EVE New Citizens Q&A

spoils.

So, reading many posts and researching topics on this forum indicated to me that in order to reap large rewards in this game one needs to take large risks.

It was with some trepidation that I pressed that button "yes I want to jump into lowsec" But I did it, heart pounding, blood sounding loud in my ears. My hauler appeared on the other side of the gate with a hold full of command centres. I actually felt a little faint when I saw my controls indicated that there were no pilots within shooting range. I, with shaking hands, aligned to my trusty ship to safe spot I had scouted out earlier in the day. What was only seconds felt like time was dilating but eventually the reassuring roar of my warp engine kicked me in the ass and hurled me through space. I arrive at my safe spot and was able to cloak my ship. "phew, first gate done!" I was now able to scan the next gate for anyone that might take a fancy to my new ship. 448.000 ISK and the command centres were at risk, but the lure of those two planets I had scanned in a 0.2 system kept me focussed. I was gonna make millions if only I could get to them and start my colony.
The scan of the gate was good, all clear. Coming out of warp on top on top of the gate started my pulse racing again. The gate activated and I held my breath. "YES! This is actually going to work." All clear only one person showing on the local comms. channel in the system and my hasty, hand shaking, database searching showed him to be of good standing with concord. I quickly warped to my safe spot so I could deploy my command centres.
The deployment could not have gone better. I was now the proud owner of two planetary stations and was extracting raw materials. I planed on making different P2 materials as my research showed that that was the sweet spot for profit with my current skill.
Four days have passed and I now have 2000m3 of P2 materials to get out of low sec to sell them. I found a spike in the price on both items I made. But there is a problem, I have to get it to the station. "To the brave go the spoils" This would be simply a reverse of how I got it set up.
After an hour of nervous energy I have the mats safely in the station that I need to sell at. I made 12 million ISK gross profit. Damn those export taxes! But I am deliriously happy. I took the advice I got from seasoned veterans and it paid off. I had tried this planetary stuff in high security space and only made a quarter of what I have now made in the same time in 0.2.
Maybe next time I will not be so lucky, but I am going to have a lot of fun finding out.


Take a chance fellow newbies, it is exhilarating

Great read love seeing the newer folks find a motivation to explore lowsec. Keep it up!

Be more careful with those bio checks. Some pirates are religious about keeping a good sec status so that noobs don't see the danger before its too late. Do a quick kill board search of tje pilots' names to find out what their prefered hunting grounds are. If you are in a system where they've logged a lot of kills itmight be smart to keep an astute eye on the d scan

I already admitted I played eve years ago for a few months. But certainly not a veteran. I would offer to give you my API thingy but then you would know my main and put a bounty on me like you promised to so, that wont happen.
So I will take your backhanded compliment.

I dont trust any API. It only shows one account, if you have multiple it wont show. Anybody who justifies that an API check is a solid proof of something is a ******.

And the compliment is genuine, I really like the post and it is true and I like the attitude about jumping into low-sec as a new-ish player.

And I hope you succeeded too. EVE needs more people daring to go into the less hostile places and don't be affraid cause some scrub in their NPC Noob corp said that Low and Null equals instant death. It's not true and your story is actually a nice way of real experience over some hear-say information that has been circling the corp for ages.

Maybe for the next step, you might want to look into some NPC null-sec or Providence. Null is even better then low-sec with the benefit of not having to deal with sec. status hits when you do shoot someone and of course it pays out even better.

That is not my playstyle. I have no intention of shooting at anyone. Only run away and hide. I have no desire to flex my internets. I will be shot at, I have no doubt about that, and if I cannot escape then I will die. Simples :-)

Good work! An industrial ship costs a bit over a million and you just made 12 with it. Don't get discouraged if you lose one. Welcome to the real Eve. Hope you enjoy your stay.


I wouldn't mine in low sec. I think you should, so I can loot you, but I wouldn't do it if I was you. IMO you're better off finding a 0.0 corp if you want to mine. Null sec has better ore, isn't full of pirates and has various other safety advantages like intel channels. You'll probably need to be in an exhumer to be able to tank the rats there, but i'm no miner so someone feel free to correct me if I'm wrong.

If you really must try to mine in low try to find a dead end system with nobody in local. Remember to make a few safe spots to warp to if anyone comes around. If you have to safe up keep spamming 360° max range scans and warp between different safe spots if you see combat probes on the scan.

Remember to use the maps, be they ingame or DOTLAN(google it) to figure out how dangerous any given system is, using the stats like "pilots in space" and "ship/pod kills in the last x hours"

Nice attitude man. I did similar trading ANTIBIOTICS from lowsec NPC Spawns to hisec buyers when i was new.