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What are you doing to make your ISK?
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Kara Vix
Perkone
Caldari State
#41 - 2013-06-18 04:37:23 UTC
Solutio Letum wrote:
I am a station sitter 69% of the time, pvp 29% of the time, and do FW 1% of the time.... then i take 1% of my time to start doing a mission and realize its to boring then spot half way through.


If you are spotting you should see a doctor, could be change of life....
Hrothgar Nilsson
#42 - 2013-06-18 04:45:20 UTC  |  Edited by: Hrothgar Nilsson
I made a few billion months back selling empty WHs that I found as a byproduct of scanning for routes from null-sec to high from the space of my former alliance.

I've also made several billion on the markets. This last week I've earned 2.5bil, tabbing into the game for a minute every 5-30 minutes to update orders, while I was doing other stuff.

I've... seen things you people wouldn't believe...

Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion...
Lidam
Imperial Shipment
Amarr Empire
#43 - 2013-06-18 05:46:32 UTC
Hub trading for me, with some station trading and speculation on the side.

I check my offers once every 5-30 minutes, and I usually make one round trip to all of the major hubs a day, sometimes two if I have a lot of time on my hands. I also made a fairly decent amount (~200 mill) off the recent rise in Burned Logic Circuits. My income isn't that much relatively speaking, but still pretty good for a noob like me with no skills. I managed to make enough isk during the trial to buy my PLEX with 300 mill left in cash and assets to continue trading, and now 4 days later I'm sitting on 145 mill in liquid isk, ~590 mill (conservative estimate) in buy/sell offers and 100 mill I lent to a friend so he could get his business set up.
Stetson Eagle
Paird Technology
#44 - 2013-06-18 05:55:13 UTC
1) cut the losses
2) keep the profits running
Kult Altol
The Safe Space
#45 - 2013-06-18 06:22:11 UTC
Missioners miner

Isk/hr 1

[u]Can't wait untill when Eve online is Freemium.[/u] WiS only 10$, SP booster for one month 15$, DPS Boost 2$, EHP Boost 2$ Real money trading hub! Cosmeitic ship skins 15$ --> If you don't [u]pay **[/u]for a product, you ARE the [u]**product[/u].

Jake Warbird
Republic Military School
Minmatar Republic
#46 - 2013-06-18 06:35:01 UTC
For each like I get, Google pays me 1$.

Sugar Von MurdererTits : Jake Warbird gets my vote for most intriguing and attractive male character in Eve.
Baren
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#47 - 2013-06-18 15:27:44 UTC
So alot of you have had alot of usefull things to say, some more than others.
Thanks for everyone taking the time to post

Id really like to get an indepth list of what are the really good ``honest`` isk makers in the game:

Exploration post odessy what is that standard tick for the standard player

are incursions still as good as they used to be

is 0.0 ratting still the for sure way to make 100mil/hr

Lets keep em comming guys
Hrothgar Nilsson
#48 - 2013-06-18 15:36:08 UTC  |  Edited by: Hrothgar Nilsson
I think you're going to find people purposely vague - spilling the beans about exactly what it is you do to make money and how much you're making is a great way to get 50 more people doing the same exact thing you are.

I've... seen things you people wouldn't believe...

Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion...
Ekhss Nihilo
The Night Watchmen
Goonswarm Federation
#49 - 2013-06-18 15:39:53 UTC
Edah Puss wrote:
Tiven loves Tansien wrote:
Erotica 1 wrote:

As long as you have a mining permit and follow the Code, mining ice can still be profitable. Remember to only mine what you need.


Some golden tips right there.



Fly straight and don't get too greedy my friend. Of course respect the Code.



Since this thread is going to be read by quite a few newbies, I thought it wise to point out some of the not so obvious (to new players) scams out there.

This "Code" business, and "Mining Permits" are good examples of EvE meta-gaming scams. The gist of it is that you are supposed to mine with a permit in highsec or the ebil piwates will gank your mining ship, or that there is some Code of Conduct with regards to mining ( LOL, sorry but that makes me laugh every damn time ).

These are just player made-up ideas to trick newbies into paying isk to the scammers.

The simple counter to these highsec scams is to find a different, and quieter, area of highsec to mine from where you wont be harassed by griefers .

Highsec is a big place(s), theres plenty of belts for all, so it is not difficult to find a nice area to mine.

Mine in small fleets. It's easier to deal with npcs and griefers that way. Solo mining is much higher on the risk scale.

"The object in life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane." -- Marcus Aurelius (AD 121-180)
Riot Girl
You'll Cowards Don't Even Smoke Crack
#50 - 2013-06-18 15:40:26 UTC
I got 5 billion isk from Eveportraits a week or two ago. Other than that, I just do some nullsec bearing or take tags in lowsec or something. I tend to just fly around a lot, exploring the universe and looking for opportunities.

Oh god.
Sexy Cakes
Have A Seat
#51 - 2013-06-18 15:44:00 UTC
The same things I've always done to make my isk...

#1 being not explaining to lazy people in detail how I make my isk.

Not today spaghetti.
IHaveCandyGetInTheVan69
Crouching Woman Hidden Cucumber
#52 - 2013-06-18 15:45:22 UTC  |  Edited by: IHaveCandyGetInTheVan69
Building caps.

Every 2 weeks:

Create 7 buy orders for minerals
Start build jobs for 3.5k 425mm railguns
Jump JC full of 425mm railguns to lowsec
Reprocess railguns
Start build jobs for components
Start build jobs for hulls
Create a few sell orders for hulls

Probably about 1 hour and around 200 clicks every couple of weeks. Pros: very little work, Cons: requires about 60bn invested
flakeys
Doomheim
#53 - 2013-06-18 15:50:24 UTC
Baren wrote:


I like to have fun playing even so mining for 8 hours a day just isnt for me. I love PvP so if I can make isk shooting stuff i`m all for it.
I ratt sanctums in 0.0 space in my thanny I can make around 100mil/hour on a good day.
Allows me to shoot stuff in my carrier. also allows me to jump back to HQ if some defence fleet is needed.

0.0 Carrier ratting
Steps are as follows:
-I just jump into a good system.
-scan
- warp to the first sanctum or forsaken hub I find
- let isk poor in, just make sure im align to warp out at the first sign or trouble.
Some times you`ll get a officer spawn. nice faction mods inside too


Hope we can get a good list going Here. Help the noobs out and eachother.



The problem is you and with you most eve players look at isk/hour from an active stance.This is the only reason why a decent trader will allways outdo your isk/hour in a 23/7 timeframe.

We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid.
Baren
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#54 - 2013-06-18 16:30:29 UTC
flakeys wrote:
Baren wrote:


I like to have fun playing even so mining for 8 hours a day just isnt for me. I love PvP so if I can make isk shooting stuff i`m all for it.
I ratt sanctums in 0.0 space in my thanny I can make around 100mil/hour on a good day.
Allows me to shoot stuff in my carrier. also allows me to jump back to HQ if some defence fleet is needed.

0.0 Carrier ratting
Steps are as follows:
-I just jump into a good system.
-scan
- warp to the first sanctum or forsaken hub I find
- let isk poor in, just make sure im align to warp out at the first sign or trouble.
Some times you`ll get a officer spawn. nice faction mods inside too


Hope we can get a good list going Here. Help the noobs out and eachother.



The problem is you and with you most eve players look at isk/hour from an active stance.This is the only reason why a decent trader will allways outdo your isk/hour in a 23/7 timeframe.



Very true me being a PvPer Im not really doing things in the market tading or PI where isk is made when im logged off.
Im assure make trading requires a good amount oh knownledge of the markets and hubs, supply and demand and keeping up to date.... For me it seems like alot of work when all my effort goes into bettering myself in PvP, tactics, and politics

Trading does show alot of promise tho.. its just the fun factor of trading can`t compare with that of one where you shoot stuff or explore but thats all personal preference i guess
Daimon Kaiera
Science and Trade Institute
Caldari State
#55 - 2013-06-18 16:46:21 UTC
It's a dirty job, but someone has to do it.



Oh please god kill me.

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Masuka Taredi
Imperial Academy
Amarr Empire
#56 - 2013-06-18 16:47:34 UTC
Missions and PI.
Cannibal Kane
Viziam
Amarr Empire
#57 - 2013-06-18 17:03:44 UTC
I get mine from two sources.

Choking people until they give me isk and ships.

And donations from people that like what I do.

"Kane is the End Boss of Highsec." -Psychotic Monk
BinaryData
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#58 - 2013-06-18 17:06:30 UTC
I used to do industry in wormholes, and sell in Jita, but with the new change, **** that.




CCP, F*CK YOU.
Katrina Oniseki
Oniseki-Raata Internal Watch
Ishuk-Raata Enforcement Directive
#59 - 2013-06-18 17:44:55 UTC  |  Edited by: Katrina Oniseki
Adunh Slavy wrote:
Flipping burgers at McDonalds and buying plex. Works out to about 500 mil ISK an hour.


How the hell do you make 20 15 dollars an hour flipping burgers at McDonalds?

Katrina Oniseki
Zimmy Zeta
Perkone
Caldari State
#60 - 2013-06-18 17:54:47 UTC  |  Edited by: Zimmy Zeta
Two alts are into PI, sell the stuff and buy Moongoo for it. Zimmy then uses the moongoo to build t2 weapons and ammo that the alts then sell on the markets.
I think the concept works pretty fine, but since I am lazy, I have optimized the whole system towards minimum effort.
I could earn much more if I invested more time into this little network, but since frigs and cruisers are cheap I don't need much money anyway.

I'd like to apologize for the poor quality of the post above and sincerely hope you didn't waste your time reading it. Yes, I do feel bad about it.