EVE New Citizens Q&A

A couple of notes:

1) You corporate standings have no effect on if you can get missions from an agent. What matters is that you aren't -2..0 with the faction, your personal standing with the agent, and your standing with the agent's corp.

2) A fast way to get the ability to run lvl 3/4 missions is to fleet with someone who can run missions with a given agent. Then run missions and split the reward. You will rapidly gain personal standing with the agent, and be able to mission with that agent despite low standings with the agent's corps.

3) There is a fleet finder, and fleets can in theory advertise for pilot outside their corp or alliance in the fleet advert interface. That said I've never been in a fleet with an advert that wasn't limited to corp or alliance.

Regarding ship for doing missions, should I be ok with my destroyer for L1 and L2?

Do I absolutely need a Carrier for L3?


Ps: i am limited to T1 ships for now

Sorry...i ment Cruiser.

Always confuse those two.



Are much tougher are L2 vs L1?

As a new player that has just gone through things like you are right now, I thought I could help out with the questions of ship classes. There is basically one of two ways of doing things...

The easy way:
Level 1: Destroyers
Level 2: Cruisers
Level 3: Battlecruisers
Level 4: Battleships

Why you should do it this way:
-- Higher Tank: You are less likely to die
-- Higher DPS: Things blow up so much faster
-- Normally faster to complete the Mission (Though not always)

The Hard Way:
Level 1: Frigate
Level 2: Destroyer
Level 3: Cruiser
Level 4: Havent done them yet so I dont know if its possible!

Why you should do it this way:
-- You are forced to pay attention to managing your tank (Shields/Armor)
-- You learn to prioritize your targets (which ones has to die first, eg webbers)
-- You are forced to learn about Resists, both your own and the rats you are facing
-- Managing your Capacitor
-- You dont just 'push orbit', you have to learn when to orbit different targets, at what distance, when to keep at range, when to fly away in a straight line (those damn spider drones and frigates) to increase your chances of hitting your target(which in turns means you are also going to be hit more often)

Overall I do not regret doing missions in a ship class below the recommended because I think I learned more than I would have in a stronger ship. Now having said all this, for some level 3 missions I have had to switch to a Battlecruiser just to make some missions faster, and for some l3's I switched from Battlecruiser to Cruiser to make it faster. There is no one 'right' ship for everything

Doing Level 4's in in a Battle Cruiser is doable, but you need to be sure you are fitting for the damage types you need to resist, and that you'll need to put out. Also you should check out the missions you take in eve survival as there are missions that are very hard to do in a battlecruiser.

PS- Level 4s are very doable in a T3 cruiser.

LFG or Looking for Group is an automated system in WoW in which you queue for something and are automatically put into a group. Eve has no equivalent to that. In Eve you have to make friends. Friends are good.

Some level 4's have been done in a lone T1 frigate however that is not recommended nor easy. Destroyers can dish out lots of damage but they also typically take more damage. There are many missions that can be run easily in a frigate but be difficult in a destroyer but many missions that the destroyer can make it faster.

You can look up on your own how long it will take you to fly a T2 frigate. They are very powerful and I've run many level 3s in them with no issue.

In Eve there is no one way to do anything. However the recommended T1 ship for a level 3 would be a Battlecruiser.

Is it better to rush to L2 missions or quickly farm L1 missions for the storyline missions?

I must admit i find 1/2 of the L2 missions i get a little long to complete and tough with my destroyer...and I go through L1 in a matter of a couple minutes...

What are the rewards for storyline missions?


Thanks

I know this isn't particularly helpful, but you're better farming L3 distribution missions for storylines (if you're looking for standings) and L4 missions for income.

Out of L1 and L2, that is entirely dependent on your skills and the ships you can fly for those missions. The difference in reward between these missions is negligible compared to L2 vs L3 missions, which pales in comparison to L3 vs L4 missions. Most of your time completing L1 and L2 missions will be travel to and from the mission site, as well as docking/undocking.

By the time you get to L3 security missions you'll find that a larger portion of the time is spent in actual combat, and your ship, skills and fitting will have a more significant impact on ISK or standings per hour.

As others have pointed out, what is best for you depends on what you want to get out of the endeavour. If you're looking for entertainment, I'd recommend joining RvB or Faction Warfare rather than engaging in PVE activities.

For distribution missions you need a cargo ship of the appropriate size.