EVE General Discussion

I would not play EvE, if there was no industry...
It's (for me) the most interesting part of the game.
Mining = cleanen up the belts
Hauling = all time looking for bad guys & if needed running like Jerry the mouse...
Producing stuff & selling on market... buying what i do not produce by my self and producing T2 stuff...
Ships, guns, ammo, moduls ... everything PVPers needs (or PVEers after being killed)
The perfect life of an "peacefull" warmonger

you miss the IS-7 ?

4th thread, and counting.

I mine while at work, as it's VERY afk-able, (check on it once every 15-25 minutes) and pays more than the second most afk-able activity, lvl 4 transport missions. Even with the highest mining yield that is attainable in highsec, it's still ****-poor income. (12-15m an hour) But that is still 80-100m more isk per day than I'd have otherwise.

As for anyone "actively" mining, they are either new and don't know of a better income source, are multiboxing 5-10 accounts to mine, (which is stupid, since you'd make more isk buying and selling plex instantly with your sub money for all those accounts instead.) Or they genuinely just enjoy it as an activity.

Mining may be required to keep the economy going, but it's just about the worst profession in the game due to how BORING and LOW PAY it is. But if people enjoy it, then good for them, let em enjoy it.

Join a corp they will help you out. Missions make more isk for the solo player. Also CCP gave us some gifts, sell those.

Mining can be fun as a social thing. Like most pilots I started out that way, but soon moved onto more exciting stuff as I made more friends and got invited into riskier scenarios. Eve can be pretty intense if you let it, and even in my later years I'd keep a few mining characters. Is a nice change for an evening after months of pvp and I'd always use it to meet and socialize with other miners or newbies who'd otherwise prolly not trust my mains.

I guess some people might find the math of mining, refining and trade/manufacture a turn on too. All power to them I guess!


Oh gosh no. In wormhole space I'd actually go for hold unless you have friends because chances are if you get jumped you're screwed. 9 times out of 10 you won't fend off what's coming so just be vigilant and gtfo if you can. Those 0.0 ores can be worth a lot so grab as much as you can while the goings good.

Hi sec is where you're gonna be caught off guard while relaxed. I'd go for defence. The ore isn't as lucrative anyway and if you're that bad off financially then a barge loss is gonna be a big hit. So tank up in highsex.

Lowsec kinda falls between these two extremes, imo.

Good heavens that there are corps such as CODE. that actively do something regarding this boring Eve activity. They ensure that people have the most fun in eve BY ALL MEANS NECESSARY if they are currently in the process of operating any type of boring logistic/mining operation.

Yeah, sitting in a belt in high sec is the entry level experience for mining. If it's something you enjoy (I don't, but to each his own) then you can take it further and explore the content. At the moment that mostly boils down to increasing your exposure to PvP. But that also includes other game mechanics to explore.


Try gas mining.
You need to probe down a wormhole, probe down the site, spam D-Scan hoping no one notices you, GTFO the moment either another player or rats show up. Profit.

Try ninja mining.
Get a Blops bridge into dangerous space, snatch the good ore, haul buckets back to market. Profit.

Try fleet mining.
Someone needs to fly a hauler. Someone needs to train for boosting. Someone needs perfect reprocessing or market skills. You don't have to do them all in a group, specialize and make yourself invaluable.

Very little of the PvE in this game is really challenging or exciting. CCP has been developing better AI, and they deserve credit for that effort. But you really can't expect much from hovering in front of a rock shooting it with a fancy flashlight, can you?
If you want more action, there is usually around 30,000 other players online at any given time to shoot in the face. Many will shoot back.

Yep. I'm playing an alt right now to relearn the game. I bought a cheap probing frigate with a cloak, and one trip to a wormhole to a single, mostly failed, hacking site with basic gear paid for the ship, the gear, and the book (nettted 8 million+). The 3.5 million isk for the book is cheap really.

So, mining is useful after all. It works better than Nyquil or melatonin, and no physical side effects!