Is there any way to tell if a mission is going to be a 3 hour behemoth or a 6 room jaunt when rolling at the terminals? Talkin solo here...
Is there any way to tell if a mission is going to be a 3 hour behemoth or a 6 room jaunt when rolling at the terminals? Talkin solo here...
Groundeffect (RK2)
Well... not exactly, but missions in a given ql range in a particular area will be fairly conistent in size. For example, missions in southern Clon**** are very often small.
Thanks for the info. Unfortunately, most of the missions I pull now are BS, Mort, Perpetual Wastes, SFP, or Avalon.
Is there a tell-tail sign in the mission description like "cave entrance" versus "building entrance"? Are there specific mission terminals that dole out shorter missions? I ask because Rome is good for pulling better paying missions and wondered if this idea carries over into mission size.
Groundeffect (RK2)
I remember seeing a while back .. that on Clicksaver it actually lists a location as GOLD when its a common small mission.. I had no problem running missions for tokens.
But I dont nkow if the latest and greatest does it.. havent used it in ages.
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Well, the location you pull from often determines the location of your destination. This is because the game tries to put missions farther and farther away as you get higher level.
So, you'd want to choose a mission terminal that tends to give missions at places that tend to be small. For Omni, I find that the mission terminals in Newland give me a good number of missions in Home and Southern Clon****. To my knowledge, those are the best spots for smaller missions.
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FYI: Just learned last night that you can tell the size of a mission by the amount of time you have to complete it (i.e. 11+ hours means a behemoth while 6- hours a fairly small one). Haven't tested it out for myself but I'll let you know.
Groundeffect (RK2)
LOL.Originally posted by Laroche
FYI: Just learned last night that you can tell the size of a mission by the amount of time you have to complete it (i.e. 11+ hours means a behemoth while 6- hours a fairly small one). Haven't tested it out for myself but I'll let you know.
What?? That either makes no sense or its too obvious. Of course a mission that takes longer is bigger. That does not help us when choosing a mission in the first place! The only reliable way to get short missions is to know the areas that have them, such as Clon****, etc.
I think he means the time limit not the actual time you get it done in.Originally posted by Strax
LOL.
What?? That either makes no sense or its too obvious. Of course a mission that takes longer is bigger. That does not help us when choosing a mission in the first place! The only reliable way to get short missions is to know the areas that have them, such as Clon****, etc.
Oh! ok, THAT makes sense. It will be interesting to hear if the theory proves true; might try that tonight myself.
I rolled 7 missions and here's what I came up with:
11 hrs -> ~45 mobs
10 hrs -> ~45 mobs
10 hrs -> ~50 mobs
9 hrs -> ~33 mobs
8 hrs -> ~45 mobs
7 hrs -> ~15 mobs
6 hrs -> ~15 mobs
Hmmm... It looks like theory holds true in general. That 8 hr mission is baffling tho. Any thoughts?
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