Originally Posted by olessius

Most missions look something like this: 1) kill some stuff in space, 2) scan some stuff in space, 3) beam down and kill some stuff on the ground, 4) scan some stuff on the ground, 5) beam up and kill some more stuff in space, 6) get a reward that matches the time you spent on the mission.

The missions we're talking about, however, go like this: 1) kill a LOT of stuff in space, 2) kill even MORE stuff in space, 3) beam down and kill a LOT of stuff on the ground, 4) kill even MORE stuff on the ground and maybe scan some stuff too, 5) transition to another ground area where you kill and scan even MORE stuff, 6) beam back up to space where you kill a LOT of stuff, 7) get a smaller reward than a mission half the length of this one would award you.

So, yeah.