How find a target?

[Darth Warez]

Mission says kill ship and planet where it should be, but its no there.

[TiberiuS]

Originally posted by Darth Warez:

... kill ship and planet ...

Wow wow wow man, that is some serious wetwork there.

Maybe the DeathStar was there before you.

[Arcvale]

Keep flying around the target planet in supercruise, you'll be looking for a special mission-related signal source. Once you find it, drop in on it and your target will be there.

[Darth Warez]

Looks like bounty missions are useless in that game if you have fly around planet for hours in hope to scratch target.

[Arcvale]

They're a bit of a hassle. I prefer to find a nice Hazardous Resource Extraction Site to farm bounties in - there's a constant stream of pirates harassing miners there, and no police to get in your way.

[Darth Warez]

And target is no here. I keep regreting of bying that trash, that game extremely user unfriendly and broken.

[Noxxii]

It's a spaceship simulator, don't buy it if you prefer games that hold you hand. It is supposed to be diffucult, you are supposed to work out what to do on your own. When you get passed the learning curve, you will enjoy it if you like Sci-Fi games.

Maybe it's just not for you, your loss.

[Arcvale]

Honestly I'd agree that the USS system is trash. It's purely RNG, and due to that RNG it's extremely difficult to come up with a decent optimized strategy for finding them. I avoid assassination missions like the plague because I know that payout is going to be locked behind at least a couple minutes of wandering about in supercruise waiting for RNG to hand me the mission signal.

[Darth Warez]

Spaceship simulator is not mean there should be bugged missions with target not appearing.
Bugs is not a difficulty and useless tutorial without answers is not difficulty. Its just bad game desighn.

[Noxxii]

Originally posted by Darth Warez:

Spaceship simulator is not mean there should be bugged missions with target not appearing.
Bugs is not a difficulty and useless tutorial without answers is not difficulty. Its just bad game desighn.

This isn't about bugs and every game has their fair share of bugs. This is about a certain mission type - Bounties/assassination targets.

It doesn't need a tutorial, thats a part of the fun, the player can figure out stuff themselves by exploring and problem solving.

The mission type you are talking about takes time, you have to find the target with little information given. There are plently other things to do in the game if that's not your cup of tea. It's not a bug, it's a mission. If it's too difficult, maybe try mining or exploring. Both are fun. Elite isn't about getting the most money and getting the best ship. I done decent mining with my first sidewinder and now exploring with a fully kitted Asp Explorer.

Simulator games aren't always fun, they can be annoying or even boring but they are different. It's something else that is like a break from the constant chaos in other games.

For example, Euro Truck sim. It's a job simulator, not a game but it's fun if you like driving and sightseeing.

Like I said, this game might not be for you.

[DragonIV]

they appear to have tweaked the appearance of the kill targets for assassination and wetwork missions in the last update--prior to that, no lie, I occasionally saw waits of 20-30 minutes which was redonkulous. Today, seems to max out at five to seven.

Anyhow, what I do is fly up close to the target planet and then set my speed to minimum (stay in super cruise), and slowly orbit the planet. Works like a charm.

[Urazz]

I've done a few assassination missions but I find them too annoying and just avoid them like the plague. The pay for them just doesn't seem to be worth the hassle in my opinion there are other ways to earn money that are more profitable and less of a hassle.

[SwampDragon]

Originally posted by DragonIV:

Anyhow, what I do is fly up close to the target planet and then set my speed to minimum (stay in super cruise), and slowly orbit the planet. Works like a charm.

This.

Make sure to orbit the planet on both axis (equator and poles) if you don't find it straight away. I swear I have never had an issue with this.

[Edit] Also, make sure to scan the nav beacon upon entering the systerm, and in the event of assasination missions (etc) take note of the time window in the mission description.

[Bee🐝]

Originally posted by Wolf:

Originally posted by DragonIV:

Anyhow, what I do is fly up close to the target planet and then set my speed to minimum (stay in super cruise), and slowly orbit the planet. Works like a charm.

This.

Make sure to orbit the planet on both axis (equator and poles) if you don't find it straight away. I swear I have never had an issue with this.

Yeah, this usually works for me as well - sInce doing this I've not really had to wait.

[steve.neverslept]

Originally posted by Darth Warez:

Spaceship simulator is not mean there should be bugged missions with target not appearing.
Bugs is not a difficulty and useless tutorial without answers is not difficulty. Its just bad game desighn.

Did you read the missio log properly?

Because these missions have a time slot stating that is when the target will be there, if your too late or too early, its not the devs fault you cant read.

[Judz]

Originally posted by steve.neverslept:

Originally posted by Darth Warez:

Spaceship simulator is not mean there should be bugged missions with target not appearing.
Bugs is not a difficulty and useless tutorial without answers is not difficulty. Its just bad game desighn.

Did you read the missio log properly?

Because these missions have a time slot stating that is when the target will be there, if your too late or too early, its not the devs fault you cant read.

This is the correct answer. If you go too early then there is a 90% chance he wont be, if you go too late then you have failed the mission and it will tell you.