Missions & Complexes

I'm doing some research on missions and trying to figure out what sort of stuff I can expect to see from typical security missions. Does it matter if they're done in amarr space or elsewhere? (I'm focusing on amarr, probably out of penirgman)

Are there any sort of loot drop tables I can look at?

Or drop a mobile tractor unit for each room (remembering to bookmark them) and come back for the loot (but dont bother salvaging it isnt worth it)

Well CCP is currently in the process of rebalancing all meta items and making the T2 variants superior to meta 4. This is both good and bad. Good because it finally makes T2 items worth using. Bad because it greatly reduces the value of meta 4 items that often comes from mission loot. To make mission looting viable again, CCP needs to readjust the loot droppings in missions to allow the rats to NOW drop T2 items as the meta 4s are becoming more and more redundant.

But atm the best loot comes from running missions in Amarr space thanks to the Blood Raiders, Sansha and EoM rats. And from my experience, the only missions worth looting/salvaging are the following in order from the best to the last? (These are all level 4s btw)

Smash the Supplier (50-60mill in total loot/salvage)
Dread Pirate Scarlet (15-23mill in total loot/salvage)
Vengeance (if bonus is at least 1.9mill) (8-23mill in total loot/salvage)
Blockade (if bonus is at least 1.8mill) (10-16mill in total loot/salvage
The Assault (if bonus is at least 1.9mill) (9-14mill in total loot/salvage)
Gone Berzerk (9-12mill in total loot/salvage)
Damsel in Distress (if bonus is at least 1.3mill) (Avg. 9-12mill in total loot/salvage) (rare 65mill Zor implant drop)


The missions you want to kill for bounties without loot/salvage are the following:
Worlds Collide
Mordus Headhunters
Angel Extravaganza (4th room silo drops an 1-17mill implant)

Run all Team Burners, this is where you'll make the bulk of your isk running lev 4's for SOE. ( you can skip the Worm, and Succubus because they're a real pain sometimes)

you only get the implant in the third room, you can still get the double bounty. The catch is you have to one volley her as she "warps off" as soon as you take an offensive action.

as far as the loot goes, its all junk imo. prices have crashed, it is almost always better to go run another mission than stick around collecting loot. If you know you are getting an implant like in dread pirate then yea sure go for it, especially since it is more or less already in tractor beam range. I don't shoot zor enough to know if he is worth looting, every time I do I seem to come up with nothing great.

Derp, double post.

Pointing her would work in the past for room 2. I use to refit an old Tengu of mine with a faction scram and HAMs for just such an occasion back in the day, though that was before she started reappearing in the next room afterwards. Damn, come to think of it, maybe I should try that next time. Not sure how long she will wait for me to get into range to point her, though; not quite sure, but I think she only lingers in room 2 for a bit longer than room 3 if she's not engaged. Might need to try it with a disruptor since Marauders are not really know for their running speed. Now, I wish I had a Barghest.

Ditto on the storyline imps. Just make sure you have some kernite or omber stashes (the regular variants, not the 5/10% yield ones) laying around just in case.

Use a Marauder and make the enemy watch you loot and salvage their dead friends.

lol - you watch to much Firefly

You can't take the sky from me

You will get mostly junk from missions, don't waste your time on it unless its BS loot. Since they nerved it it's really not worth the time.... at least not worth it to grab your Noctis afterwards.