Missions & Complexes

Train all skills you can get your hands on that cost under 150k to L3.

Train all skills that have 1x multiplier to L5.

Destroyer for L1's

Vexor L2's

Myrm L3's

Dominix L4's.

Either run for SOE for the high LP to isk ratio or for the Gallente navy for better tax rates at trade hub.

If you want to fly near other trade hub mission with corp that owns it.

Use survival guide.

My tips are :
- Don't run missions only, it becomes fast boring. Alternate this activity with another one needing the same kind of skills (exploration, combat anomalies, hunting rats in low sec, faction war, pvp, etc...)
- Find some like-minded players to run missions with you, it's more fun.
- And of course, don't fly what you can't afford to lose

Thanks all :) some great advice here i will be sure to take it all in

some advanced tips:

1, a faction fitted battleship is NOT needed, a normal t2 fit does the job, and you are less of a gank target.
2, if you care about standings, switch faction from time to time.
3, dont do missions against empire factions if you like your standings.
4, if you use a mobile tractor unit, keep an eye out for potential gankers.
5, carry damage specific hardners and swap them out depending on mission.
6, faction ammo does not make a big difference, but it also doesnt cut to much into your profits.
7, dont engage ninja salvagers, unless you are sure you wont loose your ship.
8, if you do use a faction battleship or have a faction fit, keep an eye out in local and on d-scan, you never know if they come for you.
9, dont burn out on missions, doing something different then missions is healthy.
10, a select few missions have asteroids in them that depending on where you run missions, normally are not aviable in your empire faction, it can be profitable to mine them.
11, at downtime the mission resets, sometimes its more profitable to not complete the mission and redo it after downtime for the bounties, then to complete it for the time bonus.


all i can think of right now :) GL and HF

Very true. To illustrate that with numbers : some lvl 4 missions can bring until 26M in bounties, when a time bonus only brings 1M.

almost forgot to mentiont his:

if you are a shield tanker, bring an armor repair module and a hull repair module with you, if you do hull or armor damage, you can repair it yourself,instead of using the repair shop.

same goes for an armor tanker, you never know when you need to repair your hull, mistakes do happen.

Maradeurs are most effective way how to do missions, yes, but... The very same mission can be so different if you choose relaxing/boring way of sniping it in Dominix or you choose to do it in quick autocannon Machariel. And bastion will make you chained to only one style of doing same mission over and over again.

As OP is gallente, he supposed to learn drone skills to a good degree. To utilize them he can use Dominix for range tanking approach and Hyperion for active tanking approach. Two cheap ships, that give user very different experience with the very same mission.

There are two missle boats, that can be used by player with good drone skills: Armageddon and Typhoon Fleet Issue. Both has 1 bonus useless, if used with missle launchers, but also has very good benefits: Armageddon has large drone bay and TFI is very quick and versatile. I talk here about missiles, cause they are good way how to adapt your damage type to mission. You will be strugling against Angel Cartel with lasers and do not much better with hybrid weapons. Missiles let you change your damage type on the fly, but they have a downside, that damage is applicated with the time shift. Turrets strike immidiately.

Apart from maradeurs there are two ships, that are often concidered as best mission running boats: Machariel and Rattlesnake. First is close range machine gun and the second is missile sniper. But they both are very skill and ISK intensive. If they will become your goal you will have to focus on shield tank, drones, missiles, autocannons, gallente, caldary and minmatar battleships.
Which would effectively ban you from using most cost effective PvE tool - amarr ships with energy weapons. Once you taste the comfort of no reload , instand range adapting, zero munition cost (after you invest into your inintial crystals library) you will have hard time switching to gallente potato design, caldary lego ships or ugly minmatar .