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Anyone else enjoy Station Trading? What aspects do you enjoy?

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Vivec Septim
Viziam
Amarr Empire
#1 - 2014-05-28 05:28:55 UTC
I've only just started such things (when not blowing up some helpless pirates here or there); and I find it both deep and enjoyable.

The competition can be fierce. There is this almost... vicious enjoyment that is borne from having to keep your orders 'on top'.
Keeping track of spreadsheets is enjoyable. The planning, the coordination, and the risks. Profits are small at first as I dip my toes in such things. It really makes for a nice change of pace from mission running, anoms, and the CTA's. (not to mention the doldrums of mining). I am looking forward to keeping on top of things in my corner of space. Sure, its slow at first, but with good guacamole, comes good transactions ( I think! ).

Anyways, I am wondering, who here enjoys playing the market?
What aspect has you most engaged?

(I am not asking for trade secrets or the like, just what you enjoy. :) )

I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. 
Laken Starr
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
#2 - 2014-05-28 06:02:20 UTC
It depends on how an individual approaches it. For me, I play a long term game with the market, so it's essentially a form of passive income for me, not all that different from PI, really.
Mithandra
B.O.P Supplication For Glorious
Dracarys.
#3 - 2014-05-28 07:33:43 UTC
Counting the ISK. The rest of the machinations and manipulations are a pain in the Ar.... thing you sit on

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Gully Alex Foyle
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#4 - 2014-05-28 08:03:04 UTC
PVPer that makes his ISK through the market reporting in!

I dislike station trading, but i love inter-regional trade and manufacturing.


What gets me hooked is:

- The feeling I'm actively contributing to the EVE economy, especially by ultimately providing pewpew tools to lowsec (that's where I sell)

- The thrill of hunting for and discovering high-margin trade routes and supply chains

- I love spreadsheets too (I always lovingly hand-craft my own)

- The challenge of maximising ISK/effort through smart spreadsheets (quick to use once setup correctly), efficient logistics and buying/selling materials and items that do not have that much competition (thus avoiding time-consuming 0,01-ISK games as much as possible)

- The fact that I can completely avoid PVE-grinding, since I hate it

- The satisfaction of making ISK through skill, research and 'smarts' instead of time-consuming grind

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Ramona McCandless
Silent Vale
LinkNet
#5 - 2014-05-28 08:06:23 UTC
Mithandra wrote:
Counting the ISK. The rest of the machinations and manipulations are a pain in the Ar.... thing you sit on

A chair?

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Prince Kobol
#6 - 2014-05-28 08:10:39 UTC
Mithandra wrote:
Counting the ISK. The rest of the machinations and manipulations are a pain in the Ar.... thing you sit on


Beanbag !!!!
Antihrist Pripravnik
Cultural Enrichment and Synergy of Diversity
Stain Neurodiverse Democracy
#7 - 2014-05-28 08:12:31 UTC
Call me a nerd, but I like spreadsheets and databases and serious trading involves both Cool
Nerath Naaris
Pink Winged Unicorns for Peace Love and Anarchy
#8 - 2014-05-28 11:09:03 UTC
I love logging in or even just starting up EveMon and checking how many hundreds of million ISK I gained overnight.

Earning money while lying in bed is not just for hoes anymore! Cool

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Ralph King-Griffin
New Eden Tech Support
#9 - 2014-05-28 11:28:59 UTC
Mithandra wrote:
Counting the ISK. The rest of the machinations and manipulations are a pain in the Ar.... thing you sit on

BUM! i bet it's a bum.

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Brooks Puuntai
Solar Nexus.
#10 - 2014-05-28 11:31:57 UTC  |  Edited by: Brooks Puuntai
Margin trading was funish especially going back and forth with someone, then being a **** and jack the price up then pull out of that market. But usually the 0.01isk game gets tedious after awhile.

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Adriana Nolen
Sama Guild
#11 - 2014-05-28 11:32:47 UTC
I enjoy it cause its educated {in theory but not always} gambling.
The sheer joy knowing I just made a bunch of isk, that would normally take a mission runner hours on hours of eye bleeding pain in high sec, in a few clicks & some cleverness.
Mithandra
B.O.P Supplication For Glorious
Dracarys.
#12 - 2014-05-28 11:41:28 UTC
Ramona McCandless wrote:
Mithandra wrote:
Counting the ISK. The rest of the machinations and manipulations are a pain in the Ar.... thing you sit on

A chair?


To be fair I suppose it could have been Ar....mchair


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Vivec Septim
Viziam
Amarr Empire
#13 - 2014-05-28 14:48:16 UTC
I look forward to messing with inter-regional trade soon.

For now, it is just station trading. First time I have veered away from skilling my ships
and started skilling into market skills to make it cost less to update buy orders, and
to broadcast my buy/sell orders at longer distances. Hopefully it will help!

I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. 
Othran
Route One
#14 - 2014-05-28 17:41:52 UTC  |  Edited by: Othran
Its fun when you are starting out (first 10 bill) but after that it becomes tedious even though the "rewards" increase.

Edit - oh I see, you've really only just got started. Station Trading (Jita) is generally where you end up, not start from :)
Maldiro Selkurk
Radiation Sickness
#15 - 2014-05-28 22:38:17 UTC
1. making ISK

2. Knowing I pretty much dominate certain markets now.

3. Knowing I ninja other people's buy / sell orders.

4. Finding one form of pvp in which I own the 'I win" button.

Yawn,  I'm right as usual. The predictability kinda gets boring really.
March rabbit
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
#16 - 2014-05-28 22:40:30 UTC
i like one thing in trading: i'm selling stuff i took from other people Cool

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Jabalu Habalu
Doomheim
#17 - 2014-05-29 07:13:16 UTC
Paying the absolute minimum in fees and taxes.
Blinking wallet.
Making more isk while I'm out with my wife and kids for the weekend than most shmoes make grinding the hard way.
Role-playing the hand-rubbing merchant of /pol/ nightmares.
Knowing that I keep a small army of Red Frog pilots busy with my contracts on a weekly basis.
Meilandra Vanderganken
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
#18 - 2014-05-29 09:38:20 UTC
I enjoy the isk, everything else about it just sucks donkey balls....
ISD Tyrozan
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ISD Alliance
#19 - 2014-05-29 15:35:21 UTC
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Luthias Austrene
Pator Tech School
Minmatar Republic
#20 - 2014-05-30 13:01:39 UTC
I like everything about it. It's just this massive, complex, player-driven thing that exists everywhere. You can put as much or as little effort into it as you like. Playing smart for <30mins/day can give you significant rewards.

Most of all, I like the ISK, as I'm sure we all do.
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