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Escort Exploit

Sep 07, 2010 comradeseidl link
I discovered this a week or two ago but never got around to posting it. So here it is.

Home in, say, Sedina L-2. Then fly to, say, Odia M-14, and take an escort mission to anywhere in Sedina. Then exit the station and /explode. You resurrect in Sedina L-2 and get credit for doing the escort 100% of the way.
Sep 08, 2010 momerath42 link
I just tried it and it didn't happen for me (I got "It's called an escort mission for a reason"). I'll try again, but is it possible you are mistaken somehow? Was the convoy destined for L-2 or another Sedina station?

It's generally best to report "exploits" through our Customer Support page, so that we have less chaos to clean up after. In this case, though, I'd be happy to hear from other people confirming or denying the described behavior.
Sep 10, 2010 CrazySpence link
Well sometimes I'll take one through grey space and I'll stop following it at Sedina b8 and occasionally it pays me the whole thing

Occasionally it gives me a % of the route.
Sep 11, 2010 comradeseidl link
It could be that the convoy was indeed going to L-2 but I don't remember it being that way. Also, to be absolutely clear, I didn't /explode but got myself killed either by one of the moth turrets or by the station guard after killing a moth (it's been so long that I don't remember which); when I originally posted this, I hadn't thought about the distinction. My bad. I will try to recreate the problem this weekend.

I did think about using the bug form but I thought it would be a good idea to post this one on the forums given its relatively insignificant nature and to see, as you suggest, if others have noticed similar problems.