Bounty-hunters and mercenaries missions?

[montaropdf]

Hello,

I have less than 6 hours of play and yet, I am supprised that there doesn't seems to be any kind of bounty-hunting/mercenary style missions. Usually in such kind of games, there are missions to destroy pirate ships/space-stations or bandits, at the very least. Or you can be rewarded for wiping out pirates and bandit ships, without any specific mission to do so.

In light of this a ship like the sparrow seems pretty useless, as it lacks a descent storage capacity. And the only missions that are close to mercenary ones are escort missions. But, most of the time, I just jump from system to system, waiting the transport to be ready to do so and not fighting much.

Am I missing something?

[Zarinthal]

You have to prove yourself in combat before anybody will offer you cash for it. Press I on the main screen for your combat rating

[quarague]

You probably also want to upgrade to a bigger ship before doing much combat and then doing pirate hunting missions. A medium warship like a bastion should be sufficient for some early pirate hunting, anything much smaller will easily be shredded in a random fight.

[Goose]

i really only do bounty hunting in nothing smaller than a dreadnought (finish freeworlds questline for this.) it has a stupid high combat rating

[quarague]

The combat rating has nothing to do with your ship. It is computed from the total value of all ships you have defeated with this character. So once you have a certain rating it will never go down even if you fly around in an unarmed shuttle.

[montaropdf]

Originally posted by quarague:

You probably also want to upgrade to a bigger ship before doing much combat and then doing pirate hunting missions. A medium warship like a bastion should be sufficient for some early pirate hunting, anything much smaller will easily be shredded in a random fight.

So the sparrow seems only useful as part of a fleet, as an escort ship, by the look of it.

[Goose]

Originally posted by r.everaert:

Originally posted by quarague:

You probably also want to upgrade to a bigger ship before doing much combat and then doing pirate hunting missions. A medium warship like a bastion should be sufficient for some early pirate hunting, anything much smaller will easily be shredded in a random fight.

So the sparrow seems only useful as part of a fleet, as an escort ship, by the look of it.

pft, barely, the sparrow sucks, pretty much one missile takes it out, if you want an early game escort, go with something like a fury, or an argosy.

[quarague]

Originally posted by r.everaert:

So the sparrow seems only useful as part of a fleet, as an escort ship, by the look of it.

No the sparrow is not useful, it is just a very cheap starter ship that should be replaced as soon as you can afford it. Trading it in when you upgrade to your next ship is a much better use of it that any escort role it can fulfill.

[montaropdf]

So to summarize my understanding of the discussion.

1) The Sparrow is a useless pile of metal with an hyperdrive.
2) Bounty-hunting is only available when the players got a descent battleship and the reputation to be noticed by providers of such type of missions.

Regarding point 2, where is this explained? Browsing quickly the player's guide I didn't see such thing and I don't see it mentioned in-game.

[Zarinthal]

Originally posted by r.everaert:

So to summarize my understanding of the discussion.

1) The Sparrow is a useless pile of metal with an hyperdrive.
2) Bounty-hunting is only available when the players got a descent battleship and the reputation to be noticed by providers of such type of missions.

Regarding point 2, where is this explained? Browsing quickly the player's guide I didn't see such thing and I don't see it mentioned in-game.

yes there is much of the game you have to discover on your own, one of the things that keeps the game interesting for me

[Sorgas]

Originally posted by r.everaert:

So to summarize my understanding of the discussion.

1) The Sparrow is a useless pile of metal with an hyperdrive.
2) Bounty-hunting is only available when the players got a descent battleship and the reputation to be noticed by providers of such type of missions.

Regarding point 2, where is this explained? Browsing quickly the player's guide I didn't see such thing and I don't see it mentioned in-game.

From the offical FAQ:

How can I get escort / bounty hunting jobs? Your combat rating needs to be at a certain level to get these jobs. Every time you disable an enemy ship, your combat rating increases a little bit.

[Zarinthal]

Originally posted by Sorgas:

Originally posted by r.everaert:

So to summarize my understanding of the discussion.

1) The Sparrow is a useless pile of metal with an hyperdrive.
2) Bounty-hunting is only available when the players got a descent battleship and the reputation to be noticed by providers of such type of missions.

Regarding point 2, where is this explained? Browsing quickly the player's guide I didn't see such thing and I don't see it mentioned in-game.

From the offical FAQ:

How can I get escort / bounty hunting jobs? Your combat rating needs to be at a certain level to get these jobs. Every time you disable an enemy ship, your combat rating increases a little bit.

oh man, I ignored that so hard haha I try to learn as I go so I don;t get bored with another game every 5 minutes, only asking specific questions if I get really stumped. But for those who don't mind peeking, you can eve use Ctrl + F to find on page, even on Steam app

[montaropdf]

Originally posted by Sorgas:

Originally posted by r.everaert:

So to summarize my understanding of the discussion.

1) The Sparrow is a useless pile of metal with an hyperdrive.
2) Bounty-hunting is only available when the players got a descent battleship and the reputation to be noticed by providers of such type of missions.

Regarding point 2, where is this explained? Browsing quickly the player's guide I didn't see such thing and I don't see it mentioned in-game.

From the offical FAQ:

How can I get escort / bounty hunting jobs? Your combat rating needs to be at a certain level to get these jobs. Every time you disable an enemy ship, your combat rating increases a little bit.

Thanks.