EVE General Discussion

Hauling is a big part of EVE, yet there are no certificates for it and it is not recognized as a bonfide career choice in EVE.
No hauling specific skills either.

Hauling is more than just moving cargo. There is alot of prep involved especially when moving through low/null.

Haulers need more representaion in EVE.

tbh I'd just be happy for lvl 4/5 missions that get you to carry freighter loads across empire. why do they stop at stuff that needs a basic indy when a combat mission scales in difficulty until you need a hundred million ISK ship with T2 fittings.

Really? My primary career is as a hauler. I fly contracts, hauling crap for people from one end of New Eden to the other. I enjoy that, because I can sit down with a glass of wine, a book and warp to 0 all the time. It satisfies me. Thus far, I've found a number of skills that make me more effective.

Apart from the various Spaceship Command based skills, such as the Industrial ones and the Freighter ones there are the Tech II Industrial skills required. You know, the kind of skills you need if you want to do Blockade Running or others.

Then, you can combine that with a modest amount of production and Planetary Interaction to help in manufacturing because hey, we know flying empty is lost income, right? And then, there are Courier missions. Fairly simple and an easy way to build up standing for the Industrialist. But then your Social skills come into play as well.

Just broaden your horizons. Hauling, as a career, is great.

Hauling services counts as carreers imo

/c

Do you guys really need a certificate after this?

EVE's very own Statue of Chribberty has spoken, that's all the certification any reasonable person could want.

You could spend one minute checking their skills visually. Do hauling corps have so many people clamoring to get in that you need that extra 30-45 seconds of time savings?

All right, let's say CCP implements hauling certificates. What should they be called, and what skills would they include? Surely those of you who feel a strong need for hauling certificates have some idea. I'm not talking about general descriptions of things that might be in certificates, I'm talking about:

[Certificate Name]
Skill name
Skill name
Skill name
Skill name

Chances are, once you actually sit down to do this instead of complaining that you're unrecognized by the certification system, you'll find that these certificates are either very short lists (and so not useful) or simply redundant with already-existing certificates.

If you have to look at certificates to validate someone's skills, you need to not be a recruiter.

Obviously moving shat from one steaming pile to another while drinking **** is worthy of a piece of paper.

**** no, it does not. It's something you do because you enjoy it; not because you have a piece of paper saying you can do it.

Hauling is only something you do around other stuff. It is not an end in itself, or a career.

It is only necessary to move stuff: Ore when you mine, commodities from your PI, loot from your mission running, your sh!t when you relocate to another station.