then becomes just another avenue of choice, rather than the main objective. I think games need more variety to be successful long term. Should be a non ending story with tasks falling into the story line and you can choice to do them for rewards or not. Kind of like how Fortnite and other games do it. You can also participate in XYZ instead, as they have talked about other things going on between the factions competitively.