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=== Developing R&D agent relationships === | === Developing R&D agent relationships === | ||
[[Image:EVE-RDA1.png|thumb | [[Image:EVE-RDA1.png|thumb|350px|Dialog window with an R&D Agent.]]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. | ||
Search in The Agency in-game for R&D agents. | Search in The Agency in-game for R&D agents. | ||
Set the 'Specify' pull-down to 'Agents', the 'Faction' pull-down to 'Any Faction' and the 'Type' pull-down to 'R&D'. | Set the 'Specify' pull-down to 'Agents', the 'Faction' pull-down to 'Any Faction' and the 'Type' pull-down to 'R&D'. | ||
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Note that attaining the required Corporate standing automatically fulfills the lower requirement. The extra requirement exists only to prevent those with high Faction standing from accessing top-level researchers without actually working for that corporation. | Note that attaining the required Corporate standing automatically fulfills the lower requirement. The extra requirement exists only to prevent those with high Faction standing from accessing top-level researchers without actually working for that corporation. | ||
So, if you had perfect 10.0 standings with the agent's faction and 0.0 standing with his/her corp, you couldn't use that agent. However, if you had 10.0 faction standing and 3.0 corporation standing, ''or'' if you just had 5.0 corp standing, then you could. | |||
To see what faction and corporation standings you need to speak with an R&D agent: | To see what faction and corporation standings you need to speak with an R&D agent: | ||
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*Click "Show Info" in the menu | *Click "Show Info" in the menu | ||
*Click on the "Agents" tab in the new window | *Click on the "Agents" tab in the new window | ||
*Scroll down to the "R&D" agent list (not all Corporations have R&D agents - if none are listed, | *Scroll down to the "R&D" agent list (not all Corporations have R&D agents - if none are listed, they do not exist!) | ||
*In the "Not Available to You" list, right click on a desired agent and select "Show Info" on him or her. | *In the "Not Available to You" list, right click on a desired agent and select "Show Info" on him or her. | ||
*Look under the "Agent Info" tab, and look at the "Compatibility" section at the bottom. (If there is no "Compatability" section, then you arleady have access to that agent!) It will say something like: "Your effective personal standings must be 3.00 or higher toward this agent's corporation in order to use this agent, as well as an effective personal standing of 5.00 or higher toward this agent, its faction, or its corporation in order to use this agent's services." | *Look under the "Agent Info" tab, and look at the "Compatibility" section at the bottom. (If there is no "Compatability" section, then you arleady have access to that agent!) It will say something like: "Your effective personal standings must be 3.00 or higher toward this agent's corporation in order to use this agent, as well as an effective personal standing of 5.00 or higher toward this agent, its faction, or its corporation in order to use this agent's services." | ||
All of 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. | All of 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. | ||
To establish high faction standings: | |||
*Run the tutorial agents for that faction | *Run the tutorial agents for that faction | ||