Bogus Beacons

[Neuromancer]

Beacon missions are probably the most fun ingame. Get a bunch or friends together (sober or not), run the mission, and gamble on the loot.

eeewww!! Dave had too much wine and threw up all over the maze. Give me another level.

gogogogo!


Recently though, beacons are not really a loot gamble but really a guaranteed way to lose ped. The auction price on 23ped missions is way too high @ 200ped plus. Average ammo burn is 60 or so depending on gun eco, mid boss or not, and so on. Recent loot hasn't been so good.

I can understand the "pay to play" aspect of beacons, and tip my hat to the miners who loot the ships. But it would be nice to be a bit more reasonable about the beacon price. I guess I would say "buyer beware" for a 23ped beacon mission at the moment.

[Nighthawk]

well... supply and demand

[Nitrosomonas]

Originally Posted by Neuromancer

Beacon missions are probably the most fun ingame.

Well, as the person above me said:
If there are several people like you who think it is the most fun, they'll probably be willing to pay some ped for it ...

[Neuromancer]

True, and at least in my case the demand has dropped by one for the time being

[Mantas1]

Have to agree with that,

Last 10 or so beacons I hosted all ended up with 50-150 ped loss.

The total loots we're 130-180 ped , which doesn't even cover up for the beacon cost, not to mention ammo and decay.
Not whining, Beacons are very fun and I like hosting them atleast a couple of times a week, even if they bring 100 ped losses.
Before VU 9.3 we ussualy came back with 250-350 ped loots. No idea what caused such a loot drop.

Wouldn't say supply is small, there are always atleast 2-6 beacons in auction.
And not so long ago 23 pedders costed ~TT+120 .

[JaKst3r]

Im afraid were all suffering from those wonderful reseller & manipulator types trying to raise prices in stuff that tbh should be f**king stable cause the loots not going up proportionally I.E It Sure aint NATURAL supply vs Demand .... Yadda yadda wanky toss. im just going off to hunt some nooby trox... no point hunting anything bigger..

edit.. bored and stressed at work

[Mantas1]

Originally Posted by JaKst3r

Another glorious sign of people trying to raise prices in stuff that tbh should be f**king stable cause the loots not going up proportionally.... Yadda yadda wanky toss. im just going off to hunt some nooby trox... no point hunting anything bigger..

edit.. bored and stressed at work

Actually we're trying to lower the price

Becouse there doesn't seem to be any use in hosting a beacon except fun ( that costs ~100 ped loss), if it's not even posible to cover up for the Beacon, not to mention ammo, decay, team work...

[Jason J. T.]

Originally Posted by Mantas1

Before VU 9.3 we ussualy came back with 250-350 ped loots. No idea what caused such a loot drop.

Er..... MA?
Maybe MA wants prices to drop since loots are so bad on those missions...

But to be honest, most times I get spaceship it is only wires. When miner finds beacon mission it is clear he wants to sell it for as much as possible and since there are people willing to pay +200 for 23pedder prices will be like that.

I agree that this is a bit too much and I fully agree that beacon loots suck at the moment.
I did some beacons not so long ago and out of 4 one was profitable and it was 29pedder I think. All 23pedders are a waste of time. But as a miner I am happy to get it in loot and I know there are people who enjoy doing beacons. This is only thing you can do that is not an ordinary hunt and that is cool....

I wonder how other tt beacons are with loots. I know most 23pedders I have done were bad, but 29pedders and 32pedders were nice. Majority of what I have done were 23pedders, so I can't really compare them. If anyone can it would be nice to get some fiew....

[JaKst3r]

Originally Posted by Mantas1

Actually we're trying to lower the price

Becouse there doesn't seem to be any use in hosting a beacon except fun ( that costs ~100 ped loss), if it's not even posible to cover up for the Beacon, not to mention ammo, decay, team work...

Yea sorry I didnt mean u guys loooool..... changed my post Giving up smoking is bad for my health.

[Mantas1]

Originally Posted by Jason J. T.

Er..... MA?
Maybe MA wants prices to drop since loots are so bad on those missions...

But to be honest, most times I get spaceship it is only wires. When miner finds beacon mission it is clear he wants to sell it for as much as possible and since there are people willing to pay +200 for 23pedder prices will be like that.

I agree that this is a bit too much and I fully agree that beacon loots suck at the moment.
I did some beacons not so long ago and out of 4 one was profitable and it was 29pedder I think. All 23pedders are a waste of time. But as a miner I am happy to get it in loot and I know there are people who enjoy doing beacons. This is only thing you can do that is not an ordinary hunt and that is cool....

I wonder how other tt beacons are with loots. I know most 23pedders I have done were bad, but 29pedders and 32pedders were nice. Majority of what I have done were 23pedders, so I can't really compare them. If anyone can it would be nice to get some fiew....

Do 23 mostly too myself, maybe did around 10 29'er, the loot on them seems normal, ussualy pays up for everything and we get a minimal profit, 25'er are strange too, did 3 in a week and in the first one all team got dropped of the beacon ( including the leader) when we started it, second one loot was 130 ped, third one we has 150 loot, seems even worse than 23 pedders.