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Story Line - no standng increase
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ghost 30
Hedion University
Amarr Empire
#1 - 2012-10-10 16:10:22 UTC
Hi guys,

I just run a story line after doing 16 missions given by lvl 4 agent (distribution) and i got only isk as reward - no standing increase. There is no standing increase in the transaction log - is that possible?



My apology if this has been already discussed.
Will be grateful if someone can help me on this one.
Zhilia Mann
Tide Way Out Productions
#2 - 2012-10-10 17:24:12 UTC
How are you checking your standings?

Storyline agents give faction, corporation, and agent standings for a successful completion. I suspect what you're looking at is corporation standings for the corporation you ran the missions for. However, there's no rule that says a storyline agent has to be in the same corp as the agent you did regular missions for and so you didn't get an increase for that corp and got one for another corp in the same faction.

To check, go into your character sheet and go down to standings. Right click the faction relevant here and select "show transactions". The ID shown there should match one in on a corp standings record as well -- but it probably isn't the corp you're expecting.
ghost 30
Hedion University
Amarr Empire
#3 - 2012-10-10 17:34:18 UTC
well... yeah - that's the case - the agent is from another corp.... so i guess i just boosted my faction standing.
Does it mean I caanot use this lvl 4 agent to boost the corp standing - I mean if I get to another story line, would it be the same story line agent from the other corp?
Zhilia Mann
Tide Way Out Productions
#4 - 2012-10-10 17:42:01 UTC
ghost 30 wrote:
well... yeah - that's the case - the agent is from another corp.... so i guess i just boosted my faction standing.
Does it mean I caanot use this lvl 4 agent to boost the corp standing - I mean if I get to another story line, would it be the same story line agent from the other corp?


Storyline missions will always spawn at the storyline agent that is from the right faction and closest to the agent where you accepted your 16th mission. So yes, if you just keep running for the same agent all the time you'll get the same SL agent and keep building standings with the SL agent's corp at a rapid pace (plus the faction standings, which are of course also useful).

There are a few ways around this. One is to stack storylines. You'll never have more than one SL mission from the same agent, so the next SL will come from the next-closest agent. If that one is from the right corporation, you'll be in good shape.

Another way is complete 15 missions as normal and then move to accept the 16th closest to the SL agent you want to run for. This takes planning and counting but it's highly reliable.
ghost 30
Hedion University
Amarr Empire
#5 - 2012-10-10 17:47:37 UTC
well i guess it is never too late to learn new things :)
Thank you for all the help, I appreciate

best of luck

--ghost 30