Witnessing and Missions Without Opposition

[Someone 2]

Right now there is zero incentive for Criminals to finish objectives when assigned a mission without opposition, This is clearly a waste of the Witness system which was clearly intended to be a core game mechanic.  Therefore Criminals should get normal money and standing for completing objectives/missions even without opposition while Enforces get extra money and standing for witnessing a Criminal in a mission without opposition.

 

If Criminals actually completed objectives in missions without opposition it would give Enforcers a chance to witness the Criminals and start a mission, If Enforcers got extra money and standing for witnessing Criminals in a mission then Enforces would have a reason to search for Criminals to witness.  It's very boring as a Criminal to get missions without opposition because you sit there on an 99% finish objective just waiting for opposition to show up, If missions without opposition gave normal money and standing then it suddenly becomes a fun and worthwhile challenge to try and finish a mission without being witnessed by Enforcers.

 

Criminals being able to farm not just money but also standing on empty servers isn't an issue because getting a mission without opposition requires readying up for a mission which places you on the matchmaker which continues to search for opposition, Which means that as soon as an Enforcer joins the server and readies up for a mission you could get opposition instantly which doesn't happen with ramraiding which already exists.  There is also "A civilian has witnessed you" which I don't think does anything right now but what it could do is give any Enforcer who enters your mission from the matchmaker the same money and standing bonus they would have gotten if they had witnessed you.

 

Honestly this all seems to be how the game was supposed to work on release but they simply forgot to turn on rewards for missions without opposition making the witness system pointless.

[LooneyTooonz 10]

I'm not arguing with your ideas, but let me make this point.  There is an incentive to do missions without opp do pay as well as opposed missions, let me explain.  Lets say an average opposed mission pays 900-1200 standing and lasts 16 minutes.  Thats close to accurate mixing in wins and losses.  Lets also say the average unopposed mission last about 3 and a half minutes and 30 seconds to get you back in your next match.  So 1 opposed mission on average lands you 1000 standing in about 16 minutes.  You can average 3 to 4 unopposed missions in that amount of time for up to 900-1200 standing.  I run unopposed missions with a friend all the time to get rewards such as decals and consumables on alt characters that are low rank.  It may be boring, but I've done the math and they pay just as good.

 

Now, unopposeds mission actually pay way better than opposed missions if your not getting opp and you choose to sit and wait at each stage for 4 minutes to get opp and you don't get it.  At the end of the day, opposed and unopposed pay the same.  One is just a little more fun than the other.  Every person that plays the game will argue with me on this, but I do it all the time and I've done the math and I'm right.

[Someone 2]

I don't ever recall getting rewards for completing missions or objectives without opposition.