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Isk Billionaire Progression

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Hamatitio
State War Academy
Caldari State
#21 - 2011-12-03 17:02:40 UTC
My first billion, hmm..

I was talking to my buddy and said I had to carebear it up for a little while before i can come play in null with him. So he sent me a billion isk.

lol.
Mnengli Noiliffe
Doomheim
#22 - 2011-12-03 17:54:42 UTC
did missions for a year, then quitted for a few years. this year resubbed. sold lots of junk (like a ten or so dominixes in several stations; tags that raised in price; items that were given as worthless mission rewards and were ignored, but now are PI materials; etc) for a billion or two and some useless skillbooks that are now collectors items for around 5 billions.

most of those isk were spent on plex but I can make 1 bil per week without spending too much time in game (1 time per week i need to set up production, and for the rest of the week i need to log in to undercut last batch's products), which i am also too lazy to do, hence now i am down to about 2 bil (not counting assets and funds tied up in current production).

i know there are much bigger profits out there but they all require too much in game time.
Blackfuze
dms transport
#23 - 2011-12-03 20:43:24 UTC
Ran missions for a year or two, was boring but decent isk, then started doing the hi sec lv5s solo in a rattle which was very good isk tbh.

Once that was nerfed moved to low sec lv5s and anoms, still nice isk but was slower.

Got bored.

Tried 0.0 plexing, good isk if you get lucky but wasn't regular.

Got bored.

Moved into a C1 with my corp.

Got bored very quickly.

Tried incursions, insane isk in a short amount of time but again kinda tedious also a lot of egos to deal with.

Got bored.

Moved into a C6 wh and was running the anoms with a cap fleet, decent isk but after incs totally not worth it.

Got bored.

Started char trading, made 5b buying and selling chars in the first week, thought ...... "Yummy"

Got bored.

Settled into Jita 4-4 and started trading plex from my armchair

Bored but still at it Smile



Weaselior
GoonWaffe
Goonswarm Federation
#24 - 2011-12-03 22:33:50 UTC
i bought 4.5m guidance systems at 418 a unit

thanks ccp

Head of the Goonswarm Economic Warfare Cabal Pubbie Management and Exploitation Division.

The Mittani
State War Academy
Caldari State
#25 - 2011-12-03 22:38:26 UTC  |  Edited by: The Mittani
Krios Ahzek wrote:
Just like in real life, more success stories have to do with playing the system and insider trading that actual honest business profits.


Profit comes from exploitation of labor - either your own, or someone else's.

It's a lot faster to skip all the capitalist pretensions and just scam someone.

If you play within 'the rules' you're just someone else's dupe. Don't be a dupe.

~hi~

Ten Bulls
Sons of Olsagard
#26 - 2011-12-03 23:52:24 UTC
The Mittani wrote:
Krios Ahzek wrote:
Just like in real life, more success stories have to do with playing the system and insider trading that actual honest business profits.


Profit comes from exploitation of labor - either your own, or someone else's.

It's a lot faster to skip all the capitalist pretensions and just scam someone.

If you play within 'the rules' you're just someone else's dupe. Don't be a dupe.


If everyone doesnt play within 'the rules', then 'not playing within the rules' is the new rule, what do you do then ?


"Everything has either a price or a dignity. Whatever has a price can be replaced by something else as its equivalent; on the other hand, whatever is above all price, and therefore admits of no equivalent, has a dignity. But that which constitutes the condition under which alone something can be an end in itself does not have mere relative worth, i.e., price, but an intrinsic worth, i.e., a dignity." - Immanuel Kant
The Mittani
State War Academy
Caldari State
#27 - 2011-12-04 03:32:24 UTC
yeah kant really has a handle on political economy when it comes to industrial capitalism, you sure showed me

~hi~

Brock Nelson
#28 - 2011-12-04 03:48:54 UTC
Combination of the following

1. Scamming
2. Ganking
3. Trading
4. Stealing
5. Honest Work

Signature removed, CCP Phantom

Ten Bulls
Sons of Olsagard
#29 - 2011-12-04 04:03:58 UTC
The Mittani wrote:
yeah kant really has a handle on political economy when it comes to industrial capitalism, you sure showed me


Yes you did, i admire the deep thought behind your 'dont be a dupe' ideology much more than the thoughts of the great Philosphophical thinkers on the subject.

Maliken Stokado
The Martian Group
#30 - 2011-12-04 15:39:16 UTC
I make about 600mil/month with 2 accounts after purchasing 2 plexes with 2hours of playtime almost each day. Im able to do that cus i crunched just a few numbers and followed the S&I section for a bit. It doesnt really make the game as interesting as it could be at all and so the question isnt how you get the first billion, its what you do with it afterwards that makes the game fun. "I wanna be a trillionaire so ***ing bad", but when I am, i better have a plan as for how im gonna spend it right?

Little example of how i recently made some money: bought a cheap character knowing it would only need about another months training to be worth alot more, put a plex into it and sold it with a profit of ~400mil. As The Mittani put it; exploiting labor, your own or others.
Adria Delphi
Doomheim
#31 - 2011-12-04 19:45:50 UTC
Sell PLEX.

Laugh a plebs who need to think about ways to make isk.
Shizuken
Venerated Stars
#32 - 2011-12-05 08:23:28 UTC
Adria Delphi wrote:
Sell PLEX.

Laugh a plebs who need to think about ways to make isk.



I agree with Ms. Delphi, without the laugh part. Even without selling a PLEX here or there this game has myriad ways to make a ton of money.
Intar Medris
KarmaFleet University
#33 - 2011-12-05 10:36:31 UTC
GarbageSale McPherson wrote:
PI literally prints isk in 0.0, generated half a billion worth of uranium so far (1% tax owns)


So you guys won't let your people mine, but you do allow PI. I see a conflict.

I try to be nice and mind my business just shooting lasers at rocks. There is just way too many asshats in New Eden for that to happen.

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