Shinzhi Xadi
Royal Amarr Institute
Amarr Empire
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Posted - 2013.01.02 03:24:00 -
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On my main, I did the entire high sec amarr cosmos series, including the 13 part king of the hill mission. Also did the datacenter agents and circle agents. Amarr faction standing ended up at 9.1. Some of that was normal missions of course, but most was cosmos. Don't forget too the three reward blueprints you get for having very high faction standing. Including a two run navy battleship print if you manage to hit 9.9 to your faction.
I had a good time. I enjoyed the story that was being told.
Now its not all happy and roses, I have a huge collection of nearly useless bpc's in a can just in case CCP ever gives storyline items some attention. The materials to build the amarr storyline items are from scan sites or two places in the amarr cosmos area. Farming them is a massive pain, the drop rates from the hacking cans are terrible. It could take 3-6 hours to get the materials to make for example, one 1600mm bailey plate, and that's if you have decent luck.
Regarding the 1600mm Bailey Plate, its very expensive. I used to laugh at the price, thinking 'what a ripoff'. Then, later, I learned to build them and get the materials to make one. I stopped complaining about the price! lol. If you know the pain and frustration it takes to farm its materials, you will agree its a justified price. I'm sure most/all the other battleship storyline modules are similar, in that they are hell to get the materials to build.
My only major complaint about cosmos missions, is the way you can only attempt to do them once. I say attempt, since if you fail any of the missions for any reason at all, your done. If you do them in the right order, the agents forward you to each other, so you can continue the mission series. If you break that chain by failing a mission for ANY reason, you are not allowed to ask for it again or reset it, you are permanently locked out of the rest of cosmos for that faction.
So, cosmos missions are about half research before you even begin. You have to know everything about the mission, items, area's, npc's so you will NOT fail it. For a long time, part of the amarr cosmos was broken, one of the missions where you scan down an item. I think it took CCP about a year of complaints to get around to fixing it. lol
Anyways, just my 2 isk. |