Missions & Complexes

Faction spawns are unlikely to ever appear in a random anom/static combat site, so no... the income does not come from there.

The short answer to your overall questions is, yes, it's worth it. I rat in my alliance sov in a -0.5 system and earn 100-125M ISK/hour. There are many factors that go into how much you can earn. Here are some things to keep in mind, both in the form of information and tips.

1. The ship you're flying and the DPS is you're pushing is the single biggest factor. A 380-420 DPS Tengu is going to aspire to 50M ISK/hour max. A 1000+ DPS Rattlesnake is going to crank out north of 100M+ ISK/hour consistently. It's about how quickly you can kill the rats. Nothing else really matters.

2. Chain run the sites. Top efficiency will come from running 1 hour worth of sites, dropping an MTU at each one. Don't forget to bookmark each MTU you drop. Once you've run X number of sites in that hour, switch into a salvaging boat (Noctis) and go slurp up all the loot and salvage from each site you've cleared.

3. Hubs are the 3rd hardest of all the sites (behind Sanctums and Havens) and, therefore, will likely require the greatest investment of time to clear. You are better served slamming through Hidden, Forsaken or Forlorn Rally Points. Quicker clears with comparable bounties per site. The most important consideration is, once again, DPS. Don't bother with Hubs or Havens solo unless you're above 600 DPS. They'll take too long.

4. Rat type matters. For whatever reason, the rats of certain pirate factions tend to have better bounties than some others. This is not something you can control since your sov isn't of your choosing, but it is a factor to consider.

5. Escalations are not what you base your averages on, they are more like bonuses. You cannot predict how often you get escalations, so when you do, you simply consider it a nice pay day. That said, escalations are certainly part of the benefit of ratting because they will happen at somewhat regular intervals. So, while not part of the equation, they are part of the benefitof ratting and something you can count on profiting by regularly.

6. Consider team-ratting. I've found that there is almost never a drop in hourly income when ratting with a partner. More DPS means quicker site clears. I have a couple buddies in my corp that I rat with frequently. We use the method detailed in #2 above, but after the hour, one of us breaks off to loot/salvage, while the other 1 or 2 of us continue ratting. Those that keep the ratting going keep track of those bounties and give the looter/salvage their cut at the end of the session. We do this for a week or 2, then sell off loot/salvage and reprocess the stuff we don't sell in order to sell the minerals.

Well I just finished a Forsaken Rally Point. It took me at least 45 minutes and seemed to be far harder and take far longer than a regular hub. I got about 25 mill in bounties, 5 mill in loot and 3 mill in salvage. About 30 mill for an hour of work.

Im guessing that most of the money comes from bounties?

I use a cap stable apocalypse with about 550 dps with guns. Not sure if this setup would affect anything.

What ship are you using, because whatever you are doing it's taking WAY too long.

And you don't need a pirate BS to make good isk in anomalies. Plenty of Tech 1 battleships as well as properly used/fitted T3s and BCs can be good too, though not quite as good as a facilitation ship. A properly Fit t1 Typhoon with cruise missiles, 4 sentry drones and an mjd is magic, same goes for the Armageddon (missiles + drones is good in any ratting space).

What kind of rats? Sansha right?

This is the fit I am using:

8x Mega Pulse Laser II

4x Cap Recharger II

Large Armor RepairerII
2x Armor EM Hardener II
Armor Thermic Hardener II
Tracking Enhancer II
2x Heat Sink II

3x Large Capacitor Control Circuit

15x Acolyte I

550 DPS and ~ 50 more with drones.
Tends to get about 1100 damage per volley into sansha battleships. Usually takes 3 volleys at shields, 4 at Armor and 3 at hull to kill one. For cruisers/battle cruisers only 3-4 volleys are required to destroy it.
The rats I shoot are sansha.

Perhaps I am valuing capacitor stability too much and should instead fit for more DPS and tracking?

I tried doing a Sansha Port with this fit. It was alright until the 3rd wave where I had to resort to only firing half my guns due to being out of capacitor. On the 4th wave, the incoming DPS required me to run my tank constantly which meant I had to stop firing completely. I left the site.

I don't understand how you are supposed to be able to fight for 20 minutes with only a few minutes of capacitor when pretty much all the modules need to be running. Even with perfect skills the fit only has 2:35 minutes of capacitor.

What crystals are you using?

I popped the fit into EFT and with all level 5 skills there's only 2:35 minutes of capacitor. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Don't forget escalations are always a gamble though (and usually quite risky because more often than not they're located in space that isn't owned by your alliance): because the bounties aren't that great and it takes a long time to clear them and you gotta get lucky with the loot.

If you are in an upgraded system with a ship that does 700+ dps you can do easily 23mil ticks solo doing forsaken hubs back to back. You could do better before they introduced them pesky little frigs to the forsaken hubs.