EVE General Discussion

I used to play Eve a long time ago when it first came out, but I might as well be new to the game it has been so long.
I am one of those few people who enjoys mining to an extent. I would like to use mining in conjunction with something else player related. Do I get into building? Trading? What other career paths work well with mining?
Any advice is appreciated. Thank you

Culamity

You can either do mining and something different from time to time to change your mind, like missionning. Or you can do different things industry-related, like planetary interaction (take time to figure out but after it's setup it's very little work for regular isk flow).

Or you can train for a stealth bomber and go rattting in belts in nullsec, or in providence in combat anoms. Or go cloaky in nullsec and lowsec to put some mobile siphon to steal moongoo from POSes. Or try to put yourself near a ice anomaly and go mine it when it's there.

Thank you for the ideas

Calm Down Ganker

I was trying to work out how belt ratting works in a bomber, but I couldn't really find much info. Could you please shed some light on the matter? What kind of fit would you use? Any specific flying tips? Also is there anything you have to look out for or can you just handle everything in there? Cheers!

Well, you'll need first the right bomber for the right rats, depending on the type of torpedoes you'll need for them. After that, try finding some high bounties BS with preferably no frigates with them, or at least non-elite frigates. A target painter or misile guidance computers for more range are always a good module to have to kill faster or safer the rats. Except from that there's not much, just dont forget bombers arent that fast and cant cloak if you're targeted by rats. If you can find some rare rats, go for them and loot their wrecks, they have implants and good modules.

I would recommend violence.
Vague, I know, but ideally something that brews up a skillset that will aid you eventually in defending your bits and pieces.
Mission running or combat sites wouldn't be a bad choice, perhaps dabble in some low sec frigate pvp on the cheap.
This would help give you a vastly different activity choice to engage in when you don't feel like mining, and will help you be ready for that eventuality of having to run, fight or die for the things you have.
Some experience and a solid set of skills can make the run or fight outcomes more likely than the last one.
Get scary!

this is VERY bad advice.

If you want to do pvp, understand that eve is an "N+1" fleet game. In other words, N +1 ships will beat N ships. There is no "invincible pwnmobile" that you can fly around in as a solo pilot and be Very Dangerous to everyone with impunity. T3 cruisers, orthrus and Svipul used to be close to this ideal, and every now and then CCP will release another for the bucks it brings, but generally speaking Eve is N+1 and violence is gang violence.

You don't need skills. You just need NUMBERS. If you want to win at Eve PVP, join a bigger blob. That's it. join the biggest gang, be the Very Dangerous pilot you always dreamed of being.

How can I put this? You are not a knight in shining armour, riding into battle on a clean white horse, with fine ladies watching your bravery.

On the contrary, you are a slightly ******** child with severe social disfunction, and you will use a short and blunt little knife to stab a crippled old lady in the eyes until she stops streaming and dies of slow blood loss. You will share in the glory with many of your kind, and gang of ******** imps who flock from haunt to haunt, consuming the weak in a frenzy of ********, demented consumption.

This is NOT a criticism of Eve. It is rather a ringing endorsement of it. No other game offers such a spectacle as New Eden. if you want a walk in the human zoo, you are in for a real treat. The people who make this game absolutely despise their customer base, and with good reason. You should see the mechanics they have devised as incentives for these people (the Very Dangerous pilots). Talk about a not very subtle slap in the face.

And the graphics are amazing.

OP, you can literally do any other activity you want to in EvE and mine when you feel like doing so. We get three characters per account letting us set them up to do many things. I have known folks who mine and also do dreadnought pvp, mine and trade, mine and build stuff, mine and small gang frigate roam, mine and explore, etc, etc, etc. You aren't limited to any one thing. Many EvE players do this sort of thing. Jump clones are our friends. Even if you just want to use one character, even an alpha, there are many things you can do while also mining when you feel like it. Trading is something that can easily be done by a mining character with any ship and any budget.

LOL, such a narrow-minded view on pvp! I see guys kill groups of ppl solo every week. You just describe one situation in pvp and by coincidence, its the one situation that I haven't encountered yet myself, but of course this is how it happens often, but far from always!