EVE New Citizens Q&A

Ahh, I see. So, theoretically a couple of friends could make slightly more ISK by collaborating in running/looting/salvaging a mission, but they have to sell the loot and salvage themselves. You provide the service of getting salvagers to missions, and take a small gratuity fee out of the resulting ISK for your efforts.

Hm. That makes a lot of sense. How do you plan to ensure salvagers are actually doing their jobs completely and not just "for show" to get paid? Alternatively, how do you make sure the bookmarks are legit and not just warp traps that get the newbies to lose a Noctis to a couple of destroyers?

It is a bait-recruitment thread (seriously, 1bil/week...), an informative thread about profitability of salvaging L4s would point new players into seeking common systems with L4 mission-runners and advertise their service in local, opening the possibility of "meeting" other players and perhaps finding a first corp even. An informative thread would be in the form of a tutorial, explaining what can be done out of the salvage, the value of reprocessing meta 0 mods, the rigs industry and so on.

Besides, I think a new player would benefit more in the long run, from fleeting with an experienced mission runner, teaching them the ropes and providing advices on target priority management, ship fitting and fleet boosting, then letting them salvage the mission, than just going after wreck fields advertised in a channel.

ISK is one thing, but worthless without experience, and investing 100mil in a hull+fitting that does nothing but salvage, when that could have been invested in a few frigates, cruisers and fitting, allowing a broader range of activities... seems like a waste for a new player.

Displaying Eve as "how much isk per hour can I make", feels wrong to me. Surely new players need to find funds, and with the various nerfs inferno brings, it will be worse, but there's more to it than just grinding ISK. Even if they can skill up while grinding ISK in their noctis, they don't learn anything, especially not the important part of the game: blowing other ships.

Thanks for your opinion, but if you're going to offer it, you might want to actually read the entire thread, and inform yourself a bit before passing judgement.

As you pointed out, the experience of working with a mission runner is nice. That opportunity also exists within a salvaging corp, in fact, you will have daily chat and contact with multiple serious mission runners. In fact, most salvagers who work for Pro Synergy also end up running missions and using their salvage service. A salvager who is daily in chat with friendly missioners is going to learn plenty, and most mission runners who contract with Pro Synergy have no problem giving salvagers advice, and even inviting them along on missions to observe and gain standing.

Once again, thanks for your assumptions, but they're simply that, and they're wrong.

Please don't advertise in this section of the forums.

Just because you say "this isn't a recruitment thread/sale's pitch" doesn't change the obvious fact that this is a recruitment thread/sale's pitch. Also saying "well that's just your opinion, broh, and you're like, wrong and stuff" also does not change the fact that this is indeed a recruitment thread/sale's pitch.

90 mil for a Noctis? Wow... The prices sure have risen a lot. When I bought mine right after it came out, I got it for only 50mil. And now they go for 90 mil?

I do say so, and that's a fact.

If you say so, broh

While this isn't BAD advice as such, it's also not really very... good advice. Salvaging will make you money, sure, but it won't give you a feel for game mechanics that other rookie activities like low-level mission running will do.

If you're going to find someone who will let you follow them into missions, then why not have them advise you on whipping up a decent destroyer, or even a frigate, and pick off the small/medium ships to save them time? They get an actual contribution to the mission's success, you get some practice, and your share of the bounties will give you as much or more isk than salvaging anyhow. You can always train a noctis and come in afterward to salvage, still.

It's also worth noting that someone willing to have you follow them around in missions is also most likely someone willing to spot you a few million and some advice to grab a decent low-level mission ship of your own and go off solo.