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Good ISK income for the noobie
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Vladimier Vorku
Doomheim
#1 - 2012-08-15 16:43:51 UTC
im only a month in and ISK is hard to come by now you vets might be like what!?!?! but yea. i know how to scam people thru contracts using mutiple items selling the package for way more then its worth but thats time consuming and there are smart people out there. dont have enough isk to get an ospery. missions pay low i mean every once in awhile ill get one worth 100-200k isk
Courior contracts ask for a rediculous amout of Colletral just to do it and the rewards are terrible.

Any helpful suggestions?
Hiro Ceffoe
State War Academy
Caldari State
#2 - 2012-08-15 16:49:54 UTC  |  Edited by: Hiro Ceffoe
Mine, Refine, Trade, Rat, Bounty, Mission? Salvage, Manufacture, Join Corporation? Planetary interaction, Piracy, Beg, Plead, Plex.

I'm only about a week old and I'm doing... ok, maybe go back to the drawing board?

I find mining to be ok as income if you combine it with missioning to ease some of the boredom.

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Added more suggestions
O'Sheagada
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
#3 - 2012-08-15 16:50:58 UTC  |  Edited by: O'Sheagada
Mining can be OK nowadays(at the barge level).
Try to grind to higher level of missions and train some of the Social skills to facilitate that.

You can hit the easy button and purchase a PLEX and sell it on the market. I used one PLEX to kickstart my higher level of EVE gameplay. I simply did not have the time or the drive to grind/carebear to fund my PvP habit. I dont regret it.

You can learn some trading skills and do the whole buy low sell high thing.

I will refer you to the Eve Univeristy Wiki page. http://wiki.eveuniversity.org/Main_Page It is not just for the corp, as you dig through it, it has a plethora of information
MIrple
Black Sheep Down
Tactical Narcotics Team
#4 - 2012-08-15 16:52:03 UTC
Salvage the missions you run. If you are new maybe an Osprey isn't for you yet stick to frigs until you have some isk saved up.
Velicitia
XS Tech
#5 - 2012-08-15 16:52:38 UTC
what do you like to do?

Answer that, and we'll be able to give you better suggestions...

One of the bitter points of a good bittervet is the realisation that all those SP don't really do much, and that the newbie is having much more fun with what little he has. - Tippia
Cadfael Maelgwyn
Doomheim
#6 - 2012-08-15 16:52:40 UTC
When first starting out, money comes slowly.

Be patient, it comes much faster in the future.
Sarik Olecar
Royal Amarr Institute
Amarr Empire
#7 - 2012-08-15 16:53:07 UTC  |  Edited by: Sarik Olecar
I'd recommend station trading. It starts slow but your income should increase very rapidly with your capital.
You could also try prowling around the Hisec static beacons, land marks and belts looking for faction spawns. When I was a few weeks old I found a Dread Guristas spawn at the Abandon Caldari Outpost in Urlen and snagged a DG Invulnerability Field that sold for ~400mil.

edit: Also ninja salvaging sites is a great way to make money if you don't mind being called mean things by the mission bears.

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Shalua Rui
Rui Freelance Mining
#8 - 2012-08-15 16:55:08 UTC  |  Edited by: Shalua Rui
Carebear... because not buying PLEX... ok, whatever.

Yea, on topic: Do the intro missions/storyline missions that are presented to you... good income and good to get ships/skills easily. Then mine/mission... maybe find some other new players and join up with them... or a small corp...

Ahm, yea, and I'd stay away from scamming, you can seriously damage your rep with stuff like that... Roll

"ginger forum goddess, space gypsy and stone nibbler extraordinaire!" Shalua Rui - CEO and founder of Rui Freelance Mining (RFLM)
Vladimier Vorku
Doomheim
#9 - 2012-08-15 16:59:14 UTC
hmmm..ok anyway i can look at good trade routes. i have over 3mill worth of stuff i can sell the hard part is well how high do i price these things
Ensign X
#10 - 2012-08-15 17:01:35 UTC
Exploration, exploration, exploration.

Train your chosen race's frigate level to at least 4, train the appropriate scanning skills (Rangefinding to 4, Pinpointing to 4, Acquisition to 3 or 4), train any other supports you may need (Drones/Salvaging/Hacking/Archaeology). Within 1 week you will be more than capable of running Highsec Radar and Magnetometric sites which can net upwards of 50mil ISK PER site (moreso for Radar than Mag sites).

Not only will you become fabulously space-rich, you'll hone your always crucial scanning/probing skills and you'll be well on your way toward one of the most lucrative and certainly the most entertaining and adventurous careers in EVE. Next stop, wormholes!
Shalua Rui
Rui Freelance Mining
#11 - 2012-08-15 17:03:35 UTC
Vladimier Vorku wrote:
hmmm..ok anyway i can look at good trade routes. i have over 3mill worth of stuff i can sell the hard part is well how high do i price these things



Working the market is one of the hardest things to pull off... even if PvP cracks may think otherwise Blink... you have to have the relevant marketing skills AND have to monitor the prices for quite some time to find profitable routes...

"ginger forum goddess, space gypsy and stone nibbler extraordinaire!" Shalua Rui - CEO and founder of Rui Freelance Mining (RFLM)
Vladimier Vorku
Doomheim
#12 - 2012-08-15 17:04:12 UTC
Ensign X wrote:
Exploration, exploration, exploration.

Train your chosen race's frigate level to at least 4, train the appropriate scanning skills (Rangefinding to 4, Pinpointing to 4, Acquisition to 3 or 4), train any other supports you may need (Drones/Salvaging/Hacking/Archaeology). Within 1 week you will be more than capable of running Highsec Radar and Magnetometric sites which can net upwards of 50mil ISK PER site (moreso for Radar than Mag sites).

Not only will you become fabulously space-rich, you'll hone your always crucial scanning/probing skills and you'll be well on your way toward one of the most lucrative and certainly the most entertaining and adventurous careers in EVE. Next stop, wormholes!




uh no thanks. ill stick to combat. im just looking for something on the side to make decent amous of isk to fund stuff
Herping yourDerp
Tribal Liberation Force
Minmatar Republic
#13 - 2012-08-15 17:07:36 UTC
train for a drake, grind level 3s. level 3 missions in a drake it is almost impossible to die. and pilot error is much more forgiving then level 4s.
Akita T
Caldari Navy Volunteer Task Force
#14 - 2012-08-15 17:12:40 UTC  |  Edited by: Akita T
Missions, missions, boring missions, even more boring missions, then day-trade alongside even more boring missions, then more missions again alongside more trading, then more boring stuff that keeps bringing you ISK.
Then go die in a blaze of glory consuming most of your ISK in a very fun and non-boring way.
Just don't forget to keep a decent chunk of it so you have to do less of the boring bootstrapping stuff next time by jumping in mid-boringness-chain instead at the very start.

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Velarra
#15 - 2012-08-15 17:29:19 UTC
Hiro Ceffoe wrote:
I find mining to be ok as income if you combine it with missioning to ease some of the boredom.


What do you find boring about it and what sorts of things would make the Eve PVE experience more enjoyable for you, as a new player? If you could change one thing about eve's PVE for new players, what would it be?
Nicolo da'Vicenza
Viziam
Amarr Empire
#16 - 2012-08-15 17:33:17 UTC
pretend to be a girl in real life
if the corp you're in requires teamspeak this may require the cooperation of your girlfriend or, more likely, your mom
Mina Sebiestar
Minmatar Inner Space Conglomerate
#17 - 2012-08-15 17:33:52 UTC
Dont be a silly like rest of us and spend some 50 bucks on 2-3 years old char and some battleship have some fun and take it easy...you will save a lot of time and money going that route.

You choke behind a smile a fake behind the fear

Because >>I is too hard
sYnc Vir
Wolfsbrigade
Ghost Legion.
#18 - 2012-08-15 17:35:13 UTC
FW, a smart player can earn 2B a day. without every firing a gun. You will however have to wait until cash out day too scoop your rewards.

Don't ask about Italics, just tilt your head.
Cadfael Maelgwyn
Doomheim
#19 - 2012-08-15 17:37:33 UTC
sYnc Vir wrote:
FW, a smart player can earn 2B a day. without every firing a gun. You will however have to wait until cash out day too scoop your rewards.

The market will become saturated eventually, and prices will crash faster than the stock market in 1929.
XxRTEKxX
2 Days to Mine
The Worst Alliance
#20 - 2012-08-15 17:43:47 UTC
Ask your corp mates if you can tag along on their lvl 4 missions. They should coach you on what to fly, skill and fit. They might even share mission rewards with you. You'll get more standings and isk. As well as get a good boost towards doing them on your own when you are ready.
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