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The second thing to know is the mission you are being offered. Always understand exactly what you will encounter in a mission before you accept it; if you accept a mission without understanding it, and it turns out to be too difficult, then your only options are to get help from other players (who may or may not be trustworthy) or to quit the mission. You might lose your ship in the process of discovering that the mission is too difficult for you. A great in-game browser (igb) link to add in for missions is [http://eve-survival.org/missions Eve Survival]. Most (if not all) regular and storyline missions are documented there, and you can read the details of what you need to do in the mission before you accept the mission, including (most importantly) details that the agent does not tell you up front. | The second thing to know is the mission you are being offered. Always understand exactly what you will encounter in a mission before you accept it; if you accept a mission without understanding it, and it turns out to be too difficult, then your only options are to get help from other players (who may or may not be trustworthy) or to quit the mission. You might lose your ship in the process of discovering that the mission is too difficult for you. A great in-game browser (igb) link to add in for missions is [http://eve-survival.org/missions Eve Survival]. Most (if not all) regular and storyline missions are documented there, and you can read the details of what you need to do in the mission before you accept the mission, including (most importantly) details that the agent does not tell you up front. | ||
A great guide for the Sisters of Eve epic mission arc can be found [http:// | A great guide for the Sisters of Eve epic mission arc can be found [http://go-dl.eve-files.com/media/corp/jowen/SOE_Epic_Arc_guide_by_Jowen_Datloran_v0.95.pdf here]. | ||
The third thing to know is that NPCs in missions tend to be very predictable in their setups. The mission guides linked above will go into detail for each particular mission, but there are trends. For example, Gallente and Serpentis use only Kinetic and Thermal damage against you, but are also most susceptible to Kinetic and Thermal damage themselves; when they use any form of [[EWar 101 Guide|Electronic Warfare]] (EWAR), it's always sensor dampening. Blood Raiders use mostly EM/thermal damage and are most susceptible to EM/thermal damage, and while they don't use (what the University considers) EWAR, they do use Energy Neutralizers and Energy Vampires. Mercenaries and Rogue Drones aren't as consistent from mission to mission, but are a lot more consistent over multiple occurrences of the exact same mission and level. This predictability can be used to your advantage: if you're flying Level 2 or higher missions, you'll want to fit resistance modules for the type of damage the enemy will throw at you: Kinetic/Thermal for Gallente, Caldari, Serpentis, Guristas, and Mordu's Legion; EM/Thermal for Amarr, Sanshas, and Blood Raiders, Explosive/Kinetic for Angel Cartel and Minmatar. You may need two or more resistance modules of the same type if a lot of damage is going to be thrown at you. | The third thing to know is that NPCs in missions tend to be very predictable in their setups. The mission guides linked above will go into detail for each particular mission, but there are trends. For example, Gallente and Serpentis use only Kinetic and Thermal damage against you, but are also most susceptible to Kinetic and Thermal damage themselves; when they use any form of [[EWar 101 Guide|Electronic Warfare]] (EWAR), it's always sensor dampening. Blood Raiders use mostly EM/thermal damage and are most susceptible to EM/thermal damage, and while they don't use (what the University considers) EWAR, they do use Energy Neutralizers and Energy Vampires. Mercenaries and Rogue Drones aren't as consistent from mission to mission, but are a lot more consistent over multiple occurrences of the exact same mission and level. This predictability can be used to your advantage: if you're flying Level 2 or higher missions, you'll want to fit resistance modules for the type of damage the enemy will throw at you: Kinetic/Thermal for Gallente, Caldari, Serpentis, Guristas, and Mordu's Legion; EM/Thermal for Amarr, Sanshas, and Blood Raiders, Explosive/Kinetic for Angel Cartel and Minmatar. You may need two or more resistance modules of the same type if a lot of damage is going to be thrown at you. | ||
Finally, try to set up your ship to do the damage types that the enemy is most vulnerable to. Those who rely on hybrid or laser turrets to do damage are out of luck in this regard. Those who rely on non-sentry drones to do damage should use Minmatar drones if the enemy is susceptible to explosive damage (typically Minmatar Republic and Angel Cartel), and Gallente drones for all other targets (because drones have an ATTRIBUTE called DAMAGE MODIFIER which is 1.6 for Gallente drones and smaller for everything else, so the increased thermal damage done by Gallente drones overcomes the extra thermal resistance of whoever you're throwing drones at). Missiles should be chosen for their damage types. Sentry drones should also be chosen for their damage types (primarily because Garde-class Gallente Sentry Drones have great damage and tracking speeds, but horrible range compared to other sentry drones). | Finally, try to set up your ship to do the damage types that the enemy is most vulnerable to. Those who rely on hybrid or laser turrets to do damage are out of luck in this regard. Those who rely on non-sentry drones to do damage should use Minmatar drones if the enemy is susceptible to explosive damage (typically Minmatar Republic and Angel Cartel), and Gallente drones for all other targets (because drones have an ATTRIBUTE called DAMAGE MODIFIER which is 1.6 for Gallente drones and smaller for everything else, so the increased thermal damage done by Gallente drones overcomes the extra thermal resistance of whoever you're throwing drones at). Missiles should be chosen for their damage types. Sentry drones should also be chosen for their damage types (primarily because Garde-class Gallente Sentry Drones have great damage and tracking speeds, but horrible range compared to other sentry drones). | ||
==Finding an agent== | ==Finding an agent== | ||