EVE New Citizens Q&A

I have searched the forums and haven't seen many answers. I have remote access to my home computer from work and I regularly have 5min here or 10min there to log in during the day. In Diablo 3 I used that time to flip items on the AH and made quite a bit of money. Does anything like that exist in eve?

I've seen PI suggested which seems to have terrible ROI in high sec. I know you can earn a ton if you spend hours trading in the market. This isn't another "how do I earn 1bil isk per month with no time spent" post. I don't care if its 100mil per month. I'm just looking for anything I can do to help make up for my very very low number of playable hours. Anything over 0isk per hour would be great.

distribution missions in high sec space? can autopilot, just use a very cheap industrial. works like a charm

1.) Trading: EvE has an enormous economy, and the most efficient way to become a trillionaire is to be good at market trading. If you log in for 5-10 minutes, 10 times a day, you have just about the right amount of time to adjust your market orders to be on top of your favorite trade items. You can make bank! This is low risk, in the sense you won't be "attacked", but if you don't understand market movements, you can also lose a bunch of money, or even fall for scams (see margin trade scam).

2.) Hauling: Goods aren't magically transported in EvE, and need to be transported from A to B by people flying space ships. Autopilot makes traveling from system to system done, without you even having to look at the computer. This will be a low income, moderate risk activity if you stick to highsec couriering. Now, it is not a 100% safe activity, as people can, and WILL, suicide gank your ship and take the loot that drops if they can do so profitable (or if you **** them off). There are tricks, techniques, and "rules of thumb" to make you less likely to be targeted.

3.) Mining: All ships and most modules in EvE are player built from minerals that need to be harvested. If you find a nice quite system, you can simply mine to your heart's content. This is also moderate risk, low reward. Truthfully though, with the changes to ice mining in anomalies, mining probably requires more attention than you can give it (as you need to target new asteroids to mine as the old ones deplete, and do so fairly regularly). This is also moderate risk, as people like to suicide gank afk miners. However, if you don't worry about yield, there are several high-tank mining vessels that people will generally leave alone.

With that limited amount of time i`d recommend you looking up more information regarding station trading. It`s perfect for folks like you. There`s literally 0 risk involved in terms of other players wanting to shoot you however there`s some potential threat to your wallet balance, however if you do your homework properly and invest money in the market the right way you should be able to bathe in isk in no time

This simple activity of staying logged in in a station (preferrably one of the major trade hubs in New Eden) can net you a decent income with little to none time investment. Basically it all comes down to putting up and update buy/sell orders once in a while making sure you`re at the top of sellers/buyers list.

I afk mine in high sec while at work. Set up a jet can and take a really cheap ship (venture).

Every 20 minutes or so you just empty the hold and set up new. Rats are taken care of by the hobs and gankers usually don't attack ships that are worth less than a million.

And even if you lose one from time to time: The ship including fit is worth about the same as 1 cargo load full of ore...

You only make roughly 2 M / hour but it is almost completely riskless and you don't need to skill farther than mining 4.

Station Margin Trading.

Research the items, and set up a market quickbar for easy access. Pay attention to trade volume and the normal trade margin, and watch how the price fluctuates so you can create a high buy -- low sell number and maintain your profit margin. While you are researching, train Accounting V and Broker Relations to V.

Once you ID your items. Log in and check your buys and sells, bump as necessary. It takes 5 to 10 minutes to check your active transactions inside your wallet, and adjust accordingly.

Advise:

1. Keep your exposure reasonably small and stay diverse. If you take in the shorts on one trade you don't want that trade to bankrupt you.

2. Volume means profit but read carefully the Market history. Some items sell well but aren't bought often. (Makes it hard to build an inventory) Other items are sold often but are not often bought (You get plenty of inventory but may have to hold the items longer than expected) Ideally you want high volumes with equal buy and sells. The margins on those particular items are usually razor thin.

3. Research your item. Now its expected highs and lows. Don't buy at the top and get forced to wait or forced to sell at the bottom. If in doubt keep your volume low.

4. The hardest work is on the buy side. If the margin you expect is shrinking, don't adjust your trade and keep chasing the number upwards. Eventually the market will fall back to you. If it doesn't and you want the ISK for better trade, cancel the transaction.

5. For fine adjustments to your prices, the mouse wheel is your friend.