Bonus ISK from Missions

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Higher Skills on left char, Higher Standings on left char, same systems, same missions but the bonus isk is lower for left char.
Its Caldari Epic Arc Mission.
What is the math behind this?

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Security Connections skill.

EDIT: Nevermind, I was looking at it wrong. Maybe standing with that particular agent?

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higher on left char but lower bonus isk

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9.9 for left char and 8.8 for other

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@DeMichael_Crimson Wanna help me out here?

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If anyone knows, he will. I don’t particularly pay attention to mission payouts or time bonus because that’s not why I do them.

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Thank you, thank you, i do mission a lot, its not much difference but its strange. It would be better to extract those skills if math is different.

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Mission distance is a factor as well.

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I had forgot about that. For example, the same distribution mission will pay differently depending on whether it sends you 4 jumps out or 8 jumps out.

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They both in same system, at same time

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Same locations

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I don’t know if the reward balancer EVE Search - On the mission reward balancer is still a thing, but I imagine a mission that’s run rarely in the grand scheme of things, such as an epic arc, could be observably affected by it.

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Thanks for that link. Didn’t know that was a thing.

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Yes, it’s measured in total AU to the
mission destination - not total system jumps.

I’ve had the same mission with the same agent to the same system with two characters that had identical (maxed) skills and standings, and the payout was different. The only slight variation was that one mission was marginally farther than the other (and that one paid slightly higher).

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Are both screenshots from the same time?

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Thats what happens when you live in an Ivory Tower! :rolling_on_the_floor_laughing: :wink:

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yes, same moment, i havent started the mission yet

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Yes, left character is 9.1 AU from gate, right character is 10.1 AU far away.
So we can say 1 AU=100k ISK difference.
But then what happened to the skill difference?

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@Imiarr_Timshae has had that happen several times, even with the same char same agent, same mission. Different payouts. No rhyme or reason why

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Just ran a quick test. Same character. same missions, same system, same skills (Negotiation V), same agent, no faction standings, roughly ten hours apart.

Mother Lode, Mining

  • Effective Standing: 9.1, Reward: 798.000 ISK, 4.675 LP, Bonus: 1.100.000 ISK (3 hrs 18 mins)
  • Effective Standing: 9.2, Reward: 1.020.000 ISK, 4.675 LP, Bonus: 808.000 ISK (3 hrs 18mins)

Gas Injections, Mining

  • Effective Standing: 9.1, Reward: 830.000 ISK, 4.721 LP, Bonus: 1.120.000 ISK (3 hrs 20 mins)
  • Effective Standing: 9.3, Reward: 832.000 ISK, 4.721 LP, Bonus: 802.000 ISK (3 hrs 20 mins)

Geodite and Gemology, Mining

  • Effective Standing: 9.2, Reward: 909.000 ISK, 4.622 LP, Bonus: 937.000 ISK (3 hrs 16 mins)
  • Effective Standing: 9.4, Reward: 1.090.000 ISK, 4.622 LP, Bonus: 846.000 ISK (3 hrs 16 mins)

So yes, there seems to be some dynamic scaling still in place that causes ISK rewards to fluctuate based on whatever. Just trust that Negotiation works and you’d have gotten less with lower skills, what else can you do.

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