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== [GUIDE] Air Career Programme | |||
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This guide is aimed at newer players, more veteran players and multiboxers (people playing multiple omega accounts at the same time) like myself. | This guide is aimed at newer players, more veteran players and multiboxers (people playing multiple omega accounts at the same time) like myself. | ||
I started experimenting with the Air Career Programme because the 750,000 Skill Points (SP) provided seemed like a pretty sweet deal. But I wanted to know whether it’s worth the effort and share my findings with the community. | I started experimenting with the [[AIR Career Program|Air Career Programme]] because the 750,000 [[Skill Points]] (SP) provided seemed like a pretty sweet deal. But I wanted to know whether it’s worth the effort and share my findings with the community. | ||
Basics | == Basics == | ||
The AIR Career programme is divided into four Careers and this Step-By-Step guide will take you through a quick way to finish all of those, providing you with tips and guidance. | The AIR Career programme is divided into four Careers and this Step-By-Step guide will take you through a quick way to finish all of those, providing you with tips and guidance. | ||
* Step-By-Step Guide - Career Agents and SoE Epic Arc | |||
* Enforcer | |||
* Explorer | |||
* Industralist | |||
* Soldier of Fortune | |||
This follows the naming of the revamped Career Agents. | This follows the naming of the revamped Career Agents. | ||
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You will get following SP: | You will get following SP: | ||
* 100,000 SP for graduating from each career- that means reaching 750 CP out of the 1000 available in each career | |||
* 50,000 SP for reaching 750 CP overall | |||
* 75,000 SP for reaching 1,500 CP overall | |||
* 100,000 SP for reaching 2,250 CP overall | |||
* 125,000 SP for reaching 3,000 CP overall | |||
* Total: 750,000 SP | |||
It is possible to finish the AIR Career Programme quite comfortably in about 12 hours of game-play. A hyper-optimised approach, utilising Fits with high SP requirements, could probably finish the Programme in as little as 8-9 hours. | It is possible to finish the AIR Career Programme quite comfortably in about 12 hours of game-play. A hyper-optimised approach, utilising Fits with high SP requirements, could probably finish the Programme in as little as 8-9 hours. | ||
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Multiboxing: Large parts of the Air Career Programme are easily multiboxable. But some tasks will increase the time it takes for completion slightly. I have personally tried running it with 4 characters in parallel (twice) and 2 individual fresh characters for testing purposes. | Multiboxing: Large parts of the Air Career Programme are easily multiboxable. But some tasks will increase the time it takes for completion slightly. I have personally tried running it with 4 characters in parallel (twice) and 2 individual fresh characters for testing purposes. | ||
Note: I have added details about multiboxing to this guide, not because I believe that one has to multibox to enjoy EVE, but because I think that the AIR Career Programme is valuable also for more veteran players. In ISK value (as SP) it can easily compete with other common multibox activities like Moon Mining, Ishtar ratting, etc. as you can see in the napkin-math above. | |||
{{Quote|Note: I have added details about multiboxing to this guide, not because I believe that one has to multibox to enjoy EVE, but because I think that the AIR Career Programme is valuable also for more veteran players. In ISK value (as SP) it can easily compete with other common multibox activities like Moon Mining, Ishtar ratting, etc. as you can see in the napkin-math above.}} | |||
Even if you don’t care about the SP, I recommend to all veteran players to run the AIR Career Programme at least once for multiple reasons: | Even if you don’t care about the SP, I recommend to all veteran players to run the AIR Career Programme at least once for multiple reasons: | ||
* New Career Agents - worth seeing the gorgeous new environment and dialogues, as well as how new players are being guided into playing EVE | |||
* Faction Standing Boost through the Career Agents and the Sisters of EVE Epic Arc - if you don't know which one to choose - Caldari standing helps reduce Broker Fees in Jita - that's always nice to have. | |||
* The Air Career Programme also serves as a reminder of the beautiful complexity of EVE Online and how many things new players can and should experience. | |||
For newer players, it is a great catch-up mechanics and introduces you to many more factettes of the game than the Career Agents. It will surely help you figure out which activities you like to focus on. | For newer players, it is a great catch-up mechanics and introduces you to many more factettes of the game than the Career Agents. It will surely help you figure out which activities you like to focus on. | ||
=== Step-by-step Guide === | === Step-by-step Guide === | ||
'''Fits:''' I will be providing example fits and explanations via [https://www.eveworkbench.com/ EVE Workbench]. All fits are minimum SP requirement fits and Alpha-friendly and you can gladly upgrade them. For cheaper options, I will be providing some alternative fits for the SoF career. By searching in the ingame fitting window for “AIR” you will find a range of viable frigate fits provided by CCP for most of the combat/exploration part of the Programme. | |||
==== Step 1 - Career Agents ==== | |||
Get started by moving to one of the [[Career agents#Tutorial_Systems_in_EVE|12 Career Agent Systems]]. If you have previously finished the career agents in a particular system, simply move to one of the others and the agents should be available to you. The Career Agents can be done in about 3h and I recommend using the [https://www.eveworkbench.com/fitting/sunesis/baf43029-5c38-4b7e-395f-08da5b879768 AIR Sunesis]<!-- Archive link: https://web.archive.org/web/20220722170733/https://www.eveworkbench.com/fitting/sunesis/baf43029-5c38-4b7e-395f-08da5b879768 --> as it has all needed modules already in cargo. The [[Career_Agents#Considerations_for_Mission_Order|Uniwiki]] has some tips on how to complete it efficiently. | |||
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Get started by moving to one of the 12 Career Agent Systems. If you have previously finished the career agents in a particular system, simply move to one of the others and the agents should be available to you. The Career Agents can be done in about 3h and I recommend using the AIR Sunesis | During the Industrial Career Agent, you can mine Veldspar and Kernite. Doing so will allow you to save you upwards of ISK 5M but also means the Air Career Programme will take a little longer. To complete two tasks in the Air Career Industry tasks [Resource Harvesting] and [Refining], you need to mine one Venture of the respective ore (Veldspar and Kernite). Alternatively, you will buy the resources later on in a trade hub and do the quicker Distribution missions and salvaging tasks instead. | ||
During the Industrial Career Agent, you can mine Veldspar | |||
Tip: Should you decide to take the slightly longer route, you will find the ore in the following missions: | Tip: Should you decide to take the slightly longer route, you will find the ore in the following missions: | ||