Mission difficulty

Zelon

I have done missions on easy for along time since I solo alot. I have Noticed though after about 20 or 25 you can take on medium difficulties with ease. I was wondering if anyone else knows of this.

cronos573

Always do tiny hard missions...especially after lvl 20 or 25. That gets you the most xp.

AF-Dissever

Are you suggesting that the missions become easier after that time?
Perhaps it is because of the xp you have gained, making your character
stronger...?

NeoXytheril

I don't know about you, but my character has had the opposite effect. It's become very difficult for me to finish even small easy missions, but I think that's because it seems that the missions have been made harder. Every time I run an easy mission, at least half or two thirds of the badguys are orange. That's not so bad when it's just one or two guys, but usually it's four guys in the same room, and I have to resort to hiding outside the mission zone while shooting at them in order to take them down. The other day, I ran a critical mission on easy and counted 15 orange badguys.

Not only that, but it seems they've nerfed the experience as well. I used to get in the range of 112 to 130K for an easy mission, but now I only get around 30K, making it impossible for me to level.

No, missions have definitely gotten harder for me. Think my character might be bugged?

**Denary**

I find it easier to just run hard missions with low lvl people then u can get grays all the time but then u don't get xp for killin someone which can seriosly slow down yer lvlin.

But if u do solo I usually go long and hard and after I do 10 - 20 assaination the XP just lowers and u have to change to a different type of mission. but usually I get 350k for a normal assasination

FivebyFive

Depending on what your class is, best mission for max xp is placing timer on "tiny" and difficulty on "hard". In addition, you will need to get those 3 part missions to get full xps. If you are only getting 2 parters (that are not criticals), then you need to move away from that area and mission elsewhere (that you have never missioned in before) to get 3 parters back. What is happening is to prevent people from leveling in the same area over time.

Easy missions do start off giving good xps but overtime the max you will get is 30 something thousand XPs regardless. Mediums will cap around < 200K for a 3 parter. And hard will give you max xps for a 3 parter (up to 404K or so for a lvl 48-50).

In addition, you have to stay in each mission zone for at least 2 min. or the total mission zones for at least 6 min. total to get full xps as well.

There are some other tricks of the trade...but I'll end it here.

Twaggy

Missions get easier and easier for me. Period.

Shady0314

im with the guy about three of four posts above me..each time i do a
mission there are ATLEAST four guys in one room and i end up dieing SMILEY

Dagoth UK

After lvl 25 you should be running Assination on Tiny and Hard. which shouldn't give you too much trouble.

I find I only have trouble when entering a room with 4 - 5 orange opponents, I can kill 2-3 before dying, and I just kill the others on my return. The death effect is pretty much negated if you use a Tactics Booster.

I use a pure MA (Kung Fu) for the missions as I find it easier. I tried with variations on hacker, but when you come up against hacker enemies with high VD you might struggle to kill them with viruses.

If you want easy X.P; try the spy route and run infiltration missions (Tiny & Hard) - there are numerous posts on this board on how to run them, and they are probably the easiest way to get maximum X.P. from your missions with the least hassle.

I run spy missions occasionally just to add some variation in missioning, as running 30 - 40 of the same mission type can drive you nuts after a while.

Message Edited by Dagoth UK on 11-20-2005 10:12 AM
Message edited by Dagoth UK on 11/20/2005 10:12:46.

cynic

I think it's mostly a mattter of expirience. When I started my first
char I was barely able to run medium missions without diying every
second try, even when I used TBs. On hard missions I got totally
destroyed, at least before I was around lvl 25...

Now with my alt I run missions on hard since lvl 1 and it's
pretty easy, I don't even use TBs anymore. I can usually handle 4
orange mobs at once. And if I somehow get in trouble, a quick sprint to
the mission exit and about a minute later I am back in business.

The difference between then and now is the choice of clothes and
loadouts as well as the overall knowledge of the game. After
several hundred missions you have seen any possible situation that
might occur and learned how to act accordingly....

Vaulus

I do nothing but Courier or Retrival missions, and have not once done them on any level but hard. I don't much care about the size, but I have shot from start to 25th level in no time and most days I can slug out an entire level without much effort from these. Are they hard, sometimes yes. I smile big when the mission is filled with hackers because I seem to have no trouble taking them down, but for the most part I have been charging through the missions with ease and in many cases I don't even see another soul as I reach my objectives.

Dagoth UK

I currently run Assasination or Infiltration on Tiny & Hard witn a lvl 50 character.

My character is lvl 31, so that puts the enimies @ 39 - 40 which my Kung Fu based loadout can beat quite easliy.

The lvl 50 Character is only on hand to rez if required or give me health boosts.

A 3 part mission will yield 341k which is 100k over the normal XP for solo missions.

so peeps.... run with higher level characters whenever you can - or if you want an easier life, run with lower levels - you will get the same XP as a normal solo mission, but the level of enemies will be lower to compensate for the lower level party members

Zelon

I just found out that if you continually do assassin missions that the rep decreases after 90 but if you switch I think for atleast two missions you will get one rep point for each of those missions.

Message Edited by DontEatRawHagis on 12-06-2005 06:02 AM
Message edited by Zelon on 12/06/2005 06:02:17.

bonobi

really? I never noticed that at all...but recently I noticed that my rep with zion isn't maxed anymore and I haven't done any other org's missions, but when I do a mission its always assassination ones so you might be right about that...