Victoria Madison
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Posted - 2003.12.03 00:03:00 -
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Hey Maud Dib...I saw you in space once. That's always pretty cool, you know, seeing someone in space that you see on the forums. 
Anyway, here's what I think about prepping for the new system.
First step is to see if your Agent's corp is on the list of corps that will provide you with the new research skills. You can find the preliminary Chaos test server data from the following location:
Tech 2 Skills By Agent Corp
At this point, if your corp is on the list somewhere you're in good shape. Now you'll want to see if your agent (or one you have access to) is also a research agent. You can find out by checking this list:
List of Research Agents
If your agent is not part of a research-y type of corp, you might want to consider going for a level 1 agent of a corp that is "on the list". What you'll want to do is find a corp that is of a faction (ie. Caldari State) that you have at least 2.0 or better standing with. Then you would look at the corp information page, agents tab, and find a level 1 agent who "accepts clients on dock". Go visit that station and...Voila! You are on the treadmill with a new agent corp!
There's a ton of other useful information that makes the missions go by faster. Here's a small sample:
- Have a fast ship, and a FAT ship (one for speed one for cargo)
- Shuttles are good for long trips with little to transport.
- Have a bunch of ore and minerals on hand...those agents often like lots of this stuff. Have every basic ore and mineral, up to Kernite (lvl 3 agents only for me) and isogen.
- Have a bunch of ammo and commodities sitting around. You'll get a feel for what you'll need to keep. Each agent usually displays a fetish for something or other.
- Have a bunch of holoreels. When you "save the premire" don't bother picking up the "misplaced" holoreel...just take one to the final destination out of your inventory.
Anyway, you probably already knew all that kind of stuff. Just put it in there "just in case".
Finally, the point made above about having a level 3 agent you can bribe is a good one. We'll lose some of our standings when the system switches over, and we'll want to earn that back asap.
Oh, one more thing. If you are really planning for the future you should also consider grinding to level 3 on a few different agent corps. Also, when you do level 3 missions for one agent, you might get a level 3 agent of another corp (one you've never done anything for). Go and bribe that guy and at least do something for him...after the patch the implants are supposedly NOT going to be faction based anymore. Rather they'll be corp based. Who knows, with enough variety in your agent corps you might end up with someone who gives you a Perception implant.
Oh, and one last-last thing. The pre-requirements for the new research skills can be found on the same link that had the list of research agents...just scroll down that page.
Good luck to you!
-Victoria
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