Mission difficulties/possible bug

Renegade 13 · #1 October 3rd, 2003, 04:54 AM

Well, I seem to have encountered a little bit of a difficulty with the freighter escort mission in the demo. First I made enough money to upgrade to a Mark III Cruiser, then I headed off to get my mission briefing and start the mission. I get there, fight off a lot of the pirates attacks, find the freighter, fight off some more attacks, never leave the ***** alone, and then, to my eternal surprise, a message pops up saying that I failed to protect the Baumont from destruction. I don't understand this because it's sitting there right in front of me. No hull damage, only some minor shield damage. Would this be a bug, or am I doing something wrong?? Help, please??

Wydraz · #2 October 3rd, 2003, 05:09 AM

I wish I could help. I still haven't been able to survive that mission. Maybe I need a few more experience levels...

[ October 03, 2003, 13:41: Message edited by: Wydraz ]

Suicide Junkie · #3 October 3rd, 2003, 05:30 AM

In that particular mission, you are supposed to kill all the pirates, rather than simply protect the ship.

Sneaking past the pirates doesn't quite "send a message" like a slaughter of your enemies would

Ragnarok · #4 October 3rd, 2003, 03:13 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Suicide Junkie:
In that particular mission, you are supposed to kill all the pirates, rather than simply protect the ship.

Sneaking past the pirates doesn't quite "send a message" like a slaughter of your enemies would

When I first did the mission (in my lowly mark I destroyer) I destroyed all the pirates in the system and still it failed me.

I haven't played through a second time yet, but I will do that and try again to see if I succeed this time through.

Renegade 13 · #5 October 3rd, 2003, 03:36 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Suicide Junkie:
In that particular mission, you are supposed to kill all the pirates, rather than simply protect the ship.

Sneaking past the pirates doesn't quite "send a message" like a slaughter of your enemies would

Well, if that's the case, why doesn't it say "protect the freighter AND destroy all pirate ships"? Plus, you don't really want to leave the ship alone to go hunt pirates. Freighters seem to have an annoying habit of trying to get themselves blown to pieces by pirates if you leave them alone. But in any case, thanks for the help

[ October 03, 2003, 14:38: Message edited by: Renegade 13 ]

Suicide Junkie · #6 October 3rd, 2003, 05:36 PM

I agree that the wording could be altered to make it clearer.
Does the demo allow you to change the entry for it?