Missions & Complexes

There's your answer. They're boring but they're reliable, mostly uninterruptible, dumb ISK. I don't run them often but when I'm low on ISK, and either too tired or otherwise distracted and don't want to take the risks of more fun profit sources, I just run lvl4s for a while. Typically running them semi-afk on my second monitor.


Yeah, I think they could and should be improved. But they do have a point to worth bothering with them at times.

Guess you'll have to go back to safe blue null now and continue whoring those awesome, exciting anoms!!!

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They are crying. You're crying right now.

The people who run level 4 missions either do it like a kind of job to pay for something else in Eve

or

miss the point of Eve entirely, and run level 4 missions non stop to fund some absurd mission ship

which

allows them to run level 4 missions even faster.

Funny someone should mention Candy Crush in a derogatory sense. Because there's a game which is infinitely variable, superbly designed, constantly challenging and taps directly in to the addictive nature of the human mind. And you can pick it up on your phone, tablet, or PC and continue exactly where you left off. Small wonder it's making the UK-based designers a million bucks a day.

But my emoragequit is pointed specifically at L4's. I have an alt with awful Amarr standing and last week ran a whole bunch of L1 -2's to improve it. And guess what? That was actually fun. There's a much wider range of missions, they're well-designed and full of background. Some while back CCP put part of its house in order with low-end missions, probably because they were seeing too many new players fall by the wayside, disillusioned with the infamous learning curve and the lack of early content. Eve's well-documented and unforgiving sandbox nature sets it apart, but in a world of increasingly accessible and well-designed gaming, it's showing its age in some key areas.

The reasons for running L4 missions are varied. My particular current circumstances mean I'm running Sisters missions for LP because that matches my playing restrictions for now. But I've run them before for other reasons, and none of them are actually relevant to the point. Yes L4 mission-running is (relatively) safe. Yes they're easy isk. Yes it's carebearing and we all look down our noses at the whole silly idea of highsec missions. But how does it follow that they should therefore so mind-numbingly boring? Which they are. Terribadly.

When players talk about missions, the word "grinding" usually figures in the same sentence. Which is ridiculous really. Nothing in a good game should involve "grinding". Why on earth do we put up with it? Whenever this subject is raised there's a kind of lethargic, bittervet response that typifies the regard towards mission-running. "This is Eve, deal with it". "Hello Kitty that way--->" Yada yada. Nuts. Mission-running is by far the most common activity performed by the largest number of Eve players, and generates the most in-game currency. It's a vital aspect of the entire Eve economy, however short you shrift it.

Carebearing it may be, but it needs addressing.

PS - Thanks for the mention, Tas :)

Boring, hey.
Now, try to run a Serpentis Blockade and having bad luck on the unfathomable wave triggers like i did some days ago.
Took me 3 whole faking hours between the Serp BSs' tanks and the dampening pests.
At least it was not boring, only maddening.

EDIT: And after that I went back to doing L3 in my Brutix, at least doing Extravaganzas in 25/30 minutes is somewhat fun, or a slavers 2 under 10/15.

Feed the Fedo!!!

I run lvl 4's for mordu's legion in null sec, the bounty and rewards are generaly the same aswel as the difficulty but the lp payout is double or triple from empire.....that beeing said they are still boring...

But luckly due to great lp pay i can afford to blitz them making it more worth it and abit more fun to do,not to mention guristas have crap loot and salvage so i don't have to waste time with those aswel.

I'm a disenfranchised new pilot, so I thought I would address this. First, I came from Dust. If most of the Dust players would come over to Eve, I think this could be very true. Myself, I came over because I wanted to think. I want to do market trading, high level research, and PvP.

The issue is all the fun intricate content requires existing funds to play. So how do I obtain these funds without mining (because that is mindless as all hell)? One way is mission running- somewhat mindless, but a means to and end. Unfortunately, all the low level missions have a leg that runs you into low-sec, which all the older pilots camp. Now I have lost my PvE revenue stream and $17MM Isk in ships to build up funds for PvP and Dust Orbitals. As an aside, dropping orbitals on those CoD kids is immeasurably rewarding.

The advise I've seen on the forums, in articles, and from older players is to mine. That sounds awful and I'm not going to spend real life money to be miserable. I can date and get the same result, only with better food.

So I started up a 6 month subscription. I'll probably reduce that to PLEX, sell a few for funds, PvP until the ISK runs out and then find something else to put my time towards.

if you are honestly unhappy with lv4's than i sincerely suggest you push your luck with lv5's. the game still has more to offer.

It's not really fair to call missions in Eve "dungeons". When you're doing a dungeon in WoW it's exclusive to you and your group. In a mission in Eve you're in the same litter box with everyone else. If someone wants to drop by and take a crap on you they can do it.