EVE New Citizens Q&A

That depends on what you, as a player, are good at.

As a beginning character, a lot of the isk faucets arent open to you (for example, you dont have the skills, the ship or the standings to do level 4 missions).

Have a look at trade - moving things like armour plates, and meta 4 target painters from regions they drop to regions they dont. www.eve-central.com is your friend there.

Oh yeah. Salvaging. Skill up probing skills, and look for abandoned wrecks. Polite people ask the person running the mission if they can salvage, and if not leave. Others are called 'ninja salvagers', and become well aware of the rules regarding aggression and killrights (as salvaging mission ships you have killrights on can be very very profitable).

Fastest way to make 500mil as a new character?

You could buy a plex and sell it on the market however a more lucrative and fun way might be to take advantage of the "I am new here" thing, find a good corp that is willing to support you until you get enough SP to grind yourself.

Steal it.

Yes, but he is new.
That's something he'll be able to do in 1-2 months maybe, but for now, missions, as needed as they are to gain the standind for later level 4 ones, won't be the solution to his problem.
In fact without any skill nor experience, there is no instantaneous way to generate a lot of isk. The only solution for you is to buy plex with real money and sell it in game. But then if indeed you need the isk to buy plex... eh...

The fastest way is to hand all of your money over to one of the guys quitting eve in Jita. They are all highly reputable and will double your money!

Some good advice here, although I wouldn't go pushing your luck by looting in front of a Caldari Navy Raven. All it takes is some hot shot to chance it with a few pot shots at you and even though he has a PVE fit ship, it will make mince meat out of a T1 frig or dessie.

Controlling your cap is a pain with an MWD on as Salvagers do like to chew through it. By all means try some fits to see what suits your style.

As a side note about combat probing, the power grid (or CPU) requirements for a combat probe launcher are quite high so if you want to use a dessie (or a frig i assume) you'll need to return to station anyway to de-activate your probe launcher and online your salvagers.

As usual, J'Poll has the right idea. I know a guy who's currently trying to make enough ISK to PLEX a trial account. We were going to hold a mining op for him Tuesday, but our corp got wardecced and we couldn't hold it. Now, instead of having fun PvPing and seeing a Death Star POS, he's so preoccupied with his ISK-making that he's miserable.

As a new player, it will be extremely difficult for you to be able to make enough ISK to PLEX in a single month. The only thing that I can think of that would probably let you do it would be getting a handle on the market and trading ... but I've been playing EVE for a year and still can't really do it that efficiently. Mining and missioning in your first month won't provide enough income unless you do it for a ridiculous amount of time or get other people to help you.

The problem is, as a PVE character, in the beginning you will need all the ISK you make for new ships, modules, implants, etc. This is pretty much the same for every profession in the game. In the first month you could theoretically make 500mil but in spending it, you are crippling your character's ability to advance.

The easiest and most viable way to pull it off would be station trading. If you want to actually enjoy eve I suggest forgetting about buying a plex for now. If you're really determined to do this, and have fun in the process, try ninja salvaging. It's probably the most money a 1st day toon can make. Its crazy, all you need is some cheap ass ships and moral latitude. Just do it right. Use a fast frigate like the Vigil and be a ninja. Probe with a probing ship; switch ships.

Reinvest that isk into a trader toon on the same account (they require minimal skills) and station trade and ninja salvage at the same time. That's how I'd do it anyways. You simply don't have the skill points to be able to make any real ISK off missions--not for the first month anyways. You certainly don't have the capabilities of ganking, exploration COULD work if you got really really lucky. Production takes time as well.

Ninja salvage is a guaranteed 5-7 mil an hour which is huge for a new player. Combine that with simultaneous passive station trading and you could be making real ISK.

EDIT: But to be clear... what you're missing out on is trial and error, experimenting with new ships, buying tons of modules and playing around with fittings. By doing this you're basically forgoing GROWTH and PROGRESSION. You probably won't enjoy it.

The missioner can warp out leaving the full aggro to the ninja, so there is a small amount of risk. Not too bad if you're attentive though! Granted, I've fallen victim to the rats in my ninja salvaging days.

Up to an hour if you buy a PLEX and sell it for ISK :D