If I have to farm lvl 4's to get the occasional burner mission, I'll never do them. And most mission runners are running at least cruisers, but mostly BC's and BS's, so that model would mean dragging a frigate around with you on the off chance you happen to get a burner. I could actually see people just dropping the mission and asking for a new one so they don't have to have frigates around.

+1 to the concept, but please CCP, let it be trough a separate agent, or offered separately from the same agents.

If I have to farm lvl 4's to get the occasional burner mission, I'll never do them. And most mission runners are running at least cruisers, but mostly BC's and BS's, so that model would mean dragging a frigate around with you on the off chance you happen to get a burner. I could actually see people just dropping the mission and asking for a new one so they don't have to have frigates around.

+1 to the concept, but please CCP, let it be trough a separate agent, or offered separately from the same agents.

What I don't like is having to sort through "traditional" lvl 4 missions to get to them. I fly frigates almost exclusively, and it would be nice to be able to run these at leisure rather than having to wait for the random mission to drop.

One of two things will happen:
1) They will not be easily exploitable (In the "exploit this forest for resources" meaning of the word) and thus will be run once then never again.
2) They will be such a massive isk fountain that no-one will do anything ever again.

There is no middle ground.

This definitely gets a +1 from me. I don't do a lot of PvE, but it has grabbed my interest.

Now, if they could just mix up the fits a bit. Make a brawly blaster DD in one, rail DD in another. Sometimes the dram does EM damage, sometimes explosive. Just to give some more variety.

I love the idea of Burner missions.

What I don't like is having to sort through "traditional" lvl 4 missions to get to them. I fly frigates almost exclusively, and it would be nice to be able to run these at leisure rather than having to wait for the random mission to drop.

I havent done missions in forever, but i might make a run back to highsec just to try this out.

And why High sec and not Low sec?

from dev blog :

Burner Missions pit you against a single enemy NPC. This NPC is an extremely powerful frigate with stats based on those of a player flying a pirate frigate with officer/deadspace gear, pirate implants, and command links. All of these NPCs use warp disruption, and most of them use scramblers that turn off microwarpdrives the same way player scramblers do.

They will require blingy fit that most people won't want to run in low sec.

from dev blog :

Burner Missions pit you against a single enemy NPC. This NPC is an extremely powerful frigate with stats based on those of a player flying a pirate frigate with officer/deadspace gear, pirate implants, and command links. All of these NPCs use warp disruption, and most of them use scramblers that turn off microwarpdrives the same way player scramblers do.

They will require blingy fit that most people won't want to run in low sec.

Dam these missions would be good in low sec, if they could be run in reasonably cheap navy or t2 frigs with pvp tackle fit it would mean more people flying solo and I'm sure taking a few fights along the way to break up the boredom of PVE.

If it works well they should consider putting them in low sec too, and let them be run in common Tech2 PVP set ups.

Burner Missions will be available from the normal level 4 security mission pool, issued by agents across highsec, lowsec and nullsec space.

Its awesome, but I still have to grind out garbage level 4s to find a fun mission. That sucks.

Well, I wouldn't worry, probably over 80 or even 90% of L4 mission runners in High Sec haven't trained past racial frigate level 3 - there are going to eb a lot of people bruning and then offering them up for fleet or asking for help...

And imagine all the gankers in Osmon waiting for the SoE runners to get one, watch the palyer frig blow on 200.000 D-Sccan and warp in an gank the rat -¦-¦

Lots of content coming...

I can remote rep the rat without getting flagged right

That's a really awesome idea. It will surely refresh the missioning experience and might interest more people into PVP. If anything, I would suggest the Burners to have randomized stats and tactics. Some sort of modular PVE content. Apart from that, a big +1 from me.

From the Dev Blog:



^^

Sorry must've misread it, I'm half asleep here.

Anyway I don't think I want to start grinding lvl4's in low sec just to get a few burner missions now and then, which is a shame. High sec doesn't need dedicated agents for them, but I think low sec would benefit from having a few agents who only give this type of mission.

Alternative scenario: Mission runners try them and realize just how much of a nuisance PVPesque PVE is and don't do them again. Some might do them every now and then for a laugh or an occasional adrenaline rush. I only see a very tiny minority that might think about venturing more into PVP after playing such missions.