Artisan Archive

is it only me or is mission rewards for artisans bugged?

I have made it to Artisaan 4.2.0.4 and marksman 0.2.2.0 and yet the artisan missions I do only reward med with 300-900 credits, same as I got when I first started the game (two days ago). now Im getting in a position where I need cash for equipment (weapons, armor, mount, medikits and more) and with the current rewards for missions it seems rather timeconsuming to run around doing missions for 800c per pop when the actual items I'd like go for 3000+ and much more.

is there anything I can do to get the rewards up or am I doomed to run those low reward mission allthough Ive leveled up a bit?

For reasons unknown to mortal ken, artisan mission difficulty is calculated pretty much the same way as destroy missions: your skill with your currently equipped weapon when browsing the mission terminal. This has been an identified bug pretty much since they added the artisan mission terminals a few months ago.

Once you reach the 4th skill in one of the marksman branches, if you get an artisan mission while you have that gun type equipped, the payouts jump to 1200-1900 for survey missions. The resource types are more specific ("ferrous metal" instead of just "metal", "reactive gas" instead of just "gas"), but the required concentrations are generally in the 50s to mid 60s.