that means you need to make 80k more.

ok. thanks for the reply. will try. i dont remember the previous missions requiring that? i thought it just meant your worth had to reach the 'next level requirement' to advance...mine is already past the requirement so i didnt understand..if it actually means i have to make that amount more then i suppose that would explain the situation although it did start to make me think the game had buggered up!
hope it hasnt.

From what I've read, I think the switch comes when you're done with the campaign missions, but I'm not sure. Did you finish it?

Yeah, that p1ssed me off as well, until I figured out what was happening. I actually stopped playing after mission 13 finished while I tried to literally debug the game and force a more acceptable level requirement!

What threw me off though, is that the level requirement is essentially a COUNTDOWN. It no longer states outright how much worth you need to be, but how much more worthy you need to be, ie how much more cash you need.

The Level requirement = Mission is a bug. Ignore it - buying then immediately selling a single shield battery (no profit/loss) will display the actual requirement.

thanks for the reply, totally understandable. i just didnt get what was going on! will endeavour to make the 80k. does anyone bother trading? i used to love elite and used to hardly ever do the military style missions, just used to trade all the time. that isnt the case here, i make my money from missions. it seems easier and quicker....you?

jim.