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You must also talk to the agent and <span style="color:#eeffcc">decline the latest mission</span> before you cancel research with that agent, or you will suffer a standings loss as if you had accepted and then failed the mission.

~~===Anomic Missions aka Burner Missions===~~

~~Anomic missions - usually called burner missions - are optional encounter missions that are given out by level 4 security agents. They can always be declined without penalty.~~

They present quite a different challenge to other security missions since you will encounter a small number of very powerful adversaries and you are restricted in ship size. Accordingly, they also give much higher ISK and loyalty point rewards and there is a decent chance for valuable faction items in the loot. Burner missions require specialized ship fits and piloting techniques and often high skills to solo. It is strongly advised to research common fits and tactics before attempting them.

~~There are 3 groups of burner missions:~~

* Anomic Agent: You face a single very powerful pirate frigate and the mission pocket is restricted to frigates.

* Anomic Team: You face a T2 Assault Frigate plus two T1 Logistics Frigates and the mission pocket is restricted to frigates. These are the most beginner friendly.

* Anomic Base/Escort: You face a small number of powerful ships such as battlecruisers, cruisers, frigates and fighter waves and the mission pocket is restricted to T2 cruisers or T1 battlecruisers and lower.

==Levels of Missions==

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When you complete a regular mission for an agent, you get increased standings with the agent and the corporation, but not the faction. It is worth noting that if the mission involves destroying ships or structures of a different faction, then your standings with the target faction go down due to "Combat - Ship Kill", but your standings with the agent's faction will not change. Those who wish to be able to fly in all High Security space are advised to decline all anti-Empire missions (that is, anti-Amarr, anti-Ammatar, anti-Caldari, anti-Gallente, and anti-Minmatar). Some exceptions or workarounds exist; for example, a Minmatar agent might give you the mission [http://eve-survival.org/wikka.php?wakka=FriendlySpies3ga&show_comments=1#comments Friendly Spies], where if you destroy the mission objective but none of the hostile ships, then you don't lose Gallente Federation standings. In other cases, the standing losses due to "Combat - Ship Kill" are almost insignificant, such as [http://eve-survival.org/wikka.php?wakka=AmarrianTyrants3 Amarrian Tyrants, Level 3], or [http://eve-survival.org/wikka.php?wakka=AgainsttheEmpire3am Against the Empire, Level 3]. Some missions, though, will incur -2.4% standing losses for ship kills and might require one or more completed storyline missions for the opposing side to repair the standings losses (for example, [http://eve-survival.org/wikka.php?wakka=AmarrianTyrants1&show_comments=1#comments Against The Empire, Level 1]; yes, the Amarr standing loss on Level 3 is insignificant while the standing loss on Level 1 is bad; losses are only consistent for the exact same mission and level).

==Anomic Missions aka Burner Missions==

Anomic missions - usually called burner missions - are optional encounter missions that are given out by level 4 security agents. They can always be declined without penalty.

They present a different and higher challenge compared to other security missions since you will encounter a small number of very powerful adversaries and you are restricted in ship size. The NPCs in these missions are modeled after a capsuleer using perfect skills, faction modules, implants, drugs and links. Accordingly, they also give much higher ISK and loyalty point rewards (~12000 LP) and there is a decent chance for valuable faction items in the loot.

Burner missions require specialized and expensive ship fits and high skills to solo. They also require piloting skills that are otherwise rarely used in PvE such as overheating. CCP re-balances them frequently, so it is strongly advised to research the latest fits and tactics or even use the test-server before attempting them. Also note that some of the expensive frigate fits that are used to complete them are very easy and worthwhile to gank. Gankers and wardeccers around mission hubs tend to know this.

There are 3 groups of burner missions:

===Anomic Agent Missions===

You face a single very powerful pirate frigate and the mission pocket is restricted to frigates. There are 5 missions of this type:

* Guristas Worm

* Angel Dramiel

* Serpentis Daredevil

* Sansha Succubus

* Blood Raider Cruor

These missions require specialized and expensive fits of pirate or assault frigates to complete. They also typically require well-timed overheating and cap and booster management. Discussions and fit recommendations can be found in the official EVE forums.

===Anomic Team Missions===

You face a T2 Assault Frigate plus two T1 Logistics Frigates and the mission pocket is restricted to frigates. There are 4 missions of this type:

* Vengeance and 2 Inquisitors

* Hawk and 2 Bantams

* Jaguar and 2 Bursts

* Enyo and 2 Navitas

These are the most beginner friendly and are possible to complete in a T1 frigate such as a Kestrel with a proper kiting fit. To complete them solo in e.g. a Kestrel requires high frigate and missile skills, but they get much easier and accessible to low-SP pilots with two or more players. They are usually completed by kiting in MWD ships that can deal damage over at least 20-30km. ECM to jam the logi support and target painting is also very useful. Tactics revolve around either attacking the Assault Frigate and powering through the logi reps or jamming one logi while killing the other.

===Anomic Base and Escort Missions===

You face a small number of powerful ships such as battlecruisers, cruisers, frigates and fighter waves and the mission pocket is restricted to T2 cruisers or T1 battlecruisers and lower. There are 4 missions of this type:

* 3 Serpentis Talos and about 100 proximity activated sentries

* Blood Raider Ashimmu and 2 Sentinels

* 4 Angel Dramiels and a Wreathe industrial

* 6 waves of fighters and fighter bombers and a Guristas Wyvern Supercarrier

The difficulty of these missions varies a lot. The Talos mission can be completed in a properly fit and flown Heavy Assault Cruiser and often gives faction loot while the Wyvern one is rarely run because of length, difficulty and poor rewards.

==Storyline Missions==

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 You must also talk to the agent and <span style="color:#eeffcc">decline the latest mission</span> before you cancel research with that agent, or you will suffer a standings loss as if you had accepted and then failed the mission.
-===Anomic Missions aka Burner Missions===
-Anomic missions - usually called burner missions - are optional encounter missions that are given out by level 4 security agents. They can always be declined without penalty.
-They present quite a different challenge to other security missions since you will encounter a small number of very powerful adversaries and you are restricted in ship size. Accordingly, they also give much higher ISK and loyalty point rewards and there is a decent chance for valuable faction items in the loot. Burner missions require specialized ship fits and piloting techniques and often high skills to solo. It is strongly advised to research common fits and tactics before attempting them.
-There are 3 groups of burner missions:
-* Anomic Agent: You face a single very powerful pirate frigate and the mission pocket is restricted to frigates.
-* Anomic Team: You face a T2 Assault Frigate plus two T1 Logistics Frigates and the mission pocket is restricted to frigates. These are the most beginner friendly.
-* Anomic Base/Escort: You face a small number of powerful ships such as battlecruisers, cruisers, frigates and fighter waves and the mission pocket is restricted to T2 cruisers or T1 battlecruisers and lower.
 ==Levels of Missions==
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 When you complete a regular mission for an agent, you get increased standings with the agent and the corporation, but not the faction.  It is worth noting that if the mission involves destroying ships or structures of a different faction, then your standings with the target faction go down due to "Combat - Ship Kill", but your standings with the agent's faction will not change.  Those who wish to be able to fly in all High Security space are advised to decline all anti-Empire missions (that is, anti-Amarr, anti-Ammatar, anti-Caldari, anti-Gallente, and anti-Minmatar).  Some exceptions or workarounds exist; for example, a Minmatar agent might give you the mission [http://eve-survival.org/wikka.php?wakka=FriendlySpies3ga&show_comments=1#comments Friendly Spies], where if you destroy the mission objective but none of the hostile ships, then you don't lose Gallente Federation standings.  In other cases, the standing losses due to "Combat - Ship Kill" are almost insignificant, such as [http://eve-survival.org/wikka.php?wakka=AmarrianTyrants3 Amarrian Tyrants, Level 3], or [http://eve-survival.org/wikka.php?wakka=AgainsttheEmpire3am Against the Empire, Level 3].  Some missions, though, will incur -2.4% standing losses for ship kills and might require one or more completed storyline missions for the opposing side to repair the standings losses (for example, [http://eve-survival.org/wikka.php?wakka=AmarrianTyrants1&show_comments=1#comments Against The Empire, Level 1]; yes, the Amarr standing loss on Level 3 is insignificant while the standing loss on Level 1 is bad; losses are only consistent for the exact same mission and level).
+==Anomic Missions aka Burner Missions==
+Anomic missions - usually called burner missions - are optional encounter missions that are given out by level 4 security agents. They can always be declined without penalty.
+They present a different and higher challenge compared to other security missions since you will encounter a small number of very powerful adversaries and you are restricted in ship size. The NPCs in these missions are modeled after a capsuleer using perfect skills, faction modules, implants, drugs and links. Accordingly, they also give much higher ISK and loyalty point rewards (~12000 LP) and there is a decent chance for valuable faction items in the loot.
+Burner missions require specialized and expensive ship fits and high skills to solo. They also require piloting skills that are otherwise rarely used in PvE such as overheating. CCP re-balances them frequently, so it is strongly advised to research the latest fits and tactics or even use the test-server before attempting them. Also note that some of the expensive frigate fits that are used to complete them are very easy and worthwhile to gank. Gankers and wardeccers around mission hubs tend to know this.
+There are 3 groups of burner missions:
+===Anomic Agent Missions===
+You face a single very powerful pirate frigate and the mission pocket is restricted to frigates. There are 5 missions of this type:
+* Guristas Worm
+* Angel Dramiel
+* Serpentis Daredevil
+* Sansha Succubus
+* Blood Raider Cruor
+These missions require specialized and expensive fits of pirate or assault frigates to complete. They also typically require well-timed overheating and cap and booster management. Discussions and fit recommendations can be found in the official EVE forums.
+===Anomic Team Missions===
+You face a T2 Assault Frigate plus two T1 Logistics Frigates and the mission pocket is restricted to frigates. There are 4 missions of this type:
+* Vengeance and 2 Inquisitors
+* Hawk and 2 Bantams
+* Jaguar and 2 Bursts
+* Enyo and 2 Navitas
+These are the most beginner friendly and are possible to complete in a T1 frigate such as a Kestrel with a proper kiting fit. To complete them solo in e.g. a Kestrel requires high frigate and missile skills, but they get much easier and accessible to low-SP pilots with two or more players. They are usually completed by kiting in MWD ships that can deal damage over at least 20-30km. ECM to jam the logi support and target painting is also very useful. Tactics revolve around either attacking the Assault Frigate and powering through the logi reps or jamming one logi while killing the other.
+===Anomic Base and Escort Missions===
+You face a small number of powerful ships such as battlecruisers, cruisers, frigates and fighter waves and the mission pocket is restricted to T2 cruisers or T1 battlecruisers and lower. There are 4 missions of this type:
+* 3 Serpentis Talos and about 100 proximity activated sentries
+* Blood Raider Ashimmu and 2 Sentinels
+* 4 Angel Dramiels and a Wreathe industrial
+* 6 waves of fighters and fighter bombers and a Guristas Wyvern Supercarrier
+The difficulty of these missions varies a lot. The Talos mission can be completed in a properly fit and flown Heavy Assault Cruiser and often gives faction loot while the Wyvern one is rarely run because of length, difficulty and poor rewards.
 ==Storyline Missions==