Datacore farming: Difference between revisions

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Only level 4 agents produce datacores in useful quantities. Because the good Gallente R&D agents are scattered between three corporations, they are not an optimal choice, unless you have already started grinding missions there, or are otherwise committed to their faction.

Each R&D agent requires a certain level of standing with ~~them,~~ their corporation~~, or~~ their faction, before they are willing to talk to you. Therefore, you must usually execute missions for that corporation to earn higher standings.

Each R&D agent requires a certain level of standing with their corporation and their faction, before they are willing to talk to you. That is, even if you have faction standings high enough to use a normal level 4 agent, it won't do you any good with the R&D agents. Earning high faction standings is generally faster than getting high corporate standings, so you will want to run the tutorial agents, turn in tags, and do all the other stuff mentioned in my previous two articles. Once you've gone as far as you care to, with faction standings, you should check to see what level Carthum agents you can access. Ideally, it should be level 3, though perhaps 2 is more likely if you are stingy with turning in tags. Therefore, you must usually execute missions for that corporation to earn higher standings.

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 Only level 4 agents produce datacores in useful quantities. Because the good Gallente R&D agents are scattered between three corporations, they are not an optimal choice, unless you have already started grinding missions there, or are otherwise committed to their faction.
-Each R&D agent requires a certain level of standing with them, their corporation, or their faction, before they are willing to talk to you.  Therefore, you must usually execute missions for that corporation to earn higher standings.
+Each R&D agent requires a certain level of standing with their corporation and their faction, before they are willing to talk to you.  That is, even if you have faction standings high enough to use a normal level 4 agent, it won't do you any good with the R&D agents.  Earning high faction standings is generally faster than getting high corporate standings, so you will want to run the tutorial agents, turn in tags, and do all the other stuff mentioned in my previous two articles. Once you've gone as far as you care to, with faction standings, you should check to see what level Carthum agents you can access. Ideally, it should be level 3, though perhaps 2 is more likely if you are stingy with turning in tags.  Therefore, you must usually execute missions for that corporation to earn higher standings.
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