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Lv4s 100-150mil/h+: Breakdown

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Market McSelling Alt
Doomheim
#21 - 2015-11-11 13:05:32 UTC
baltec1 wrote:
Daniela Doran wrote:



What he's saying is that he can make that 100 mill an hour running anoms in null sec using only one Rattlesnake.

It's still good that high-sec does have a income stream. The cons are is that it requires multi-chars and not completely consistent unlike null sec that provides a constant isk faucet running anoms while making 100 mill isk an hour using only one char.


If you blitz highsec level 3 missions using a t2 fitted mach you can hit 80-90 mil an hour and you can do this all day every day without interruptions like you get in null. The best income right now via shooting comes from highsec, the only reason anoms are done is because you can run them afk although afk income will take a large hit when carriers lose their ability to use drones next year.



And in Null you and your alts can run anoms semi-afk making 100mil per hour of direct isk never having to deal with markets, LP conversions, building, hauling and you always know when someone comes into local they are there to kill you, instead of the anonymity of the masses that comes with guessing who the gank alt is in high sec.


So tell me again what they are doing to nerf Rattlesnakes?

CCP Quant: Of all those who logon in Eve, 1.5% do Incursions, 13.8% PVP and 19.2% run Missions while 22.4% mine.

40.7% Join a fleet. The idea that Eve is a PVP game is false, the social fabric is in Missions and Mining.

baltec1
Bat Country
Pandemic Horde
#22 - 2015-11-11 13:13:33 UTC  |  Edited by: baltec1
Market McSelling Alt wrote:



And in Null you and your alts can run anoms semi-afk making 100mil per hour of direct isk never having to deal with markets, LP conversions, building, hauling and you always know when someone comes into local they are there to kill you, instead of the anonymity of the masses that comes with guessing who the gank alt is in high sec.


So tell me again what they are doing to nerf Rattlesnakes?


To hit that income in null requires a ratting carrier or pimp vindicator and no interruption either from enemy ships entering local or competition from blues for the limited anoms. Converting LP takes no time at all, building is automatic and takes all of 5 minutes to set up, hauling also takes very little time once a week or even once a month and selling can be done remotely while you run missions. Chances of being ganked in highsec are next to nill unless you officer fit.
Anize Oramara
WarpTooZero
#23 - 2015-11-11 13:28:13 UTC
baltec1 wrote:
Market McSelling Alt wrote:



And in Null you and your alts can run anoms semi-afk making 100mil per hour of direct isk never having to deal with markets, LP conversions, building, hauling and you always know when someone comes into local they are there to kill you, instead of the anonymity of the masses that comes with guessing who the gank alt is in high sec.


So tell me again what they are doing to nerf Rattlesnakes?


To hit that income in null requires a ratting carrier or pimp vindicator and no interruption. Converting LP takes no time at all, building is automatic and takes all of 5 minutes to set up, hauling also takes very little time once a week or even once a month and selling can be done remotely while you run missions. Chances of being ganked in highsec are next to nill unless you officer fit.

Quite a few errors there. I thought Goons prided themselves on accuracy.

First off, while converting of LP does indeed not take any time it still needs to be shipped to the market. I myself am happy to take a hit to my isk/h and have other people do the hauling but that is something to take into account. Hauling ships regularly get ganked between the various mission hubs, I tend to see multiple wrecks on gates any time I go off to Amarr or Jita, dodged a few attempts myself as well. Remember, in HS you're not protected, you're avenged. In NS you're protected. Big difference Pirate

If you look at the best system to do these kinds of things, Lanngisi for example, it is not in the same region as either of the two biggest trade hubs (Amarr and Jita) so no, you can't do selling remotely either.

Ganking of faction and dedspace fit mission boats is a regular occurrence, as in daily. No really check the killboards. Don't need officer fit ships to become a gank target.

Nullsec income is almost exclusively raw isk while Lv4 ission blitzing is almost no raw isk once you convert the LP/isk into faction modules. This is ok though because of the somewhat more difficult moving of stuff from null to high. It does make it a dangerous proposition to just flat out increase isk rewards in null.

You also haven't addressed the issue that to reach the 200mill+ you're looking at 6-8bill in initial capital while in null you're only looking at a 2bill to 2.5bill ratting carrier for 100mill was it? just add more alts, that's what makes null different and that's ok too.

While I appreciate the fine art of Goon misdirection and misinformation and propaganda, all of the arguments have been covered dozens of times and is not what this thread is about.

A guide (Google Doc) to Hi-Sec blitzing and breaking the 200mill ISK/H barrier v1.2.3

Market McSelling Alt
Doomheim
#24 - 2015-11-11 13:44:08 UTC
baltec1 wrote:
Market McSelling Alt wrote:



And in Null you and your alts can run anoms semi-afk making 100mil per hour of direct isk never having to deal with markets, LP conversions, building, hauling and you always know when someone comes into local they are there to kill you, instead of the anonymity of the masses that comes with guessing who the gank alt is in high sec.


So tell me again what they are doing to nerf Rattlesnakes?


To hit that income in null requires a ratting carrier or pimp vindicator and no interruption either from enemy ships entering local or competition from blues for the limited anoms. Converting LP takes no time at all, building is automatic and takes all of 5 minutes to set up, hauling also takes very little time once a week or even once a month and selling can be done remotely while you run missions. Chances of being ganked in highsec are next to nill unless you officer fit.



With two characters in T2 Rattles you can easily hit 80-100mil isk per hour each in Null running Anoms. That initial investment is well under that to run Burners in efficiency and a fraction of the fit needed to run Incursions well. You will also make as much as both of those activities.

Burners require you to be at the mercy of the LP market and Jita market. It requires a little more critical thinking and effort. Null sec gives direct wallet ticks.

Incursions end every few days and often there is a period where there are none to run. Also if you get unlucky with your contests you end up simply fueling some other guys numbers instead of your own. It also requires you to deal with LP and markets.

So, spin it anyway you want. You have the ability to make easier, less effort isk in relative safety of your intel channels and blue donut pacts with lesser investment and the occasional big score pay day. But you don't want to hear that, so I am talking to a rock.

CCP Quant: Of all those who logon in Eve, 1.5% do Incursions, 13.8% PVP and 19.2% run Missions while 22.4% mine.

40.7% Join a fleet. The idea that Eve is a PVP game is false, the social fabric is in Missions and Mining.

baltec1
Bat Country
Pandemic Horde
#25 - 2015-11-11 18:30:43 UTC
Anize Oramara wrote:

Quite a few errors there. I thought Goons prided themselves on accuracy.

First off, while converting of LP does indeed not take any time it still needs to be shipped to the market. I myself am happy to take a hit to my isk/h and have other people do the hauling but that is something to take into account. Hauling ships regularly get ganked between the various mission hubs, I tend to see multiple wrecks on gates any time I go off to Amarr or Jita, dodged a few attempts myself as well. Remember, in HS you're not protected, you're avenged. In NS you're protected. Big difference Pirate


I use a speed fitted blockade runner, warps like an intercepter and its impossible to catch in highsec if flown correctly.

Anize Oramara wrote:

If you look at the best system to do these kinds of things, Lanngisi for example, it is not in the same region as either of the two biggest trade hubs (Amarr and Jita) so no, you can't do selling remotely either.


Use an alt to sell, either on the same account or alt account. Doesn't even take 5 minutes to update sell orders.
Anize Oramara wrote:

Ganking of faction and dedspace fit mission boats is a regular occurrence, as in daily. No really check the killboards. Don't need officer fit ships to become a gank target.


You dont need those mods, the only bling you ever need are faction damage mods and even those are optional. Bling is simply not needed and t2 mission running ships with a smattering of faction damage mods are simply not going to be a viable target. You are more likely to die by falling asleep running the mission than being ganked.

Anize Oramara wrote:

Nullsec income is almost exclusively raw isk while Lv4 ission blitzing is almost no raw isk once you convert the LP/isk into faction modules. This is ok though because of the somewhat more difficult moving of stuff from null to high. It does make it a dangerous proposition to just flat out increase isk rewards in null.


To get the very best income you have to use the ESS, which rewards you partly in LP and unlike highsec it can be raided/blown up.
Anize Oramara wrote:

You also haven't addressed the issue that to reach the 200mill+ you're looking at 6-8bill in initial capital while in null you're only looking at a 2bill to 2.5bill ratting carrier for 100mill was it? just add more alts, that's what makes null different and that's ok too.

While I appreciate the fine art of Goon misdirection and misinformation and propaganda, all of the arguments have been covered dozens of times and is not what this thread is about.


To get the anoms requires holding sov and deploying infrastructure which are a lot more expensive plus you have to defend it, something highsec doesn't need to worry about. When you start defending your mission running system with 60 billion isk worth of assets then you can start comparing prices.
baltec1
Bat Country
Pandemic Horde
#26 - 2015-11-11 18:43:38 UTC
Market McSelling Alt wrote:

With two characters in T2 Rattles you can easily hit 80-100mil isk per hour each in Null running Anoms. That initial investment is well under that to run Burners in efficiency and a fraction of the fit needed to run Incursions well. You will also make as much as both of those activities.



If you are earning the same then clearly burners and level 4s are the better option because you get concord protection while running them and no interruptions or competition.
Market McSelling Alt wrote:

Burners require you to be at the mercy of the LP market and Jita market. It requires a little more critical thinking and effort. Null sec gives direct wallet ticks.


I have a tool that tells me instantly what to spend my LP on.

Market McSelling Alt wrote:

Incursions end every few days and often there is a period where there are none to run. Also if you get unlucky with your contests you end up simply fueling some other guys numbers instead of your own. It also requires you to deal with LP and markets.


Yet incursion income dwarfs the total mission payouts despite the fact that only a fraction of people run incursions compared to missions.
Market McSelling Alt wrote:

So, spin it anyway you want. You have the ability to make easier, less effort isk in relative safety of your intel channels and blue donut pacts with lesser investment and the occasional big score pay day. But you don't want to hear that, so I am talking to a rock.


When was the last time you fought a trillion isk war against someone else to control your highsec missions?
Anize Oramara
WarpTooZero
#27 - 2015-11-11 18:50:32 UTC
baltec1 wrote:

Use an alt to sell, either on the same account or alt account. Doesn't even take 5 minutes to update sell orders.

If you use the same account then you can't update sell orders and mission at the same time. If you use an alt then your isk/h is halved whereas if you use an alt in null your isk is doubled. You're changing from what you originally said, moving the goalposts.

baltec1 wrote:

You dont need those mods, the only bling you ever need are faction damage mods and even those are optional. Bling is simply not needed and t2 mission running ships with a smattering of faction damage mods are simply not going to be a viable target. You are more likely to die by falling asleep running the mission than being ganked.

I agree completely, you don't need those mods, however that's not the point now is it? Ships that are NOT officer fit are ganked daily in just the system I mission from. There are dozens of other mission hubs and the surrounding systems. You're changing from what you originally said, moving the goalposts.

baltec1 wrote:

To get the very best income you have to use the ESS, which rewards you partly in LP and unlike highsec it can be raided/blown up.

I am well aware of the ESS and exactly how it functions, used it for months when I was in null. The LP is gives is a small amount and your income isn't impacted by much even if you decide to not use it. In fact your income is eventually increased if you use it long enough over what you were making before the ESS iirc. The majority of your income however is still in raw isk.

baltec1 wrote:

To get the anoms requires holding sov and deploying infrastructure which are a lot more expensive plus you have to defend it, something highsec doesn't need to worry about. When you start defending your mission running system with 60 billion isk worth of assets then you can start comparing prices.

You're in an organized alliance with thousands of members with Tax, Moon goo, supers and all kinds of other toys that help support that infrastructure. I get it, null is different to HS, that's what I've been saying. Part of that is that it's easier to ramp up income to well over what is possible in HS. And that's FINE because you need to be able to do that. I'm not advocating a nerf to null so untwist those undies.

A guide (Google Doc) to Hi-Sec blitzing and breaking the 200mill ISK/H barrier v1.2.3

Jenn aSide
Soul Machines
The Initiative.
#28 - 2015-11-11 18:52:12 UTC
Firstly, nice seeing you the other night in Wicked Creek Baltec. I took a potshot at your Mega hoping to be on your kill mail, then you up and didn't die. Next time Baltec, next time...

And second, I thing you know it's no use arguing with these people. Like Malcanis likes to say (which was lifted off some dead guy) “It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it.” . The imbalance is well documented (even recently, with CCP Quant expressing surprise at how few people Incursion why also generating the 3rd largest isk faucet).

I've described it myself time and again, but they don't want to hear it, because it doesn't fit their prejudices (against null sec). So i stopped talking to them about it, and started talking directly to CCP at player events. At the end of the day, randoms on some forum don't have to acknowledge objective reality. It would be nice to see some honesty for a change, but at the end of the day, it's not nessacary.
Anize Oramara
WarpTooZero
#29 - 2015-11-11 18:57:56 UTC
baltec1 wrote:

If you are earning the same then clearly burners and level 4s are the better option because you get concord protection while running them and no interruptions or competition.

Concord is not protection, it's punishment. if someone wants to gank you concord will not stop them. Come on, this is basic Eve stuff.

baltec1 wrote:

Yet incursion income dwarfs the total mission payouts despite the fact that only a fraction of people run incursions compared to missions.

Incursion income is a little messed up but while a small pool of people are profiting hugely from it (probably plenty of nullsec player's alts) the effect on eve as a whole is not bad enough to justify canning it completely. CCP is already working on it from what I've been able to gather. I have my doubts if it'll work since if the replacement to Sansha incursions aren't profitable enough then no one's gonna bother running them.

baltec1 wrote:

When was the last time you fought a trillion isk war against someone else to control your highsec missions?

What, you mean as a solo player? Come on, you're not even comparing two different types of food here never mind apples to apples.

A guide (Google Doc) to Hi-Sec blitzing and breaking the 200mill ISK/H barrier v1.2.3

Anize Oramara
WarpTooZero
#30 - 2015-11-11 19:03:06 UTC  |  Edited by: Anize Oramara
Jenn aSide wrote:
Firstly, nice seeing you the other night in Wicked Creek Baltec. I took a potshot at your Mega hoping to be on your kill mail, then you up and didn't die. Next time Baltec, next time...

And second, I thing you know it's no use arguing with these people. Like Malcanis likes to say (which was lifted off some dead guy) “It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it.” . The imbalance is well documented (even recently, with CCP Quant expressing surprise at how few people Incursion why also generating the 3rd largest isk faucet).

I've described it myself time and again, but they don't want to hear it, because it doesn't fit their prejudices (against null sec). So i stopped talking to them about it, and started talking directly to CCP at player events. At the end of the day, randoms on some forum don't have to acknowledge objective reality. It would be nice to see some honesty for a change, but at the end of the day, it's not nessacary.

That sure is an impressive amount of character attacks on the whole of hi-sec you managed there Jenn Pirate.

A guide (Google Doc) to Hi-Sec blitzing and breaking the 200mill ISK/H barrier v1.2.3

Jenn aSide
Soul Machines
The Initiative.
#31 - 2015-11-11 19:06:26 UTC  |  Edited by: Jenn aSide
Anize Oramara wrote:
Jenn aSide wrote:
Firstly, nice seeing you the other night in Wicked Creek Baltec. I took a potshot at your Mega hoping to be on your kill mail, then you up and didn't die. Next time Baltec, next time...

And second, I thing you know it's no use arguing with these people. Like Malcanis likes to say (which was lifted off some dead guy) “It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it.” . The imbalance is well documented (even recently, with CCP Quant expressing surprise at how few people Incursion why also generating the 3rd largest isk faucet).

I've described it myself time and again, but they don't want to hear it, because it doesn't fit their prejudices (against null sec). So i stopped talking to them about it, and started talking directly to CCP at player events. At the end of the day, randoms on some forum don't have to acknowledge objective reality. It would be nice to see some honesty for a change, but at the end of the day, it's not nessacary.

That sure is an impressive amount of character attacks on the whole of hi-sec you managed there Jenn. Definitely taking notes.


Where exactly did i say anything about the whole of High Sec?

Also, you realize this defensive reaction you just had prove my point right? You and the Alt (among others, again, no one is saying anything about all of high sec) aren't interested in the truth of the matter , a trivial matter regarding a video game to boot. Like I said, it doesn't matter in the grand scheme of things (CCP is starting to recognize the situation we've been telling them about for years).

Just saying that sometimes it's nice when people can at least acknowledge that they understand they are profiting from something that's not quite right.

Nice is not nessacary.
baltec1
Bat Country
Pandemic Horde
#32 - 2015-11-11 19:08:10 UTC
Anize Oramara wrote:

If you use the same account then you can't update sell orders and mission at the same time. If you use an alt then your isk/h is halved whereas if you use an alt in null your isk is doubled. You're changing from what you originally said, moving the goalposts.


It takes 5 minutes to log out your main/alt, log on a market alt, change prices, log out and back onto the main.

Anize Oramara wrote:

I agree completely, you don't need those mods, however that's not the point now is it? Ships that are NOT officer fit are ganked daily in just the system I mission from. There are dozens of other mission hubs and the surrounding systems. You're changing from what you originally said, moving the goalposts.


I said t2 ships dont get gabnked, said again t2 ships dont get ganked and I'll tell you again now, t2 ships wont get ganked. Dont put pointless bling on your ship and it will live forever.

Anize Oramara wrote:

I am well aware of the ESS and exactly how it functions, used it for months when I was in null. The LP is gives is a small amount and your income isn't impacted by much even if you decide to not use it. In fact your income is eventually increased if you use it long enough over what you were making before the ESS iirc. The majority of your income however is still in raw isk.


100 mil in LP is the same as 100 mil in isk. Infact the LP system is far better than being pain in raw isk as it adapts to inflation.

Anize Oramara wrote:

You're in an organized alliance with thousands of members with Tax, Moon goo, supers and all kinds of other toys that help support that infrastructure. I get it, null is different to HS, that's what I've been saying. Part of that is that it's easier to ramp up income to well over what is possible in HS. And that's FINE because you need to be able to do that. I'm not advocating a nerf to null so untwist those undies.


It actually isn't possible to beat highsec for income. Even using a carrier you are earning only a little more from anoms than is possible from level 3 missions in highsec. Nullsec hasn't had the best income for 5 years now.
Anize Oramara
WarpTooZero
#33 - 2015-11-11 19:10:44 UTC  |  Edited by: Anize Oramara
Did you even bother to read what I said regarding incursions?

Also I don't think there's much of anything I Alt agree on, ever. In fact lumping me and him into the same goup is probably the most telling and hilarious thing in your last two posts haha.

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A guide (Google Doc) to Hi-Sec blitzing and breaking the 200mill ISK/H barrier v1.2.3

Anize Oramara
WarpTooZero
#34 - 2015-11-11 19:19:56 UTC  |  Edited by: Anize Oramara
baltec1, you are crafting strawmans left and right and twisting words like a master wordsmith. Masterfully dodging everything I say too. Doesn't matter, the aim is never to convince you, only to put the facts on the table so others can make up their own minds. Once one party starts leaving the facts behind, the argument has lost it's purpose.

Maybe Alt will play with you.

A guide (Google Doc) to Hi-Sec blitzing and breaking the 200mill ISK/H barrier v1.2.3

Jenn aSide
Soul Machines
The Initiative.
#35 - 2015-11-11 19:22:13 UTC  |  Edited by: Jenn aSide
Anize Oramara wrote:
Did you even bother to read what I said regarding incursions?


Incursions are no longer the most broken things in high sec. You've personally documented the thing that is, it's in your sig.

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Also I don't think there's much of anything I Alt agree on, ever. In fact lumping me and him into the same goup is probably the most telling and hilarious thing in your last two posts haha.


You are agreeing right now. Further, You agree with him every time you take a page from his play book and gloss over the costs and context of pve in null vs what you do in high sec.

ie you mention the costs in time and isk for skill training and acquiring ships needed to blitz missions for 200 mil isk per hour (side note, he only disagrees on the isk/hr thing because he doesn't want people to think you can actually make isk in high sec), while not acknowledging the ongoing and continual cost to null sec players in terms of either isk or real life money to maintain multiple alts to just barely reach the same isk.hr you do with one character... That's pure Market McSelling Alt thinking if ever there was such a thing..

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These people


And where did I say "those people"? Lying is also a Market McSelling Alt thing that you just did...
Anize Oramara
WarpTooZero
#36 - 2015-11-11 19:29:50 UTC  |  Edited by: Anize Oramara
Jenn aSide wrote:
Incursions are no longer the most broken things in high sec. You've personally documented the thing that is, it's in your sig.

There is a hardcap to what I do, I've said that multiple times. Doing it with more than one character is asking for very, very expensive lossmails. Incursions and nullsec ratting (and even wormholes) is consistently multiboxed with a far higher isk cap. I mean I multiboxed them fine, all three.

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You are agreeing right now. Further, You agree with him every time you take a page from his play book and gloss over the costs and context of pve in null vs what you do in high sec. ie you mention the costs in time and isk for skill training and acquiring ships needed to blitz missions for 200 mil isk per hour (side note, he only disagrees on the isk/hr thing because he doesn't want people to think you can actually make isk in high sec), while not acknowledging the ongoing and continual cost to null sec players in terms of either isk or real life money to maintain multiple alts to just barely reach the same isk.hr you do with one character... That's pure Market McSelling Alt thinking if ever there was such a thing..

I already addressed the nullsec ongoing costs and the fact that you as part of a giant alliance have multiple income streams to cover them.


Jenn aSide wrote:

Quote:
These people


And where did I say "those people". Lying is also a Market McSelling Alt thing that you just did...

Jenn aSide wrote:

And second, I thing you know it's no use arguing with these people. Like Malcanis likes to say (which was lifted off some dead guy) “It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it.” . The imbalance is well documented (even recently, with CCP Quant expressing surprise at how few people Incursion why also generating the 3rd largest isk faucet).

Straight

A guide (Google Doc) to Hi-Sec blitzing and breaking the 200mill ISK/H barrier v1.2.3

baltec1
Bat Country
Pandemic Horde
#37 - 2015-11-11 19:31:21 UTC
Anize Oramara wrote:
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Concord is not protection, it's punishment. if someone wants to gank you concord will not stop them. Come on, this is basic Eve stuff.


They protect in the same way nukes do.

Anize Oramara wrote:

What, you mean as a solo player? Come on, you're not even comparing two different types of food here never mind apples to apples.


Feel free to lump in as many highsec bears as you wish, Simple fact hre is this so called risk free null income comes on the back of not only hundreds of billions of isk worth of infrastructure but also spending trillions in ship replacements. Highsec set up and running costs are nothing in comparison.
baltec1
Bat Country
Pandemic Horde
#38 - 2015-11-11 19:32:35 UTC
Jenn aSide wrote:
Firstly, nice seeing you the other night in Wicked Creek Baltec. I took a potshot at your Mega hoping to be on your kill mail, then you up and didn't die. Next time Baltec, next time...



Got it out in 20% shields but died 7 jumps out to a random gangSad
Jenn aSide
Soul Machines
The Initiative.
#39 - 2015-11-11 19:50:48 UTC
Anize Oramara wrote:



There is a hardcap to what I do, I've said that multiple times. Doing it with more than one character is asking for very, very expensive lossmails. Incursions and nullsec ratting (and even wormholes) is consistently multiboxed with a far higher isk cap. I mean I multiboxed


There is a 'hard cap' to what you do maybe. There is no 'hard cap' (or a lot lower one) to other ways to maximize high sec pve isk making. I know, I was the guy running incursions while running FoF missile ravens and drakes for missions and high sec anomalies.

The POINT being that what you do, in high sec, with one character with guaranteed CONCORD intervention is someone looks at you wrong, is extremely broken. It's simply, mechanically impossible to make what you make with one character in a sub cap in sov null or wormhole space. It is theoretically possible to do it (and better) in low sec and npc null till you consider the lack of CONCORD response.

A more honest way to go would be to acknowledge how bad this is for the game (even bad for high sec itself, because many of those people abusing high sec and thus depressing the LP markets are null alts, same as in FW). But you can't do that.

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I already addressed the nullsec ongoing costs and the fact that you as part of a giant alliance have multiple income streams to cover them.


What alliance gives you isk for plex for multiple isk making alts? When you can name one, I'll go there.

Also, these <= Those.
Arthur Aihaken
CODE.d
#40 - 2015-11-11 20:36:03 UTC  |  Edited by: Arthur Aihaken
Anize Oramara wrote:
There is a hardcap to what I do, I've said that multiple times. Doing it with more than one character is asking for very, very expensive lossmails. Incursions and nullsec ratting (and even wormholes) is consistently multiboxed with a far higher isk cap. I mean I multiboxed them fine, all three.

And I think I've established the upper limit of what you can achieve running non-Burner missions with up to 3 characters: It's about 150m ISK/hour with storyline missions and the occasional lucky Zor implant drop; 100m ISK/hour on the lower side with crappy mission draws and when Bob frowns upon you. With a single character you will be hard-pressed to break 50m ISK/hour with a combination of shooting/looting NPCs unless again, Bob smiles and you get a lucky Zor implant drop. And the 50m ISK/hour would be running something like a Golem (so not exactly a small hit on the wallet or skills).

In order to routinely break that 200m ISK/hour ceiling you need to really get lucky with Burner mission draws or spend a lot of time accepting regular missions repairing your standings (even with V social skills). And there are more than a few Burner missions where if you screw up just once, you're effectively hooped (and get a ringside seat to watching your 100m+ ISK ship explode in flames). And then there are the Burner missions you draw that are just useless (Guristas base being a prime example).

And let's not forget that the 200m+ ISK/hour more or less relegates you to SOE agents and systems, making you a prime ganking target regardless of fit (I've seen masses of Catalysts taking out T2-fit battleships just for sh*ts and giggles to pad their killboard). With upwards of 100 mission runners in any system at any given time, it's a gank smorgasbord.

I can't speak to low-sec, null-sec or wormhole income - but I would assume risk vs. reward comes into play. Ditto for high-sec Incursions, as I imagine a high rate of return entails running a rather blingy ship.

I am currently away, traveling through time and will be returning last week.