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Thread: I read the WalkThrough for the Y-8 Quests. Somthing's wrong!
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JaxMeridian
Tue Jul 26, 2005 7:51 pm
#1
OK, I started the Y-8 Quests yesterday. I was hoping to be able to either find a workaround on the forums, or figure one out by using some of my Starnge Logoc ( hey, it's worked before, LOL).
So I get to the same part where everyone doing the quests now has the problem. You CANNOT GET THE MISSION TO START IN KASH SPACE !!
So I come home and re-read the walkthough. Guess what? It says " Go to Ksh. Space." Then, at the end of the mission, it says "JUMP back to Kash Space". ????? Whats up with this?
You're ON Kash talking to Captain Kol, you launch into space, you are IN Kash Space when you launch. Why would you, after the mission, have to Jump Back to Kash to land?
Something is not right here.
To JUMP back, you have to JUMP out. To where? If you're already in Kash Space, you don't need to JUMP anywhere. If you don't JUMP anywhere, you don't JUMP back.
Somthing what is missing.
Is the place you go to to start the mission a Jump Point? Are you supposed to "Jump" to Kash Space Hyperspace Point? If so, why? It's not that far, why wou;ld you jump there?
My REAL question is this: SOMEONE has completed this mission. Someone has the Y-8 Mining Ship. Please, tell me what the problem is here.
I don't think the problem is the Walkthrough. It may be, but it doesn't seem like it. The only discrepency is this Jump buisiness that is mentioned. What is supposed to trigger the mission.
If it worked before ( and I know it did, I've seen the ships being piloted by players on Bria.) Why doesn't it work now? It can't be that hard to fix, like adding a blasted START line to the code. Unless it was nerfed on purpose. If so, again, why? These are not the best pleasure ships in the game. If everyone got them, they wouldn't all be flying them.
And something else occurs to me: Of those that finished the missions, what was your Pilot Levels? Are you supposed to be Master Pilot? I don't think that's it either, because of where the Cirt. for the Y-8 is. I looked on the KSWG Prof. Calc. ( I can't play the game at my computer at home, and the Cirt is in the Novice Box of the Rebel Alliance fighter Prof. But it's NOT IN THE NEUTRAL TREE AT ALL!
Either that's a typo in the Profession Calculator Program, or it's a problem in the Game. Why would only Rebs be able to fly a Damn Mining Ship? Thats crazy.
Someone who can access the game now, please look and see in the threes on the game and post here. If thats the case, it has to have been removed. If it is the case, PUT IT BACK, there are alot of people that are supposed to be flying that ship that can't.
Treena_Daal
Tue Jul 26, 2005 8:22 pm
#2
The quest is bugged at the start of the escort mission. The waypoint doesn't spawn. No ETA on a fix.
And the certification for flying a Y-8 is at the master box of all three professions.
And the certification for flying a Y-8 is at the master box of all three professions.
TravisC555
Tue Jul 26, 2005 8:22 pm
#3
The only problem here is that it is bugged, and the SOMEONE did the quest and got the Y-8 before it became bugged.
JaxMeridian wrote:
My REAL question is this: SOMEONE has completed this mission. Someone has the Y-8 Mining Ship. Please, tell me what the problem is here.
JaxMeridian
Tue Jul 26, 2005 8:28 pm
#4
I'm neutral, 4333, and I have the Cirt listed in my boxes. It's not listed in the Profession Program I mentionedat all in the neutral Profession.
Personally, I think that its kinda nutso to put the cert in the Master's slot anyway. If you do the quests as far as I have, you can mine better whith your fighter, from what I've heard. I have, and still do. So why allow the person that gets the quest ship ( if anyone else ever does) to mine with a fighter, and not with the Y-8?
Treena_Daal
Tue Jul 26, 2005 8:39 pm
#5
They're attempting to revamp the Y-8 to mine better. I'm not sure how effective it will be, but there it is. I think it is in the Master box because POB ships have traditionally been the playground of ace pilots. Given the limited usability of POBs in general, most people who want one do so because they want a flying house. Placing the Y-8 anywhere else in the tree would give people a shortcut to the biggest flying house out there, which wouldn't really be appropriate.
TravisC555
Tue Jul 26, 2005 8:41 pm
#6
Treena_Daal wrote:
They're attempting to revamp the Y-8 to mine better.
When they do that they should also fix the quest..
JaxMeridian
Tue Jul 26, 2005 8:42 pm
#7
But making Space Miner's who can mine at 1111 and have to wait on the Y-8 till Master will use ANY OTHER POB !! If you got a YT-1300, or any other, why use the Y-8? It becomes worthless.
Treena_Daal
Tue Jul 26, 2005 8:45 pm
#8
On the other hand, if you've got a Y-8, what use is a YT-1300? I'll trade the mining vessel being "worthless" (let's ignore that it has a VASTLY larger cargo hold, and will soon have more gun turrets than any other POB ship) instead of all other POBs being even more worthless than they already are without a second thought.
TravisC555
Tue Jul 26, 2005 8:57 pm
#9
JaxMeridian wrote:
But making Space Miner's who can mine at 1111 and have to wait on the Y-8 till Master will use ANY OTHER POB !! If you got a YT-1300, or any other, why use the Y-8? It becomes worthless.
Becasue of its massive cargo capacity..
LRRCP
Wed Jul 27, 2005 1:25 am
#10
JaxMeridian wrote:
But making Space Miner's who can mine at 1111 and have to wait on the Y-8 till Master will use ANY OTHER POB !! If you got a YT-1300, or any other, why use the Y-8? It becomes worthless.
Part of the reason the Y-8 is in the master box is the equipment such as its big mining laser and capacitor are all level 10 equipment (well all POB stuff is now level 10).
Bomb20
Wed Jul 27, 2005 5:03 am
#11
Welcome to the club.
It´s been like 2publishes and still this bug is in the game...
UltimateJason
Wed Jul 27, 2005 6:30 am
#12
I just launched, got the wp, flew to the ships, bomberstriked the escorts
and finished the mission. MY VERY OWN Y-8!
and finished the mission. MY VERY OWN Y-8!
UAHMav2
Wed Jul 27, 2005 8:04 am
#13
Y-8 certs are in the master box for all piloting professions, just like the KSE Firespray. I'm not sure which walkthrough you're referring to, but I completed they quests by following the text and quest journal prompts as a 4433 pilot (I could easily see 3333 pilots completing most of the missions - you face Tier 3 opponents, except for the final mission where you mine in Kessel; there it's better to avoid fights - I flew to both asteroids in the system to get the full load that I needed while dodging enemy fighters - /iffscramble is your friend).
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