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Author Topic: (0.95 RC12) Bounty docket only shows one officer in enemy fleet  (Read 862 times)

jtthejam

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Not sure if it's been posted before, but it seems that the bounty missions (e.g. given by contact) display only one officer in the fleet you are supposed to pursue.
Is this intentional behaviour? If it is, it might be nice to point that out to newcomers who might experience quite a rude awakening due to the difference in expected DP
Attached is an example of the discrepancy
Pointed out by verone on the discord, verified on (mostly - console commands/lazylib) vanilla RC12 on a fresh save using the story contact on Coatl

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« Last Edit: April 14, 2021, 05:45:56 PM by jtthejam »
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Alex

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Re: (0.95 RC12) Bounty docket only shows one officer in enemy fleet
« Reply #1 on: April 14, 2021, 05:55:47 PM »

Hi - yeah, that idea there is it shows you the bounty target. I see your point, though.. hmm. I honestly wasn't thinking that one might expect just one officer - fleets beyond a few small frigates always have more, so it'd just be weird if a fleet had just the commander in it.
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Re: (0.95 RC12) Bounty docket only shows one officer in enemy fleet
« Reply #2 on: April 14, 2021, 05:57:51 PM »

Can confirm this.

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Re: (0.95 RC12) Bounty docket only shows one officer in enemy fleet
« Reply #3 on: April 15, 2021, 03:31:42 AM »

Hi - yeah, that idea there is it shows you the bounty target. I see your point, though.. hmm. I honestly wasn't thinking that one might expect just one officer - fleets beyond a few small frigates always have more, so it'd just be weird if a fleet had just the commander in it.

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Re: (0.95 RC12) Bounty docket only shows one officer in enemy fleet
« Reply #4 on: April 15, 2021, 08:27:18 AM »

Hi - yeah, that idea there is it shows you the bounty target. I see your point, though.. hmm. I honestly wasn't thinking that one might expect just one officer - fleets beyond a few small frigates always have more, so it'd just be weird if a fleet had just the commander in it.

Weird, sure, but there's a pretty big gulf between 1+ and 26+.
8 Officers - ok maybe even fight
16 Officers - I've got my work cut out for me
24 Officers - tell your crew to get their affairs in order
26+ Officers - I hope I remembered to save.

I mean for me I always assume the worst - but it would be nice to have slightly more accurate information. Honestly, this particular mechanic is the cause of 90% of my reloads during early/mid game - fly out, see you're hopelessly out manned/gunned - fight for funzies - confirming futility - reload.
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Re: (0.95 RC12) Bounty docket only shows one officer in enemy fleet
« Reply #5 on: April 15, 2021, 09:37:32 AM »

When looking at fleets on the campaign map bounty targets are marked with that white star icon, so why not use the same icon for bounty listings? Seems like the perfect solution.
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Re: (0.95 RC12) Bounty docket only shows one officer in enemy fleet
« Reply #6 on: April 15, 2021, 01:43:51 PM »

How about a note regarding other officers like there currently is for other ships? Wouldn't have to be exact, but something like "the fleet may contain a few/several/many other officers."
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Re: (0.95 RC12) Bounty docket only shows one officer in enemy fleet
« Reply #7 on: April 15, 2021, 07:44:59 PM »

IIRC there's also a nasty trick where the target fleet's S-mods aren't shown in the contact's bounty preview (but do appear in the intel screen preview).

(one suspects the contacts are withholding information on purpose)
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