EVE New Citizens Q&A

Pretty much this.

Of course, some people just have to try :)

OP could check out the Making ISK guide for some ideas.

Did you really just recommend undocking in a pod in nullsec to go scouting?

this is a common mistake that I think a lot of new players make. If you go about the game from this perspective I doubt that you will be playing long. The game will turn into a job and you'll be playing endless hours trying to earn the isk and if you have one unexpected loss you'll rage quit.

At the end of the trial you just are not going to be able to make the isk to pay for the game. Someone who has been playing the game for years could start a new toon on a trial account and do it but while in theory it might be possible you just won't do it at least not without playing the entire month just to pay for the PLEX.

I strongly recoment you get this idea out of your head for now and just play the game and when you are comfortable with game to be able to pay for game time with PLEX you won't be on the forums asking other's how to do it.

However it is your game and you play it how you want.

Fastest way is to buy a PLEX with cash and sell it on the in-game market. There you go.

if u make more money irl than you do ingame per hour then just buy or subscribe.

If you HAVE to plex to keep your account going: wormhole exploration.

OP, I would suggest doing the following

Pay for 3 months subs from the EVE store.

Then, once you have trained the required skills for perhaps a dominix with T2 sentry drones, go out and join a big renter alliance and farm their ded sites and complexes.

Also, train up your PI skills and start getting some passive income from it.

This will not only allow you some time to learn the game, but give you an income stream very capable of paying for your account via plex.

HOWEVER, this 'grinding' can be boring. Shooting red crosses endlessly is dull and you will burn out quickly. Hopefully by the time that starts coming you will realise there is so much more to do in eve than just pve, and you will see paying for your account gives you a different mindset..

Then leave your renter alliance, get together with some friends and try to take sov for yourself :)

Step 1 - Train into the Venture (a dirt cheap ship that is designed for mining, but can be fit for combat)
Step 2 - Join a mining corporation
Step 3 - Go on a corporation mining op. With your Venture, warp scramble the fleet's Orca, shoot its drones, and demand a ransom. Honor any ransom paid.


This will get you a couple hundred million ISK. Now, go back to step 2 and repeat.

Best of all, because you honored the ransoms, you do not have any 'paper trail' of 'dishonorable kills'.

Pretty much this. You would need to be exceptional at station trading or scamming/begging to have a hope at PLEXing before your 3rd or 4th month.

Long term, running PI on your free alts will get you at least half a PLEX a month in losec more like a PLEX in null or a WH.

Level IV missions will get the other half PLEX with 5 to 10 hours play depending on current PLEX price, skills and ship (incursions running could feasibly get half a PLEX in 3 or 4 hours).

Selling your body is a time-proven way of earning money, some even speculate it is the world´s oldest profession.

Anyway, I will pay 1 Million ISK for your Corpse.
Send me an EveMail.

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