Mission running

Missions guide (EVElopedia) A mission runner is a player who talks to NPC agents who assign them tasks to be done in exchange for ISK and Loyalty points. Combat missions also provide bounties and loot. At high levels mission running can be very lucrative, with missions paying into the millions of ISK (Interstellar Kredits) in bounties and rewards per hour spent running. As corporation members, mission cash rewards and bounties are taxable, so mission runners usually contribute directly to the corporate wallet. Agents are NPCs in the employ of various NPC corporations or agencies. When you went through the tutorial you met some agents, and ran some missions (you did do the tutorial, right?). Agent There is much to consider when choosing an agent (or agents) to run missions for them: the corporation for which the agent works and the faction of which the corporation is a part can be important. You can even run missions for NPC pirate corporations if you want. As you successfully run missions for an agent your standing with that agent will increase, as does your standing with the agent's corporation. For every 16 missions you complete for an agent you will be offered a storyline mission which will increase your standing with the faction to which your agent belongs (although taking the storyline mission often lowers your standing with other factions). Level Agents have two numbers associated with them, a Level, and a Quality Level: higher Level agents offer tougher missions, and greater rewards, than lower Level agents. Within a Level higher Quality Level agents offer better rewards than lower Quality agents: Level ratings run from 1 to 4, while Quality Level runs from -20 to 20. Level is more important than Quality Level: a Level 2, Quality 20 agent is inferior to a Level 3, Quality -20 agent. Higher level agents require a higher standing with their corporation before they will even talk to you, so at first you can probably only receive missions from lowly Level 1 agents. As you complete missions for them your standing with their corporation will improve, allowing you to access higher Level agents (and harder, more profitable missions). For this reason, you will want to find a corporation with agents of various levels so that you can climb the corporate ladder, getting better missions from higher level agents as standing with their corporation increases. Division Each agent works in a specific department, which determines the type of mission assigned. Depending on their department an agent can assign, one, two, three or all of the following mission types: Courier missions require you to take cargo from one station to another (in the case of Storage Department agents the cargo can be quite large, up to 20,000 m3). Combat missions require you to kill one or more NPCs and occasionally retrieve some item from them, and receive the largest rewards of any of the mission types. Mining missions require you to mine (or purchase) specific amounts of ore or minerals. Trading missions require you to purchase items from the market and deliver them somewhere. The chances of receiving a mission of a particular type from an agent in a department is shown in the following table: Department Courier Combat Mining Trading Accounting 100% Administration 50% 50% Advisory 66% 34% Archives 90% 5% 5% Astrosurveying 30% 40% 25% 5% Command 3% 97% Distribution 95% 5% Financial 50% 50% Intelligence 15% 85% Internal Security 5% 95% Department Courier Combat Mining Trading Legal 50% 50% Manufacturing 95% 5% Marketing 95% 5% Mining 85% 5% 10% Personnel 20% 80% Production 95% 5% Public Relations 66% 34% Research & Development 50% 50% Security 5% 90% 5% Surveillance 5% 95% No matter what type of agent or agents for whom they may run missions, social skills will be important to a mission running character: Social increases the loyalty points awarded by an agent by 5% per skill level. Negotiation increases the ISK awarded by an agent by 5% per skill level. Connections and Diplomacy affect your standing with a corporation, which in turn affects the agents to which you have access. Any mission runner will want those skills to at least level 4. In addition there are specialized skills which improve loyalty point rewards from agents in specific departments: Department Connections Accounting Financial Trade Administration Bureaucratic Political Advisory High Tech Political Archives Bureaucratic High Tech Astrosurveying Labour Military Command Military Political Distribution Financial Trade Financial Bureaucratic Financial Intelligence High Tech Military Internal Security Bureaucratic Military Department Connections Legal Financial Political Manufacturing High Tech Labour Marketing Financial Trade Mining Labour Trade Personnel Bureaucratic Labour Production Labour Trade Public Relations Financial Political Security Military Political Storage Bureaucratic Trade Surveillance High Tech Military Skills Depending on the type of missions you are running, the skills required vary. Combat missions are the most skill intensive of the mission types, with combat pilots needing all the basic Eve skills: they need to be able to effectively fit a ship (Engineering, Electronics, Mechanics and the like), deal damage (Gunnery, Missiles or Drone skills, or both) and they need to be able to tank. As your skills improve they should allow you to gradually take on harder and harder missions as you gain access to better and better agents. Mission (Level 3) Retribution Source Faction: Angels Mission type: Deadspace Damage dealt: Exp, Kin Recommended damage dealing: Exp (kin) SafariJack does this with a shield tanked 280mm arti Jaguar, but the Angel Vipers and Angel Webers are troublesome. Four groups, no aggro. Groups 25-60km away after warp in. The objective is to destroy the Outpost. AB members report that this can be done easily with missile ships that can pop the outpost before any of the guards are in range. The Small Armor structure will drop a little bit of ammo. Group 1 2 Cruiser Gistum Centurion [1] 1 Cruiser Gistum Phalanx [2] Group 2 2 Frigate Gistii Nomad [3] 1 Cruiser Gistum Defeater [4] 1 Cruiser Gistum Breaker [5] Group 3 4 Frigate Gistii Hijacker [6] 2 Frigate Gistii Rogue [7] 2 Cruiser Gistum Depredator [8] 1 Cruiser Gistum Predator [9] Group 4 Version A 1 Frigate Angel Viper (scrambles) [10] 2 Frigate Angel Webifier (webs) [11] 1 Battlecruiser Gistatis Primus [12] Version B 2 Frigate Angel Viper (scrambles) [13] 1 Frigate Angel Webifier (webs) [14] 1 Battlecruiser Gistatis Primus [15]