EVE New Citizens Q&A

First I want to thank people for taking the time to read this thread and even considering to give a noob some advice.

So I've been playing for about 4 days (straight) and just upgraded to a paid account. I've done most of the observation missions and all the career missions. I've done lots of research on the game mechanics and watched video tutorials on YouTube about production,. mining, gas mining, market strategies, etc.

My main interests lie in mining, production and selling on the market. I've been training in the skills that that relate to those fields. I don't care much for PVP.

I started out in the Republic University corp. I've set up a base in Rens because I read it was a good trade hub, but it doesn't seem so. I have the best prices on ammo and low end gear and aren't selling much at all. I'm not looking to move TONS of product right now, but I would like some stuff to sell at least hourly. I really enjoy watching the market, tweaking prices and seeing what sells. I also would love to get into ship building, but I hear there's not much money in that.

So here's what I'm looking to do...

- Live next to a decent market that is not Jita
- Live next to systems where I can mine good resources
- Join a Corp and move up in the ranks (Is that called loyalty points?) But I don't know which one to join.
- I also want to manufacture product. Start off with low tier products and work my way up.
- I really want to start tier two missions. How do I get those?

Thanks in advance for any guidance you can give. Fly safe!!!

Thanks for the reply!

I think I'm going to live close to Amarr. What's the .01 game?

Ah right. I did see that in a video. Thanks for the explanation.

Mission hubs are probably worth a mention if you're not interested in trading in one of the bigger hubs

when I first starting playing I lived in lonetrek (region) in a system called Funtanainen as it had a few agents of diff levels for security missions, It's generally a pretty active system, It's only two jumps from Jita, and in a different region so you can't see jita prices from Funtanainen via the in game market thingy.

There was lots of stuff for sale in system, but crazy overpriced, and so I was just hauling stuff from jita to there to sell, things caldari mission pilots would want, (missile launchers, ballistic control systems, shield modules etc etc) and the other traders rarely updated their orders.

Not suggesting you should move to Funtanainen, just that some mission hubs can be quite profitable without playing the 0.1 isk game and without much effort, taking advantage of other people that don't want to travel them two jumps to jita, or as they can't see jita's market prices from there, maybe some just don't realise how much extra they are paying

Also, It's worth looking at some hi-sec systems that have a active faction warfare system close.

There are several markets that aren't Jita (though it is the largest). Rens, Amarr, Dodixie, (my personal favorite) among others. That's not to mention the ones that crop up in other areas of high and low due to Faction Warfare (as was already mentioned).

When it comes to mining resources, systems are nearly the same, sans a few asteroid differences. Depending on what you're wanting to build, will determine where you'll mine. https://wiki.eveonline.com/en/wiki/Locations_of_ore_and_ice_in_space Should help you decide that, as it breaks down what asteroids are found where, and so forth.

First, Loyalty Points are given as part of your mission reward for NPC missions. These can be used to purchase goodies from the NPC corp, which you in turn can keep and use, or sell on the market. When it comes to joining a corp, shop around a little bit. There's a recruitment channel (though last I looked, it was pretty spammy), or if you see fellow miners in an area of space you're living, ask what their corp is like, and see about fitting in.

Manufacturing products on a decent scale will take time with the skill investment required. The higher certain skills, the less material is required to make an item. This means you get more for your space-minerals, which in turn means more ISK.

To do higher level missions for the NPC corps, you need to continue running them until you have the required standings with that corp, to progress to the next level. There's an Agent Finder you can utilize in game to see what agents at what level, are applicable to you.


Hope that helps.

You can do missions for any agents that you have access to, regardless of which corporation you are in. You can use the agent finder to see which agents are available to you, and where they're located.

Jita is the major trading hub in the game. If it exist, it is sold in jita. The competition in jita is fierce. To sell most items, you will have to constantly babysit sell orders. The profit margin is typically very small in jita and almost non existent for a new player because of vets with setup operations and high efficiency.

Amarr isnt as bad. It has a lower volume of orders, but the profit margin can be a bit better as well. You will still have to babysit your orders and change them often to stay competitive.

Selling in trade hubs requires high volume low profit. Its actually the worse way to make money on the market as it takes more effort for less profit. The best trading is to do high profit , low volume. You buy in jita and sell somewhere more remote. People are willing to pay more because they dont want to make the 20 jumps to jita. It requires less time managing orders as well leaving you free to do other things to make isk. I use to make billions a month buying in jita and selling elsewhere in highsec with 3 trader alts( in 3 different locations).

The best profit margin is in null space with a 10 to 40% markup on jita prices. The volume is low and there are faster ways to make isk in null. However, it is good passive income.

Production wise. Your best profit is going to be to produce in null. Lower volume but you get far better prices. In high you have to deal with people who are extremely efficient and willing to make almost nothing for their effort.

Starting out in production, i would produce t1 ammo and drones and then ships and sell these at mission hubs. Stay away from t1 modules. Most people use named t1 modules that are loot drops, so the demand for t1 modules is not high. You could also sell frigs and destroyers near faction warfare areas and probably do ok. the production of ship rigging can usually be decently profitable. t2 production is less profitable and involves a lengthy production line.

Eve is more a pvp game than anything else. PVP happens everywhere and it will be part of your eve life whether you want it to or not ( unless you never undock). High sec gives a false sense of security. While you are relatively safe most of the time you still have to deal with gankers and wardeccers. Gankers may attack you if you have enough isk value of stuff in your cargohold. Wardecs will basically shutdown a high sec residents ability to make isk until the wardec is over.


I would suggest spending 6-12 months in high sec training skills and learning the game and figuring out everything you would like to do. Then i would highly recommend joining an industrial corp in sovereignty null or wormhole space. Most of the time these places are safer than high sec as you know if someone is friend or foe, there is no maybe, they might gank me. Both places are rich in high end ores/minerals/ices/ gases. And have many opportunities for the industrialist.

I'm reading all this and taking it in. I can read the wiki's all day long, but to have experienced players give such specific advice for what I'm looking to do is so helpful. Seriously. Thanks for taking the time to write so much.

Try Apanake, Osmon, or Lanngisi - these are all extremely busy mission hubs, and (if you play your cards right), you can make a small fortune with inter-hub trading (i.e., buy in Jita, resell there).

I've made a fair amount of money setting up shop in these places, and have begun to expand to attendant low sec systems to serve those who love to yarr.

Good luck!

Many player run corporations will operate within a certain area, and will often have a station they call "home". If you want to do stuff together it helps if you move there.