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Is there any benefit to doing missions for different divisions within an NPC corp?

I understand that it is good to do most/all your missions with a particular NPC corp if you're wanting to build faction with that corp in order to get higher level & quality missions.

Is there any benefit to doing missions with the various divisions within a corp, or is it better to do all the missions in one division (say Advisory)?

Do you gain standing with each division equally? I'm asking because I do a lot of Advisory missions, and it always seems my advisory agents are the highest quality.

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冬の雺 [ Editor ]

The most immediate benefit I see to working for different divisions of a same corp is that you get access to higher quality/level agents, either sooner or closer to your current base of operations, or again that you get more chance to refuse missions.

Let me explain: I'm Gallente and need to build up my standings towards a Caldari corp. I operate in a pocket of a Gallente region where this corp has at least 4 stations within 2 jumps of each other at max, counting 6 lvl2 agents spanning 3 divisions. As soon as my standing allows, I switch to the "next highest quality" agent in the area. On the other hand, I refuse to deteriorate my faction standings towards the Federation. So, when current agent asks me to go blow some fed navy ships, I politely refuse and wind back to the previous agent. This way I don't have to stop asking missions for 4h (..).

That's just one reason to refuse missions, there are certainly others ;-)

It's off topic, but I'd like to complete DarinaS answer: you get a storyline mission after running any 16 missions for a corp, from any mix of divisions or agents that you like, provided those 16 missions are given by same level agents.

Another more-than-good reason to work for different divisions occurs when you start working with R&D agents, as they significantly differ from the other divisions' agents. Again, it may be off topic, so I wont linger here. Check the EVElopedia on that matter if interested.

Regarding your "it always seems my advisory agents are the highest quality" remark, it may be due to the fact that some npc corp only assumes a part of its objectives in some area.

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aragaer
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Actually it’s any 16 missions, these could even be from different corps as long as those are in the same faction. The level of storyline mission is always the same as the level of the mission which triggered the storyline. So you could run 15 level 1 couriers and 1 level 4 combat and then get a level 4 storyline.

serker
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Acually no, you need to run 16 missions of the same level. Other points is right though.

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ecaf ersa [ Editor ]

The only difference between the different divisions is the proportion of the different types of mission that you will be offered, ie. kill, courier, mining or manufacturing/obtaining.

Standing is gained with the corp as a whole so it makes no difference which divisions you work for.

Also note the various Connections skills in the Social category, eg. Military Connections, which grant a boost to LP gain for different divisions.

The EVE Wiki has a section which lists the percentage chance of each type of mission for any given division.

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darinas [ Moderator ]

You do missions with an NPC corp to gain personal standings with that corp. Every 16 missions, you get a "story line" mission which (when completed) gives you faction standing with the offering corp's faction and significant personal standing increase with that NPC corp. I think there might be a relationship between which NPC corp division you do the 16th mission for and the type of story line mission you get, but I have not tested this theory.

As mentioned by Ecaf, the division you choose is just down to personal taste in terms of the types of missions you get, but also for roleplay purposes if that is your thing. (Military intelligence was my division at the start, mainly because I liked the idea of being a sneaky spy sort-of-guy. :) )

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