Missions & Complexes

Hey guys,

Year away from Eve and all so I know a lots changed

Used to be a big incursion pilot but with all the current politics and not having consistent play time need an income I can make solo

I have a really, really weird skill set on this toon; made it to run incursions in armour fleets and crosstrained into mining, industry etc and also made it a max booster. it's a very good legion pilot (armour and medium lasers) and Damnaition too, but combat-wise that's all it really can do so I understand some crosstraining will be needed.

So, what would you recommend for the best IPH for a decent skilled toon and if you have any ship recommendations/fittings that would also be much appreciated. I also have a fairly large budget (1 billion, although I can go up to 1.5 if needed)

Open to anything

Plu

Pretty sure he meant carebear method.

OP, Are you too risk adverse to get out of high sec or are we adding that restriction as well?

If not, blitzing FW missions is probably the best non-PVP method if truly solo. Unless of course you are interested in trading, that has the most potential if your morals get in the way of your gameplay.

If you have a toon that can fly a high DPS t1 hull battleship and decent scanning and salvaging skills, c3s are hella profitable to daytrip into, with up to 300m/hr if Bob is feeling really nice, and thinks you need ribbons. Just remember to be on your guard and watch D-scan and have a PVP fit and depot.

Cruise Sentry Geddon comes to mind, with neut pvp refit in the cargohold.

[Armageddon, C3]

Energized Adaptive Nano Membrane II
Energized Adaptive Nano Membrane II
Energized Explosive Membrane II
Large Armor Repairer II
Ballistic Control System II
Ballistic Control System II
Ballistic Control System II

100MN Microwarpdrive II
Target Painter II
Cap Recharger II
Cap Recharger II

'Arbalest' Cruise Launcher I, Caldari Navy Scourge Cruise Missile
'Arbalest' Cruise Launcher I, Caldari Navy Scourge Cruise Missile
'Arbalest' Cruise Launcher I, Caldari Navy Scourge Cruise Missile
'Arbalest' Cruise Launcher I, Caldari Navy Scourge Cruise Missile
'Arbalest' Cruise Launcher I, Caldari Navy Scourge Cruise Missile
[Empty High slot]
[Empty High slot]

Large Capacitor Control Circuit I
Large Capacitor Control Circuit I
Large Capacitor Control Circuit I


Garde II x5

Used to do it in a passive recharge drake. It was slow but my toon was young (3-7 months) and I salvaged as I went. Nolak posted a pretty good fit for it IMO, though I'd probably start with a bit more tank and then work down to that.

Ships are pretty poor trade items, as producers will usually want to squeeze every bit of profit from them with sell orders, and the heaviest users only buy them. Try things that aren't usually found with volume in a single item to make tying up a sell order profitable enough (like meta modules).

If you are flipping stuff in a trade hub (buying the items and then selling them in the same station), aka station trading then 5 - 10% is pretty much what you would be looking at. You can find high volume items with slimmer margins and better margins with lower volume. So you have to decide what style you prefer.

Ships are a bit different from modules as they come from different sources. Some come from free ships in tutorial missions, mostly frigates and some dessies so you woun't be able to build these competitively, except perhaps the catalyst. Other T1 ships are a form of mineral compression where people mine and build and then sell the ships so you can't really compete buying minerals off sell orders in a hub and building. Most other T1 ships have very slim margins so to trade them you would need max trade skills and good standings to the station owner. These are generalisations to an extent and there may be exceptions but generally ships, at least T1, aren't that good as trade items. Faction ships, T2, T3 are quite different.

Trading takes time to learn but if you like that style and are patient it's where the big money is. Plenty of other ways to make isk though, so pick something you like doing rather than pick something because you think it's where the money is, or someone on a forum told you where it's at.

Yeah, it is a kinda thin fit. I haven't done C3s myself, but I've done C4 and C5s, so I was mostly guessing.

I recently did a write-up of Amarr Class 3 wormhole-capable battleships. There are two sites you want to avoid unless you're bling-fit, but outside of those two sites any Amarr T1 battleship can complete all the other sites.

http://txgsync.wordpress.com/2014/10/14/solo-c3-amarr-t1-battleships/

I need to finish testing some other racial T1 battleships. In essence, the sites are just like a Level 4 mission with moderate neuting, webbing, scrambling, fast/tough frigates, exceptional drone aggro, 640DPS inbound damage, and battleships that try to burn away from you to 65km at 800m/sec.

And unplanned PvP :-) Which is why I want more people day-tripping into Class 3 wormholes, really. Bring a mobile depot and don't forget the PvP checklist!

So yeah, just like level 4s, except not.

All in all, based on ships lost, joining a null renter alliance and running sites is cheaper, less likely to result in unplanned PvP, and potentially more profitable simply due to less risk.

EDIT: Your usual take per site is from 28M minimum in blue loot in Class 3 wormhole space to about 70M blue loot plus nanoribbons. Once you've skilled up and run a bunch of sites, solo completion times in a battleship hover right around 20 minutes for me, and I may often skip salvaging (just loot with MTU) if I expect I'm being watched. I'll usually come back in a Destroyer and salvage if I have the time. This means if you hit the averages, Class 3 wormhole space gives you about a minimum of 84M to 210M in blue loot alone, plus nanoribbon drops. Definitely worth it, but ship-loss is a real and frequent thing.

EDIT 2: Since the advent of the Mobile Tractor Unit, a warp-stabbed interceptor is a much better choice for salvage than a destroyer or Noctis. Grab the blue loot in your battleship, then run back with your interceptor to salvage. Just pick one of the ones with four high slots. This gives you bubble-immunity, and dual stabs free you from everything except faction or dual scrams. But if someone's trying to scramble you in anything other than another interceptor, you can run away pretty easily. This is the fit I've been playing with on Sisi; cap is still a problem during salvage operations, so clearly I need to tweak it a bit more before it's workable.

[Crusader, Salvager]

'Halcyon' Core Equalizer I
'Halcyon' Core Equalizer I
Co-Processor II
Co-Processor II

Limited 1MN Microwarpdrive I
Eutectic Capacitor Charge Array

Salvager II
Salvager II
Salvager II
Salvager II

Small Salvage Tackle II
Small Salvage Tackle II

If it's just about the ISK, go scam people. You won't need any fancy ships, just interact with people until they give you everything they own. And you know there are many stupid people out there, so go fishing!