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you should be able since 7 days before the corp had +7 standing but I'm just guessing from what I've read. Also I don't think the fact the previous owner left the corp is changing anything _if 7 days are not elapsed yet_ but of course I could be wrong again.

For sure you'll have problems if you'll have to anchor again your pos, and this could happen for several reasons. That's why I'm putting some efforts in building good standings towards all the empire factions. Of course if you're -4.5 you're pvp-ing and you'll never be +5 so..... I'd train a corp alt or an indy one even better.

Just remember, when you've got a lead time on access to copy queues, it's best to create a whole bunch of copies at once. Might take longer to get back to you, but it's easier to swallow one 5 day lead time, and get back fifty copies, than it is to swallow 10.

I don't think anyone has mentioned it yet but if you decide to grind standings you can influence what type of story line missions you get by what story line agent you use.

As others have said you can gain storyline missions from running any mission type. mining, courier, security, even the research missions count. the only stipulation is they need to be the same level for the same faction. courier missions can be very fast to get storyline missions as even level 4 courier missions generally take less than 5 minutes. just make sure to be well away from low sec while running them or you will get deliveries in low sec.

Once you get you 16 missions you will get a storyline mission from the storyline agent for the faction you have been working for that is closest to the agent you ran your 16th mission for. Some corps lean more towards courier missions and other more towards security missions. security missions will generally give more of a boost but can be hard if you are not a combat character.

If you are going to grind faction in this way I suggest finding a storyline agent that works for the corp you are most interested in a you will get significant corp standings for the corp the storyline agent belongs to to as well as the faction boost for the storyline agent.

I have found that logistics, manufacturing, and distribution corps tend to mostly give courier missions but I believe the ratio of mission types is similar to the ratio of agent types working for that corp. I have not tested this but it has seemed to work this way for me. however the types of missions you run does not seem to influence the type of storyline mission you get.

For example if you run courier missions for all 16 missions but the closest storyline agent works for a corp that is mostly combat oriented like Caldari Navy for example you have a very high chance of getting a combat storyline. While if you run all security missions for Caldari Navy but the closest storyline agent works for Hyasyoda you will get mostly courier missions. At least that is how it worked for me. Like I said I did not test this but this was my personal experience.

If you are not adverse to low-sec, then you might check out the low-sec area just 'south' of Hek in the Metropolos region. There were several NPC corps that used to have copy slots with short lines, and even the ME slots had relatively short (6-12 days used to be normal) queues. I do not know if this is still the case or not. Resbroko is the entry low-sec system, and it was (is?) not typically camped, and to be safe, accessing Rebroko via the 'side' (Amo) avoided almost all the camps there.

This area is also only a few jumps from Uttindar, where there are lots of courier agents for Minmatar Mining Corp. (multiple levels). The trips into low-sec often went through Hagilur, which is a lot more risky than Resbroko, but I have only been popped there once, and that was while leaving a station in a t1 hauler. If you are so inclined, all the Boundless Creation R&D agents are in this area. It is not the best R&D corp, but the agents are all close together. I ran 1 level 2, 2 level 3s, and 2 level 4s in that area for a long time. I still keep the level 4s - one have mech engineering in Amo (hi sec) and the other does Nuclear Physics for me in Evati (low-sec).

Or Cov Ops with a bunch of nanofibers low...

Just run for at least one Corp in each Faction. And use THIS: http://eve-survival.org/wikka.php?wakka=MissionReports

...whenever you do a mission. Decline any that give you a Standings Hit for a faction. This will let you know if you read carefully.

Kaalakiota is everywhere pretty much (not in Ammatar though).

Check out the 10.0 for Blood Raider Covenant. That means you are -8.0 to Amarr. if you check over to the left under the Amarr column. Repeat for rest of table.

A note about this that came up in a petition for me last month.....

......if you start ANY new AGENT within any Corp in that Faction...any new one at ALL....it will reset that 16 count BACK to ZERO.

Found that out the hard way. Seemed to take forever to obtain a storyline, and the GM responded with that about starting a new agent. I had been at 15 missions with Ammatar Mandate and started a Level 4 agent that I just qualified for ......and went back to zero. So I had to do 31 missions until a Storyline.

Who knew ???

So starting a new agent for any faction is best immediately after a Storyline mission, as it is already at zero then.

Cheers for all the good info guys

Fly safe