EVE New Citizens Q&A

Mission guides

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bring everything...

Most of the time, I fly one or two main ships and dock up and pick something else up if/when I need it. I'll either mission with everything I need out of one station, or at least the station that I need it in.

e.g. if I'm running security missions out of a system, but the storyline agent has me mining, i'll keep a barge in the storyline agent's station and swap out of the combat ship there...

a general rule of thumb is:
L1 = frigates
L2 = cruisers
L3 = battle cruisers
L4 = battle ships

There are 3 mission types:

1) Distribution - these are hauling missions so you want cargo space - the mission briefing will tell you how much you need. The mission briefing will also tell you if you're being sent through lo sec. If so you may wish to cancel the mission and try again in 4 hours. You can ask for another mission sooner but if you cancel that one too - you will take a standings hit.

2) Combat - kill the rats, retrieve some object or recon some area. Ship types as listed above per mission - and read that mission link. Useing s Destroyer will make your Level I missions easy. You can do most Level II missions in destroyers as well - but - every now and again - you'll get a tougher mission best done by a Cruiser.

3) Mining Missions - these are combat missions in that you will probably be attacked - that require you to mine some useless ore. DO NOT mistake these for missions where you can make money mining ore to sell - those missions are all Combat Missions. You can start the mining mission off with a combat vessel and kill all the rats, though they may not show up until you start mining sometimes, then come back in your miner and mine the worthless mission object ore for your agent. If you've got good drone skills - you can just use your miners drones to kill the rats.

For new people - a destroyer with 4 salvagers and 4 tractors works well in salvaging your missions. Bookmark a wreck in each mission area, turn in the mission and run several more bookmarking a wreck in each - then get in your salvager destroyer and go around salvaging them all at once. Wrecks and jet cans last 2 hours. Go into your people and places - sort by date - and you'll see the newest bookmark at the top. Look down until you find your oldest mission for that bunch, then you probably want to salvage it first.

If you only have one destroyer - you can save the fittings for both combat and salvaging in the ship fitting tool.


What you should do depends on your goals in the game. If you are a mission runner - then you want to think along the lines of Level IV Mission Agents. Even though you can't use them yet - you want to be thinking now about where they are located for any corporation you are thinking about running missions for. Find the Level IV agents in the corporation Info or Agent Finder and then maybe take a trip over there ... look at the map and see what the area is like. Are there a lot of other players there? Is the area rife with Ninja's? Warp about the system and those near it looking on your ship scanner for battleships and combat scanner probes.


Once you decide on a Level IV agent - then go find the lower level agents and work out the path you are going to take to get to that Level IV agent. One thing corporations often do - is to have a little cluster of stations within a few systems of each other, each of which may have one or more agents. Finding a spot you like near such a cluster is a way of setting up a nice little home for yourself where you don't have to roam around to much to access the various agents. They don't always exist in such little clusters though - so don't expect that.

Make sure you know if you're agent is in or near a low sec system. If they are - you can end up with missions going into lo sec - where not only can you stand a good chance of being attacked by other players - but of failing the mission because of that attack. If you fail a mission you will lose standings with your NPC Corporation you are trying to build them with - so that could be a bigger set back than losing a ship. Running missions or mining in Lo Sec is something to be done for the challenge of doing it. It can be fun - but - if you're just trying to grind your way to Level IV so you can get the big bucks - it's a detour on your way there.

(If on the other hand - PVP is what you want - then go on down to Lo Sec and you will get some. Also consider Red vs. Blue and Factional Warfare to get you a start - as well as a training corporation like EVE University.)


What you'll do as an aspiring mission runner - is move to an agents station, then run missions for them until you can access the next level up. Then you'll want a ship that can run those missions. Get one, then go over to where that agent is - and run his missions until you can go up another level.

So - you'll possibly be making several moves as you go from agent to agent. For now those Iterons with some cargo expanders are probably fine but you'll want a better industrial as you get bigger ships. Understand that to transport a ship in an inudstrial it must be repackaged - and if you have put rigs on it - those rigs will be destroyed if it is repackaged.



Another route is to open the map and go to a quiet area and just run missions for whoevers there.


If you are a miner and want to mine mission space - again - Combat Missions are the ones that have asteroids in them - NOT mining missions.




One thing more - the schools have stations scattered about that have various level agents you can use as well. All of these are designated as Distribution Agents - yet they still give out different types of missions rather than just courier missions.


In any case, you may not want to haul everything around until you've found a spot you like, then you can go fetch the rest of it. Also - consider selling things rather than moving them - then just use the money to buy another one at your destination.

If you may have to make a bunch of trips - you can buy a blue print for shuttle - and carry the blue print with you if the shuttle won't fit. Sometimes you can carry the ore to make it too.

If you want to just fly back after dropping a ship off and don't want to pay for/make a shuttle - you can either just go in your pod and hope for the best - or get a free rookie ship by going to any station in your pod that you don't already have ships at.

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