Market Discussions

So I have a question on the new tax rates, do they make standings even more important to trading characters or is it still about the same?

I was told that on the character bazaar that people didn't value standings very highly on trading alts which I found weird... I figured I would come here and ask the traders...

I ask because I was considering making trading character with high standings and trying to sell them. Is that a good idea or a fools errand?

Any advice would be appreciated

Thanks.

So CCP basically made it so a major aspect to the game, the standings mechanic, is essentially meaningless?

From what I understand it used to be needed to anchor structures, get clones, cheaper purchases, and to get better missions.

So now it really is only to get better missions?


Thanks again

Well thats too bad, i thought i found a good way to make isk. I know its a bit presumptuous of me but I like to be the girl who has tons of whatever the currency is in whichever game I play be that gold, credits, or in this case isk. Normally i get into a game early so I have a fighting chance of attaining the status of a rich player. In this case it will be much more difficult but I think I will get there.

I was looking at mission running for standings simply because it seems to be something I can do with limited resources and skills. A lot of what I have seen for making large sums of isk ihave high barriers to entry. My cousin, she got me into this game loaned me some isk but i went and was a bit over zeslous and started my own couple character isk farm. So the isk is unavailable to me for now but it should at least fund my game play from month to month.

But as i said, i want to be the filthy rich girl so just getting by is not enough for me. Which brings me here trying to come up with some get rich quick schemes

I have been talking to the science guys a bit about pi and that seems to be possibly lucritive but i assume its best to have multiple revinue streams.. so if anyone has any ideas how to get really rich please let me know, i am not exactly the sharpest blade in the knife drawer so trading seems intimidating plus it seems i would need a lot of isk to start and understanding of market trends and fluctuations which i do not have, so please keep that in mind when giving me tips.

Anyway, thanks for the help, and for anymore advice you can send my way.

Fare thee well and ta ta for now

P.S. sorry for typos, I dont weigh a lot and do love me some drinks, so slightly tipsy, and by that i mean to say drunk as a skunk.. which is an odd sang since i doubt any skunk has ever been drunk but you get the idea

You're serious about becoming filthy rich?

There is the one way ... open an online casino, make it popular, rig the odds, rake in.

Another is to become the dictator of a big carebear alliance, and let your members work for you.

Forget everything else, it's not worth your time.

I should have put a [sarcasm] tag around my post

From what i was loaned i have about 4 or 5 bill left and time is unlimited at least for the summer, someone close to me is dieing of cancer so i moved in to help make it do she doesnt spend the last few months she has in a hospital bed.

She takes around the clock attention but usually only a few minutes at a time, mostly she sleeps.

So i will have issues in fleets where if i go afk randomly people die, or talking on comms and waking her, but like i said other than those random 5 to 10 min here and there i can play...or sleep of course, a girl needs her sleep.

As for how rich? I want to start at breaking 100 billion then go from there I want to be able to buy any item i come across if i truly want it, even if its rare and expensive. I like my toys.

Thsnks again


P.S. i didnt get drunk while here with the person i am helping, my brother also helps a lot so i do get time to unwind as does he. We both would go crazy if we couldnt get away here and there.

So buying low in jita and selling high in amarr for instance?

Or you worm your way into a position of power and authority in an alliance that is rich and then steal all their stuffs.

Otherwise known as the CCP recommended way.

You'll need to fix your sucky skills before you can trade effectively, but there are very few trading skills to train and many are very optional.

It's true that the margins on some items are terrible even when you have maximum skills and high standings, but you just don't waste your time on those items. Trade the items that you can profit from, disregard the ones you cannot.

There are several threads about station trading that you can read up on. Your success or failure will depend on if it works for you. I personally would rather die than station trade any appreciable sum of money.