I had no choice but to accept.

'Great,' I thought, 'dont take the mission and grind out yet another 16 of these boring stupid missions, or accept it and get harassed by some a-hole and waste a bunch of time and money in yet another low-sec pirate-infested sh!t hole.' I finally figured I had no choice but to accept.

Why don't you try an other npc corp to do missions for?

I found just this one:

Station: Gicodel VII - Moon 14 - Sisters of EVE Bureau
System: Gicodel (0.9) - Region: Everyshore - Faction: The Servant Sisters of EVE

maybe they doesn't exist because SOE has a bit more valueable LP store than most of other npc corps, so you have to invest more effort to get their LP

I suggest you edit your title/post before the mods see it.

If the agent is close to low-sec systems, then there's always a chance of getting a mission located in low-sec. No way around that; the RNG is not always your friend.

SoE is friendly towards other corps/factions; you can build up your standings with the other corp/faction with a safer agent. But gain, it's a grind. The key words are "derived standings," meaning if you run a storyline for Faction A and A likes faction B, then you'll also get a (smaller) increase with Faction B as well. The downside is that everyone has someone they hate, so increasing Faction A will decrease standings with Faction C.

http://www.newedenlibrary.net/eon/faction_standings.shtml
https://support.eveonline.com/hc/en-us/articles/203217152-Standings

Google "eve online faction standings" and derived standings for more.


Side note to OP: getting around the profanity filter can get you into trouble (i.e ToS violation.) I suggest you edit your title/post before the mods see it.

If your goal is to get to L4's, you don't run combat missions from L1 to L3. Use the distribution agents instead, way more efficient.

Make sure you have Social and Connections skills trained up to level 5. Connections will increase your current standings and Social will increase the amount of standing gained for completing missions.

I suggest grinding some low level agents to build up SoE Corporation to +5.00 standing so you can access level 4 agents. If you run Distribution agents you can easily build up standings quite quickly.

If your goal is to get to L4's, you don't run combat missions from L1 to L3. Use the distribution agents instead, way more efficient.

*Sigh*. I *have* been running the distributions (level 3s). But when I get a storyline, it's random as to whether it is a distribution, a combat, whatever. Or perhaps I don't know how to manipulate it to get the kind of mission I want, where I want it?

Train the relevant social skills to 4 at least. It's not a long train *at all* and makes a huge difference. Frankly if you want to run even a small amount of missions it is your priority.

Go to Simela and do it there. Also, storyline missions wont get you to L4 standing quickly. They will slowly take your faction standing up but your corp standing will be much higher from running regular missions. Also train the social skills.

I certainly can't argue with your expertise, as your credentials seem quite impressive. I'll look into it. By the way, do you also recommend training up, for instance 'security connections' once one is to the point of running level 4 security missions?

I certainly can't argue with your expertise, as your credentials seem quite impressive. I'll look into it. By the way, do you also recommend training up, for instance 'security connections' once one is to the point of running level 4 security missions?

Thanks - finally got to level 4s, despite my not knowing how to get there in the most optimal fashion.

Question: First level 4 I got involves killing Amarr ships. What is the nature of level 4 security missions? I surmise one of the following.

1) If it mostly involves shooting other faction's ships, I guess that's the nature of the beast, so go ahead and shoot them, worry about faction repair later?

2) Some missions involve shooting other faction's ships, but, others don't, so go ahead and decline missions that involve shooting other factions ships. Your standing won't drop that much, and things will work out in the end.

Any help?

Thanks - finally got to level 4s, despite my not knowing how to get there in the most optimal fashion.

Question: First level 4 I got involves killing Amarr ships. What is the nature of level 4 security missions? I surmise one of the following.

1) If it mostly involves shooting other faction's ships, I guess that's the nature of the beast, so go ahead and shoot them, worry about faction repair later?

2) Some missions involve shooting other faction's ships, but, others don't, so go ahead and decline missions that involve shooting other factions ships. Your standing won't drop that much, and things will work out in the end.

Any help?