Faction warfare missions: Difference between revisions

All Factional Warfare missions are "encounter" missions, which always involve flying somewhere and killing something (usually ships or a structure). These missions always take place in the [[low-sec]] Factional Warfare [[Factional Warfare#War zones|war zones]], in the "enemy half" of the respective war zone (so a Gallente agent will send you to the Caldari end of the Caldari-Gallente war zone).  

As with missions in Empire space, [http://eve-survival.org/missions EVE Survival] is an excellent resource for finding out ahead of time what a mission objective is, and what kind of NPC enemies to expect. Note that, unlike missions in Empire space, the NPC enemies you kill in Factional Warfare missions do not have bounties on them and drop very little loot (other than Navy tags, which can be sold or used to buy items in the LP store).

=== Enemies ===

! style="background-color:#222222;padding: 0.2em 0.5em" | <span style="cursor: help;" title="NPCs will use this type of Electronic Warfare (EWAR)">Electronic Warfare (EWAR)</span>

| style="padding: 0.2em 0.5em; text-align:left" | [[EWAR_Guide#Tracking_Disruption_.28TD.29|Tracking Disruption (TD)]]

| style="padding: 0.2em 0.5em; text-align:left" | [[EWAR_Guide#Electronic_Counter_Measures_.28ECM.29|Electronic Countermeasures (ECM)]]

| style="background-color:#333333;text-align:left;padding: 0.2em 0.5em" | Gallente Federation

| style="padding: 0.2em 0.5em; text-align:left" | [[EWAR_Guide#Remote_Sensor_Dampening_.28damps.2C_RSD.29|Remote Sensor Dampening (RSD)]]

| style="padding: 0.2em 0.5em; text-align:left" | [[EWAR_Guide#Target_Painting_.28TP.29|Target Painting (TP)]]

Most of these missions take place in [[deadspace]] pockets with acceleration gates, and these acceleration gates only allow certain classes of ship to enter. The difficulty of these missions is usually comparable to the missions of one level lower from other corporations (so a level 2 Factional Warfare mission is comparable in difficulty to a "regular" level 1 mission, but may be completed in the same ships (in this case, cruisers and below) as a "regular" level 2 mission).  

Good alternatives to Stealth Bombers (for running level 3 and 4 missions) are Cruisers, Battlecruisers, and Heavy Assault Cruisers. These ships have considerably more hit points than Stealth Bombers, and so are more forgiving to fly; however, they are also much more ponderous and so travel through the war zones is more dangerous. Also, Heavy Assault Cruisers in particular are expensive, and losing one will put a serious dent in your income from mission-running. Keep in mind to fit your ship to attack the NPCs' weaknesses; [[Missile Launchers|missile]] and [[Turrets#Projectile_Turrets|projectile turret]] ships can therefore be used against all enemies, while [[Turrets#Hybrid_Turrets|hybrid turret]] ships are best against the Caldari and Gallente, and [[Turrets#Energy_Turrets|energy turret]] ships best against the Amarr. Most enemy players in Factional Warfare fly frigates and destroyers; since it's a lot easier to catch a cruiser or battlecruiser than a Stealth Bomber, it may be wise to fit your larger mission-running ships to also fight off enemy players' frigates and destroyers (e.g. using [[web]]s or [[EWAR_Guide#Target_Painting_.28TP.29|target painters]]).