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To be honest, what's the best way of making ISK?
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Ladie Harlot
Viziam
Amarr Empire
#61 - 2011-12-28 20:04:39 UTC
1-Up Mushroom wrote:
Ladie Harlot wrote:
1-Up Mushroom wrote:
Personally I've never scammed, even when I was dirt broke I never stooped that low, I actually have morals even in games.

Although trading and missioning is good ISK

What does scamming have to do with morals? That just sounds silly...

I wouldn't scam someone in RL, I'm guessing you wouldn't either... I think.

You're right but it still has nothing to do with what happens in a video game.

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1-Up Mushroom
Imperial Academy
Amarr Empire
#62 - 2011-12-28 20:05:38 UTC
Ladie Harlot wrote:
1-Up Mushroom wrote:
Ladie Harlot wrote:
1-Up Mushroom wrote:
Personally I've never scammed, even when I was dirt broke I never stooped that low, I actually have morals even in games.

Although trading and missioning is good ISK

What does scamming have to do with morals? That just sounds silly...

I wouldn't scam someone in RL, I'm guessing you wouldn't either... I think.

You're right but it still has nothing to do with what happens in a video game.

To some
5 Senses In A Person... 4 Seasons In A Year... 3 Colors In A Stoplight... 2 Poles On The Earth... ONLY 1-UP MUSHROOM!!!  If You Like My Sig, Like Me!   Remember EVE is EVErything!
Gogela
Epic Ganking Time
CODE.
#63 - 2011-12-28 20:12:22 UTC
1-Up Mushroom wrote:
Ladie Harlot wrote:
1-Up Mushroom wrote:
Ladie Harlot wrote:
1-Up Mushroom wrote:
Personally I've never scammed, even when I was dirt broke I never stooped that low, I actually have morals even in games.

Although trading and missioning is good ISK

What does scamming have to do with morals? That just sounds silly...

I wouldn't scam someone in RL, I'm guessing you wouldn't either... I think.

You're right but it still has nothing to do with what happens in a video game.

To some

To anyone. Video games are just games.

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Jaroslav Unwanted
Brutor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#64 - 2011-12-28 20:14:13 UTC
Gogela wrote:

To anyone. Video games are just games.


And we all are dedicated role-players. Hmm..
1-Up Mushroom
Imperial Academy
Amarr Empire
#65 - 2011-12-28 20:16:34 UTC
Gogela wrote:

To anyone. Video games are just games.

Well of course they are, but there's still a human on the other side of the screen. Now scamming a NPC is different, but who scams NPC's P
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Maxpie
MUSE LLP
#66 - 2011-12-28 20:25:01 UTC
It depends what you consider 'best'. I've found trading to yeild the most profit with the least effort, but I don't enjoy it and I don't generally like to stay near trade hubs, so I rarely do it. Unless you really just want to grind isk for whatever reason, I'd suggest it's best to do what you enjoy. If, for example, you prefer to live in a WH, missions are probably not a good avenue for you. Sure, mining is not profitable compared to other things, but some people actually enjoy it. Personally, I enjoy running a mission every so often while others just plain hate it. I don't run them for isk, I just enjoy it once in a while. Some other ways to make decent isk are incursions, scamming and wormholes, but Eve is a game, so do what you find fun.

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Eternum Praetorian
Doomheim
#67 - 2011-12-28 20:25:27 UTC
in this post I smear my copy/pasted and parroted opinion in your face, just like everyone else just did.

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Jaroslav Unwanted
Brutor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#68 - 2011-12-28 20:28:03 UTC
Eternum Praetorian wrote:
in this post I smear my copy/pasted and parroted opinion in your face, just like everyone else just did.


Special snowflake syndrome.. ???

In that case

Hata Kap Mahiral Suuhame Dhak Rallien Grolčht
Gkarheiuo outgpatewšč osdtH89ae.
Carribean Queen
Vadimus Quarrier Works
#69 - 2011-12-28 21:11:21 UTC
Find yourself a nice DED 1/10 (public site) somewhere moderately quiet.

The site will repopulate once an hour. You can get small C-type deadspace and/or faction mods and make upwards of 100mil per day if you're diligent at it. There are a few faction drops that are worth several hundred mil, albeit rare.

In between, salvage up the wrecks you made, rat the belts, run some missions nearby.
1-Up Mushroom
Imperial Academy
Amarr Empire
#70 - 2011-12-28 21:35:40 UTC
Carribean Queen wrote:
Find yourself a nice DED 1/10 (public site) somewhere moderately quiet.

The site will repopulate once an hour. You can get small C-type deadspace and/or faction mods and make upwards of 100mil per day if you're diligent at it. There are a few faction drops that are worth several hundred mil, albeit rare.

In between, salvage up the wrecks you made, rat the belts, run some missions nearby.

It's more around 250-400m if your serious about it
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Gogela
Epic Ganking Time
CODE.
#71 - 2011-12-28 22:33:16 UTC
1-Up Mushroom wrote:
Gogela wrote:

To anyone. Video games are just games.

Well of course they are, but there's still a human on the other side of the screen. Now scamming a NPC is different, but who scams NPC's P

There are numbers waiting to become statistics on the other side of the screen... nothing more. Blink

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Shizuken
Venerated Stars
#72 - 2011-12-28 22:45:09 UTC
Liam Mirren wrote:
Can make massive isk but if you take it too serious it has a habit of turning into Spreadsheets Online.


This is hella funny. I too have made the jump from EVE to Spreadsheets Online Lol
Rhastafan
Brutor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#73 - 2011-12-28 23:13:27 UTC
sYnc Vir wrote:
Sadly FW Mission are worth about 300M per hour and can be done solo in a SB for the right faction "COUGH CALDARI COUGH"RollRoll


I don't find it sadBig smile And Caldari isn't the only faction that can do itBlink

If you are smart about what LP items you use to convert LP to ISK AND don't convert a lot (cause the really high ratio items don't support a lot of volume) AND play smart (i.e. don't lose ships) it's worth 320mil/hour, but I think 200mil/hour is a more realistic figure for someone who is new (and that's L4 missions, I think it is about 1/3 for each level below 4 - but it is pretty quick to get standing for L4 missions and also pretty quick to get skills for a SB fit that can do the job).

If you spend half a day making 2 mission runs (with about 9 missions per run) converting to ISK and selling you can have a billion right there (though it will take a day or three to sell the stuff).

Forget about using PLEX to get ISK, you should be using ISK to get PLEX; Not only can you use them to pay your account but you can also use them as a vehicle to make ISK by trading them on the market.
sYnc Vir
Wolfsbrigade
Ghost Legion.
#74 - 2011-12-28 23:15:46 UTC
Xolve wrote:
Ramacliv wrote:
Unlike the others once you max out skills for an Orca and foreman mindlink using an alt to run the hulk you can make decent isk however it takes some SP to get to that point. That said in my opinion the real isk for those with low SP lies in being able to solo level 4 missions then come back and salvage/loot everything. You then sell or reprocess and sell everything. You don't need a massive amount of SP to do level 4 missions and getting to that point means shortly you can be able to do incursions which is where the real isk is made. Now all of this assumes you actually want to be active, keep your toon's name with a good rep (scamming ruins this) and play the game. A lot of the other things mentioned are also good low SP isk including ninja salvaging (almost no outflow (ammo costs) and a lot of the rewards in selling salvage and loot however they have a downside in that noone likes a ninja.


Oh herro wall-o-text..

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No it doesn't, get an Education or read a book. Its 7 lines ffs.

Don't ask about Italics, just tilt your head.
sYnc Vir
Wolfsbrigade
Ghost Legion.
#75 - 2011-12-28 23:19:57 UTC
Rhastafan wrote:
sYnc Vir wrote:
Sadly FW Mission are worth about 300M per hour and can be done solo in a SB for the right faction "COUGH CALDARI COUGH"RollRoll


I don't find it sadBig smile And Caldari isn't the only faction that can do itBlink

If you are smart about what LP items you use to convert LP to ISK AND don't convert a lot (cause the really high ratio items don't support a lot of volume) AND play smart (i.e. don't lose ships) it's worth 320mil/hour, but I think 200mil/hour is a more realistic figure for someone who is new (and that's L4 missions, I think it is about 1/3 for each level below 4 - but it is pretty quick to get standing for L4 missions and also pretty quick to get skills for a SB fit that can do the job).

If you spend half a day making 2 mission runs (with about 9 missions per run) converting to ISK and selling you can have a billion right there (though it will take a day or three to sell the stuff).

Forget about using PLEX to get ISK, you should be using ISK to get PLEX; Not only can you use them to pay your account but you can also use them as a vehicle to make ISK by trading them on the market.


When the Customs office first came out, the ISK per LP went insane. I have more than a few Corp mates that began joyful isk swimming.

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Eternum Praetorian
Doomheim
#76 - 2011-12-28 23:24:43 UTC
Jaroslav Unwanted wrote:
Eternum Praetorian wrote:
in this post I smear my copy/pasted and parroted opinion in your face, just like everyone else just did.


Special snowflake syndrome.. ???

In that case

Hata Kap Mahiral Suuhame Dhak Rallien Grolčht
Gkarheiuo outgpatewšč osdtH89ae.




No need to get all butthurt bra.
Did I copy paste that right?

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Flakey Foont
#77 - 2011-12-28 23:36:17 UTC
To the OP. The best way to make isk is the way YOU make the most isk. Try stuff like missions, trading etc, and you will find what you are best at.
Doc Severide
Doomheim
#78 - 2011-12-28 23:41:45 UTC  |  Edited by: Doc Severide
Guthris wrote:
The best way to make ISK is to get a job IRL, spend a couple hours making money. Use that to buy GTC's and convert that to ISK.

You'll make a couple dozen times the money you can, that you'd be spending the same amount of time dedicated to grinding missions

I was waiting for some one else to post this first. This is the ONLY way I make ISK. My game time is limited and I want the shiny stuff. I can work 1/2 hour of OT to buy 1 GTC I can trade for 900 Million ISK. 2 of these a month keeps me going. And the people who buy my GTC's are happy they can play without spending real money...
Selinate
#79 - 2011-12-29 00:03:35 UTC
Xolve wrote:
Selinate wrote:
Why can't people be more thorough when they just say "Scamming is the best way to make isk"? Not all scamming is created equal. Spamming a one trit for 2 billion isk will actually turn out to be isk inefficient compared to level 4 missions.


Thats why I or many others have never not gotten enough ISK for PLEX scamming during an Hours for PLEX re-activation right?
If scamming fails- Suicide Gank a Tengu/Loki/Proteus with the new T3 Battlecruisers.


You didn't even read my post, which is obvious from your response, so please, don't even try to make a response. It just makes you look stupid.
Professor Alphane
Les Corsaires Diable
#80 - 2011-12-29 00:19:17 UTC
At the end of the day OP the BEST way to make isk is the way you enjoy most, otherwise you'll lose interest and end up making nothing.

Enjoy the game, try out diffent things, it's the quality of your recreation time that matters really not the quantity of virtual $ in your pocket.

Not saying don't optimize and make the most of your potential but at the end of the day this is your fun time, so have fun and don't worry most likely the isk will come rolling in whatever you decide to do.

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