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Only level 4 agents produce datacores in useful quantities. Because the good Gallente R&D agents are scattered between three corporations, they are not an optimal choice, unless you have already started grinding missions there, or are otherwise committed to their faction.

Each R&D agent requires a certain level of standing with their corporation '''and''' their faction, before they are willing to talk to you. That is, even if you have faction standings high enough to use a normal level 4 agent, it won't do you any good with the R&D agents. To see what faction and corporation standings you need to speak with an R&D agent, select "Show Info" on that agent, go to the "Agent Info" tab, and look at the "Compatibility" section at the bottom. It will ~~saying~~ something like: "You need a minimum effective corp standing of at least 4.80, in addition to an effective faction, corp, or personal standing of at least 6.80 to use this agent." So, if you had 8.0+ standings with the agent's faction and 0 with his/her corp, you couldn't use that agent. However, if you had 8.0 faction standing and 4.8 corp standing, ''or'' if you had 6.8+ corp standing, then you could.

Each R&D agent requires a certain level of standing with their corporation '''and''' their faction, before they are willing to talk to you. That is, even if you have faction standings high enough to use a normal level 4 agent, it won't do you any good with the R&D agents. To see what faction and corporation standings you need to speak with an R&D agent, select "Show Info" on that agent, go to the "Agent Info" tab, and look at the "Compatibility" section at the bottom. It will say something like: "You need a minimum effective corp standing of at least 4.80, in addition to an effective faction, corp, or personal standing of at least 6.80 to use this agent." So, if you had 8.0+ standings with the agent's faction and 0 with his/her corp, you couldn't use that agent. However, if you had 8.0 faction standing and 4.8 corp standing, ''or'' if you had 6.8+ corp standing, then you could.

This means that a certain amount of mission grinding with an R&D ~~agents~~ corporation is unavoidable, but a high faction standing can reduce the amount of mission running required.

This means that a certain amount of mission grinding with an R&D agent's corporation is unavoidable, but a high faction standing can reduce the amount of mission running required.

[[File:standings_guide_3.png|350px|thumb|right|COSMOS agent example]]To establish high faction standings:

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 Only level 4 agents produce datacores in useful quantities. Because the good Gallente R&D agents are scattered between three corporations, they are not an optimal choice, unless you have already started grinding missions there, or are otherwise committed to their faction.
-Each R&D agent requires a certain level of standing with their corporation '''and''' their faction, before they are willing to talk to you.  That is, even if you have faction standings high enough to use a normal level 4 agent, it won't do you any good with the R&D agents.  To see what faction and corporation standings you need to speak with an R&D agent, select "Show Info" on that agent, go to the "Agent Info" tab, and look at the "Compatibility" section at the bottom. It will saying something like: "You need a minimum effective corp standing of at least 4.80, in addition to an effective faction, corp, or personal standing of at least 6.80 to use this agent."  So, if you had 8.0+ standings with the agent's faction and 0 with his/her corp, you couldn't use that agent.  However, if you had 8.0 faction standing and 4.8 corp standing, ''or'' if you had 6.8+ corp standing, then you could.
+Each R&D agent requires a certain level of standing with their corporation '''and''' their faction, before they are willing to talk to you.  That is, even if you have faction standings high enough to use a normal level 4 agent, it won't do you any good with the R&D agents.  To see what faction and corporation standings you need to speak with an R&D agent, select "Show Info" on that agent, go to the "Agent Info" tab, and look at the "Compatibility" section at the bottom. It will say something like: "You need a minimum effective corp standing of at least 4.80, in addition to an effective faction, corp, or personal standing of at least 6.80 to use this agent."  So, if you had 8.0+ standings with the agent's faction and 0 with his/her corp, you couldn't use that agent.  However, if you had 8.0 faction standing and 4.8 corp standing, ''or'' if you had 6.8+ corp standing, then you could.
-This means that a certain amount of mission grinding with an R&D agents corporation is unavoidable, but a high faction standing can reduce the amount of mission running required.
+This means that a certain amount of mission grinding with an R&D agent's corporation is unavoidable, but a high faction standing can reduce the amount of mission running required.
 [[File:standings_guide_3.png|350px|thumb|right|COSMOS agent example]]To establish high faction standings: