EVE New Citizens Q&A

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You could have replied to the other thread, you didn't have to make a new thread for thanking people answering in your other thread. It doesn't really make sense either, as they might not even see this thread

Ok, I REALLY hate when people do this, but in your case it is justified.

Stay out of lowsec (.4 and below) space (there I did it, I told a newbie to stay out of lowsec, now I hate myself...). As a solo miner you WILL die eventually, and most likely before you even get to a belt and start mining, as you have so recently learned. Even a miner with a ton of skillpoints dedicated to mining and an awesome mining ship would have likely died to the guys that got you. If you wish to mine better ores, I believe there are mining anomalies that appear in high security space which spawn higher tier ores than are commonly found in the belts.

That being said, one imprtant thing to look at is if those shiny ores are actually 'better'... Last time I was paying attention to the world of mining, scordite and veldspar were actually more profitable in ISK-per-hour than the 'high end' lowsec/nullsec ores. Throw in the inevitable ship losses, and the logistics of getting your ore out of lowsec space to a place where you can sell it, and the profitability of mining those lower grade ores climbs even higher.

Yeah, whenever I'm about to click send, I do a Ctrl-A, Ctrl-C first.
It has become such a habit that I now even do that in email clients. (I spend too much time here...)

As for your question. Low-sec minerals aren't really that much better. The best low-sec mineral is about 30% more lucrative (by volume) than high-sec materials. Better than nothing? Sure. But it's not gonna make you rich. I'm pretty sure that the additional gain is not worth the risk, but then, it's much more exciting than high-sec mining and you might find that more fun.

In any case, if you venture into low-sec, be aware that the most dangerous gates are those that border into high-sec. If you really want to mine there, you should go deeper into low-sec and only rarely make the trip back to high-sec. Ideally you'd not do the dangerous trip back to high-sec with your ore yourself. Either sell it right there or contract it to someone else to move.

Oh and whenever you venture into low-sec, empty your cargo hold first. There was no need to lose those skill books.

And finally, mining is steady, but low income, only do it if you like it, don't do it to make ISK.