Missions & Complexes

I am currently out in Aulbres trying my hand at my first level 5's in a passive tengu. (no.... you will not find me...)

First thing is my god this is boring. Energy Neuts and WEB turrets galore.

Can't fly active w/dps cause of the Energy Neuts.
Flying passive w/low dps is stupidly slow.

I never really read up on lvl 5's before starting. However, I was just hoping for rooms full of BS's. Instead its a bunch of annoying **** spread out over 150km or so.

Now, I fully understand the concept here or at least I think I do.

1. the need for an extra ship or two.
2. the need to change up your strategy for dealing with the variable npc types.

However for a guy who just wants to go out and make a ton of isk and not be BORED TO DEATH.... I ain't havin' it.

I'm gonna finish this mission and move to plan B which I have no idea what that is.

Maybe wormholes or something... meh.

Oh yeah forgot ... I am also annoyed that I require a codebreaker and the ability to haul 6km3

I'll have to finish this tommorow... fak!

I agree with above high sec incursions are now the only way to make isk, unbalanced yes, ccp ignorant yes changes likley no so head to high sec run incursions forget low sec pve, wh pve and 00 ratting and level 5 missions when u can make the most isk per hour doing high sec incursions thats the place to be

If you do want to do missions for ISK just do lvl4 ones.
You have to think about it on a "ammount of time it took to make x" kinda scale.

You will probably make more ISK doing more lvl4 missions than just doing one lvl5 if its taking that long.
Say you make 30m in an hour doing one lvl5, but in that hour you could have done 4 lvl4's making you 10m each, youd be better off doing that. Just beacuse its a higher level doesnt mean youl make more - especially solo at least.

Level 5's aren't designed to be run solo. They are for at the very least a 2-man gang (tank & dps) but ideally 4-6. You only have to look at the LP rewards (6 times that of L4's). CCP fixed the final broken aspect of L5's by ensuring none spawn in highsec. L5's now really do require scouts, BS dps and logistics to run efficiently and comparatively safely.

While you can (as you are) trying them out in a T3, you should by now have realized it's just not worth it.

Do something else:)

Well OP, the only solution I can see to your problem is for CCP to implement a "push button, get isk" feature into Eve. That way you don't have to do **** to get your precious iskies.

Level 5's are just as boring and tedious as lvl4's as you've noticed. They pay better but only if you know how to blitz them. TBH I consider a carrier the only practical ship to run most of them. A few of the gated ones are ok like convoy attack and rogue spy but most are not. I'm also inclined to agree that high sec incursions may actually pay better these days. I do not partake in them however, far too grindy for me even by missioning standards. They would also require me to fix my abysmal sec status and that just isn't gonna happen.

I actually enjoy missioning, though I don't try to maximize my isk/hour rate or whatever. I just do it for fun, to fool around with a new ship or try a different loadout. Occasionally I change region to fly a different set of missions when I get bored or do L2s/L3s for another corp to raise standings. What kinda sucks is that unlike other MMOs where you get quest rewards or drops that you can actually use to upgrade your character, in EVE all you get is junk you sell for isk. Dunno. Maybe missions could drop downgraded versions of deadspace loot or so to spice it up a bit?

Carebear Alert!

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Orly? 90% of the game is carebear content if you hadn't noticed.