Missions & Complexes

Hi all,

I'm looking into doing Incursions or Faction Warfare.

Which in your experience/opinion is the better of the two?

I understand that FW is limited to Faction Space, and that your a target in hi sec, if your wardec'd or not.

I also understand that Incursions can be incredibly hard if your not prepared.

But which is better?

I plan on doing Solo Incursions sites, Scout and Assault level, or maybe join a fleet, if I were to choose Incursions.

The Plan for FW is to work in and around the lesser Contested systems until my experience of FW and PVP has increased.

Thanks in advance.

T.

define 'better'. if you want ISK, then trade will easily beat both incursions and FW. if you want fun, then the question is for you to answer as nobody knows your preferences better than yourself.

Incursions kind of make me go crazy, you need to stay focussed (in case you need to broadcast for shields or armor) but all u ever do is target the next tag and press F1 and you can't just get into it whenever you feel like it, you need a fleet and available sites...

I prefer anomalies for easy solo ISK grinding. I think FW pve will probably earn you more, but it's also more effort than just running anomalies nonstop.

good incursion fleets require a billion isk ship at the low-end, require traveling to incursion sites, and coordinating with the rest of the fleet. The payout once a fleet is running is pretty steady, but it requires dedicated a decent chunk of time to do anything.

FW is much more varied. You can play effectively in much smaller chunks of time, there's more things to do, and you aren't on someone else's schedule. SP and isk requirements are practically nothing, but getting your payments is contingent on converting LP into items and then isk.

Apples.

Both together at the same time

incurtions if u like grinding and only decent isk is HQ sites req 40+ persons
fw if u want action involved to it but req more time with marketing etc

incomefor Hq is 31.5 mil isk per site
and 7000 lp witch goes fo 1100-1300 isk per lp
so 150-180 mil /h for incs

you are comparing two different things without defining what is "better".

more fun? FW
you can switch from farming mode to fun mode really easily without hurting your bottom line. with incursions you are damned to a life of mindless pew pew.

more money? FW
unless you are spamming HQ sites, VG incursions are just a bit better than lvl4s. with the added perk of no docking, no looting, salvaging, reprocessing, etc, etc.

less risk considering the investment? FW
people insist on "oh but hsec incursions are safe! nerf! nerf! nerf!" when you can get more money in FW with a 4 stab moa... and that's not safe, at all.

less risk in general?, if by risk you mean any kind of interaction with any other player trying to ruin your fun. then incursions.
besides a contest, no one can affect your gameplay, which can be considered a plus... but, besides contesting you cant really affect anyone else's gameplay... so bleh.

less hassle? FW
with incursions you will be forced to travel every time some HQ fc trows a fit. which can be around 2 times a day. on FW, if your station gets taken, Jump clone to a new one.

the amount of money you can make in FW doing 2 - 3 hrs of button orbiting with alts while you spam lvl4 with a main, is ridiculous. and if you happen to be east euro or Aussie, you can autopilot trough the warzone...

5 lvl 4 fw missions at tier 4 = raven navy issue = 330 mil = 1-2 hours of game time.

Granted thats for caldari and at tier 4 , so there are some variables to isk/h ..but i still believe fw is very good for making isk imo much better then incursions if u know how to . But ifu join fw just for isk il probably shoot you every chance i get :) hf

hmm thats the same amount u do with incursions + concord lp (dependent on hq spawns (100M to 240M isk per hour) )