how long does it take to be able to do level 3 and 4 missions like what does it take to be able to do them?

if i join a corp can i use there agents to run them?

someone told me it took them a year of solid mission grinding to be able to do level 4s and that is extreamly discouraging and i just dont believe it because ALOT of people do level 4s :/ so hows it all work?

It doesn't take long to get to 5 standings with a corporation to do level 4's.
Level 4's take an hour + to do though.

U need to have effective standing to agent's corporation of 5.00+ or 6.00+ OR your corporation must have effective standing to that corp higher than that tier. Corp's standing calculated as average of all members.
So you need to boost your standing by completing missions but the most effective way to boost it - by completing LEVEL4 missions. So its better to ask your friends to share a fleet with you so you should get 50% of their standing boost and that should be much faster than earning standing with 3 lvl missions.
Good luck.

i dont have friends and im not in a corp atm foreveralone right now

Just find a corp, better from your country and apply. its not so hard Or find a friend in chat cause you can recieve 50% standings sitting on station being in a fleet.

This post was edited by Harmeliot on Mar 29 2012 03:42pm

nah you can do lvl 4 within 1.5months of eve. you need the right ship and the standings, that's all

how many hours a day would you say thats dedicated to missions

if u havent trained connections yet, that will help you big time in ur standings.

ive been playing for 3 months and am doing 3's easily in a drake

i maked missions on dominix after 3 months, only by drones, being afk.
But corp helped me a lot, especially when i was salvaging for first 3 months )

Train for a tengu then chain missions imo dominix is too slow