EVE New Citizens Q&A

Try Planetary Interaction in Low Sec.

Tell that to those of us that make billions a month off it.

It seems you're trying too desperatly to pay the game by plex and not enjoying it

Missions are ok, I've started lvl 3 just recently and the income is good enough for now. Didn't take too long as well.

But if you want to raise your wallet quickly, go for exploration. It pays a good money and you don't need uber expensive fits or high skills to do it. Just study how to travel into low/null sec or you will be getting caught by pirates frequently.

If money wasn't a problem for you in game, what do you want to do? Its really that simple. If you are having a hard time now paying for what you want to do, then you are probably overextending yourself.

I don't want that to sound patronizing, but its seriously true, especially if you are losing expensive ships. Fly cheaper and fly smarter. For example, take Fleet PvP...You can participate and be effective in a frigate costing 2-4 mil each (Even cheaper if you figure out a fit you like and set up buy orders). Mining in high sec can bring in 10 mil in a couple of hours.

Or you could go out in a 15mil isk cruiser and get popped in the first engagement. 15mil isn't a lot to someone that has a couple of hundred mil isk, but to someone that has 40 or 50 mil isk, its a whole lot.

uninstall Eve online, i hear WoW is very cool...

can i have your stuff?

Missions are repetitive, but they can provide a goodly amount of ISK to do other things with. If you find you get bored with missions run incursions. Alternatively down size your mission ship, you can run 4's in a battlecruiser fairly easily, for a challenge try a non T3 cruiser. (I accept no responsibility for incidents involving explosive decompression or acts of violence)

Mining can be profitable in a few hours with under 30 mill invested in a ship and equipment, a fitted Procuror will set you back about that, and in highsec will pay for itself in about 3 hours if you hit Scordite or the ore anomaly sites. A Retriever will take a little longer, and a Mackinaw a lot longer.

Exploration is profitable if you're prepared to take some risks, it's good in lowsec and nullsec, and if you're out there, you may as well use the planets for PI because they're a lot better than the highsec ones.

The single best thing you can do to improve your ISK potential is to join a corp.
The experience, advice and options they can offer you will be a major leg-up.

For example, as my esteemed ally suggested near the top of this thread, exploration has high profit potential, if you have access to good space in low/null-sec. And the best way to get a piece of that is to join a corp that stakes out a claim out there. Our alliance-mates makes a killing off exploration due to the quality space we hold together.

Also bare in mind that your ability to make ISK scales with how well you know and understand the game, and it's players' tendencies. I make my ISK via trading, and I'm successful at it because I've come to understand the ins-and-outs of my trading products, as well as the tendencies of my customers. I could not possibly make my current level of income 3 months ago, even though SP is not a bar.

This pattern will likely hold true for you as well, regardless of your chosen income method. It also highlights the side benefits gained from the shared experience of your allies.

OP's account is 4 days old. Apart from Factional war there is no way newbee can buy plex after 21 days of grinding. Or you can make a job out of the game - then you can do whatever activity. Even high sec mining, if done 24/7, will give you a plex in less then 2 weeks. About 200 hours with less then 3 mio per hour - thats enough for a PLEX and mining ship and equipment costs.

Just not a game any more.

New kid on the block myself.

I'll go with what I was told, and what seems to be working at this point in time.

Try everything. Keep trying PVP, mining, trading, exploring etc until you find the one you ENJOY doing. Don't get hung up on the big Isk, just play how you want to play. If you get good at what you like, you might actually see a few Isk fall you way

I've been playing about 2 weeks, currently in the middle of the Sisters of Eve arc.

How do you get started with running incursions?