Science & Industry

So you are playing a game that isn't fun for you, that you can't afford and don't have time for?

Maybe the game doesn't need to change for you but you need to find a different game?

Crazy, i know. Completely out of the box. You are probably wishing right now that you thought of that.

You are very welcome.

Bye.

1.) There are many ways of making isk in this game, most of them more profitable than mining veldespar in highsec.
Examples:
Manufacturing: (especially t2 MFG) can easily earn you 10k in profit, per line, per hour. That's 2.4m isk per day, per toon. And 10k is a pretty lowball number 75m per month per toon (most serious MFGers make closer to 100k per line, and can buy a plex a month on profits of a single toon).

PI: By sticking your head into lowsec, and finding a POCO with a lowish tax rate (5% or better), you can make 10 tier 2 products (5+k each) per hour, per planet, per toon. That's another 150+m isk per month per toon. Use 3x Toons on your account, and you're very close to paying for a plex.

And these are the "mostly passive" income streams that don't require enormous skills, nor enormous investments. Supplement your afk mining with this, and mine in "difficult to destroy" ships (even if it is less efficient until you get blown up), and you can "make enough" to fund your accounts.

2.) Really? Threatening to leave the game, when you are essentially free-loading? That's like my ex girlfriend threatening to move out if I didn't cook her dinner, and when she wasn't paying rent anyway! Sure, there were some benefits to having her around, but it's not like I would be in a worse position once she left!

3.) I fully support any changes CCP makes to improve the game in general, and if that makes your life more difficult for a small minority, so what!

Sadly your replies make little sense. Some of them do but most don't. Yes CCP makes money when people buy (lets call them GTC to keep things straight) for real $$. People buy these GTC primarily to sell for isk in game.

So without a market in game, there would be little incentive for people to spend $$$ on a GTC. These people like the cost of PLEX to be as high as possible, as it gives them the best bang for the buck (within reason, too high and people may stop buying them in game). But more importantly, if the isk price of a PLEX is too low, there is less of an incentive for someone to spend $$$ on a GTC.

In game PLEX can be used for several things.

1. character resculpting
2. character transfer
3. Aur conversion
4. Special events (fanfest HD feed etc)
5. Monthly subscription.

I think it is safe to say that of those 5 the bulk of PLEX is consumed for monthly subscriptions.

When someone consumes a PLEX for a monthly subscription, they have indirectly paid the HIGHEST price for that monthly subscription. This means CCP makes the HIGHEST profit margin off people who PLEX their accounts.

And they absolutely cater to this mentality. With things like the Power of 2 promotions (get an additional account for PLEX) etc.

In fact, the only thing CCP likes better than people who use PLEX to play EVE, are people like this

Cut your accounts down to 1 and work a couple hours at McDonalds every month to pay for your PLEX.

That seems to be the most efficient use of your valuable time.

Successful troll is successful. There is too many people with helpful advice to remedy his situation that he isn't listening to for him to be anything other than a troll.

To the op, try mining in highsec islands. Just saying.

Try mining about 10 jumps outside a trade hub... or go to dotlan, find a system with lots of belts, then ones with less then 1,000 jumps in 24 hours. The belts you will find are much better.

Thanks ever so much for the clarification. I am much in appreciation.




They, no doubt, being the untanked miners carrying their wares...

My advice is to get up in the morning and mine. I usually fill 1 barge full of ore before going to work (around 13:00 game time) as the belts near trade hubs are down to belly button lint (a warp-in beacon and nothing else) when I get home. I personally deplete the +10% ores while I twirl my mustache and cackle with glee.

If you really are unemployed, I strongly recommend keeping a routine of getting up in the morning and not staying up late. It will be very hard to get back into a routine compatible with employment. I speak from experience. While it may seem that Eve is kicking you in the jimmies at the same time that life is kicking you there, this isn't the case. Stuff changes and you have to adapt.

Lowsec belts have huge asteroids, but the belt rats can sometimes appear in battlecruisers, so if you're afk, you'll be in your pod quicker than you can misspell "toot sweet". And the other players can be trouble too.

Out of EVE gaming, utilizing other people's skill to make money is not easy. The responsibilities to organize, manage, motivate and resolve conflicts among people to achieve business goal require professional skills that are as important as the skills you need to do your job. Not to mention that the invested capital is always at risk. Respect the value contributed by employer.