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Al Corleone
Center for Advanced Studies Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2012.03.13 19:07:00 -
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All my ships (all frigates, ecxept for 1 Catalyst and 2 Iterons) are at the Center For Advanced Studies. I have finished all the courses there, so now I'm moving out to different systems. However, before I go to another system. I'd like to know if I should bring my destroyer, or if I need a ship with a large cargo hold, etc.
For exemple, I would't want to accept combat missions and be stuck with a Navitas equipped with 2 mining lasers...
So is there a way for me to know? Or do I have to check it out by myself and return to get another ship?
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Kehro Urgus
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Posted - 2012.03.13 19:15:00 -
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Mission guides
The website is currently down however there are probably other sources if you google. I hear voices and they don't like you very much! |
mxzf
Shovel Bros
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Posted - 2012.03.13 19:16:00 -
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Well, the agent itself will determine what kind of missions you get (security agents = combat missions, distribution agents = hauling missions, etc).
The simplest way to tell what kind of ship will be best might be to just look it up on the eve-survival site, which has a database of missions. |
Velicitia
Open Designs
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Posted - 2012.03.13 19:19:00 -
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bring everything...
Most of the time, I fly one or two main ships and dock up and pick something else up if/when I need it. I'll either mission with everything I need out of one station, or at least the station that I need it in.
e.g. if I'm running security missions out of a system, but the storyline agent has me mining, i'll keep a barge in the storyline agent's station and swap out of the combat ship there... |
Mr Chili Palmer
Vectis Systems Domination..
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Posted - 2012.03.13 20:06:00 -
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http://www.donkeyisland.org/evesurvival/wikka.php-wakka=MissionReports.htm |
Baneken
Hyvat Pahat ja Eric The Polaris Syndicate
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Posted - 2012.03.13 20:13:00 -
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a general rule of thumb is: L1 = frigates L2 = cruisers L3 = battle cruisers L4 = battle ships
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Astrid Stjerna
Teraa Matar
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Posted - 2012.03.13 22:35:00 -
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Al Corleone wrote:All my ships (all frigates, ecxept for 1 Catalyst and 2 Iterons) are at the Center For Advanced Studies. I have finished all the courses there, so now I'm moving out to different systems. However, before I go to another system. I'd like to know if I should bring my destroyer, or if I need a ship with a large cargo hold, etc.
For exemple, I would't want to accept combat missions and be stuck with a Navitas equipped with 2 mining lasers...
So is there a way for me to know? Or do I have to check it out by myself and return to get another ship?
The Info screen for most ships have a general overview of its intended purpose, or what it's best suited to do. Other than that, I'd suggest looking more closely at the mission overview to get a feel for what, precisely, you might be doing. Most of the time, it'll tell you outright if you're going to be picking up cargo, shooting rats, or mining.
For cargo-collection missions, you don't have to take all the cargo in one go -- you can break it up into multiple shipments, as long as you have the full cargo in the agent's station in the end.
Other than that, most combat missions in highsec are suited for frigates and larger. Just be sure to have your clone up-to-date, because sometimes, the missions escalate dramatically in difficulty. Monoclegate: because calling it 'Doorgate' would just be silly. |
Toshiro GreyHawk
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Posted - 2012.03.17 11:20:00 -
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There are 3 mission types:
1) Distribution - these are hauling missions
2) Combat - kill the rats ... retrieve some object or recon some area
3) Mining Missions - these are combat missions in that you will probably be attacked - that require you to mine some useless ore. DO NOT mistake these for missions where you can make money mining ore to sell - those missions are all Combat Missions.
What you should do depends on your goals in the game. If you are a mission runner - then you want to think along the lines of Level IV Mission Agents. Even though you can't use them yet - you want to be thinking now about where they are located for any corporation you are thinking about running missions for. Find the Level IV agents in the corporation Info or Agent Finder and then maybe take a trip over there ... look at the map and see what the area is like. Are there a lot of other players there? Is the area rife with Ninja's? Warp about the system and those near it looking on your ship scanner for battleships and combat scanner probes.
Once you decide on a Level IV agent - then go find the lower level agents and work out the path you are going to take to get to that Level IV agent. One thing corporations often do - is to have a little cluster of stations within a few systems of each other, each of which may have one or more agents. Finding a spot you like near such a cluster is a way of setting up a nice little home for yourself where you don't have to roam around to much to access the various agents. They don't always exist in such little clusters though - so don't expect that.
Make sure you know if you're agent is in or near a low sec system. If they are - you can end up with missions going into lo sec - where not only can you stand a good chance of being attacked by other players - but of failing the mission because of that attack. If you fail a mission you will lose standings with your NPC Corporation you are trying to build them with - so that could be a bigger set back than losing a ship. Running missions or mining in Lo Sec is something to be done for the challenge of doing it. It can be fun - but - if you're just trying to grind your way to Level IV so you can get the big bucks - it's a detour on your way there.
(If on the other hand - PVP is what you want - then go on down to Lo Sec and you will get some. Also consider Red vs. Blue and Factional Warfare to get you a start - as well as a training corporation like EVE University.)
What you'll do as an aspiring mission runner - is move to an agents station, then run missions for them until you can access the next level up. Then you'll want a ship that can run those missions. Get one, then go over to where that agent is - and run his missions until you can go up another level.
So - you'll possibly be making several moves as you go from agent to agent. For now those Iterons with some cargo expanders are probably fine but you'll want a better industrial as you get bigger ships. Understand that to transport a ship in an inudstrial it must be repackaged - and if you have put rigs on it - those rigs will be destroyed if it is repackaged.
Another route is to open the map and go to a quiet area and just run missions for whoevers there.
If you are a miner and want to mine mission space - again - Combat Missions are the ones that have asteroids in them - NOT mining missions.
One thing more - the schools have stations scattered about that have various level agents you can use as well. All of these are designated as Distribution Agents - yet they still give out different types of missions rather than just courier missions.
In any case, you may not want to haul everything around until you've found a spot you like, then you can go fetch the rest of it. Also - consider selling things rather than moving them - then just use the money to buy another one at your destination.
If you may have to make a bunch of trips - you can buy a blue print for shuttle - and carry the blue print with you if the shuttle won't fit. Sometimes you can carry the ore to make it too.
If you want to just fly back after dropping a ship off and don't want to pay for/make a shuttle - you can either just go in your pod and hope for the best - or get a free rookie ship by going to any station in your pod that you don't already have ships at.
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Roime
Shiva Furnace
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Posted - 2012.03.20 12:30:00 -
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Keep in mind that missions is just a mini-game inside the EVE universe, and you shouldn't really worry about them too much. If you've done the tutorials, you are fine and should start looking for all the other things New Eden has to offer.
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