In some sectors there are 1 or more predators raining havoc in those systems.
I suggest make those predators a (kill predator mission event) (like the kill aliens event).
When it arrives throug an alien portal it will start destroying everything (like it does right now)
The player(s) now have a choice of killing it (receiving credits and synergy after completing the kill predator mission) or wait and hide until it goes back to through the alienportal.
This will make some missions easier to complete because a predator will not always be there (escort missions)
This will make it also more challenging because now people will actually try to kill it, because of the reward instead of running
When i fit my guard for escort missions (knowing there will be a predator), i build it to be the most effective against predators. After i complete my mission i enjoy looking for predators and taking them out. Maybe with much better rewards (with a decent drop rate) it would make encountering those ships a lot more enjoyable because you would have a better reason to beat them (because right now they are a really annoying obstacle)…maybe some players would even group up to take them out and share a nice reward.
BTW, yesterday i was flying my patriarch in vanguard outpost to complete the escort mission; i had missile shield mk4 equipped, each time the predator was shooting at the cargo ship i activated missile shield (in range, i even saw the green lines stopping the missile and generating the destroyed missile animation) and missiles would still advance, damage and take out the cargo ship (5 to 7 missiles hitting the cargo ship). I recall times when predator missiles would still hit me with missile shield active and times when not (im pretty confused about this, so ill definately try it again to get clearer results). Also the animations were pretty buggy with other types of missiles (like police defense turrets being stopped but trails would still animate untill max range).
… and escort missions through 2,3 predators with squads of hunters … attachment …
I just hope that:
We are also preparing a major upgrade of the open space.
… will change situation in open space. More events, interactivity instead of simple spawning of OP alien squads.
Open space maps are really wonderful. Wandering through them is enjoyment. But they are overcrowded with aliens, pirates … I have a feeling that aliens hold whole open space and factions have only one map each. We already have good system in some maps where alien invasion occurs in time intervals. Not simple constant presence of aliens, pirates …
oh god i had this mission pop twice within 3 days. thats just nightmarish. i have been yelling on forums the predators need a nerf or move them away from transports or just about any meaningful solution for escort missions. the op idea seems nice actually and i support it. predator spawns and rampages for about 5 minutes then goes away. the syn and loot from it should be nice.
oh god i had this mission pop twice within 3 days. thats just nightmarish. i have been yelling on forums the predators need a nerf or move them away from transports or just about any meaningful solution for escort missions. the op idea seems nice actually and i support it. predator spawns and rampages for about 5 minutes then goes away. the syn and loot from it should be nice.
Thats the thoughest mission ive ever seen. I completed it by myself in a inquisitor S (specially fitted for it of course), took me like 20 minutes (i even missed a cargo ship that reached destination jump gate because i was too bussy shooting aliens) and i didnt died once (my hull got damaged by less than 10% in the worst moment). Its a pain in the xxxx to complete it all by yourself, but you can make it (at least you could when i tried it)…my suggestion is to simply avoid it, rewards are not worthy and you only get credits+synergy, not like you are missing monos, BPs or vouchers. I rarely do normal/blue missions because its waste of time (just like randomly killing NPCs at open space), i mostly go for yellow ones (daily) and finish blue ones if they are present in the same map.
