EVE New Citizens Q&A

Maximus if you dont plan on making rigs with the collected items sell them for a profit.

With the ammo you could keep but as you are flying a gun boat I doubt you'll need the ammo. You could sell that too. You could get decent prices for that in Jita or Amar.

What kinds of rigs would I be making? And the rigs are only made from the Circuits, right? So what would I do with all the loot?
Also, I don't go into combat that often (for now at least). Just chilling in the station (at Dodixie) and selling stuff.



Should I really have to go all the way to Jita to sell things? Isn't Dodixie good enough?
About the loot that you reprocess, are you sure that items below 100k ISK are worth it to salvage? I've checked a couple of items and for example, there's an item worth 50k. If I salvage it I get materials worth of 50k. You see what I mean?


Thank you both for replying so fast.

What do you mean exactly? The buying/selling on the market has nothing to do with the question I asked? So I'm not sure what you meant. =)

No no, don't worry. Everything's fine. Just didn't get the point at first, but I do now.
What about all the missiles? They're quite... worthless. Think I should just reprocess those?

Also, is it maybe smarter to get the reprocessing skill up before I start reprocessing loot?

One thing to keep in mind is that Ammunition and Charges (including missiles) need to be in the right sized stack before they can be reprocessed.

So long as you are not hurting for cash or materials, yes you should get your reprocessing skills up. Once again are you willing to wait for the better profit.

The simple answer is this: Sell your stuff.


Here's the more longwinded answer:
Of course, like with everything in EVE, you can go several ways turning your loot into money - depending on how much effort you want to spend on it, you can earn a bit more or less from your loot. Let's review your options, i'll try to sort them a bit by amount of effort needed:

* Sell to buy orders on the local market in your system you are missioning in. That's the option that takes no effort at all. Rightclick -> sell -> receive bacon. Clean and easy.

* Sell to buy orders at the next market hub. You are likely to get a bit more for your loot if you sell it at a market hub. However, you need to get your crap there somehow. Either haul it yourself or let someone do it for you.

* Sell your stuff via sell orders at the next market hub. Instead of just filling existing orders, you can put your stuff up for sale for your own prices. Depending on the item (meta 4 loot comes to mind), there can be a significant increase in profit, but of course you will have to a)train some skills to add to your number of allowed market orders and b) you will have to watch your orders to make sure they will actually sell.

* Refining some of the loot: Modules can be broken down into minerals. Sometimes you get more for the mins than for the module and reprocessing becomes profitable. Then sell the minerals on the market. Here your mileage will vary greatly with your skills and standings.

* Manufacturing. You could use the minerals and salvage and start building T1 modules and Rigs. Doing that will take a lot of your time doing the necessary research to ensure you'll actually make money that way. Using 20mil worth of minerals to manufacture modules that sell for 15mil is not a good use of your time ;)



Between these options, you will have to find your own way. Many mission runners just sell to the local market and use the time they would be spending on hauling on running another mission instead - thus making more money in the end. It depends a lot on what you enjoy. And on your skills. Don't start getting into industry if you don't have the skills for it. Don't start playing the market game with only 4 market orders and a shitload of taxes. A lot of time can be put into refining skills. So make your pick and train accordingly.

Most of the time Jita has better prices. I do not ever go to Dox, so no idea what prices are like there, But Jita prices always beat Amarr. Keep one of your alts in jita so you can compare prices vs dox.

Sadly there's a difference between the "estimated" price and the ISK you can really get from an item. Usually you'll get less. In the case of salvaged stuff you'll get MUCH less. Salavging used to pay for a new player, but nowadays it's really bad, and i'm not a money-thirsty person, i enjoy doing different stuff, even if it doesn't pay too well. But salvaging... (well, what a new player can salvage nowadays...) *shivers*...
My constructive advice would be to try out a bit of every ways to make money and choose by yourself the one(s) which work best for you (while bringing fun as well, eh, EVE is a game )

Anyway, let's look forward. You said that your goal is a megathron. Maybe it'll change as you discover the game, but let's assume that you wish in every case to pilot a battleship.
I tell you : take your time. A battleship is expensive, say 100M-300M, once fitted (T1). You'll lose it, it's part of the game. Ships are consummables. So there's nothing bad to fly it if you can afford to replace it as often as you lose it, and that there's still some money left to finance your next project.
It's not specific to battleships, more of a general rule : You must be able to get enough regular income to replace your losses.
So as tempting as is seems, please don't jump too fast in a more expensive ship.
You know for example (or maybe not yet), that a lot of players do missions to earn their money.
Usually, it goes like that for which ship to use at which level :
Missions level 1 : T1 frigates
Missions level 2 : T1 cruisers
Missions level 3 : T1 Battlecruisers (BC)
Missions level 4 : T1 Battleships (BS)
You COULD use a battleship quite early and do say missions level 2 or 3 in a battleship, why not... it's possible.
But no, it's a bad idea. Why ? Because you don't earn enough regular money at this level to replace the loss of a battleship.
Say you work long and hard, slowly sparing 200M and manage to buy Megathron and fit it with cheap stuff, spending until your last coin.
What if you lose it ? Think of it.
You are ready to fly your megathron when its loss doesn't equal a financial and/or emotionnal catastrophe for you.

I'm not trying you frighten you, but we regulary see here new players rushing to the Battleships (or whatever expensive stuff) when they can barely afford to replace regulary their T1 cruisers

Take your time and enjoy the travel !