How long do you have to hang around star?

granite00 · 08-17-15, 11:55 AM

I'm playing TMO/RSRDC. In my limited experience, time is 48-96 hours and radius from center is 50-150nm. Each mission is different. You'll know when the star changes color from gold to gray and you may receive new orders.

08-17-15, 12:54 PM

AFAIK if you ignore the mission objectives then you cannot progress to the next mission until you complete your first mission and so you will get orders to repeat your original mission again.

also if you leave the area it will reset the clock and your time starts all over again.

often you wait out your time with nothing to shoot, then after objective is completed you can go get your tonnage somewhere else

there are also some objectives to reach a certain point by a certain time and if you miss the window you must redo the mission again. this can often happen by stopping short thinking you are on your spot yet you might be 60 miles outside the spot when you must be 50 or less. you will also get there late sometimes and miss or not even see your intended targets that have already left the area

shegeek72 · 08-17-15, 05:53 PM

I've completed two mission objectives and just got a third that I'm currently ignoring. Do the objectives randomly spawn or is there a set number that you have to complete before returning to port?

ColonelSandersLite · 08-17-15, 08:39 PM

Nah, the game will pretty much keep giving them to you until you stop asking for them. There is a random chance of getting "no new orders at this time" but whatever.

TorpX · 08-17-15, 10:48 PM

You are better off taking the mission objectives with a grain of salt. I will make a good-faith attempt to fulfill one or maybe two, but not if they don't make any sense, or are suicidal (like the recon ones). There is no penalty for not doing them.

Admiral Halsey · 08-17-15, 11:10 PM

Honestly I tend to ignore the objectives, especially when i'm using TMO+RSRDC and I can get to the site of a major battle instead. That's how I bagged both of the Y's in the Sibuyan Sea one time and was able to bag one of the Myōkō's following Surigao Strait all in the same patrol.

Raptor_Pilot · 08-18-15, 03:21 PM

AFAIK, completing the actual mission objectives doesn't give you any reward, so I usually hang around the area for a few days, or incorporate the assigned area into a larger patrol route.
The special mission types, such as troops insertions I always work to complete, then when I receive new orders I proceed as usual.

08-17-15, 11:55 AM	#1
granite00 Torpedoman Join Date: May 2015 Posts: 113 Downloads: 170 Uploads: 0	I'm playing TMO/RSRDC. In my limited experience, time is 48-96 hours and radius from center is 50-150nm. Each mission is different. You'll know when the star changes color from gold to gray and you may receive new orders. __________________ granite00

08-17-15, 08:39 PM	#4
ColonelSandersLite Captain Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 481 Downloads: 74 Uploads: 3	Nah, the game will pretty much keep giving them to you until you stop asking for them. There is a random chance of getting "no new orders at this time" but whatever. __________________ My SH4 LP

08-17-15, 12:54 PM	#2
Webster Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	AFAIK if you ignore the mission objectives then you cannot progress to the next mission until you complete your first mission and so you will get orders to repeat your original mission again. also if you leave the area it will reset the clock and your time starts all over again. often you wait out your time with nothing to shoot, then after objective is completed you can go get your tonnage somewhere else there are also some objectives to reach a certain point by a certain time and if you miss the window you must redo the mission again. this can often happen by stopping short thinking you are on your spot yet you might be 60 miles outside the spot when you must be 50 or less. you will also get there late sometimes and miss or not even see your intended targets that have already left the area

08-17-15, 05:53 PM	#3
shegeek72 WAV Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: somewhere in the Pacific Posts: 603 Downloads: 95 Uploads: 0	I've completed two mission objectives and just got a third that I'm currently ignoring. Do the objectives randomly spawn or is there a set number that you have to complete before returning to port?

08-17-15, 10:48 PM	#5
TorpX Silent Hunter Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 3,975 Downloads: 153 Uploads: 11	You are better off taking the mission objectives with a grain of salt. I will make a good-faith attempt to fulfill one or maybe two, but not if they don't make any sense, or are suicidal (like the recon ones). There is no penalty for not doing them.

08-17-15, 11:10 PM	#6
Admiral Halsey Best Admiral in the USN Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: USS Enterprise (CV-6) Posts: 1,740 Downloads: 317 Uploads: 0	Honestly I tend to ignore the objectives, especially when i'm using TMO+RSRDC and I can get to the site of a major battle instead. That's how I bagged both of the Y's in the Sibuyan Sea one time and was able to bag one of the Myōkō's following Surigao Strait all in the same patrol.

08-18-15, 03:21 PM	#7
Raptor_Pilot WORST. KALEUN. EVER. Join Date: Jul 2014 Location: Alton, NH Posts: 61 Downloads: 68 Uploads: 0	AFAIK, completing the actual mission objectives doesn't give you any reward, so I usually hang around the area for a few days, or incorporate the assigned area into a larger patrol route. The special mission types, such as troops insertions I always work to complete, then when I receive new orders I proceed as usual.