Escort

I can't play any more new Escort games.
Posted by petermock 7 years ago [Login to reply]

I said the same thing to you several weeks ago Pete. You said you were starting to feel the same. Now you've finally it that peak. I'll take over a couple bud but that's my limit! Henoh all yours after mate. ;)
Posted by xeno 7 years ago [Login to reply]

Trouble is I took over the burden of that mission from you. Same goes for Stardrive, no more. We need mission rotations pronto including more of the smaller missons. But really we need a whole stack of brand new Campaign missions that are different to league missions. I know they are Campaign versions already but credit restrictions etc doesn't make enough of a difference. Even if we had new versions of existing missions. eg Outhouses but with the buildings in a different configuration, couple of extra buildings/features and visual changes, that would breath new life into the whole site.
Posted by petermock 7 years ago [Login to reply]

Stardrive I'm still okay with - playing another now - as I rarely played it outside the campaign, but yes that will soon tire me soon.
Posted by xeno 7 years ago [Login to reply]

I thought I could handle but I cracked. I think my idea of reconfigured missions would solve it. Less of a work load than creating new missions from scratch?
Posted by petermock 7 years ago [Login to reply]

I was a big fan of the Amiga game, Cannon Fodder. Great game. But was I the only person who felt emotionally moved by the recruitment music. Perhaps I was. I always remember saying they turn to that into a song.

Well about 20 years later they did. Heard it about 5 years ago. Here it is: https://youtu.be/pMqOMFW3Gt8
Posted by xeno 7 years ago [Login to reply]

> But the main problem is stalemate. We are defending and attacking the same sectors over and over.

I think this is the main problem. I can change the missions, but even if only one square has Escort, it could be played loads of time. Did anyone come with a good solution?
Posted by SteveSmith 7 years ago [Login to reply]

Yes whatever the mission, once you get into a sector stalemate, where you are in a continuous defend/attack, it will become tiresome. That is a fundamental problem with the campaign. Solution? This may take some work, but the missions now and again are shuffled.
Posted by xeno 7 years ago [Login to reply]

I must admit, I found Cannon Fodder a bit frustrating. On a lot of levels you had to be so quick with the mouse, it was almost like an arcade game.
Posted by SteveSmith 7 years ago [Login to reply]

Yes some of the later levels were very difficult and could only be done one way.
Posted by xeno 7 years ago [Login to reply]

Okay, the missions on the galaxy map now change randomly every so often, so you should be able to avoid any more Escort missions! :)
Posted by SteveSmith 7 years ago [Login to reply]

It's working well so far. I just finished an Escort mission and the sector has a new mission. Refreshing.
Posted by petermock 7 years ago [Login to reply]

Hi Steve, out of interest how often are the games randomly changing? I ask only as every game I seem to play now does not correspond to what is listed on the map (against said opponent) compared to my games list. So it's very hard to work out exactly which square you are playing for, especially if you have multiple games against one particular opponent. Does anyone think it's changing too often? I.e. should it not be once a week or something similar?
Posted by Forces of Nature 7 years ago [Login to reply]

They're rotated at least once a day, though I can slow that down. That's a good point; it checks to see if there is an open game request and shows the mission for that, but not if a game is already being played. I'll have a look at that. And I'll slow it down. I meant to do that anyway once I was sure it was working.
Posted by SteveSmith 7 years ago [Login to reply]

The mission rotations are now approximately weekly.
Posted by SteveSmith 7 years ago [Login to reply]

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