could not reproduce... keeping an eye on it in case it returns though

noted, thank you!

it's on the way, but indeed, volunteer community members are doing it right now

noted.

Also, let's make it clear, because its most likely to be a bug. Not an intentional thing to annoy you, i assure you, we just need time to deal with it.

So, what you are saying is that you have 2 little dots, 1 dot away to get a full protection ticket. And right after you take over an outpost, you don't get the promised 1 full ticket (=1 ticket + 2 dots), just 1 full ticket (and no extra dots).

Owned outposts: 1, tickets: 1, dots: 2
owned outposts: 2, tickets: 2, dots: 0 (and the dots are gone)

Right? Or please correct me.

You normally get 1 dot after you defend an outpost, and maybe thats the problem here, you also get just 1 dot if you capture a new outpost.

hmmm, interesting! noted

NPCs rushing back to the spawn point is indeed intentional, but a minor revision is expected about that.

noted

Yup, all these things you've mentioned could happen, that's why we need more info or screenshots, Kaito. Possible issues:
- you collected the data consoles but did not press 'deliver' on the assignment's window after returning to the terminal (suppose you did that)
- you did not kill all the NPC yourself, someone else has probably tagged them before you did (suppose you also did that)