Talk:Experience and Rank/@comment-24287246-20150411181100/@comment-25238518-20150412045711

Non-boss nodes give virtually nothing compared to boss nodes; you need to run 3-2-A a little more than 15 times to get as much ranking as a boss run yields.

As stated above, obtaining ranking rewards isn't practical without 5-4 farming, which is also great for leveling ships, farming new ones, and it is a lot easier than its surrounding sorties.