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==Advice For New Mission Runners== | ==Advice For New Mission Runners== | ||
This section offers insights from experienced players on how to be successful as a beginning mission runner. The section [[#Mission Running Details|Mission Running Details]] gives additional facts and insights for more experienced missioneers. | This section offers insights from experienced players on how to be successful as a beginning mission runner. The section [[#Mission Running Details|Mission Running Details]] gives additional facts and insights for more experienced missioneers. | ||
===The Agent Finder and Alternatives=== | |||
You can click the "Agent Finder" button on the Neocon to open a tool for locating agents. You can open this same tool from the 'Agents' tab in 'People & Places' or by clicking the "Agent finder" button when docked. Check the box at the bottom to see only the agents who will offer you missions. | |||
If you are based at Uni Highsec Campus (HSC), this list of level I agents might be helpful" | |||
*[[Level 1 Agents within 5 jumps of High Sec Campus]] | |||
These two web-based tools offer the same data as the in-game Agent Finder, but in an easier format. <span style="color:#aaaaaa">(Easier once you get the hang of it!)</span> | |||
*[https://util.eveuniversity.org/Missions/AgentRangefinder/ Agent Rangefinder] | |||
*[https://eve-online.itemdrop.net/eve_db/agents/ Itemdrop] | |||
===Starting Up a Mission=== | ===Starting Up a Mission=== | ||
If you're new to mission running and your goal is to gain loot, or pile up loyalty points to buy things, or to increase your standing with a faction, then you may want to lay out a plan to help you run your missions with a minimum of down time. Here are some suggestions. | If you're new to mission running and your goal is to gain loot, or pile up loyalty points to buy things, or to increase your standing with a faction, then you may want to lay out a plan to help you run your missions with a minimum of down time. Here are some suggestions. | ||
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There are differing opinions on how to pick a good base station. I tend to put mine in a place where it's easy to buy ammo and ship equipment. This makes for minimum hassle if I need to upgrade equipment (because I've gained new skills), or fit out a new ship (because I've gone up a level). But the location is not terribly important ... if you're not sure where to put your base, don't worry about it. Just find an Agent and get started. The rest will work itself out as you go along. | There are differing opinions on how to pick a good base station. I tend to put mine in a place where it's easy to buy ammo and ship equipment. This makes for minimum hassle if I need to upgrade equipment (because I've gained new skills), or fit out a new ship (because I've gone up a level). But the location is not terribly important ... if you're not sure where to put your base, don't worry about it. Just find an Agent and get started. The rest will work itself out as you go along. | ||
===Two hints for being sure your mission is complete=== | |||
*Look for a green check mark next to the mission | |||
:[[File:Missioncheckmark.jpg |alt=where the green checkmark appears]] | |||
*If you think the mission is finished, but you don't see the green checkmark, or if you're not sure what you need to do to finish, click on the little down-pointing arrow beside the mission name and select "details" from the menu. This will show you the mission statement and you can see what you still have to do to complete it. | |||
=== Using Loyalty Points === | === Using Loyalty Points === | ||
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You can review your Loyalty Points in-game in the [[NeoCom|NeoCom]] > JOURNAL button > AGENTS tab > LOYALTY POINTS subtab. | You can review your Loyalty Points in-game in the [[NeoCom|NeoCom]] > JOURNAL button > AGENTS tab > LOYALTY POINTS subtab. | ||
===Security Missions Can Be Tricky=== | ===Security Missions Can Be Tricky=== | ||
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*Some missions tell you to go to a place, kill the ships there, and wait for reinforcements to arrive so that you can kill them too. If you don't read the mission statement, you can not notice this and go back to the agent before the mission is finished. | *Some missions tell you to go to a place, kill the ships there, and wait for reinforcements to arrive so that you can kill them too. If you don't read the mission statement, you can not notice this and go back to the agent before the mission is finished. | ||
*Some missions look simple and easy, until a fleet of enemies suddenly appears. This mission, [http://eve-survival.org/wikka.php?wakka=CargoDelivery1an Cargo Delivery], for example, tells you to fly to a warehouse to pick up cargo. Simple enough, but once you pick up the cargo, a cluster of ships appears and targets you. You are right next to the warehouse at this point, and if you panic and try to warp out, you can get stuck ... and then, of course, utterly destroyed. If you have time, you should always get aligned before you warp ... just in case. | *Some missions look simple and easy, until a fleet of enemies suddenly appears. This mission, [http://eve-survival.org/wikka.php?wakka=CargoDelivery1an Cargo Delivery], for example, tells you to fly to a warehouse to pick up cargo. Simple enough, but once you pick up the cargo, a cluster of ships appears and targets you. You are right next to the warehouse at this point, and if you panic and try to warp out, you can get stuck ... and then, of course, utterly destroyed. If you have time, you should always get aligned before you warp ... just in case. | ||
===Mission Preparation and Walkthroughs=== | ===Mission Preparation and Walkthroughs=== | ||