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==Regular Agents==

All regular agents have a name, a Level~~, a Quality~~, and a Division. Storyline Agents will be covered later. "Level" describes the general difficulty level of the mission that the agent can offer you and can range from 1 to 5; it also has a major impact on the standings you need to reach in order for this agent to give you missions. "Quality" describes how much the agent will pay you for the same mission as compared to other agents (when all other factors are equal) and can range from -20 to +20; it also has a minor impact on the standings you need to reach in order for this agent to give you missions. "Division" ~~describes the [[Agent mission types|probability distribution]] of the different kinds~~ of missions ~~the agent might offer~~ you~~. "Division" also determines the Social-category skills that increase Loyalty Point gains when working for that particular agent (such as Trade Connections and Military Connections)~~.

All regular agents have a name, a Level, and a Division. Storyline Agents will be covered later. "Level" describes the general difficulty level of the mission that the agent can offer you and can range from 1 to 5; it also affects on the standings you need to reach in order for this agent to give you missions. "Division" determines what kind of missions you will be offered.

For an agent to offer you missions, you must reach a certain standings requirement which depends upon the agent's Level ~~and Quality~~. The requirement is:

For an agent to offer you missions, you must reach a certain standings requirement which depends upon the agent's Level. The requirement is:

~~Requirement = (~~Level - 1) * 2 + Quality * 0.05

Level 1: Any standings<br>

Level 2: 1.0 or higher<br>

Level 3: 3.0 or higher<br>

Level 4: 5.0 or higher<br>

Level 5: 7.0 or higher

So, ~~a Level 2 Quality 0~~ agent ~~requires that~~ you ~~have a~~ standing of ~~2.0 or higher~~. Level 3 ~~Quality 0 requires a standing of~~ 4~~.0 or higher~~. ~~Level 3 Quality 1 requires a standing~~ of ~~4.05 or higher~~. .~~..and~~ so ~~on. The~~ one ~~categorical exception~~ to ~~this is that Level 1 Quality 0 (or less) agents will offer~~ missions ~~to any player regardless of standings; this is a new change in EVE Online~~: ~~Dominion.~~

To be offered missions from the agent, either the agent's personal standing towards you, their corporation's standing towards you, or their faction's standing towards you must meet the requirement; any one of the three will suffice. For example, Eveynel Daerne is a Level 3 agent in Orduin IX - Moon 4 - Transstellar Shipping Storage. This agent is part of the Transstellar Shipping corporation, which is part of the Gallente Federation faction. The standings requirement is therefore 3.0, so at least one of the following 3 conditions must be true to get missions from Eveynel Daerne:

The exception aside, to be offered missions from the agent, either the agent's personal standing towards you, their corporation's standing towards you, or their faction's standing towards you must meet the requirement; any one of the three will suffice. For example, Eveynel Daerne is a Level 3, Quality -11 agent in Orduin IX - Moon 4 - Transstellar Shipping Storage. This agent is part of the Transstellar Shipping corporation, which is part of the Gallente Federation faction. The standings requirement is therefore 3.45, so at least one of the following 3 conditions must be true to get missions from Eveynel Daerne:

*Eveynel Daerne's personal standing towards you is 3.0 or higher.

*Transstellar Shipping's standing towards you is 3.0 or higher.

*Eveynel Daerne's personal standing towards you is 3.45 or higher.

*The Gallente Federation's standing towards you is 3.0 or higher.

*Transstellar Shipping's standing towards you is 3.45 or higher.

*The Gallente Federation's standing towards you is 3.45 or higher.

The fact that Eveynel Daerne is located in the Orduin solar system, which is the sovereign territory of the Minmatar Republic, is completely irrelevant. High Minmatar Republic standings will not give you access to missions from Eveynel Daerne. This concept applies as a rule to all agents of a faction who are located in a different faction's sovereign space.

Gaining access to ~~slightly-~~higher level ~~mission~~ can be eased by training two skills: Diplomacy and Connections (and "Connections" is not to be confused with other social skills, mentioned above, of the names "{Something} Connections"). Diplomacy gives you a standings boost with agents, NPC corporations, and factions that dislike you to begin with, and this boost is 4% per level of the Diplomacy skill. Connections gives you a standings boost with agents, NPC corporations, and factions that like you to begin with, and this boost is 4% per level of the Connections skill. Between Diplomacy and Connections, only one will apply, but it will give a boost significant enough to ease the process of getting access to Level 2 missions.

Gaining access to higher level missions can be eased by training two skills: Diplomacy and Connections (and "Connections" is not to be confused with other social skills, mentioned above, of the names "{Something} Connections"). Diplomacy gives you a standings boost with agents, NPC corporations, and factions that dislike you to begin with, and this boost is 4% per level of the Diplomacy skill. Connections gives you a standings boost with agents, NPC corporations, and factions that like you to begin with, and this boost is 4% per level of the Connections skill. Between Diplomacy and Connections, only one will apply, but it will give a boost significant enough to ease the process of getting access to Level 2 missions.

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).

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 ==Regular Agents==
-All regular agents have a name, a Level, a Quality, and a Division.  Storyline Agents will be covered later.  "Level" describes the general difficulty level of the mission that the agent can offer you and can range from 1 to 5; it also has a major impact on the standings you need to reach in order for this agent to give you missions.  "Quality" describes how much the agent will pay you for the same mission as compared to other agents (when all other factors are equal) and can range from -20 to +20; it also has a minor impact on the standings you need to reach in order for this agent to give you missions.  "Division" describes the [[Agent mission types|probability distribution]] of the different kinds of missions the agent might offer you.  "Division" also determines the Social-category skills that increase Loyalty Point gains when working for that particular agent (such as Trade Connections and Military Connections).
+All regular agents have a name, a Level, and a Division.  Storyline Agents will be covered later.  "Level" describes the general difficulty level of the mission that the agent can offer you and can range from 1 to 5; it also affects on the standings you need to reach in order for this agent to give you missions.  "Division" determines what kind of missions you will be offered.
-For an agent to offer you missions, you must reach a certain standings requirement which depends upon the agent's Level and Quality.  The requirement is:
+For an agent to offer you missions, you must reach a certain standings requirement which depends upon the agent's Level.  The requirement is:
-Requirement = (Level - 1) * 2 + Quality * 0.05
+Level 1: Any standings<br>
+Level 2: 1.0 or higher<br>
+Level 3: 3.0 or higher<br>
+Level 4: 5.0 or higher<br>
+Level 5: 7.0 or higher
-So, a Level 2 Quality 0 agent requires that you have a standing of 2.0 or higher.  Level 3 Quality 0 requires a standing of 4.0 or higher.  Level 3 Quality 1 requires a standing of 4.05 or higher.  ...and so on.  The one categorical exception to this is that Level 1 Quality 0 (or less) agents will offer missions to any player regardless of standings; this is a new change in EVE Online: Dominion.
+To be offered missions from the agent, either the agent's personal standing towards you, their corporation's standing towards you, or their faction's standing towards you must meet the requirement; any one of the three will suffice.  For example, Eveynel Daerne is a Level 3 agent in Orduin IX - Moon 4 - Transstellar Shipping Storage.  This agent is part of the Transstellar Shipping corporation, which is part of the Gallente Federation faction.  The standings requirement is therefore 3.0, so at least one of the following 3 conditions must be true to get missions from Eveynel Daerne:
-The exception aside, to be offered missions from the agent, either the agent's personal standing towards you, their corporation's standing towards you, or their faction's standing towards you must meet the requirement; any one of the three will suffice.  For example, Eveynel Daerne is a Level 3, Quality -11 agent in Orduin IX - Moon 4 - Transstellar Shipping Storage.  This agent is part of the Transstellar Shipping corporation, which is part of the Gallente Federation faction.  The standings requirement is therefore 3.45, so at least one of the following 3 conditions must be true to get missions from Eveynel Daerne:
+*Eveynel Daerne's personal standing towards you is 3.0 or higher.
+*Transstellar Shipping's standing towards you is 3.0 or higher.
-*Eveynel Daerne's personal standing towards you is 3.45 or higher.
+*The Gallente Federation's standing towards you is 3.0 or higher.
-*Transstellar Shipping's standing towards you is 3.45 or higher.
-*The Gallente Federation's standing towards you is 3.45 or higher.
 The fact that Eveynel Daerne is located in the Orduin solar system, which is the sovereign territory of the Minmatar Republic, is completely irrelevant.  High Minmatar Republic standings will not give you access to missions from Eveynel Daerne.  This concept applies as a rule to all agents of a faction who are located in a different faction's sovereign space.
-Gaining access to slightly-higher level mission can be eased by training two skills: Diplomacy and Connections (and "Connections" is not to be confused with other social skills, mentioned above, of the names "{Something} Connections").  Diplomacy gives you a standings boost with agents, NPC corporations, and factions that dislike you to begin with, and this boost is 4% per level of the Diplomacy skill.  Connections gives you a standings boost with agents, NPC corporations, and factions that like you to begin with, and this boost is 4% per level of the Connections skill.  Between Diplomacy and Connections, only one will apply, but it will give a boost significant enough to ease the process of getting access to Level 2 missions.
+Gaining access to higher level missions can be eased by training two skills: Diplomacy and Connections (and "Connections" is not to be confused with other social skills, mentioned above, of the names "{Something} Connections").  Diplomacy gives you a standings boost with agents, NPC corporations, and factions that dislike you to begin with, and this boost is 4% per level of the Diplomacy skill.  Connections gives you a standings boost with agents, NPC corporations, and factions that like you to begin with, and this boost is 4% per level of the Connections skill.  Between Diplomacy and Connections, only one will apply, but it will give a boost significant enough to ease the process of getting access to Level 2 missions.
 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).