Missions

Missions: Money, gear, survivability uncertain

Missions are the main way to:

• learn about the game
• get gear
• get experience
• get black bullion and marks of the pantheon
• get challenges done
• learn about the lore
• foreshadowing of what's to come

These are the main types of missions:

• Main - These  Blue missions  are NOT repeatable (Save for the ones in Kaidan). If you want to do them again, you have to make a whole new character. 
• These are not meant to be done all at once, if you do, you're eventually going to run into a brick wall (read very hard or devastating level missions). 
• They're designed to be done gradually after doing other missions in the area.
• Action - These  Red missions  mean you can go around and be an action hero. Kill everything in sight, or at least what it says.
• Sabotage - These  Yellow missions  rarely require you to kill anything, most of the time it involves puzzles, timing, and avoiding death or being seen. There's achievements for many of the sabotage missions and you even get a cool balaclava (the "spy mask" not a dessert, although it would be awesome if it was both) if you do all of the achievements.
• Investigation - These  Green missions  may have you using the internet to /google translate/cheat and use a walkthrough to find help or get clues. Sometimes they involve killing, sometimes not. They all require a bit of brain power and note taking, though.
• Side - These  Teal missions  aren't necessary to complete the zone, but gives a nice ap/sp/xp boost along the way while you're doing other quests.
• PVP - Missions you only receive in the PVP areas, such as Fusang. They do not show up in your normal quest log when you're outside that area. Massive ap/sp/xp/black bullion/marks of the pantheon boosts.
• Dungeon/Raid - These are  Purple missions  that you receive to complete the dungeon for the first time, or upon subsequent returns. Generally repeated for an ap/sp/xp/black bullion/marks of the pantheon boost.
• Scenario - These are Gold missions  that you receive to complete scenarios once you start it up in Venice.Generally repeated for an ap/sp/xp/black bullion/marks of the pantheon boost.

 
These are the main difficulties of the missions:

Very Easy - You'll one shot things
Easy - You'll have no trouble
Intermediate - You should be able to do this without trouble. This quest is at your QL level
Hard - You may have some trouble
Very hard - Expect trouble/death
Devastating - You WILL die