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quick question for Epic.

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JitaJane
Science and Trade Institute
Caldari State
#1 - 2011-11-01 04:07:11 UTC
Can you get the arcs rolling (specifically Amarr and Caldari) if you have corp standing requirements and not faction. One might be worth grinding the other is not ATM.

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Goose99
#2 - 2011-11-01 04:15:07 UTC
JitaJane wrote:
Can you get the arcs rolling (specifically Amarr and Caldari) if you have corp standing requirements and not faction. One might be worth grinding the other is not ATM.


Yes, corp standing works, assuming faction is above -2, of course.
JitaJane
Science and Trade Institute
Caldari State
#3 - 2011-11-01 04:25:26 UTC
tyvm. So epic a better repair plan than Cosmos?

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Goose99
#4 - 2011-11-01 04:49:47 UTC
JitaJane wrote:
tyvm. So epic a better repair plan than Cosmos?


It's epic. It'll take a while compared to... turning in some tags. The faction gain doesn't produce standing loss for opposite faction though.
JitaJane
Science and Trade Institute
Caldari State
#5 - 2011-11-01 04:54:44 UTC
Goose99 wrote:
JitaJane wrote:
tyvm. So epic a better repair plan than Cosmos?


It's epic. It'll take a while compared to... turning in some tags. The faction gain doesn't produce standing loss for opposite faction though.


Time's not an issue sounds like more fun than ratting. And the thing is i really did wreck my standings running factions in my first toon. So this is a little project I finally found the time to work on. I'll likely do the Cosmos as well but first I need to rung the Epics and do Caldari and Amarr Cosmos as it will be easier to lose standings with Matar and Gal...

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Substantia Nigra
Polaris Rising
Goonswarm Federation
#6 - 2011-11-01 06:16:07 UTC  |  Edited by: Substantia Nigra
For the four lvl4 epic arcs you need standings of >5 with corp or faction, providing neither corp nor faction is worse than -2. Nothing special, just the basic lvl4 agent formula.

The lvl4 epic arcs provide you with corp and faction standings boosts without a lot of downside with opposite factions. The other good thing about them is that they can be done over and over, provided you wait the 3-month cooldown period in between. As such they are a good way to maintain your standings, a good boost for recovery, but not the be-all if you need to make a big faction standings recovery.

The lvl3 (pirate) epic arcs are a little different. Standard lvl3 agent access requirements, but each of the two arc has three starter agents not just the one. You do take a bit of a contrary faction standings hit with the pirate arcs but it's not terrible unless you kill heaps of things you don;t need for mission completion. The pirate arcs are also repeatable on a 3-monthly basis.

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