EVE New Citizens Q&A

Hey all.

So I joined Eve about a week or two ago, upgraded to full membership and love this game so much! Its so much fun but I ran into a spot of bother over the past few days.

My mate who plays gave me a 35mil Isk boost to start out and it was going great but I now find my self in a position of poverty.
Before you click out of this thread I am not here to ask for isk don't worry.

How do I earn isk in enough quantities to support myself?
I find myself in a situation where I can't afford anything!

Whenever I lose a ship it takes me ages to replace it, missions don't seem to pay out enough isk to support me?


Am I doing something wrong?

Is there anyway to make isk faster? Like a isk bank? Or something....


Thanks for any help.
Tama

First off, DO NOT EVER listen to anyone who reminds, is or has been a goon failura..

2nd, I also found myself in problems making ISK in highsec- But if you get into a BC and skill up you will start to make some isk, not alot but enough to replace your ship in 2-3 days actually. And if you add a Noctis salvaging on that, you can sometimes get up to 50mil from a single lv3 mission done in a drake.

Well, you might want to start with a bit of reading first : http://www.eveonline.com/ingameboard.asp?a=topic&threadID=774785

In your first few weeks of EVE, you're unlikely to make a lot of ISK fast, since you lack the in-game skills, equipment, standings and more importantly, the human player skills needed to earn ISK in an efficient manner.
It gets better later on.
MUCH better.

For instance, you're probably still running L2 missions, or at best, maybe L3 missions in an inefficient manner. L2 mission payout is quite lousy, and even blitzing highsec L3 missions with a well-fit ship and high skills won't get to too much ISK. It's when you start being able to run L4 missions with ease that the ISK revenue starts getting significant.

Then again, mission-running is just one of the many ways to earn ISK, and for quite a few people, it's quite boring, at least after properly getting the hang of it (mining probably being the only one universally thought of as more boring). On the other hand, some people find even mining relaxing, and other people ignore the routine of L4 mission-running for the ISK benefits it can bring. So, you know, 1000 people, 1001 opinions. Heh.

Again, at least browse the linked thread above - there are plenty of ways to earn ISK, and you don't have to limit yourself to just one of them.
For instance, you could be running missions whenever you're around, visiting your PI colonies briefly on a daily basis, while also occasionally updating your market orders (even while in the middle of a mission, as you're pounding on a larger enemy ; or maybe while looting and salvaging the remains afterwards), starting a few manufacture jobs whenever some of your slots are free, collecting whatever RP accrued on your research agents on a weekly or monthly basis.
You know, just an idea

Tama post the level of missions you are doing and what your fit is. It sounds like you may be incorrectly fit. We should be able to provide a little more help with more info.

This. All the way.

You shouldnt even be seeing that kind of money until maybe level 3 missions. And being only 2 weeks old, I doubt youre even doing level 2s. Doing level 1s, you should be able to make about 1 mil in an hour, in just pure isk. A frigate shouldnt cost you more than 500k. Youre either playing very carelessly or buying the most expensive things on the market because you assumed you could make that kind of money in the first week of playing.

As to not get your hopes down, there are cash barriers in this game. It may seem like youre grinding level 1s forever just to get a shiny new ship, but once youre able to fly bigger ships and do level2s, 3s, and 4s, you will see your income go up exponentially. Dont give up just because your friend spoiled you.

If you have a thick skin post a screen shot of your transaction log.

running level 1's and2's requires a frigate or destroyer. As long as you are not buying over priced meta 4 items you should be making enough isk to replace your ship every few missions. Where has all the isk gone?

There is plenty advice above which will help you stop losing ships. Once you are in a BC running level 3's you will be able to make some serious isk and can start thinking about pimping out your ship with the best items, PVP and new shiny toys

You're in Broken Toys , who are a utter failure of an alliance led by TERRIBLE TERRIBLE idiots who have absolutely no clue what they are doing.

You lost it all in PVP ( http://eve.battleclinic.com/killboard/combat_record.php?type=player&name=Tama+Kaede#losses ) because, again, they are terrible idiots and you're not experienced enough to know any better.

My advice?

Leave them, work out the game, then join a half decent corp / alliance.

It also looks from your kills, like you can bait in Jouvulen (a starter system) so you pretty much need to ******* biomass right now.

My understanding is that biomassing a character because it has a low security standing is a bannable offense.

Then you fail at understanding. It is not a bannable offence to biomass a character because it has a low security standing - it is, however, an offence to constantly recycle alts so that the sec status penatly is circumvented.

Nope I've been playing for a few years now and I'm always skint. Depends what you want if you want shiny shiny your going to need lots of isk, if you don't want shiny shiny like me you make enough to cover your losses buy another ship and continue.

skill up for a drake, shield skills and heavy missle skills start lvl'3 missions and the isk will start flowing nicely.