Missions & Complexes

I actually made a video on this the other day. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_1_v8iVwpg


Anyways, I don't know too much about datacore farming. But, the best type of missions to farm is the blockade, worlds, etc. I find you can get more isk by just sitting down and doing a bunch of missions at once. Then do a clean up with a salvager. (Keep in mind the wrecks will go away after 2 hours)
Someone can pay for their account if they have some time on their hand and do this.

the guristas extra completion trigger is actually the first group in the last room, if you want to farm it I suggest just leaving all the battlecruisers alive, you can still kill all the battleships.

the missions I remember farming were, worlds collide*, Angels Extra, Guristas Extra, Recon 1 of 3**, and Enemies Abound. Missions like Damsel used to be full of loot but I don't remember looting it in a while. Dread Pirate Scarlett might be good, but sounds like they might have removed some of the "extra" spawns.

* the WC completion trigger is the close group in the third pocket, you can still kill all the battleships in the last room
** May have farmed for sec status increases more than bounty, still a quick 10 mil

to get the missions you want, go around to all the L4 agents you have standings with, and keep track of how long it's been since you declined a mission from them. it gets confusing, I ended up forgetting to turn in missions here and there, but the system worked.

Dread pirate scarlet. get a high alpha instant damage battleship and pop her in the second pocket--yields a social adaptation implant worth 15M iirc. leave, repeat after downtime

Enemies Abound (out of the faction missions) was good for 40-50 mil in tags and almost as much in salvage (part 4 of 4 iirc, was the most valuable of the 5 parts)

downside: faction standings hit.

upside: nearly 250M for maybe 1-2 hours of gameplay after each downtime, and that was with four or five missions spread through the region. (maybe 2 faction, two non-faction but worth taking instead of declining to re-roll for something better)

if you have more characters in your gang who can accept L4 missions, and you have more time, you could make a bil in a day--4 hours of HARD mission grinding, 6h of relaxed.

in terms of ISK for shooting things, it was SO MUCH that I was happy after three/four missions a day and 250M

this is what I had to show for two days and four hours of gameplay, not including the tags. iirc my noctis would run around with a bil in cargo regularly. "isk per tick" = 600M/4 h

Worlds Collide has a reputation, but it's not very valuable. WC would be best in Ravens, with orca support to refit cruises -> torps after the first pocket. torps in WC is a murder fest

after a while, you end up with enough ISK to mission in a dream team fleet (with alts, if you desire). Golem, a set of Machariels, Rattlesnakes, Nightmares... I had 'em all. 1200dps per ship, undock with whatever combination fits your missions. good times

It is and they are. A well-fit Machariel murders missions and is generally considered the best "all-around" mission runner. Nightmare does better against Sansha/BR/drones and a Rattlesnake has certain advantages (as does a Navy Dominix). In any case, Tengus are not considered the top of the game at this point, though they are still respectable and nice for blitzing. HAM fits have become surprisingly viable, btw.

thx for your response guys this has really helped me

I would not solo with a machariel. it can be done, but it takes more skill and it's all about speed. though it's fun watching battleships instapop.

my first solo pick would be a Marauder. second, Rattlesnake (I've never flown a Domi).

Tengus take foreeeeevvverrrr and use a lot of ammo. for missions like Enemies Abound 4/5, you'll fall behind waves.

(i forgot to mention that. Enemies Abound part 4/5 spawns waves by time, not specific triggers and puts out 3000 dps if you let it go out of control. fully spawned targets list and what it does to a rattlesnake<-rescuing a nub alliance member's faction fit raven. that sucked.)

missions previews:
Enemies abound 3/5 and 4/5 are the best of the series. if I received part 5 I just cleared it to open up the agent for new missions.
Pirate Invasion is ok-ish in terms of profit.
Dread Pirate Scarlet <-to farm it, insta pop her at the second gate for the implant, and leave
Guristas Extravaganza the Extravaganza missions were fun. gobs of targets, no real danger, decent profit. fun mission.
Cargo Delivery is nice because targets come to you.
DO NOT SOLO THE ASSAULT. you will be jammed or Tracking disrupted or something, you need at least two ships, because they will ewar, web, and point you.

again, Dread Pirate Scarlet and Enemies Abound was my favorite combo. it's true; leave this station alive for one of them, and leave one frigate alive for the other.

missioning combos, always accompanied by Orca and Noctis:
Golem, Rattlesnake, Basilisk
Nightmare Rattlesnake Basilisk
Machariel Rattlesnake Basilisk
Rattlesnake Rattlesnake Rattlesnake (remote rep, no-brainer missioning. if I didn't feel like thinking, or refitting too much, I just put a few of every damage type in Rattlesnakes and made my rounds.)

I'm currently running lolmissions with ridiculous fits--2 ospreys with either a harpy, manticore, flycatcher, or cormorant. I'm trying to see how cheap i can go.

I still use these references because I'm brain-lazy.

well i skip it

dread pirate no longer farmable. No respawns since a previous patch.

The help here should get you farming, just ignore 90% of what rain said due to wrong information and you are good. There are several mission channels in game, but cannot think of them ATM.

oh you're talking about waiting for downtime

I was talking about the bug when you warp back into the first pocket, all of the original rats would respawn if you had previously cleared it.