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When was your big break?

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Korsiri
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#41 - 2014-09-22 21:29:04 UTC
haven't taken one ;)

I just got off to a slow start
Trisha Landers
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
#42 - 2014-09-23 01:16:52 UTC
I PLEX my account every month and I'm bad at making ISK.

So never.
Lugia3
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#43 - 2014-09-23 01:18:24 UTC  |  Edited by: Lugia3
I found 4 Orthrus rats and a Barghest rat over a span of 3 days just after they came out.

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John E Normus
New Order Logistics
CODE.
#44 - 2014-09-23 02:13:31 UTC
When I stopped trying to make isk and started taking it instead.

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Mallak Azaria
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#45 - 2014-09-23 02:23:53 UTC
I scammed a few people & turned that money in to a reaction farm.

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Netan MalDoran
Cathedral.
Shadow Cartel
#46 - 2014-09-23 03:06:19 UTC
My big break is when I (Unfortuneately) stopped playing EvE, made my RL wallet bigger Shocked

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Reiisha
#47 - 2014-09-23 08:12:17 UTC
Still waiting for it.

If you do things right, people won't be sure you've done anything at all...

Sexy Cakes
Have A Seat
#48 - 2014-09-23 12:17:48 UTC
When I got enough skillpoints to fly a tengu and an alt with scanning skills.

Not today spaghetti.

Tivookz
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#49 - 2014-09-23 13:53:24 UTC  |  Edited by: Tivookz
I registered my acc way back in 2004 and played on and off for a short while but then I cancelled my acc.


If I recall, when I re-started playing in 2006 I quickly realised that mission running wasn't for me.

So I started mining which was pretty relaxing because I have a stressful job however I also realised that there were bigger fish to fry in alliance 0.0 space.

I mined in highsec so that I had enough to buy a battleship and that allowed me to apply for Pure. Alliance. That was my break.

After that it was like stealing candy from a child. Way back then high end minerals were extremely expensive, Morphite was like 15000 p/u, mega around 5k and zyd around 3k.

A few months in a true 0.0 belt and 3 alt accounts later I was pretty damn rich, rich enough to buy the T2 BPO's that I have to this day.

Of course, I continued the mining operations, bought a Rorqual and whatnot, even had my rl m8 join in with some more miners.

Nowadays I don't mine at all because it simply isn't profitable, so I invest my money in various items and minerals, pretty much 5-10b at a time, and hope they increase in value.

Yep, I don't do much research before I invest but everyone knows moon minerals, rare items etc always fluctuate so it's just a matter of time before it's profitable to sell them.

With that said I really hope for a mining renaissance where they overhaul the entire system. I suspect there's way too many bots and way too easy to run a mining fleet on your own which is the reason why it's become unprofitable and outdated.
BrundleMeth
State War Academy
Caldari State
#50 - 2014-09-26 14:53:57 UTC
DaReaper wrote:
BrundleMeth wrote:
6 years...not yet...flying alone and bored shitless...



then stop flying alone

Everyone says "trust no one". So I won't...

The few times I was in a corp/alliances there were scammers that would rip off their own corpmates. So I figured if my own corp mates would do that, I would fly alone. Bored, sure but never ripped off again...
Petre en Thielles
Doomheim
#51 - 2014-09-29 17:49:47 UTC
BrundleMeth wrote:
DaReaper wrote:
BrundleMeth wrote:
6 years...not yet...flying alone and bored shitless...



then stop flying alone

Everyone says "trust no one". So I won't...

The few times I was in a corp/alliances there were scammers that would rip off their own corpmates. So I figured if my own corp mates would do that, I would fly alone. Bored, sure but never ripped off again...


Trust people, just don't trust them with your assets.
Toshiro Hasegawa
Blackwater USA Inc.
Pandemic Horde
#52 - 2014-09-29 18:49:29 UTC
11 years in .. off and on and i am still perpetually poor and couldnt make enough isk if my toon's life depended on it .. which it does .. so i buy plex.

so i guess my big break came when i got a good job in RL.

or

i am still waiting for my big break ... still waiting ...

History is the study of change.

BlkQueen
Pator Tech School
Minmatar Republic
#53 - 2014-09-29 19:19:14 UTC
NEVER, always got into crappy corps where people couldn't be bothered to answer a question let alone help out. I did once get some help with isk but no ships, rentals, etc. Even in mining corps, would wait for the mining nights to begin and they would get cancelled. Jumped around a bit and now im back in Highsec, licking my wounds from another lame corp that cant protect its own miners, pisses everyone off and gets war decced every other day.

One day. I guess. But I only play this game off and on even though my toon is old. Just had a bad start and never really picked up after that.
Solecist Project
#54 - 2014-09-29 19:55:50 UTC
Toshiro Hasegawa wrote:
11 years in .. off and on and i am still perpetually poor and couldnt make enough isk if my toon's life depended on it .. which it does .. so i buy plex.

so i guess my big break came when i got a good job in RL.

or

i am still waiting for my big break ... still waiting ...

You're in RvB.
Seriously, what do you expect?

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