Bounties Feedback+Suggestions; Repeat Last Bounty?

[-MortisThorne-]

Recently I've begun to feel more and more annoyed by how time consuming Bounties truly are. What with travelling all the way out across the Plains to finish one, then having to go all the way back to Cetus, wait for the loading in times, choose the same bounty again (because I'm farming something from that specific bounty) and then having to load back out into the Plains. Repeat.

If there is any way to save even just a little bit of time and make the farm slightly more bearable, it's to add the choice to repeat the last Bounty you did as long as you're still in the Plains. 

In any case, the button could be placed in 2 areas

Spoiler

It probably makes more sense to put it above "last mission results" but of course there's room for options. 

If you choose "Repeat Last Bounty" while in a squad it should bring up a vote which can be accepted or declined in the ESC menu the way most mission votes can be. Once the whole squad accepts, it'll be exactly like you've just loaded out of Cetus; Lotus tells you what's up, you get the way-point, etc etc. EXCEPT You'd still be in the Plains, going about your merry way, without any interruptions. Solo should basically be the same but without needing to accept or decline. Repeating should have no limit BUT you should not receive Ostron standing from the repeated Bounty more than once. 

Although, I do not believe this should AT ALL be paired with the ability to start separate Bounties in the Plains without going to Konzu first. If you do Bounty 1, and want to do Bounty 2, you should still need to talk it up with Konzu first. However already receiving the order for Bounty 1 and needing to farm something from Bounty 1, you should be able to, in a way, tell Konzu this is the one you wish to do more than once without having to approach him again. 

I know a lot of us believe the Plains itself is way too time consuming, and that adding repeatable bounties would make it less so, even just by a fraction. This would encourage more Plains farming but without the 5-10 minutes wasted on traveling back and forth as well as waiting for load times. 

(If a Bounty is voted to be repeated, any Incursions waiting for activation will turn off and will reappear when the bounty is finished. If a Bounty is voted to be repeated while an Incursion is active, the Bounty will not start until the Incursion is finished. And obviously, Incursions will not start while a repeated Bounty is active.)

(Before this could be considered, there would need to be a change in the Bounties reward system that requires you to leave the Plains before the rewards from the Bounties register as being obtained. I feel most would agree that both Bounty and Incursion rewards should also act as plains resources, and immediately be transferred into your inventory the moment the entire bounty is completed. But ONLY if the entire bounty is completed, to negate players who would leave the Plains or fail the bounty once they've gotten what they wanted from any of the previous intervals)

If you have any feedback for my feedback, I'd be glad to hear it!

Edited February 16, 2018 by -MortisThorne-

[Maicael]

It might could be done similar to Relic selection. Once the Bounty completes Konzu asks you if you'd like to complete another job for him while you're out there. Make it to where you can pick any Bounty, and anyone in your squad that chooses a different one then loads into new matchmaking or a new session paired with any squad members that chose the same one.

Something else that would help would be making Bounty stages flow or connect together better geographically. Maybe you do the area protection mission, then the next stage is the Drone escort that leads you to a new part of the map that is closer to (or at) the third stage.

I'm sure there's some opportunity for new mobile Bounties that utilize Archwing or taking control of the Dargyn.

Edited February 16, 2018 by Maicael

[-MortisThorne-]

6 minutes ago, Maicael said:

It might could be done similar to Relic selection. Once the Bounty completes Konzu asks you if you'd like to complete another job for him while you're out there. Make it to where you can pick any Bounty, and anyone in your squad that chooses a different one then loads into new matchmaking or a new session paired with any squad members that chose the same one.

Something else that would help would be making Bounty stages flow or connect together better geographically. Maybe you do the area protection mission, then the next stage is the Drone escort that leads you to a new part of the map that is closer to (or at) the third stage.

That's a lovely idea! Now that I think about it, being able to start other bounties while in the Plains could be a good thing. I thought it might be a bit too lazy, but I think convenient would be a better word. Before the Plains, nothing was easier than starting a normal mission, especially since the "Repeat mission" button on the bottom right that would be there once you loaded into your ship and didn't exit the mission results.

Also the flow part is beyond genius, you gotta wonder how they didn't think of that! Imagine the amount of play the Plains would get if either of these ideas were implemented.

Edited February 16, 2018 by -MortisThorne-

[-MortisThorne-]

GASP! They'd need to place the higher or lower level bounty's first stage far enough away from the previous bounty's last stage so that the enemies are spawned with the appropriate levels! If you start a Bounty 2, finish it, then request to start the 5th bounty, there'd have to be some room for the higher level enemies to spawn!

[Leorion]

I completely agree with this. This is one of the main reasons I dislike bounties.