EVE New Citizens Q&A

Hello i just started playing Eve and this is my 2nd day and i was wondering which Agent misstions would suit me, best for the Amarr or it just doesn't matter? Im use to playing W.O.W and wanna try something different and its just confusing getting thrown into a big place with no path to follow. . I wanna do missions get good stuff and get cool looking ships and i'm lost after the 1st stage/area when you start off with the career agents (5 in total)

Thanks
Do you have any other advice?
such as which is fun/interesting to boring type of missions like mining, and is their like a break down of what each mission involve and like a difficulty rating or is that security status ?

other question is how do you know you can move on to a lvl 2+ agent is it "standing" when you click on their info?

Civilian stuff is mostly only usable in the tutorials and they're also "crap", don't bother with it in normal missions.

Apart from that; there's a lot more to choosing an NPC corp if you want to do it "right". First of all you need to know that the type of targets you tend to get depends on the area the agent is in, if he's in amarr space you'll mostly get missions against targets that are weak to EM/thermal (laser damage types). So, choosing where to missions very much depends on what race/type ship you want to fly. Some ships/weapon types are very versatile in their damage types, some are not. For instance, you REALLY don't want to use a laser ship while doing missions in Minmatar space. You base your choices on the ships you want to fly.

Generally, combat missions are the best form of dependable income in high sec, easily doable, easy access and can be soloed. Realise that most people being idiots they didn't actually put in effort to figure which NPC corp to use so they just follow the horde, don't don't just buy straight answers (you never should in EVE, it's too complex for simple answers so if someone gives you a definitive answer expect him to be wrong). Things that are important when looking for an NPC corp:

- does that NPC corp have lvl 4 agents in an area of space that suits my damage and tanking types
- does the NPC corp have lvl 4 security agents in 0.5 or 0.6 space while being at least 4 jumps away from low sec
- does the NPC corp have a profitable LP store
- are there more agents than just that best one in the same system or closeby (bonus)

As you can see it's all about lvl 4s, 1-3 are just the road you need to follow before getting there, nothing more. First bit I explained above, second one has to do with the fact that rewards (both isk as LP) depends on the sec status of the system the agent is in, the lower the better. But if you get too close to low sec that agent will have a habit of sending you there, not ideal. the LP store I'll explain below, point 4 has to do with agents sometimes giving you missions you don't like so you can avoid those and simply switch to the next agent, useful but not a necessity.

A big part of mission income is the LP store (something most people don't really bother with), different NPC corps have different things in their LP store and some stuff just sells better than others so it pays to put in effort to figure out what is good and what isn't, this requires a lot of research and effort but it's worth it. For more info on the different LP stores check here.



EVE is a long term game where effort is almost always rewarded, you could just choose the simple way and not bother with making a reasoned decision (easy way out), or you could put in the effort and reap the rewards from that and by doing so you'll also learn a lot more about EVE. If you want a more detailed, specified reply find me online, either convo or mail.

Civilian salvager, codebreaker and analyzer must be, and can only be, used in the tutorials. Outside the tutorials you need the proper modules.