Research agent
Research Agents
You always wonder what about all the research agents in EVE can do? Well it's simple. The so call R&D agent(s) can be a very useful path to gain fortunes in a world milling by conflicts and wars. How it works? Here come the story:
At one moment in playing this game you must had the desire about getting that latest Tech2 BPO and by that printing your own ISK. Well, by working with the R&D agent(s) you can achieve this goal. So, first thing you need to do is to train the right skills.
Skills you must have:
Science - Level 5 Laboratory Operations - Level 5 Research - Level 5 Research Project Management (RPM) - Level 4 or 5 depending on your dedication, and how many agents you want to work simultaneously.
In order to do all the things above you must spend time and money. Supposing you start the game now you will need about 3 months of training to get all the skills above to the right level. If you started the game for a while you will need less time of training depending on your career dedication (your starting attributes), implants you use, etc. Also the financial part is very important, especially because you will need about 40 million ISK in your personal wallet or your corporation wallet to buy these skills.
Now you see this isn't easy but this is only the beginning, so if you're already scared of these conditions you must choose another path to gain fortunes!
Now you have reach this level and train all the skills above. The next step is to choose one field of research, each field being represented by a special science skill:
- Race specific Starship Engineering
- Astronautic Engineering
- Electromagnetic Physics
- Electronic Engineering
- Graviton Physics
- High Energy Physics
- Hydromagnetic Physics
- Laser Physics
- Mechanical Engineering
- Molecular Engineering
- Nanite Engineering
- Nuclear Physics
- Plasma Physics
- Quantum Physics
- Rocket Science
As you can see there are many fields of research, so you have many opportunities to gain one Tech2 BPO from one of the R&D agent(s) you work for. If you have enough time to train skills and money to buy skills, the best thing is to train as much of the skills above you can because it give you the opportunity to research up to 6 BPOs at one time, increasing as well the chance of retrieving Tech2 BPOs from R&D agent(s). Remind that the level trained for each of these skills will give you the correct level of R&D agent(s) that will agree to work with you, so train these skills to the highest level possible.
Now you have complete all these requirements and you're ready to go. Not so fast! You must find R&D agent(s) who wants working with you. Where you can found all those agents? Every race possess it's own research corporations, which are the following:
The Amarr Race:
- Carthum Conglomerate
- Viziam
- Khanid Innovations
The Caldari Race:
- Ishukone Corporation
- Kaalakiota Corporation
- Lai Dai Corporation
The Gallente Race:
- Creodron
- Duvolle Laboratories
- Roden Shipyards
The Minmatar Race:
- Boundless Creation
- Core Complexion
- Thukker Mix
Now depending on your standing towards these corporations you can access a R&D agent(s) of a certain level and quality. Your goal is gain access to the highest level and quality R&D agent(s) you can. In order to do that you must run some missions for these corporation to increase your standings with them. to make it more fast it's preferable to have some good social skills (Social, Connections and Diplomacy), so train those to the highest level possible. Also is good to know that Research Corporation have very few agents who provide combat missions (you already know that combat missions brings more standings points than the others), so finding them will not be an easy task. But always remember to run missions for the highest level and quality agent(s) you can, so don’t spend time with level 2 agent(s) when you can increase your standing faster with level 3 agent(s).
Now that you find a suitable R&D agent(s) you can start working for him/them. Working with these agents will generate RP points depending on the field of research you choose and the level of your agent. It's very important to know that basically the RP points are generated on a daily basis, so each day your total RP points will increase by a set amount. Maximizing this amount is the key to accumulating lots and lots of RPs, which gives you a better chance for the big prize! Certain fields have a multiplier that will increase the RP points for that field. For example the Starship Engineering is a research fields a multiplier of 3x for all RP points generated.
When you get ready to select a field, the best way is to look at the description in the info box for the research agent that you are interested in working with. This will have all the information regarding the different fields that agent can research as well as a handy list of the possible BPOs in each field. Note that there is a large amount of cross over, and that you can get the same BPO from different fields. You may also see certain fields which say “Nothing easilypredictable”. This basically means that CCP isn’t giving out any BPOs in this field at this time. That doesn’t mean that there will not be BPOs released in this field in the future though, so not a bad idea to go ahead and research these fields.
Now back to the RP points you must know that basically the RP points that you will accumulate are based on only three factors: effective quality of the agent, your science skill level, and the agent level.
RP/day = Field multiplier*((1+(EQ of agent/100))*((My skill+Agent Lvl)^2))
Note: you can run missions for each R&D agent only once per day.
Eventually, if you are very lucky, one day you’ll wake up and see an eve-mail in your box from one of your R&D agents. It’ll look like this:
2009.01.12 09:20 Our research has been fruitful. If you're interested, I believe we could have a patentable ............. T2 isk printing BPO. Contact me as soon as possible if you're interested.
BRAVO! That's mean you achieve your goal and now all you have to do is to get to your agent in less than 7 days to claim your prize.