EVE New Citizens Q&A

While you make an excellent point here I'm not sure about you but I would say the majority of people that I know do exactly that. They grind away at some job they hate for 40 years so that hopefully one day they can retire and then enjoy life. It's just funny when you point this out it makes me think how many of us take that mentality in game.

In my post i was stating my perspective and how i enjoy doing some pve but in more efficient ways than mining if my goal is to get a ship. At the end i stated if someone else doesn't want to do so that way they have every right not to. Obviously those that enjoy mining and industry for what it is should play how they feel.

It doesn't change the fact though that if their end goal is to replace pvp ships and they are only doing industry because they need isk for pvp that there are other ways of making isk quicker. Way faster to buy minerals and components to build stuff than it is mine. Or let others build it for you and buy it off them then relist the items. Regardless of whether or not you like doing something doesn't make a task more or less efficient than another task. It is okay to decide to do something less efficient money or isk wise if you gain enjoyment and happiness out of it.

I do my best. If I make an error I will raise my hands & apologise.

I will correct your piece if you so wish:

a) Probes have not been needed to access grav sites in high sec for quite a long time.

b) Advising miners to mine rocks bearing Isogen (Omber ?) is not necessarily the best use of their mining vessels.

c) Veldspar is rarely 'ignored' by miners. Depending on which empire space you are in it can be the second most profitable ore to mine and sometimes the best.

Disinformation makes us giggle but I prefer not to deceive new players. I would rather they stay and play EVE.

This is regional, but basically you'll find that most high sec ores are about the same in terms of return. With only the rare exception like Kernite (better) , and Omber (worse). This is due to the fact that rare Ores aren't actually that hard to find in HS. Even a valuable HS Ore like Kernite is still pretty common if you know where to look, and often only marginally more valuable. If an Ore increases in value more people mine it, and the price goes back the the baseline. Rarely you'll see an Ore like Omber that refines into less useful minerals, and most people avoid refining and mining it.

I think the fact remains that a lot of people don't understand the allure of mining.

It presents no excitement or fun factor for me at least.

If you''re enjoying mining think about training to gas mine, it's a pretty legit profession. Start with lowsec gas regions, you'll need a scanning ship and a venture - the +2 warp drive strength will help keep you alive. Scan gas clouds, mine, repeat. Once you've had your fun there upgrade to the Prospect, add a cloak and you're good for a day out in nullsec or wormhole space mining rich clouds, getting lost, killed and/or making loads of isk.
If you get used to wormhole or can become semi-sufficient in NPC null through the use of mobile depots and a blockade runner then there's also the high-end ores which will maybe net you a bit more profit.