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Need advice which faction to mission for
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Dominique Destine
Doomheim
#1 - 2012-08-31 08:39:27 UTC
I'm trying to decide where to mission at and which faction to mission for. I kinda don't want to do caldari since i have some experience doing that on my main. I've been leaning towards minmatar space/corporations and amarr space/corps. And I read a few places that gallente space wasn't that good either.

I can't decide where to go, are there any benefits to picking one over the other? I'm just looking for a relatively quiet place/faction to grind some isk when there's no action for my main. Any suggestions on which space to live in? Any reasons why Amarr/gallente/minmatar would be better to mission for over the others?
Tarn Kugisa
Kugisa Dynamics
#2 - 2012-08-31 09:11:15 UTC
Dont do caldari simply because of the annoying amount of guristas missions and that guristas ECM jam.
It's annoying as hell.
Never mission for caldari unless you absolutely have to

Be polite. Be efficient. Have a plan to troll everyone you meet - KuroVolt
Kitty Bear
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
#3 - 2012-08-31 11:33:35 UTC
In the long run it makes no difference.

The individual shipnames might change, not a lot else does.
Running for 1 faction is the same as for another, 2 start to like you & 2 start start to hate you.
Daniel Plain
Doomheim
#4 - 2012-08-31 12:13:41 UTC
imo pick a ship that you like and then mission in the space that suits its strengths. i for once enjoy the tengu very much so i found myself a corner in serpentis space.

I should buy an Ishtar.
Emperor Salazar
Remote Soviet Industries
Insidious Empire
#5 - 2012-08-31 12:46:55 UTC
Blood Raiders.
Enderr Wiggin
University of Caille
Gallente Federation
#6 - 2012-08-31 14:31:28 UTC
Dominique Destine wrote:
I'm trying to decide where to mission at and which faction to mission for. I kinda don't want to do caldari since i have some experience doing that on my main. I've been leaning towards minmatar space/corporations and amarr space/corps. And I read a few places that gallente space wasn't that good either.

I can't decide where to go, are there any benefits to picking one over the other? I'm just looking for a relatively quiet place/faction to grind some isk when there's no action for my main. Any suggestions on which space to live in? Any reasons why Amarr/gallente/minmatar would be better to mission for over the others?

All in all, it really makes no difference. The only time it will make a difference is if you find that if an npc corp that offers something that you want/ need. A miner, for example, finds a system he likes to mine in. He would need to gain standing with one of the npc corps with a station in that system (if he doesn't already) so that he can better returns for refining ores.

She ain't a lady if she ain't 280.
Zhilia Mann
Tide Way Out Productions
#7 - 2012-08-31 14:47:26 UTC
Emperor Salazar wrote:
Blood Raiders.


This. **** LP store, nasty part of space, no one will like you ever. It's perfect.
RavenPaine
RaVeN Alliance
#8 - 2012-08-31 15:59:18 UTC
Sisters of Eve are kinda cool to mission for. They have a couple of unique LP items , and they take you to some less used places.
Ginger Barbarella
#9 - 2012-08-31 17:19:18 UTC
Dominique Destine wrote:
I'm trying to decide where to mission at and which faction to mission for. I kinda don't want to do caldari since i have some experience doing that on my main. I've been leaning towards minmatar space/corporations and amarr space/corps. And I read a few places that gallente space wasn't that good either.

I can't decide where to go, are there any benefits to picking one over the other? I'm just looking for a relatively quiet place/faction to grind some isk when there's no action for my main. Any suggestions on which space to live in? Any reasons why Amarr/gallente/minmatar would be better to mission for over the others?


Amarr if you like lazors...
Caldari if you are a missile rat...
Minnie if you love everything projectile and rust.

I can't think of any reason to run for Gallente. P

"Blow it all on Quafe and strippers." --- Sorlac
Exploited Engineer
Creatively Applied Violence Inc.
#10 - 2012-08-31 17:20:30 UTC
Ginger Barbarella wrote:
I can't think of any reason to run for Gallente. P


AFK drone boats?
Ginger Barbarella
#11 - 2012-08-31 17:24:09 UTC
Exploited Engineer wrote:
Ginger Barbarella wrote:
I can't think of any reason to run for Gallente. P


AFK drone boats?


Gila. Scorpion Navy Issue. Rattlesnake. Nuff said. P

"Blow it all on Quafe and strippers." --- Sorlac
Turelus
Utassi Security
The Curatores Veritatis Auxiliary
#12 - 2012-08-31 17:25:45 UTC
Tarn Kugisa wrote:
Dont do caldari simply because of the annoying amount of guristas missions and that guristas ECM jam.
It's annoying as hell.
Never mission for caldari unless you absolutely have to


Run Caldari missions in Amarr space and you will get the Sansha/Blood Raider versions of missions. The only Gurista ones I have had come up are Extravaganza and The Assault (I think that's its name)
All other missions that would normally be Gurista's were replaced with the Sansha versions.

Turelus CEO Utassi Security
Ginger Barbarella
#13 - 2012-08-31 17:27:47 UTC
Tarn Kugisa wrote:
Dont do caldari simply because of the annoying amount of guristas missions and that guristas ECM jam.
It's annoying as hell.
Never mission for caldari unless you absolutely have to


Wut?!?!! I don't even...

lrn2eve

"Blow it all on Quafe and strippers." --- Sorlac
Dominique Destine
Doomheim
#14 - 2012-08-31 17:34:54 UTC
I also read that people in gallente space didn't make as much because the rats didn't give good salvage. Any truth to that? I've also seen people talking about lp items a bit, but I've only looked at the store like twice and didn't really notice or even know what I should have been looking for. Do the stores all off the same stuff too? Or are some better than others? thanks again for the help.
Ginger Barbarella
#15 - 2012-08-31 17:56:31 UTC  |  Edited by: Ginger Barbarella
Dominique Destine wrote:
I also read that people in gallente space didn't make as much because the rats didn't give good salvage. Any truth to that? I've also seen people talking about lp items a bit, but I've only looked at the store like twice and didn't really notice or even know what I should have been looking for. Do the stores all off the same stuff too? Or are some better than others? thanks again for the help.


I have a pure Gallente toon that I'll probably start getting into L4's here shortly, but I haven't seen anything unusual about those missions; on par for other other factions, really. For the most part I run heavily in Amarr and Caldari, with a smattering of FW in Minmatar space, so I don't have a lot of experience with Gallente space.

LP stores are basically the same for each faction; if you check the faction LP store database ( http://www.ellatha.com/eve/LP_Stores.asp ) you can get an idea of items available. FW stores tend to have juicier stuff, and the pirate faction stores supposedly have much better items. Never done any of the pirate faction stuff, but I'd love to get into it.

"Blow it all on Quafe and strippers." --- Sorlac
Dominique Destine
Doomheim
#16 - 2012-08-31 18:52:01 UTC
ok, thanks
Exploited Engineer
Creatively Applied Violence Inc.
#17 - 2012-08-31 20:41:11 UTC
Dominique Destine wrote:
Do the stores all off the same stuff too?


Basically, there's three different kinds of LP stores for the major factions:

"Military" (e.g. Caldary Navy), which usually have faction ship BPs, faction smartbomb BPs and the like.
"Large Corporation" (e.g. Kaalakiota), faction ships and module BPs, but no faction ship BPs
and
"Small Mining/Research Corporation"

They carry different selections of implants (the same regardless of what faction the corp belongs to), and faction items/blueprint (faction specific, of course - if you want Caldari faction items, you need to get them from a Caldari corp).

The trick to make money is to find out which items from the LP stores are in demand (hint: navy faction ships usually aren't) and give a good LP->ISK conversion ratio.
Ginger Barbarella
#18 - 2012-08-31 21:58:01 UTC
Exploited Engineer wrote:
Dominique Destine wrote:
Do the stores all off the same stuff too?


Basically, there's three different kinds of LP stores for the major factions:

"Military" (e.g. Caldary Navy), which usually have faction ship BPs, faction smartbomb BPs and the like.
"Large Corporation" (e.g. Kaalakiota), faction ships and module BPs, but no faction ship BPs
and
"Small Mining/Research Corporation"

They carry different selections of implants (the same regardless of what faction the corp belongs to), and faction items/blueprint (faction specific, of course - if you want Caldari faction items, you need to get them from a Caldari corp).

The trick to make money is to find out which items from the LP stores are in demand (hint: navy faction ships usually aren't) and give a good LP->ISK conversion ratio.


Excellent point, Exploited. Thanks for the clarification. I meant merely in my post that all Amarr Security LP stores (non-FW) are basically the same; I imagine a few I haven't seen may have additional items, but in general the spread is the same as noted.

"Blow it all on Quafe and strippers." --- Sorlac
Piugattuk
Litla Sundlaugin
#19 - 2012-09-02 03:42:18 UTC
OK, not sure of you're goals, isk or rewards or LP, but if you want the Max isk/salvage/LP go with Amarr, as most lvl 4 missions are same same just different pirates however the thing Amarr has over most others Sansha salvage gives armor plates and laser crystals refine nice stuff, plus (someone correct me if I'm wrong) you may get a mission with lots of kernite and that stuff is nice.
Daniel Plain
Doomheim
#20 - 2012-09-03 00:02:43 UTC
Piugattuk wrote:
[...] (someone correct me if I'm wrong) you may get a mission with lots of kernite and that stuff is nice.

consider yourself corrected. kernite is just about the worst ore with current prices.

I should buy an Ishtar.
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