How to do a Beacon Mission..... - Page 6

Rockchick · 08-25-2006, 16:46

Wonderful Guide Pinkie

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The TDO are going on a beacon mission soon (thanks Zamarin

). Hence we are doing our homework, as we have never been on one.

Question - I have printed of the map you refer to, but am a bit confused on the order of things. I have spotted the level with the Boss on it, but what order do the levels on the map go in? Or is it random per beacon mission, and the order changes with each one? There are levels with many boxes, are these near the bottom, and there are levels with few boxes (including the Boss level), are these near the top?

Edit - I have just read Darkner's post, and see that the order is dependant on the level of beacon. We are going on a 23Ped beacon mission. Anyone know what order the levels are on this one?

Cheers for any insight

PINKY · 08-25-2006, 17:32

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Originally Posted by Rockchick

Wonderful Guide Pinkie

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The TDO are going on a beacon mission soon (thanks Zamarin

). Hence we are doing our homework, as we have never been on one.

Question - I have printed of the map you refer to, but am a bit confused on the order of things. I have spotted the level with the Boss on it, but what order do the levels on the map go in? Or is it random per beacon mission, and the order changes with each one? There are levels with many boxes, are these near the bottom, and there are levels with few boxes (including the Boss level), are these near the top?

Edit - I have just read Darkner's post, and see that the order is dependant on the level of beacon. We are going on a 23Ped beacon mission. Anyone know what order the levels are on this one?

Cheers for any insight

I have only done 29 ped beacons, and having found those quiet easy, have never got round to trying a 23 pedder.

From what was said previously by Darkner, they could well be random, or change depending on the level of the beacon. However, on the way up, you have plenty of time to explore. I would strongly suggest on a 23 pedder to have 2-3 people up front killing the bots (they should only be Gen 01 drones) and the rest of you spread out and look out for boxes.

The boxes dont "load" up so you can see them until quiet close, so make sure you run into all the corners. Shout out when you have found one, and count them up so you have a total number. Make sure whoever has been allocated that level knows how many there are so on the way back down they dont miss any.

If any are in unusual places (e.g. in far corners) let the person know so they dont waste valuable seconds looking for it on the way back down.

And most of all, good luck!

Danoclese · 08-28-2006, 16:45

Thanks, Pinky, for the great guide!! I'll be on that 23-PEDder with Rockchick so we'll post here with results of the carnage!

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buckaroobanzai · 08-28-2006, 17:04

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Originally Posted by Rockchick

Edit - I have just read Darkner's post, and see that the order is dependant on the level of beacon.

Order used to be random, and I guess it's in fact still random.

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buckaroobanzai · 08-28-2006, 17:06

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Originally Posted by Ritschies

If it comes to loot the boxes , you can save some time with opening 2boxes at the same time .

I was on a 35 pedder a couple evenings ago and this apparentlly is not working anymore. You can now only open one box at any given time.

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Rockchick · 08-29-2006, 00:08

Question is - Is there a time limit BEFORE you kill the boss???

We were under the impression that we could take each level as it comes and after we had killed all the bots on that level, we could run around a scope the level out, planning who was doing what.

We went on our first Beacon mission this evening and all was going well, but at the begining of the 5th Level (I think) we got the message saying that we had 8 minutes to go etc. We thought it was just joking with us and we continued killing bots. But as we had killed all the bots on that level - the 5 minute warning came up. AAARRRGGGHHH!!!

We ran as fast as we could to the top level and killed the boss with around 1 and a half minutes to go - no chance to loot anything really.

So, is there a time limit on clearing the levels as well as a time limit on the way back down??

Danoclese · 08-29-2006, 01:16

Echoing Rockchick's post, I sent in a support request to MA stating that if time is NOT a factor on the way"up", then this was a bug which would, at least, compel MA to give Sam Zamarin Mariner a new beacon of equal value. Hell, MA would have nothing to lose as they would make on the ammo, decay, etc. spent on the mission.
If I'm wrong here, someone please tell me what the deal is.

Thanks!

safara · 08-29-2006, 06:55

So, just to bump this up, does anyone know if there is a time limit on the way up to the Boss level??

sob · 08-29-2006, 08:18

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Originally Posted by safara

So, just to bump this up, does anyone know if there is a time limit on the way up to the Boss level??

yes there is a timelimit. which is somewhere around 45 minutes. im not sure if it is the same timelimit on all beacons or not.

http://www.entropiaforum.com/forums/...56&postcount=2

safara · 08-29-2006, 08:50

Thank you Sob - Maybe Pinky could update her Guide to include the 45 minutes time limit