max number of open missions

[Wilder]

well darn, lol.... I was trying to pick up some deliver cargo and run data cause i'm building up my rank stuff for the major power, and it won't let me select them even though it says 'attainable' ... tried 3 or 4 different ones....
So i thought maybe it's the network connection, went back to the commodities to sell any rewards i'd gotten from the one i had already turned in. checked the bounties (knew i didn't have any but it was something to load). then went to the exploration data (again nothing to sell at this place). Then went back to the misson board, tried again, and it says "You have too many open missions, try completing some before getting more." LOL, did not know there was a max number of open missions, this place must just be plentiful.

the maximum is 20, open missions, i counted after the fact just because i didn't know there was one, haha!

[QurRhd]

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[Ray Robertson]

Yeah, that was mentioned in the 2.1 patchnotes. 20 missions should keep you busy for quite some time and when you've completed them there likely will be more available.

[Agony_Aunt]

Yeah, they made a cap in the number of missions you can have somewhere around 2.1. Stop people stacking hundreds of missions. Not sure if the reason was technical (eg: was causing server problems) or whether they just thought it was an abuse of the gameplay mechanic.

[Darkmage2160]

Originally posted by Ray Robertson:

Yeah, that was mentioned in the 2.1 patchnotes. 20 missions should keep you busy for quite some time and when you've completed them there likely will be more available.

It's not the fact that there aren't any availble, there is a popular trend going on right now for long haul missions from 400LY+ outside the bubble into the bubble for about 500k/t. The problem arises when the quantity can be as low as 6t/mission for a 4m+ reward, and you stack 20 of them, that's only 120t. Many people doing these missions have anacondas (since the profit is so lucrative, and the 'conda is perfect for the long range hauling) with holds of up to 300t (to maintain high jump range) that, before missions were limited, the 'condas could make 100m (conservatively) or so a trip with a full inv worth of missions.

[Ray Robertson]

I think they reduced it to 20 for that reason yes. To sort of limit the profit per run.

From what I remember from the launchday Q&As.