Yeah, I actually cant wait for the new hive hunt missins to meet production, even if its after the clent update - thats kinda of neat :0 - infact, I went back to production and pwned the hive in Sedina for a couple of hours *to get in shape*, something I havent done since I have had to (the new missions dont really feel like a grind, i really hope thats a trend).

Was out of it for a few days doing some heavy concept work, ill have to jump back on tonight and have a go at the new missions. Also on a side note those new ships you've been posting, any eta on when we might be seeing them in game, or is that going to be released with the new cilent? Good luck in working out the few remaining kinks in the system, hopefully all go's smoothly. Keep up the great work.

Chikira
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Tried the mission worked like a charm except no escorts were at station but in destination sector there was a squadron of 10 NPC ships on my side and we all took out all 40 hive bots!
I got 8 kills and made 40k! however I accidently shot one of my buddies that flew in the way and he killed me and the mission kicked me off without telling me I only noticed because I stopped getting notices and credits for my future kills and then of course my wingmate killing me! other than that it is definately heading in the direction of the greater awesome! good work

I had a crack at it, thought it was lovely. truely some excitment vendetta had been lacking for sometime.

Things are working a little better. I don't really need any bug reports right now, but I'll leave things running when I go to sleep shortly, so people can try the new missions out (assuming deliverator doesnt crash).

Working great, Michael!

I just did it and it worked fine, except when the mission finished, all of my wingmates stopped moving and just floated around in space. They were still doing so when I logged off about 10 minutes later.

Excellent! Worked beautifully. Thanks.

I beat all the hive missions! take that hive!

some things I noticed:

-I can go kill bots before the 5 minutes is up and get paid for it
-The missions sometimes double paid me
-The NPC players already in the sector sometimes fought and sometimes just sat there UNTIL the mission actually started then they became super players and tore the hive a new one
-The Hive bots seem kinda dumb and just turbo around the sector and sometimes they engage you
-When I wait around for the actual 5 minutes no one comes out of the station for me to "Form up" on but they do arrive in the sector eventually if I go there

Other than that this mission is excellent and quite lucrative at the moment

Thanks, spence... there ARE other people who might want to try their hand at these missions...

Spence, where did you take the missions? The hive hunt missions are only supposed to be available in Sedina K13, but it appears that they are available in at least one other station. If you take the mission somwhere other than k13, you won't see the NPCs until you arrive at the destination because they leave from k13.

That was interesting. I took on the stronghold... My cap ship blew up... I killed a bunch of queenies... Then the levi went flying off into open space at about 100m/s. I chased it after a bit of time had passed... 26 kilometers later (6 heavy battery charges in a Vulturius), I caught up to it, but my weapons were ineffectual. It was spinning about its axis at somewhere between 30 and 70 meters per second, and traveling laterally at almost 100.

Yea, unfortunately, I believe fixing that problem will have to wait for the new client. Removing the capship, or somehow keeping it further away from the levi (reducing the force of its explosion), would also fix it, though, so we'll see what happens before release.

Hey, momerath, just thought i'd let you know you can take the hive hunt mission from any xang xi station, including Latos and Ukari :D

Oh, duh:) I actually simply defined the mission incorrectly in my own new language. Fixed now.

Good catch, yoda! You da man!

Hint: Don't engage a bot that your NPC wingmen are engaging. If you kill it, the splash damage to the wingmen will be blamed on you and they'll retaliate.

I was in daltas hold when i was taking them, that explains it then

so....what's the load on the test server? *chuckle*

there were as many NPC players flying around as there are hive and more HAC's than queens!

bots and NPC alike drifting then moving....

on another note the missions arent appearing but i was still getting paid for killing bots even though i was not part of a mission. actually I was getting paid 4 times for each bot

After a few dozen hive sectors were cleared the game stopped paying me so I guess it must have partially caught up with itself then

The HAC in Sedina K-8 shows up hostile to me on the radar and target closest hostile selects it or its turrets. Yet, it does not fire at me, lets me dock, and none of the other xang xi aligned bots show as hostile to me, and I have not fired at it.

I noticed that too however I cannot dock probably due to my standing being only +147

The queens and overseers get stuck in the side of the HAC alot too