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=== Level I ===

In level 1 missions, you mostly fight frigates with occasional destroyers. As those are small ship types, you want weapons which apply well to small ships. Further, the missions are pretty short and thus traveling makes up for most of your time. This means that you best use a small ship yourself as it applies well due to its small weapons and also travels fast.

'~~''Ship Class:''' Frigate, Destroyer~~

When you do level 1 missions you usually quickly progress to later missions so it's not worthwhile to dedicate a lot of training time for a level 1 mission ship. Thus [[Assault Frigates]] or [[Tactical Destroyers]] are probably not worth it even though they are theoretically the best options. [[Destroyers#Tech 1 Destroyers|T1 destroyers]] are actually the most suited as they are easy to train into and deal significantly more damage than T1 frigates.

~~Most players start with missions in a rookie ship via the "Level 0" tutorials. They then begin doing PvP and Level I missions at~~ more ~~or less the same time, usually in a frigate. Each race has six standard frigates~~, and ~~one or two of these will, with low to moderate skills, easily handle Level I missions as well as combat PvP. The four listed here are~~ the ~~ones most often mentioned as good mission ships for each race.~~

While certainly some T1 destroyers are more suited than others, it doesn't matter too much and the question which you can already fly is more important for a new player. You can find fittings by CCP ingame under community fittings. Those are rather designed for the [[The Blood-Stained Stars|SoE epic arc]] but that epic arc also counts as a level 1 missions. Also rather don't spend a lot of training time on skills which are exclusive to that ship but rather train general [[support skills]] as well as missile or turret support skills depending on which weapon system you rather use.

~~{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:80%; margin: 1em auto 1em auto;"~~

~~|+ '''Mission Frigates'''~~

~~|- style="background-color:#222222;"~~

~~! scope="col" width="150px" | SHIP~~

~~! scope="col" width="100px" | TANK~~

~~! scope="col" width="100px" | WEAPONS~~

~~! scope="col" width="80px" | DRONE BAY~~

~~! scope="col" width="80px" | SPEED~~

|-

~~| {{sh|Breacher}} || shield || 3 missile || 10 || 365~~

|-

~~| {{sh|Rifter}} || shield or armor || 3 projectile || 0 || 365~~

|-

~~| {{sh|Punisher}} || armor || 4 laser || 0 || 355~~

|-

~~| {{sh|Incursus}} || armor || 3 hybrid || 5 || 340~~

|-

~~| {{sh|Kestrel}} || shield || 4 missile || 0 || 325~~

|-

~~| {{sh|Merlin}} || shield || 3 hybrid || 0 || 310~~

|}

~~Arguably, the Breacher~~ is ~~the best of the set. It is the fastest, and its 2 drones allow~~ for a ~~sniping strategy with two launchers in support and one high slot given over to salvaging~~. ~~However, if your skills limit you to a ship of your own race, any of these will do quite well~~.

~~<div style="margin-right: 100px; margin-left: 100px; border:1px solid #888888; padding:1em; background-color:#333322; color:#ffffff; ">This is~~ the ~~point where you should begin making your~~ [[~~Skill~~|~~skill plan~~]] ~~in earnest. Eventually, you will be wanting to fly battlecruisers and battleships, and thinking about those now will help you decide whether to develop higher~~ level ~~tanking skills in shields or armor, weapons skills in launchers or turrets, advanced drone skills, and so on~~. ~~For example, if you want to fly~~ a ~~Gallente [[Dominix]] someday, then you might consider an Incursus frigate … to encourage development~~ of ~~your armor and drone~~ skills~~. Or, if you're thinking about a Caldari~~ [[~~Raven~~]]~~, then you will eventually need shield and~~ missile skills, which ~~suggests a Kestrel frigate~~.~~</div>~~

=== Destroyers ===

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 === Level I ===
+In level 1 missions, you mostly fight frigates with occasional destroyers. As those are small ship types, you want weapons which apply well to small ships. Further, the missions are pretty short and thus traveling makes up for most of your time. This means that you best use a small ship yourself as it applies well due to its small weapons and also travels fast.
-'''Ship Class:''' Frigate, Destroyer
+When you do level 1 missions you usually quickly progress to later missions so it's not worthwhile to dedicate a lot of training time for a level 1 mission ship. Thus [[Assault Frigates]] or [[Tactical Destroyers]] are probably not worth it even though they are theoretically the best options. [[Destroyers#Tech 1 Destroyers|T1 destroyers]] are actually the most suited as they are easy to train into and deal significantly more damage than T1 frigates.
-Most players start with missions in a rookie ship via the "Level 0" tutorials. They then begin doing PvP and Level I missions at more or less the same time, usually in a frigate. Each race has six standard frigates, and one or two of these will, with low to moderate skills, easily handle Level I missions as well as combat PvP. The four listed here are the ones most often mentioned as good mission ships for each race.
+While certainly some T1 destroyers are more suited than others, it doesn't matter too much and the question which you can already fly is more important for a new player. You can find fittings by CCP ingame under community fittings. Those are rather designed for the [[The Blood-Stained Stars|SoE epic arc]] but that epic arc also counts as a level 1 missions. Also rather don't spend a lot of training time on skills which are exclusive to that ship but rather train general [[support skills]] as well as missile or turret support skills depending on which weapon system you rather use.
-{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:80%; margin: 1em auto 1em auto;"
-|+ '''Mission Frigates'''
-|- style="background-color:#222222;"
-! scope="col" width="150px" | SHIP
-! scope="col" width="100px" | TANK
-! scope="col" width="100px" | WEAPONS
-! scope="col" width="80px" |  DRONE BAY
-! scope="col" width="80px" | SPEED
-|-
-| {{sh|Breacher}} || shield || 3 missile || 10 || 365
-|-
-| {{sh|Rifter}} || shield or armor || 3 projectile || 0 || 365
-|-
-| {{sh|Punisher}} || armor || 4 laser || 0 || 355
-|-
-| {{sh|Incursus}} || armor || 3 hybrid || 5 || 340
-|-
-| {{sh|Kestrel}} || shield || 4 missile || 0 || 325
-|-
-| {{sh|Merlin}} || shield || 3 hybrid || 0 || 310
-|}
-Arguably, the Breacher is the best of the set. It is the fastest, and its 2 drones allow for a sniping strategy with two launchers in support and one high slot given over to salvaging. However, if your skills limit you to a ship of your own race, any of these will do quite well.
-<div style="margin-right: 100px; margin-left: 100px; border:1px solid #888888; padding:1em; background-color:#333322; color:#ffffff; ">This is the point where you should begin making your [[Skill|skill plan]] in earnest. Eventually, you will be wanting to fly battlecruisers and battleships, and thinking about those now will help you decide whether to develop higher level tanking skills in shields or armor, weapons skills in launchers or turrets, advanced drone skills, and so on. For example, if you want to fly a Gallente [[Dominix]] someday, then you might consider an Incursus frigate … to encourage development of your armor and drone skills. Or, if you're thinking about a Caldari [[Raven]], then you will eventually need shield and missile skills, which suggests a Kestrel frigate.</div>
 === Destroyers ===