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Not all non-player character (NPC) corporations offer R&D agents, so some pre-planning about which corporations you will select for your datacore farming plan is absolutely required for success.

http://www.eve-agents.com - This site lets you search for agents. You can search by corp, by R&D skill, or just list the corps with R&D agents. You can also sort the list by number of datacores earned per day.

To see if you have any relationships with corporations that have R&D agents already, use this procedure:

So you ~~don't know the first thing about research agents? Well,~~ have ~~no fear. It's as simple as picking a faction you~~ have some standings for, and starting to grind out the missions. Once you work your way up to level 3 missions, you'll be well on your way to making some decent ISK per month. Easy way to find out who likes you already, ~~which will save you some time~~:

1 - Open your character sheet

2 - Click on Standings

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11 - If none of the above skill areas are listed (Mechanical Engineering for example), move to the next best agent and repeat.

~~Keep~~ in ~~mind~~, ~~not~~ all corporations ~~will have~~ R&D agents. ~~If your top corporation doesn't~~ have ~~them~~, ~~move~~ to ~~the next corporation~~ and ~~repeat~~ the ~~above steps until you find one that~~ does.

In order to maximize the production of RPs, and therefore to produce more datacores, you will want to work with the highest level R&D agents - level 4. There are no level 5 R&D agents (thought some agent-finder sites may show them, this is in error). The corporations with level four R&D agents, sorted by their associated factions, are:

* Gallente Federation: CreoDron, Roden Shipyards, Duvolle Laboratories (a mix of research corps is needed to have all level four agents, unfortunately)

* Caldari State: Kaalakiota Corporation, Ishukone Corporation, Lai Dai Corporation (best)

* Minmatar Republic: Core Complexion Inc. (best), Boundless Creation

* Amarr Empire: Carthum Conglomerate, Viziam

There are also some non-Empire faction corporations with a few R&D agents:

* Thukker Tribe: Thukker Mix

* Khanid Kingdom: Khanid Innovation

* Ammatar Mandate: Nefantar Miner Association

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.

http://hussars-online.ru/eve/datacore.php - This site lets you input your skills, standings, and such and it'll show you in order which agents/skill combinations are the most profitable. You can use your real skills/standings or just input possible combinations. The market does fluctuate, though. What's the most profitable now may not be so in six months.

So Now What?

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A Final Note

The process described above can be repeated for any of the major high-sec factions. There are no level 5 R&D agents (thought some agent-finder sites may show them, this is in error). The corporations with level four R&D agents (and their associated factions) are:

~~Empire faction corporations with R&D agents:~~

~~Gallente Federation: CreoDron, Roden Shipyards, Duvolle Laboratories (a mix of research corps is needed to have all level four agents, unfortunately)~~

~~Caldari State: Kaalakiota Corporation, Ishukone Corporation, Lai Dai Corporation (best)~~

~~Minmatar Republic: Core Complexion Inc. (best), Boundless Creation~~

~~Amarr Empire: Carthum Conglomerate, Viziam~~

~~Non-Empire faction corporations with R&D agents:~~

~~Thukker Tribe: Thukker Mix~~

~~Khanid Kingdom: Khanid Innovation~~

~~Ammatar Mandate: Nefantar Miner Association~~

Only level 4 agents produce datacores in meaningful quantities. Because the good Gallente R&D agents are scattered between three corporations, I don't recommend grinding for them, unless you have already started grinding their missions or are otherwise committed to their faction.

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Like I said, not all agents (or even all R&D corps) use the same skills. So you'll have to look around a bit and decide what corp you want to do your standings grind with. Or, if you happen to already have standings with an R&D corp, decide see which skills their agents do research for, and pick a couple of them to train.

http://www.eve-agents.com - This site lets you search for agents. You can search by corp, by R&D skill, or just list the corps with R&D agents. You can also sort the list by number of datacores earned per day.

http://hussars-online.ru/eve/datacore.php - This site lets you input your skills, standings, and such and it'll show you in order which agents/skill combinations are the most profitable. You can use your real skills/standings or just input possible combinations. The market does fluctuate, though. What's the most profitable now may not be so in six months.

~~So, what's all this worth?~~

A character with five R&D agents, with decent R&D skill picked and at least at level IV should make between 100-150m per month, depending on specific skills. Get a 6th agent, or raise your R&D skills to V, and that number will go up.

Now, that's not a whole lot of ISK. But, there's some important considerations. First of all, once you get setup that income is passive, you don't really have to do much of anything to earn it. Secondly, that's per character. Multiple characters multiplies the amount. Thirdly, you go and collect the datacores and sell them when you want, there's no set time.

Say you have all three characters on an account farming datacores. they'll produce 300+ million a month. But, maybe you don't feel like bothering every month. You can do it every 3 months and get about a billion each time. Or wait 10 months and get over 3 billion all in one go. It's like a slowly building pile of cash waiting for whenever you need/want it.

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 Not all non-player character (NPC) corporations offer R&D agents, so some pre-planning about which corporations you will select for your datacore farming plan is absolutely required for success.
+http://www.eve-agents.com - This site lets you search for agents. You can search by corp, by R&D skill, or just list the corps with R&D agents. You can also sort the list by number of datacores earned per day.
+To see if you have any relationships with corporations that have R&D agents already, use this procedure:
-So you don't know the first thing about research agents? Well, have no fear. It's as simple as picking a faction you have some standings for, and starting to grind out the missions. Once you work your way up to level 3 missions, you'll be well on your way to making some decent ISK per month. Easy way to find out who likes you already, which will save you some time:
 - Open your character sheet
 - Click on Standings
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 - If none of the above skill areas are listed (Mechanical Engineering for example), move to the next best agent and repeat.
-Keep in mind, not all corporations will have R&D agents. If your top corporation doesn't have them, move to the next corporation and repeat the above steps until you find one that does.
+In order to maximize the production of RPs, and therefore to produce more datacores, you will want to work with the highest level R&D agents - level 4. There are no level 5 R&D agents (thought some agent-finder sites may show them, this is in error). The corporations with level four R&D agents, sorted by their associated factions, are:
+* Gallente Federation: CreoDron, Roden Shipyards, Duvolle Laboratories (a mix of research corps is needed to have all level four agents, unfortunately)
+* Caldari State: Kaalakiota Corporation, Ishukone Corporation, Lai Dai Corporation (best)
+* Minmatar Republic: Core Complexion Inc. (best), Boundless Creation
+* Amarr Empire: Carthum Conglomerate, Viziam
+There are also some non-Empire faction corporations with a few R&D agents:
+* Thukker Tribe: Thukker Mix
+* Khanid Kingdom: Khanid Innovation
+* Ammatar Mandate: Nefantar Miner Association
+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.
+http://hussars-online.ru/eve/datacore.php - This site lets you input your skills, standings, and such and it'll show you in order which agents/skill combinations are the most profitable. You can use your real skills/standings or just input possible combinations. The market does fluctuate, though. What's the most profitable now may not be so in six months.
 So Now What?
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 A Final Note
-The process described above can be repeated for any of the major high-sec factions. There are no level 5 R&D agents (thought some agent-finder sites may show them, this is in error). The corporations with level four R&D agents (and their associated factions) are:
-Empire faction corporations with R&D agents:
-Gallente Federation: CreoDron, Roden Shipyards, Duvolle Laboratories (a mix of research corps is needed to have all level four agents, unfortunately)
-Caldari State: Kaalakiota Corporation, Ishukone Corporation, Lai Dai Corporation (best)
-Minmatar Republic: Core Complexion Inc. (best), Boundless Creation
-Amarr Empire: Carthum Conglomerate, Viziam
-Non-Empire faction corporations with R&D agents:
-Thukker Tribe: Thukker Mix
-Khanid Kingdom: Khanid Innovation
-Ammatar Mandate: Nefantar Miner Association
-Only level 4 agents produce datacores in meaningful quantities. Because the good Gallente R&D agents are scattered between three corporations, I don't recommend grinding for them, unless you have already started grinding their missions or are otherwise committed to their faction.
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 Like I said, not all agents (or even all R&D corps) use the same skills. So you'll have to look around a bit and decide what corp you want to do your standings grind with. Or, if you happen to already have standings with an R&D corp, decide see which skills their agents do research for, and pick a couple of them to train.
-http://www.eve-agents.com - This site lets you search for agents. You can search by corp, by R&D skill, or just list the corps with R&D agents. You can also sort the list by number of datacores earned per day.
-http://hussars-online.ru/eve/datacore.php - This site lets you input your skills, standings, and such and it'll show you in order which agents/skill combinations are the most profitable. You can use your real skills/standings or just input possible combinations. The market does fluctuate, though. What's the most profitable now may not be so in six months.
-So, what's all this worth?
-A character with five R&D agents, with decent R&D skill picked and at least at level IV should make between 100-150m per month, depending on specific skills. Get a 6th agent, or raise your R&D skills to V, and that number will go up.
-Now, that's not a whole lot of ISK. But, there's some important considerations. First of all, once you get setup that income is passive, you don't really have to do much of anything to earn it. Secondly, that's per character. Multiple characters multiplies the amount. Thirdly, you go and collect the datacores and sell them when you want, there's no set time.
-Say you have all three characters on an account farming datacores. they'll produce 300+ million a month. But, maybe you don't feel like bothering every month. You can do it every 3 months and get about a billion each time. Or wait 10 months and get over 3 billion all in one go. It's like a slowly building pile of cash waiting for whenever you need/want it.