EVE New Citizens Q&A

Hey guys. I have a lowsec mission running fit on one account, with a Drake. Killing stuff is easy enough, but even with Salvage Drones, the ship is sooo slow that picking the stuff up is a pain.

So, I'm wondering what kind of set up (ship, fit, etc) a secondary account would need to salvage while my primary is doing a mission. I have about 100-150mil to play with here.

Ideally, it would be fast, able to salvage (obviously,) and have the ability to carry a fair amount of salvaged goods.

I also have a couple questions regarding this. Would it be wise to clear the mission before beginning to salvage, or is it viable to begin salvaging while the Drake is killing rats? Is there anything else I should keep in mind while doing this?

I already have two accounts, and I'm looking to be more efficient about this. Would it be viable, or highly dangerous, to warp in with the Noctis on a second account, while still doing the mission, and start salvaging?

Additionally, are MTUs single use? If so, then it seems like it would get very pricey very quickly to use them.

MTUs are not single use but they can be shot at without any standing hit or concord interaction and are very easy to scan down.

IMHO the whole reason to mission in low or null sec is for the better mission rewards which is to say better LP. I would not bother with loot and salvage mission running in low or null sec.

For the most isk per hour in high sec you want to speed run missions and ignore loot. In low sec that is only more true with want to keep your exposure time to a minimum.

Also dividing you attention between two accounts in low sec seems problematic to me as well.

However this is just my two cents. You might be able to find a way to make it work. I'm just saying that I can not.

If you still want to do it I would say the cheaper the better.

Thanks to everyone for all the advice. It leaves a lot to be pondered.



Posting such on the forums can leave me exposed? How would people even find me with as huge as this game is?



I've read this several times and it has confused me. Let's say I spend 20-30 mins killing mobs to finish a mission...this gives me like 500k-1mil. I salvage for roughly the same amount of time, and end up with 3-4mil in loot. How is it faster to blitz missions?

Oh, I love this. I am too jaded now.

To answer your question. There are locator agents. When you have enough standing, you ask the locator agent where someone is, and after a period of time, they tell you. Luckily, they can't tell when you are logged on anymore.



Most of the money in mission running is from the LP store. Since the LP reward is a flat amount, blitzing allows for a higher LP/hour rate. Players that concentrate on LP store income brag about 200m/hour. Although, I personally think anything that makes 200m an hour or more will be shortly crowded with competition, and the profit rate will go down.

The SOE ships used to be twice as expensive as they are now. The competition has halved the income of those who specialized in SOE missions.

TBH, the whole blitzing thing is an advanced technique that you use later in high DPS ships doing Level 4 missions which make over 10k LP/mission. Looting is fine for now since you're new and by definition poor, but I"d only loot in HS, or clear then loot as J'Poll said.

For now just be advised that the official forums are considered part of the game. So changing behavior based on forum presence is allowed. Wars have been started for remarks made on the forums. That's why ergh is a forum alt, she won't post with her main because she doesn't want to risk a backlash in game from her forum posts. She is not alone in this, many players will only post with alts, others strictly post with their mains. I just ergh chose an easier to spell forum name.

payout of a mission is determined, in part by the sec rating of the system. Lower sec pays out more isk reward and more LP.

SoE is a good example of my next point. The faction "The Servant Sisters of EVE" have 3 corps The corp "Sisters of EVE" Exists in high sec and has an LP store with nearly identical pricing as the other factions for the same or similar stuff. The corporation "The Santuary" is an SoE corp that exists only in low or null sec. They have much cheaper prices on items in the LP store.

There for not only do you get better LP rewards in low sec but your LP are worth more. At least if you are running missions for a low sec only corp.

Example Stratios:

With SoE corp the ship is 300K LP and 20 Million isk. The BPC is 120K LP and 30 Million isk.

With The Sanctuary the ship is 240K LP and 15 Million isk and the BPC is 80K LP and 20 Million isk.

As you can see the BPCs of the ship are one and a half times more expensive in both LP and isk in high sec and you get more LP per mission in low / null.

Huh. Is there a resource for a new player to get more information on where to focus? Or is it going to be a lot of guess and check work?

Any t1 dessy should be fine. It doesn't have to be a catalyst. The point Cara was making was to keep it cheap. In the OP you said you were flying a Drake into LS and she picked up on that while the rest of us totally overlooked it and focused on the rest of your question.

Newbie + Drake in LS = Bad.
Solo drake is LS is a bad idea in general. T1 Dessy is a lot more maneuverable, you could probably even speed kite with some of them, and getting blown up by a hostile won't be nearly as painful as being blown up in a drake.


https://www.fuzzwork.co.uk/lpstore/ has a bunch of resources that are useful. The numbers are estimates only and are often wrong, but they can help.

After looking up the numbers, you then have to go to the market and verify them, and check the volume. It doesn't matter how much an items is selling for if no one is buying.

It's not that big of a deal to lose it, as it's insured. It would suck to lose the insurance premium...but it wouldn't be THAT large of a blow.

The fact that people can find me makes me very wary of low sec though. And from what lots of you have said, it might be a good idea to just mission run in high sec. That said, it's more fun for me to salvage than to kill things. So, exploration might be more my style then? Is it even worth it to go exploring for salvage in high sec?

Free materials are not free. Whether you salvage them or purchase them, they have a value. Many beginner industrialists actually end up losing profits because they are building things using their "free"materials, when the raw materials are actually worth more.