Beacon Missions

VU 12.5.2 Update

• Beacon interiors have been enlarged and redesigned to improve playability.
• Beacon robots have been renamed and rebalanced, they are now slightly tougher but not as many.
• The number of storage container loot boxes in each Beacon has been increased to 21.
• Storage container loot boxes are now randomly placed within the Beacon.
• Real-time team member statistics display- damage, healing, kills, deaths, etc.
• Timers have been adjusted in balance with the recent level design changes
• Loot from unopened storage container loot boxes is now added to the storage container boxes in subsequent Beacon missions.
• Each Beacon level now has its own unique end boss that guards a storage container loot box which holds a large part of the total loot for each Beacon mission.
• Minimum number of players required to enter Beacon missions has been lowered from 4 to 2. Note that the recommended team size is a minimum of four players to complete Beacon missions effectively.
• The number of checkpoints have been reduced in all Beacon missions.

There's a tool that is capable of collecting and displaying all info much more structured and accessible than a forum thread could do and it's editable by everyone instead of solely the thread starter being able to update the OP.
It's called wiki. And it has a page already hungry for text, lists, links, maps, tables, charts, images, galleries, youtube videos, etc and can take almost any kind of format no matter whether it is RSS, .pdf, .png or .svg.

There it is: http://www.entropiaplanets.com/wiki/Beacon_Missions

It's linked on the wiki mainpage, and in the sidebar under Calypso as well as under Professions/Activities. It's available as a RSS item happily waiting for everyone to take it to his personal website.

Any contrubution is welcome, no matter whether it's a 60 pages Beacon_Guide.pdf or a typo fix.

If you feel uncomfortable contributing to the wiki directly please just put the info in this thread and be assured someone will add it to the page.

Please spread the word!

Updates (latest at top):

• added Jenny's Island training beacon mission
• updated how to find beacon missions
• added a new categories for instances & dungeons to the guide, reorganized a bit
• updated 23 PED Mission Map, all containers documented now
• updated 23 PED Mission Map (container in room 08)
• updated 23 PED Mission Map
• loot for 23 PED updated
• integrated page in the Entropia Universe Guide
• Bug warning added
• Droka 23 PED HP corrected
• Droka added to 23 PED Creatures
• simplified creature table added
• Jaguar Arms (F,L) added to 29 PED loot
• basic map draft added to 23 PED
• boss mob video added to 23 PED
• start & first section video added
• loot for 23 PED added
• locations for 29 PED updated
• mid & end boss for 29 PED added
• how to get Robot Beacon updated
• MU Value graphs made expandable/collapsible
• Beacon Mission Basics updated
• MU Value graphs from entropiabay.com added

 

Beacon mission map from the wiki (gets updated automatically).

For embedding a dynamically updated version of the map on forums, in blogs, etc you can use the static URL:

http://www.entropiaplanets.com/w/images/2/22/23-PED-Robot-Beacon-Mission-Map.jpg


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Lights... camera... action!

http://www.entropiaplanets.com/wiki/Beacon_Missions

 

Alrighty, I particpated in a 23 PED & a 29 PED. Page updated.

 

Alrighty, all the available info seems to be on right now. Unfortunately not much.

However, some loot, some creatures, some general tips, some generic stuff has been added.

So far all the boss mobs encountered seemed to be pimped Harbinger clones.

On higher lvl beacons there seem to be intermediate boss mobs too. For example the newly introduced Holograhpic Warrior Prototype.

The instance layout itself seems to be the same for different lvl of beacons. It's quite straight without any real branches.

A nice thing is the little summary/score board after the mission (screenshot on the wiki).

Bring more info, screenshots, maps.

And/or invite me. ;)



EDIT: And what I assumed in the OP is happening... please spread the word that the info is on the wiki...

 

Yep, Robot Beacon Missions are exclusively Calypso.

Right now instanes in general are exclusively Calypso because unfortunately the tools to create them so far have solely been provided by MA to MA but not to planet partners yet.

 

Ok, I did it.

Very rough and very incomplete 23 PED Robot Beacon Mission Level Map, just added to the wiki.

Please contribute anything that could improve the map.

Attached to this post you can find a zip file containing an ai file for the case you want to edit the map yourself.

EDIT: Map now in post #2 and gets updated automatically with the latest version from the wiki.

 

Thanks! Added.

 

Good to know in order to avoid overkill.

I will add new simplified Creature tables to the beacon missions wiki page.

 

Alrighty, let's say I've updated the map. Still is lacking major info, for example the position of 3 storage containers.

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EDIT: Map now in post #2 and gets updated automatically by the wiki.




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Thank you for reporting Manticore!

Your data has been added to the records and will prove valuable in future operations counteracting the robot threat.

The relative latest and dynamically updated version of the tactical map is available under the static URL http://www.entropiaplanets.com/w/images/2/22/23-PED-Robot-Beacon-Mission-Map.jpg for embedding in the briefing documents of operation teams.