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Go see the rebel teir 4 trainer at lok, in the hotel i think. Gives rebel teir 4 BS destroy mission.

Beats camping a spawn point.

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Ducimus wrote:

To conclude:
Its obvious to me the developers put alot more time and effort into teir 4 duty mission for rebel and privateer pilots, and i really think at some point, imperial duty missions should be retouched on. If you feel im wrong in my obsevations, thats fine, cause everyones millage may very, this is just what ive noticed, thats all.

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Well heres another point of comparision.

RSF teir 4 duty missions, a typical wave is the BS Light fighter and a Bomber (ryxirk's) or two which shoot missles if you ignore them.

Crimson phoniex teir 4 dutty missions are much the same way, only against imperial craft. T/B, T/I's and a T/A ace spawn.

Granted thats still Not much varation, but it beats the hell out of Storm and Inquisitioin squadrons destroy missions. Endless Scyk's of all things, and nothing but. Black epsilon isnt much better, just generic BS light fighter ships under a no name pirate faction.

Message Edited by Ducimus on 01-07-2005 05:58 PM

First let me say this isn't meant as a whine, but some serious observation's ive made while working my way to Imperial ace pilot (currently 4/3/4/3).

Let me also state that i have no agenda here. I have no favorite faction or profession (as ive now played all three). Ive been a rebel master and a privateer master, so this is just what ive noticed as compared to privateer and rebel pilot.


Why do i make a post about teir 4 duty missions:
Cause if you master, other than helping others, some PvP, theres really not much else than take some duty missions and go farm for prestige, parts, cash, or faction. Kessel isnt always an option (espeicaly when its empty), so i feel this puts some importance on teir 4 duty missions.


Imperial Teir 4 duty missions are lack luster. In a word, GENERIC.
- You fight noname pirates. Not hutts, not valarians, not black sun, just generic made up pirates that don't seem to otherwise exist in the game.
- If theres any duty missions against rebel NPC's ive yet to find them. (if anyone knows please tell me ) As stated, all no name pirates.
-Missions are long with low credit payout.


Why is this an issue?
- Rebels can pull BS duty missions as well as Tie fighter duty missions. Rebel pilots theortically have a faction farm going on with the Teir 4 trainer at the rebel base on rori.

- Privateer can also pull assorted duty mission with a bit more variety including black sun. But since im on that subject, destroy duty missions for the smuggler alliance is stupidly hard as it spawns T/Aggressors as aces.

- You just don't make as much money as a rebel or privateer doing duty missions.


To conclude:
Its obvious to me the developers put alot more time and effort into teir 4 duty mission for rebel and privateer pilots, and i really think at some point, imperial duty missions should be retouched on. If you feel im wrong in my obsevations, thats fine, cause everyones millage may very, this is just what ive noticed, thats all.

/agree

I am 4 4 4 4 on farstar rebal and 3 3 3 3 on eclipse privater and so far the mission structure is very samey!
It would be nice to more of a change in the faction missions or why bother to do them?
On the whole lots of fun but when you hit teir 3/4 fun goes and grind starts it just seems to be a lot more fun on the early missions and i cant quite put my finger on why?

i never did duty missions. there are so much better places to hunt for xp. lok has a few nice spots where tier 2 & 3 guys steadily spawn. there are spots like that all around. i always preferred those spots to running duty missions

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TheSkankinSpiv wrote:

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GlargTheKelfn wrote:
i never did duty missions. there are so much better places to hunt for xp. lok has a few nice spots where tier 2 & 3 guys steadily spawn. there are spots like that all around. i always preferred those spots to running duty missions

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They start to become a nice thing once you master, not quite exciting but alot more fun than camping a spawn.

In the end, however, its more of a balance issue that gets me. As an imp ace pilot, in order to get the faction points, your only options become overt in kessel and overt in deep space where as rebel you get those two options as well as duty missions overt.

On another note, I wish us privateers got faction for our kills in deep space.

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Ah ok... now I understand what you are saying better... I wasnt really thinking of faction when I was thinking of my Imp tier 4 and since I dont get faction with my Neut... it didnt even register

I'm neutral myself, in the skys and on the ground. I just think it should be equal as far as faction points goes.

Edit: And maybe the prices on those imperial faction perk desks will drop!

Message Edited by TheSkankinSpiv on 01-08-2005 05:24 PM

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GlargTheKelfn wrote:
i never did duty missions. there are so much better places to hunt for xp. lok has a few nice spots where tier 2 & 3 guys steadily spawn. there are spots like that all around. i always preferred those spots to running duty missions

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They start to become a nice thing once you master, not quite exciting but alot more fun than camping a spawn.

In the end, however, its more of a balance issue that gets me. As an imp ace pilot, in order to get the faction points, your only options become overt in kessel and overt in deep space where as rebel you get those two options as well as duty missions overt.

On another note, I wish us privateers got faction for our kills in deep space.

I agree the duty missions are boring and completely lackluster. Why should I waste time killing nameless pirates when I can be ridding the galaxy of the rebel scum?

I spent 90% of my tier 4 grind time in Kessel. The rest was spent in Endor. All of it was spent eliminating as many rebels as I could find. Ended up getting a couple promotions and buying a nice shiny new set of armor out of the deal .