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Missions against serpentis
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Screenlag
Armaggedon Inc.
RAZOR Alliance
#1 - 2011-12-29 13:01:54 UTC
I've grown quite tierd of the guristas jamming me, and hybrids are supposed to work well against serpentis too so I figured I could go shoot them for a while now. However, I have pretty lousy gallente standing... So what I'm wondering is, is there any amarr or caldari agents whose missions are mainly against serpentis? I have been looking around, but foudn nothing.

Help would be much appreciated
Sir Livingston
Doomheim
#2 - 2011-12-29 14:58:22 UTC
This is what I've experienced...

As you gain standing with Caldari, you gradually lose standing with Gallente even though you might not do any missions specifically against Gallente.

Because of this, my friend, who is a career mission runner, moves to a different empire nearly every 6 months so he can maintain his standing with the 4 empires.

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OllieNorth
Recidivists Incorporated
#3 - 2011-12-29 15:09:31 UTC
It is possible to find agents for other factions within Gallente space. For instance some Minmatar corps have stations in Gallente systems, these tend to give more missions against Serps. Take a look at that or check out DeMichael Crimson's Faction Standing Repair Plan.
Screenlag
Armaggedon Inc.
RAZOR Alliance
#4 - 2011-12-29 15:29:27 UTC
Well, I'm not really interested in fixing my standings. I have since long given up all hope on that lol. I just want to kill serpentis because I hate being jammed. Any caldari/amarr agents who give missions against serps?
r0selan
Lostvilla
#5 - 2011-12-29 15:48:57 UTC  |  Edited by: r0selan
they are quite easy to find with the agent finder (in the agents tab inside stations). It can be filtered by faction and region.

eve-agents is nice too for that. Just make sure that you chose the right corp. one which has security agents for all levels in your empire, as corp standings are way faster to grind compared to factions one.

The Scope seems to have the most agents in amarr empire, but quafe company, chemal tech and creodron are options too I believe.
Kolya Medz
Kolya Inc.
#6 - 2011-12-30 01:54:19 UTC
Some harder serp missions will sensor damp you. So you may need to fit a sebo.

Amarr missions you'll only have to worry about Nos/neut and tracking disruptor occasionally.

If you want the minimal amount of ewar in missions, run for minmatar. Angel cartel only uses target painters. Which doesn't interfere with ones dps output.
Daneau
Roprocor Ltd
#7 - 2011-12-30 17:42:39 UTC
Hi
Mission can have rats that depend on the region you are in(extravaganza, worlds collide etc)or they have specific rats
regardless of where you are. Since you want to avoid gurista rats you want to move to a region that does not have
gurista rats in the belts(check ombey map, has a page showing all regions and their main rat types). Staying in a
region that has gurista rats and changing agent will do very little since so many mission have the region rats(and those that does
not are often mercenary/drone anyway ...)

Daneau
r0selan
Lostvilla
#8 - 2012-01-01 16:49:02 UTC
Are you sure it's by region and not by faction? I do believe that a galente agent in domain will propose serpentis extravaganza, not's it's amarr version (if there's one).
Zhilia Mann
Tide Way Out Productions
#9 - 2012-01-01 17:20:59 UTC
r0selan wrote:
Are you sure it's by region and not by faction? I do believe that a galente agent in domain will propose serpentis extravaganza, not's it's amarr version (if there's one).


In general, yes, though each agent has its own slightly idiosyncratic mix of missions it hands out. While it's entirely possible to get, say, a Serpentis mission in Amarr space, it's considerably less likely and seems to be independent of agent faction.
Chung Ju-yung
Doomheim
#10 - 2012-01-01 19:10:07 UTC
Zhilia Mann wrote:
r0selan wrote:
Are you sure it's by region and not by faction? I do believe that a galente agent in domain will propose serpentis extravaganza, not's it's amarr version (if there's one).


In general, yes, though each agent has its own slightly idiosyncratic mix of missions it hands out. While it's entirely possible to get, say, a Serpentis mission in Amarr space, it's considerably less likely and seems to be independent of agent faction.


AFAIK r0s is correct. The dominant factor is agent faction and the secondary is regional rats. Unless RNG has been very deceptive to me, i've run into a fairly clean 70/30 split of agent faction/local fare on the amarrian agent i've been using in gallente space. Similar results were also observed with a minmatar agent in amarrian space.
ValentinaDLM
SoE Roughriders
Electus Matari
#11 - 2012-01-01 23:57:20 UTC
Well, cargo delivery serp l4 is given out by my amarr agents a fair bit.

To be fair, the serp l4s can be almost as annoying as jamming, at times really cutting your targeting range to nothing, if you aren't setup for it, and in some shield tanking ships it can be hard to sacrifice a mid for a sebo or DPS for a sigamp. If you really want to, sure go work for a gallente agent and you should get a fair bit of them, but damps, jams, and TDs are all annoying, so I would caution against a "grass is greener on the other side" approach.

Oddly enough, I do occasionally get serp missions (and angel) from my True Power agent, but chances are if you work for caldari/amarr your Sansha standing isn't great.
Zhilia Mann
Tide Way Out Productions
#12 - 2012-01-02 00:29:35 UTC
ValentinaDLM wrote:
Well, cargo delivery serp l4 is given out by my amarr agents a fair bit.


That one always runs counter to the norm; in otherwise Serp mission space it comes up
against Blood Raiders.

ValentinaDLM wrote:
To be fair, the serp l4s can be almost as annoying as jamming, at times really cutting your targeting range to nothing, if you aren't setup for it, and in some shield tanking ships it can be hard to sacrifice a mid for a sebo or DPS for a sigamp. If you really want to, sure go work for a gallente agent and you should get a fair bit of them, but damps, jams, and TDs are all annoying, so I would caution against a "grass is greener on the other side" approach.


Agreed. ECM is indeed annoying, but damps can also be crippling. TDs aren't quite as bad but they still slow you down and force you to counter-fit. Only Angels have truly loltastic ewar.
Tariq Norn
Ministry of War
Amarr Empire
#13 - 2012-01-02 14:18:31 UTC
sisters of eve

main rats are serpentis and angels

level 1,2 and 3 agent in simela system, level 4 agent in osmon, both systems caldari space

expect ninjas in osmon though


enjoy

:-)
Bumblefck
Kerensky Initiatives
#14 - 2012-01-02 14:55:39 UTC
Tariq Norn wrote:
sisters of eve

main rats are serpentis and angels

level 1,2 and 3 agent in simela system, level 4 agent in osmon, both systems caldari space

expect ninjas in osmon though


enjoy

:-)



More like expect your Tengu to be blown up by Tornados when you undock

Perfection is a dish best served like wasabi .

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Malcanis
Vanishing Point.
The Initiative.
#15 - 2012-01-02 17:07:37 UTC
Zhilia Mann wrote:
ValentinaDLM wrote:
Well, cargo delivery serp l4 is given out by my amarr agents a fair bit.


That one always runs counter to the norm; in otherwise Serp mission space it comes up
against Blood Raiders.

ValentinaDLM wrote:
To be fair, the serp l4s can be almost as annoying as jamming, at times really cutting your targeting range to nothing, if you aren't setup for it, and in some shield tanking ships it can be hard to sacrifice a mid for a sebo or DPS for a sigamp. If you really want to, sure go work for a gallente agent and you should get a fair bit of them, but damps, jams, and TDs are all annoying, so I would caution against a "grass is greener on the other side" approach.


Agreed. ECM is indeed annoying, but damps can also be crippling. TDs aren't quite as bad but they still slow you down and force you to counter-fit. Only Angels have truly loltastic ewar.


God damb TPs are a horror-weapon when you're trying to finish a site before you get probed out X

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