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Good profession for casual single account player?
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Lupus Aurorae Corvus
Doomheim
#1 - 2012-12-04 21:31:23 UTC
What profession is the best for player that wants to use just one character?

That's is the question.

I don't have much of play time. I have played this game for seven years. Sold all my characters and rolled just one new one.

Old friends are gone and I have real life stuff to worry about now.

Not a chance for getting tied up to pc game.

Missioning is awful, but surely soloable.

Exploration? Switching between scanning ship and dmg ship? All in one exploration ship?

Salvaging? Looting wrecks for rest of eve life? Shocked

Right now I can't use voice comms, no head set and usually when I have the time to play, wife is alread sleeping so yabbin in voice comms in the middle of night would lead into early destruction of my laptop. Lol Of course I can listen comms, no problems with that.

I like to keep one account up, just to see where this game evolves.

In PVP you lose ISK. So you should be able to make it too. With low gaming hours it's not easy to cover up 300 million ISK loss.

Tips?
Sentient Blade
Crisis Atmosphere
Coalition of the Unfortunate
#2 - 2012-12-04 21:32:34 UTC
Playing the market would be a choice, if you can find yourself some initial capital.
Lupus Aurorae Corvus
Doomheim
#3 - 2012-12-04 21:34:53 UTC
Sentient Blade wrote:
Playing the market would be a choice, if you can find yourself some initial capital.

I did put all my ISK into playtime. Plex price is high...

So really fresh start for this character.
Pyre leFay
Doomheim
#4 - 2012-12-04 21:35:37 UTC
Griefing. Its instant gratification for low initial isk investment.
Just need a probe launcher and a salvager. Or just train up a frig and flip cans trying to get white knights to attack you.
Quick game experience for those with little time.
Aziesta
Binal Extensions
Xagenic Freymvork
#5 - 2012-12-04 21:38:06 UTC
Science&Industry is good mostly-passive ISK. You can train up one character to do that, then us another to mission/pvp with, or whatever else you enjoy doing. Do some research, and you should be able to make enough on the industry character to supply a plex + spending funds every month.
Dave Stark
#6 - 2012-12-04 21:44:54 UTC
Pyre leFay wrote:
Griefing. Its instant gratification for low initial isk investment.
Just need a probe launcher and a salvager. Or just train up a frig and flip cans trying to get white knights to attack you.
Quick game experience for those with little time.


flipping cans, haha. who jetcan mines any more?
Hast Semah
Doomheim
#7 - 2012-12-04 21:45:20 UTC
You could do exploration in a Strategic Cruiser. All in one package. A bit expensive to get into ISK wise, not so much SP wise.
Frying Doom
#8 - 2012-12-04 21:49:54 UTC
Given the bounties flying around atm

Try Bounty Hunting

Any spelling, grammatical and punctuation errors are because frankly, I don't care!!
Pyre leFay
Doomheim
#9 - 2012-12-04 21:54:18 UTC
Dave stark wrote:

flipping cans, haha. who jetcan mines any more?

Plenty who now think suspect flags will keep people from taking their cans.
KrakizBad
Section 8.
#10 - 2012-12-04 21:54:21 UTC
Scammer.
Lupus Aurorae Corvus
Doomheim
#11 - 2012-12-04 21:54:24 UTC
Aziesta wrote:
Science&Industry is good mostly-passive ISK. You can train up one character to do that, then us another to mission/pvp with, or whatever else you enjoy doing. Do some research, and you should be able to make enough on the industry character to supply a plex + spending funds every month.

My account is paid for quite long time.... No need isk for that Lol
HollyShocker 2inthestink
HOW to PEG SAFETY
#12 - 2012-12-04 21:57:28 UTC  |  Edited by: E-2C Hawkeye
If you played for 7 years you should have some idea what you would like to do with limited time.
Lupus Aurorae Corvus
Doomheim
#13 - 2012-12-04 23:22:58 UTC
HollyShocker 2inthestink wrote:
If you played for 7 years you should have some idea what you would like to do with limited time.

Too bored.
Herzog Wolfhammer
Sigma Special Tactics Group
#14 - 2012-12-04 23:24:15 UTC
In before the ganksters tell the OP that his career is to die in their gate camps.

Bring back DEEEEP Space!
Wacktopia
Fleet-Up.com
Keep It Simple Software Group
#15 - 2012-12-04 23:31:03 UTC
Hast Semah wrote:
You could do exploration in a Strategic Cruiser. All in one package. A bit expensive to get into ISK wise, not so much SP wise.


This is a good suggestion and kinda interesting in a challenging way.

It also has a decent learning curve...

T1 > Hi sec exploration (eg in a Myrmidon)
T2 > Low sec (eg in a cloaky Ishtar or perhaps a Pilgrim)
T3 > Wormholes/Null sec

Kitchen sink? Seriousy, get your ship together -  Fleet-Up.com
Unsuccessful At Everything
The Troll Bridge
#16 - 2012-12-04 23:32:14 UTC
Lupus Aurorae Corvus wrote:
What profession is the best for player that wants to use just one character?



Bumping.

Since the cessation of their usefulness is imminent, may I appropriate your belongings?
Johan Civire
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#17 - 2012-12-04 23:33:58 UTC
If i get bored pvp/pve iam mining for isk and i like it Lol but thats my case many people are more in ship spinning btw.
Mackie Rebogio
Native Freshfood
Minmatar Republic
#18 - 2012-12-04 23:34:34 UTC
im gonna say exploration, probably the most interesting. you may have to start off with a two ship setup and then go to a single ship setup(like t3 or recon or something).