EVE New Citizens Q&A

If you fly on the cheap (like me) you can get away with very little grind. My corp lives in low sec and a good portio of them are PVP pilots. The we make our money is by sharing combat exploration sites and anoms. Some belt ratting here and there. Others like Cara do some station trading on the side with an alt.

Personally I dabble in a lot of things. Making isk isn't that fun for me, but acquiring it in many different ways keeps it fresh and entertaining. I do archeology sites on an alt when I feel like playing EVE alone, and am dabbling with station trading as well from time to time.

My point is, it's fairly easy to make enough to fly and lose reasonably fit T1 Cruisers (as well as T2 and T1 frigates) fairly regularly. In fact, one of our more industrially inclined members has already made 5 times more isk than I've ever had and she's only 3 months into the game. Try different things, there is no one way to make ISK for PvP. If you'd rather stick to one character, I'd recommend exploration. Probing skills are always useful, and learning how to evade people in low/null and WHs is good practice for ship to ship PvP as well.

EDIT: About mining. Mining is generally considered the least efficient way to make ISK. Only train mining related skills if mining itself is something you actually enjoy. I recommended exploration since getting Astrometrics 4 and the support skills to 3 is a relatively quick train, and very useful for day to day life in EVE, for isk, travel, logistics, combat probing etc...

QFT.

This is a game, do not do what you do not like. If you like doing missions, like me - do them and level 4 mission will give you steady income even in high sec. If you like scumming - go for it. But do not do mining or other boring stuff just to get ISK. On the other hand there are ppl, who are fond of mining. If you are one of them - you can count with about 10-20 milions max in high sec. Security missions will give you much more, incursions even more than this, but incursions mean play on schedule, cause you are dependent on fleet. Rating in null can also be good and relatively safe ISK income, if you find quiet place to do this.

Thank you ALL for the awesome replies!!!




Mostly I want THIS ^^^^

Small scale pvp (with cheap boats,) some scallywags to hang with... and variety.

Exploration sounds perfect! Gonna check it out :)

Azda Ja ... I'm too noob, but I'm curious: What would I aim for to make my way into a corp like yours? It sounds like the sort of gang I'd enjoy!

Honestly the best way is to just be as social as possible. I joined this corp through an invitation from one of my mentors after I decided to close down the corp I founded. Now, this isn't the recruitment forum, so I won't get into what it takes to join GSLLC (check your mail, soonish), but here is a good thread to look through on how to go about finding a corp: https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=331341&find=unread

A lot of it is just common sense, but it's worth looking through when you have a moment. Finding a good corp in EVE can be daunting, especially since corps mean much more gameplay wise than 'guilds' do in other MMOs.

Something to keep in mind:

People in EVE tend to like newbies who are proactive and enthusiastic. While most vets will be more than happy to explain things and help out, a certain 'DIY' ethic is generally expected in EVE. Please don't misunderstand now, DO ask questions and try to discuss things, talking about various mechanics will accelerate the learning process tremendously.

If you have any questions feel free to shoot me a convo or mail and I'll answer as best I can, or put you in touch with someone who can.

Welcome!

I run DED 5/10 sites and other combat signatures and escalations in low sec. The DED takes about 20 minutes to run in a PvP fit HAC, and drops 50m to 500m depending on luck. The advantage is that you can combine scanning down the DEDs very easily with finding targets, you can then run the sites whenever you're low on players to shoot.

I think running anoms and escalations or even missions are good for a pvper, the skills are hand in hand.

The trick is to fly what you can afford/enjoy to grind. If you don't have 2-5B in isk, don't buy a 2B ship+ fit.

Personally i find doing PvE in a group way better. But even without that, both PI and lvl 4 missions+LP was more than enough to be able to welp half a dozen cruisers a week. Just don't dead space fit them :D

Also i have another account with only 3.5M sp. he is running lvl 3 missions no problem and can make about 10-15M per hour as I watch youtube on the other screen. So only 2-3 hours per cruiser loss. He can't even fit t2 tank mods.

This game is fairly low on grind unless your obsessed with that number on the Z. like incursion runners? I never see them spend isk!

I easily pay for my pvp habit by station trading on a couple alts (such as this forum toon), as well as enough to convert isk to plex to pay for 3 accounts and to be sitting on quite a bit of extra isk.

It does take a little work but I do most of this while I am pvping, there is always a lot of time where I am in a fleet waiting for something to happen, and can update market orders on 2nd screen during these lulls.

Station trading requires few skills, the hardest part is getting enough capital to invest, which I did get from grinding anomolies in null, but it has been months since I've had to.

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