EVE General Discussion

who cares what the maekret will do at some point in the future when we are talking about a skill investment of maybe 3 days...

for now grabbing a Merlin or Incursus and capturing Major plexes is probably by far the best income a completely new player can hope to earn in this game.

Arent plexes and stuff in low and null? my corp atm is engaged in FW

it's FW and as such takes place in low-sec.

the way it works is that you fit a Merlin like this:

[Merlin, Merlin]
'Stoic' Core Equalizer I
'Stoic' Core Equalizer I
'Stoic' Core Equalizer I

Small Shield Booster II
1MN Afterburner II
Kinetic Deflection Amplifier II
Thermic Dissipation Amplifier II

Prototype Cloaking Device I

Small Capacitor Control Circuit I
Small Capacitor Control Circuit I

(fitting doesn't have to be all T2 to work and you can leave out the cloaking device if you want to)

... and then look for Major complexes of the opposing faction in systems that are vulnerable.

Enter the complex and orbit the structure at its center for 15 minutes at < 20km - with your Afterburner active you should barely take any hits and you don't have to kill anything, you just have to stay alive.
If a hostile player arrives, just warp out and wait for him to go away before continuing.

Once the countdown reaches zero, you'll get some LP which you are going to cash out once your faction reaches tier4 or 5.

It's mind numbingly boring but it's probably the best income you can get at this point other than scamming/theft,

For a highsec newbie straight off the bat: Train probing/salvaging skills and ninja salvage in a L4 missioning hotspot. You'll make around 5-10m an hour, which isn't bad. You also get to hear the delicious cries of the people you're "robbing".

For a highsec newbie who's a month or two into the game: Be either in a drake or be close to hopping into one. Train the T2 heavy missiles and do L3 missions as previously mentioned. After this join a 0.0 corp that farms kinetic rats someplace and do anomalies, (specifically forsaken hubs) or do belts if you don't have the T2 heavy missiles. Train a tengu and then do forsaken hubs faster.

For a goon newbie in his first rifter (slasher now) and in his first fleet: Do nothing. Act like a newbie and be showered in isk by older players. Then do the previous two instructions while having infinitely more fun since you're in fleets/gangs almost every day. (Where you can loot delicious faction loot off your enemies! )

I'll admit I have no idea about mining/industry in general as a profession. Or any other professionfor that matter. Do what works for you.

Darn wuzzies nowadays

When i started out, i mined in a frig.. i then mined enough money to buy me a Scythe cruiser, which i had a crazy bastadized fit on because i didnt have any skills (only weapon i could fit was a rocket launcher with like 5k range, some belt rats stayed outside of that so i had to chase them around...lol).

As i had a tiny cargohold and there was no station in system, i bought a few giant secure cans that i anchored around the belts, which i would regularly empty with my Hoarder.

This i did for 3 weeks...refined with my uber crappy skills, and earned around 100 mill (which to me was an unbelivable fortune at the time). Took me many months to get into an actual barge because of the metric ton of skills needed for it.


ahhh, the "good old days"....lol :)

This is not a profession, just advice. A penny saved is a penny earned. Save as much as you can. Be thrifty. When you do buy expensive stuff, insure it to the max if possible, and be very careful about where you fly it. Get the most out of each purchase and buy items that will last. You don't need to be a cheapskate, just weigh your purchases carefully.

Exploration is the best way to earn isk on the side. Because while u learn skils for pvp u strengthen the ships for exploration also. U just need to train 1-2 weeks more some explorations/salvaging/hacking/analyzing skills.

Beside that u can do also static anomalies. If u get hang on it u can earn some pretty eaz isk.

1. Fly into a level 1 static DED. Be sure you are alone.
2. Aggro EVERYTHING and boost your shields if needed.
3. Wait untill a lot of rats are within 3000m of your ship.
4. Engage smartbombs and watch everything blow up.
5. Repeat untill all rats are dead. Salvage time!

There really isno good ISK or the irst few months as a newbie unless you have a great sponsor that will teach you how to speedtank FactionWarefare minmitar frigates.

Even in highsec, PI brings in some isk. For the time investment, its a decent way to bring in extra money.