EVE General Discussion

If someone wants to become a "go to" person for ships, ammo, mods, boosters - basically a big-time supplier to support on-going war efforts or just customers in the area in general... is that possible in Eve? What skill groups would be most important? Is this a style of play that can be done with frequent logins but short sessions only? How would you eek out a living doing something like this, and what kinds of structures would you be "living" in? (I'm thinking nullsec type life.)

Thanks! (Sorry if this is the wrong forum.)

If you're supplying a specific Alliance that's handled by that alliance's Logistics officers and industrialists. You might get some money for this but it's not a low-commitment job. Insert joke about Logistics Officers and sanity slippage here...

Given that you're looking at frequent logins and short play sessions you probably want to look into Station Trading. You need a decent amount of seed capital to get started but you can make a lot of money fairly quickly if you're dedicated and smart about it. Emphasis on smart, be prepared to do a lot of spreadsheet work.

You could also look into hauling, ala Red Frog/Black Frog but those are generally somewhat independent from the sort of procurement you're talking about, and they're not exactly short play session professions, considering how much time a Freighter takes to warp, never mind the planning that goes into a successful Jump Freighter route.

Hope that helps.

big groups: have their logistic wing
smalls groups: use 3rd party logicist (usually)

supplying people in generals --> competition with all the other traders
supplying alliance/corp--> don't think that there is much competition if your prices are good and you are reliable

becoming a person that people in an alliance can ask anytime/anything and you are able to supply it,
well it's something that any leader would desire in his own alliance/corp and frankly once you find a good one you tend to not let it go/substituite it

If EVE were the type of game where ships had quality based on the crafting players skill or the minerals that went in to them had varying qualities I could see a few players becoming big time dealers. As is, anyone can just look at the market and buy the cheapest one on the spot, all exactly the same.

Biggest thing you will need are RL interpersonal skills as well as efficient market pathways which will take study and learning in game but are RL skill sets again just applied to the Eve universes supply and logistics chains.

Then I think Neuntausend pretty much summed up the roles and Cades meme about burnout will apply. All RL logistics matters are fully applicable in Eve and because the rate of change is MUCH greater, read 1month in real life might be equivalent to 1 day in game, burnout happens much faster as adaptations will need to be done and streamlined so much quicker.

Enjoy Eve.

If you are asking if being an "Arms Dealer" is a good and doable Profession in EvE, then yes it is/can be.

Of course that means you have to be able to get into and play "Serious" Indy. Even as a casual it is possible to do, but serious Indy is not for the faint of heart. In fact IMHO it is the hardest, most difficult Profession in EvE to get into with any real success (success dependent on your goal(s)) and more so trying to maintain it.

And the main reason for "serious" indy being this way is the fact even when not playing you have to almost live and breathe EvE online.
Because you can never have too much info, and this means blogs, forums, fansites, etc,etc.

In game you need to be able to do:
Mining, Research, Invention,Manufacturing, understand the market,
Keep abreast/study Meta-Game Politics, Keep abreast/study Meta-Game doctrines, you need corp (storage and offices are paramount),
you need to be willing to gank people, you need to be willing to PvP when necessary,
Hauling skills, ability to fit any manner of ship(not just rely on the ghost fitting or 3rd party fitting toosl) so you can do tests.

You need to go out and mission, explore
You need to go out and die with some character, have to push the limits amongst other reasons for all the above.
Your going to (not need but will use) utilize 3rd party sites for mapping, skill training, ship fitting, mining>resource conversion rates, things like eve central, spreadsheeets, calculators, pen and paper.......

You are going to both not care about the others around you using what and when you need to........at the same time caring only for those that become part of your core essential group (if you build one)
Core Essential group: building this means making friends and including them or training newbies and befriending them to take part in it. Beyond a certain level it will be essential to having others part of your plans/dreams, as 1 player will quickly be worth up to any 5 alts for many reasons. Sure you can do everything yourself.....but you will burn out, and quit(take a vacation) and have to start everything over again if you do (networking and getting/maintaining clients means you can never not log in again)

That is a pretty extensive list of stuff, but by no means complete....it should not be too difficult to ascertain what those things above will require with a little study into them.
PS: above all.......things you require not provided in game: Perseverance, Patience, Blatant Stubborness, a bit of Arrogance, and the ability to dissolve any type of morals every so often (combination of the 4 above....basically the IDGAF attitude, the one despite dying or not dying where you strongly believe nothing can stop you or hinder you.)

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Profit depends on how lazy your local PvP'ers are

Alliances tend to have a couple core players that do the jump freighter runs, run the POS, etc, in addition to out of corp alts in high sec. If you want to be a war supplier, then best bet is to join an active alliance and become part of their logistical backbone.

Following wars can be profitable, but consider that anyone not blue will be shot on sight so if you are unaffiliated with either side in the war, you are a huge target of opportunity for pretty much everyone in local. They won't appreciate your effort to stock the market nearly as much as they will appreciate your kill mail.

Still, every big war has staging systems and nearby markets. Stocking these with basic items can pay off. Staples like ammo, tackle modules, rigs, etc are all usually good sellers thru volume. Many alliances use doctrines and sell ships internally thru contracts, but items people need on the spot like ammo or scripts will always sell.

These staging systems always attract profiteers and scammers as well. If you are so inclined, you will find a target rich environment.

exatly!
take example from korea, vietnam, syria, afganistan, iraq etc

Offcourse it is!

People can come to me for all their missile needs. (hence the name of the corp )

Oh, and i also build other shooty stuff on the side