I'm interested to know what the general item drops are for people running level 2-4 missions. I know they drop after afterburners, certain weapons, etc. but I would like to know SPECIFICALLY what items are dropped the most. I'm sure it varies per pirate faction so a breakdown based on that would be incredibly useful to me as well.
As a secondary question, does anyone know what systems are considered to be mission hubs ie: high number of level 2, 3 and 4 agents short distances from one another?
Paul
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From what I've seen, there isn't too much rhyme nor reason to what NPC rats drop. Generally, they drop modules and ammo they would use on their ships, but not always (I've seen Guristas drop laser crystals, Blood Raiders drop ECM, etc.). Generally:
Blood Raiders:
Guristas:
Angels:
Serpentis
Sansha:
Mercs will drop just about anything, as their fleets are diverse. Drone ships only have drone alloys in their wrecks. EoM will mostly drop missile/hybrid equipment and armor mods.
Everybody drops drones and other general-use modules.
I don't have a whole lot of experience fighting Empire rats, but I believe they are similar to what would be found on the respective ships.
peedu
Most ISK efficient guys doing lev4 missions just ignore the loot and the salvage and just kill everything for the bounties and LP awards. But speed becomes an issue here so no point ignoring that extra ISK if you're doing the missions in a Drake :-)
This answer is simply wrong, in not only my own opinion, but by general consensus (http://skilltrainingcomplete.com/questions/40/should-i-salvage). The blanket statement that “most” isk efficient guys ignore loot and salvage is unfounded and unsupportable. There’s a reason why the Noctis is one of the hottest selling ships.
