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Hi, I just started my trial. What is the fastest way to earn ISK?

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Kaylee Wilde
School of Applied Knowledge
Caldari State
#1 - 2015-01-02 13:31:06 UTC
I don't want to have to pay to keep playing after the trial is over.
Chal0ner
Hideaway Hunters
The Hideaway.
#2 - 2015-01-02 13:42:41 UTC
Scamming might be profitable i hear. Although, I don't really understand why.
Sol Project
Shitt Outta Luck - GANKING4GOOD
#3 - 2015-01-02 13:47:37 UTC
You buy PLEX from a reseller, redeem it and sell it on the market.

If you approach the game this way, you won't get far.

Allow me to take note of your name ...
... and make sure I am around when you move the PLEX.

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Ralph King-Griffin
New Eden Tech Support
#4 - 2015-01-02 13:53:21 UTC  |  Edited by: Ralph King-Griffin
Chal0ner wrote:
Scamming might be profitable i hear. Although, I don't really understand why.

because as a rule, people are greedy and stupid.

Kaylee Wilde wrote:
I don't want to have to pay to keep playing after the trial is over.

that's good because you will stop doing so long before your trial runs out, you will be working , not playing.

unless you live in south america ill say just find your feet first, find some fun and then figure out how to get your account(s) to pay for themselves.
otherwise you will burn yourself out (or ragequit when someone* takes everything from youBlinkPirate).

Edit: * ha! speak of the devil, ninjad by solBig smile

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McChicken Combo HalfMayo
The Happy Meal
#5 - 2015-01-02 14:07:59 UTC  |  Edited by: McChicken Combo HalfMayo
If the OP wants to play for free, that's perfectly fine. I haven't payed for a sub in over a year and it doesn't stop me from having fun.

Kaylee Wilde wrote:
I don't want to have to pay to keep playing after the trial is over.

You will be hard pressed to find a way to make enough ISK to pay for a PLEX in your first month or two. I would suggest paying for a sub for a small amount of time until you learn more about the game. Read guides on things like trading, wormhole PI, incursions and manufacturing.

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Sol Project
Shitt Outta Luck - GANKING4GOOD
#6 - 2015-01-02 14:12:08 UTC
Mayo ... it's not about chasing him from the game for it.
He ruins it for himself already anyway.

It's about him being an easy, predictable mark.

If he chooses to work for ISK to play, that's fine,
but then others will choose to make it even harder for him ... which is fine too!

He went on a predictable losing streak as soon as he hit "POST".

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ISD BH
ISD Alliance
#7 - 2015-01-02 14:14:13 UTC
Removed a trolling post.

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Memphis Baas
#8 - 2015-01-02 14:17:37 UTC
Please realize that you're looking to make 800 million ISK with a newbie character that is prevented from using the ships or training the skills that may let her do this because of the trial account limitations. It's just about impossible.

You can try for a big scam, corporate theft, or join CODE and try their extortion racket and suicide-gank hoping for a big score.

Or you can be a bit more sensible and pay your subscription for a few months, train enough skills to let you fly a decent ship rather than the newbie frigate, and THEN look at whether it's feasible to make 800 million per month.
McChicken Combo HalfMayo
The Happy Meal
#9 - 2015-01-02 14:38:34 UTC  |  Edited by: McChicken Combo HalfMayo
Sol Project wrote:
Mayo ... it's not about chasing him from the game for it.
He ruins it for himself already anyway.

It's about him being an easy, predictable mark.

If he chooses to work for ISK to play, that's fine,
but then others will choose to make it even harder for him ... which is fine too!

He went on a predictable losing streak as soon as he hit "POST".

He's just asking how to play for free. Let's not read into it past that. We know more or less nothing about both the player and the person controlling it.

Besides the real tragedy of this thread is that I just suggested various ways to make ISK without including ganking haulers as one of them. And I'm a dedicated gank alt in a dedicated gank corp. I'm a little ashamed right now.

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Sol Project
Shitt Outta Luck - GANKING4GOOD
#10 - 2015-01-02 14:53:29 UTC  |  Edited by: Sol Project
The real tragedy is that you think someone who doesn't want to pay at all ...
... actually cares about the game at all.

This guy will rage endlessly as soon as people start taking his work off from him,
because he has to work to stay subbed and does not want to pay and actually play.

This should be a reminder for all the new players out there.

It's fine if you don't want to pay,
but if your attitude is to aim to never pay at all,
you will have a very hard time enjoying your trial.

And the OP really doesn't show even a hint of care.
It's a oneliner. He wants it presented to him.

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Diana Kim > AND THIS IS WHY THE FEDERATION MUST BE DESTROYED!!
Ralph King-Griffin
New Eden Tech Support
#11 - 2015-01-02 15:00:07 UTC
sol, you may be reading into a oneline question a bit far

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Kharaxus
Republic Military School
Minmatar Republic
#12 - 2015-01-02 15:02:34 UTC
You should have done your research before starting your trial.

There have been threads about what people accomplished before their trial was over. That would have been interesting for you to read first.

Why do you want to play Eve? And what makes you think you can play well enough, that you dont have to pay for it?
McChicken Combo HalfMayo
The Happy Meal
#13 - 2015-01-02 15:13:25 UTC  |  Edited by: McChicken Combo HalfMayo
Sol Project wrote:
The real tragedy is that you think someone who doesn't want to pay at all ...
... actually cares about the game at all.

I never said I think he cares about the game. Quite the opposite, I said I know nothing about this player. Neither do you.

Sol Project wrote:
This guy will rage endlessly as soon as people start taking his work off from him,
because he has to work to stay subbed and does not want to pay and actually play.

This should be a reminder for all the new players out there.

It's fine if you don't want to pay,
but if your attitude is to aim to never pay at all,
you will have a very hard time enjoying your trial.

I agree that he wouldn't enjoy his trial. I did suggest he pays for a sub until he learns more about the game.

Quote:
And the OP really doesn't show even a hint of care.
It's a oneliner. He wants it presented to him.

A lot of assumptions from one line.

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Sol Project
Shitt Outta Luck - GANKING4GOOD
#14 - 2015-01-02 15:16:02 UTC  |  Edited by: Sol Project
Ralph King-Griffin wrote:
sol, you may be reading into a oneline question a bit far

This may be the case, but so far all hints tell me otherwise.
Probabilities. Consider intent and what OP brings into it.

See post above this one as well.

OP shows he never cared about doing research himself.
He posts a oneliner wanting it handed to him.


This thread nonetheless is great for all those who actually use google.

And I think for that it's great to have a lot of perspectives covered.

Ladies of New Eden YC 117 by Indahmawar Fazmarai

Warning: NSFW! Barely legal girls in underwear!

Diana Kim > AND THIS IS WHY THE FEDERATION MUST BE DESTROYED!!
McChicken Combo HalfMayo
The Happy Meal
#15 - 2015-01-02 15:26:45 UTC
I'd post another joke to try and lighten the mood but I'm afraid you'll turn my words on me again Blink.

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Kharaxus
Republic Military School
Minmatar Republic
#16 - 2015-01-02 15:37:18 UTC
Kaylee Wilde wrote:
I don't want to have to pay to keep playing after the trial is over.


I live in USA and I dont want to ever have to pay taxes ever again.
Dorian qray
Science and Trade Institute
Caldari State
#17 - 2015-01-02 16:22:23 UTC
Kaylee Wilde wrote:
I don't want to have to pay to keep playing after the trial is over.


You do what any respectable citizen does , become an eve prostitute to pay for
your plex . ITS THE ONLY WAY Shocked
Jak Teiru
School of Applied Knowledge
Caldari State
#18 - 2015-01-02 16:44:00 UTC
Fastest way to earn ISK? Sorry, you already missed it--you should have jumped on a buddy invite and gotten 21 days and most of the invitee's ISK. That's how I started out with 750 million.

Career missions plus selling all the junk you get from the easy kill loots plus the redundant stuff the agents give you will pop another couple million. Anything else pretty much ain't gonna happen on a trial account.
J'Poll
School of Applied Knowledge
Caldari State
#19 - 2015-01-02 17:40:42 UTC
Let's see.

If it were easy to grind 800+ mil in less then 2 weeks, a PLEX wouldn't be this cheap.

So, really, get a job and pay for the sub. Don't make EVE your job. Don't go grinding for 800 mil a month, which is similar to 15 $. To be as lucrative as possible, you should then be able to grind the PLEX in game within say 2 hours...only then it pays of to have EVE as a 2nd job.

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Inxentas Ultramar
Ultramar Independent Contracting
#20 - 2015-01-02 19:30:01 UTC
I like the game so much I save myself some money by having an annual sub. I only dump PLEX into it when it ends up in my possesion due to gameplay or CCP's gifts. I'm with everybody here saying you shouldn't even approach the game like this.
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