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Scipio Artelius
Weaponised Vegemite
Flying Dangerous
#21 - 2014-03-06 02:14:05 UTC  |  Edited by: Scipio Artelius
Blodgharm Takeda wrote:

Damn, that sounds really good. Does the actual afk capture make you much in the way of lp? (I'm assuming it's lp you earn - sorry for noob...)

The AFK bit was a bit of a joke. If you really are going to be afk then just use rookie ships and no need to fit stabs or a cloak since you can't make use of them away from your keyboard (well a cloak you can but then you can't cap a plex).

It's just that sitting on a button for 20 minutes is really, really tedious.

LP payout depends on the type of plex and defensive plexing is not as lucrative as offensive plexing.
Blodgharm Takeda
State War Academy
Caldari State
#22 - 2014-03-06 02:18:13 UTC
Scipio Artelius wrote:
Blodgharm Takeda wrote:

Damn, that sounds really good. Does the actual afk capture make you much in the way of lp? (I'm assuming it's lp you earn - sorry for noob...)

The AFK bit was a bit of a joke. If you really are going to be afk then just use rookie ships and no need to fit stabs or a cloak since you can't make use of them away from your keyboard (well a cloak you can but then you can't cap a plex).

It's just that sitting on a button for 20 minutes is really, really tedious.

LP payout depends on the type of plex and defensive plexing is not as lucrative as offensive plexing.


Ahh alright :)

Well thanks for the help, gonna look into it and give it a go!

Cheers again!
Divine Entervention
Doomheim
#23 - 2014-03-06 02:21:51 UTC
To me this feels like CCP advertising to all the potential long term subscribers who joined after the B-R5RB promotion.

It's crafted well.
Fredfredbug4
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#24 - 2014-03-06 03:12:02 UTC
Scamming and trading will be the only feasible ways for you to make 630 mil in 21 days. It's been done before, I remember seeing a guide for it somewhere on youtube or something but I can't find it right now.

Watch_ Fred Fred Frederation_ and stop [u]cryptozoologist[/u]! Fight against the brutal genocide of fictional creatures across New Eden! Is that a metaphor? Probably not, but the fru-fru- people will sure love it!
Ralen Zateki
Gladiators of Rage
Fraternity.
#25 - 2014-03-06 03:30:04 UTC
Blodgharm Takeda wrote:
o7 all!

I am not a very experienced player; somewhere between 1 and 2 years under my belt. I'm sure it's been done many times before, but just thought it'd be fun to start a new account and try to play Eve without spending any (real) money whatsoever and ask if anyone would like to join me!

In my opinion, making the money to pay for the Eve subscription and then using the ISK you make in-game to have fun is the best way to play Eve - as it is just that, a game. However, as a challenge, I am going to freeze my current account and try to play this game entirely for free!

I'm going to try this using the 21-day trial from a buddy invite, and will probably begin some time in the next fortnight.

Anyone is welcome to join, however, I posted this on the forums with the aim of mainly attracting players with around 1+ years experience who either have problems funding their accounts or would simply like to have a go at playing for free!

Let me know, and fly safe :)




Bah! Be a real man and cruise around with a bunch of bought PLEX in something like a Navy... err... nevermind....
Grymmstorm
Kings of Groth
#26 - 2014-03-06 04:02:22 UTC
Garnoo wrote:
Faction Warfare... with 1-4day old char you can make easy 500m-1b isk in 1-2weeks in cheap t1 frig


Sounds like I might need to try that...Can you fleet up with alts and get rewards on all of them?
Hasikan Miallok
Republic University
Minmatar Republic
#27 - 2014-03-06 04:09:50 UTC  |  Edited by: Hasikan Miallok
If the point of this exercise is simply to get an account that never paid subs, its relatively easy. If you have not got 600 mill after 3 weeks (a difficult task) start a new 3 week character and transfer the ISK you have made so far from the old one to the new one. Rinse and repeat as often as needed.

You could also feasibly create a batch of 3 week characters and pool the ISK.

NOTE If you are intending to do PI with a trial character you are probably one of the 4 or 5 people in all of EVE who actually have a use for the Primae. Trial characters cannot fly industrials and Command Centes are 1000 M3 in size and hence too big for frigates and destroyers. Also note that trial characters can fly a Gnosis Battlecruiser if you can get your hands on one.
Blodgharm Takeda
State War Academy
Caldari State
#28 - 2014-03-07 01:38:01 UTC
Thanks for the posts chaps. All very helpful.

Like the idea of just pooling the isk, in particular if I fail! Thanks for that Hasikan :)
Blodgharm Takeda
State War Academy
Caldari State
#29 - 2014-03-07 01:40:32 UTC
Grymmstorm wrote:


Sounds like I might need to try that...Can you fleet up with alts and get rewards on all of them?


If you're down to have a go of this mate, give me a shout if you wanna duo for a bit :)
I Love Boobies
All Hail Boobies
#30 - 2014-03-07 02:33:37 UTC
I haven't payed any real life money to play Eve in over 7 years, and I have only been playing 8. Wish they still had the 90 day GTCs for under 200 million ISK though, lol.
Mixu Paatelainen
Eve Refinery
#31 - 2014-03-07 08:36:42 UTC
Go lowsec ratting, minimal skills needed to drop rats and if you're dedicated you'll find faction rats reasonably often, sell loot, buy plex. Wouldn't recommend forever but if you are set on doing this on a fresh account its available to you.
Angelica Dreamstar
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
#32 - 2014-03-07 12:20:02 UTC
If everybody shared your weird logic, there'd be no game around anymore people could play for free. And lvl4s woild work, yeah, but that's just a waste of time. You can make the same amounts of money doing other things much faster/earlier.

Still... the last thing CCP needs is new players trying to pay the sub with ISK and succeeding with it, right from the start.

bingo, his pig not being a goat doesn't make the pig wrong, just him an idiot for shouting at his pig "WHY ARENT YOU A GOAT!" (Source)

-- Ralph King-Griffin, about deranged people playing EVE ONLINE
Senfora Anophis
An Errant Venture
#33 - 2014-03-07 12:27:04 UTC
Blodgharm Takeda wrote:
45thtiger 0109 wrote:


So you are going to open and close accounts to see how much isk you can make in 21 days.

To feed your main account I can tell you not that much at all because you need to train your skills up to get into better ships for the LvL 4 missions.

I for one has kept this account going for 7 + years now and I use plexes to pay for this account.

So you will not win at all doing what you are doing and it takes along time to train SP so what you are doing is useless.

BTW Good Luck in trying




Thanks for the post!

In essence, I just wanted to have a go at running an account for free from scratch. As much as l4s generate a lot of isk, it's not the only way to generate enough to plex an account is it?


You know you don't HAVE to stay in Essence. There ARE other regions in the game.


....sorry, couldn't resist.
Gyromite
AWE Corporation
Intrepid Crossing
#34 - 2014-03-07 16:26:09 UTC  |  Edited by: Gyromite
So much misinformation here....

1) Faction warfare is good money, and semi-afk (I watch movies) if you do it during off-peak hours.
2) Some militias are more profitable than others.
3) Trial accounts can't train cloaking.
4) You must orbit within 20km of the button.
5) To join militia you must join a militia corp as a trial account, you cannot join npc militia corp.
6) The most you can make plexing (assuming you're at t2) is 60m/hr that's if you're lucky.
7) Rookie ships can't cap, neither can pods.
Aivo Dresden
State War Academy
Caldari State
#35 - 2014-03-07 16:55:33 UTC
You can make about 90m - 120m isk / h running incursions. They are alright. I do them for an afternoon once a month. Pays for my account.
Barbara Nichole
Royal Amarr Institute
Amarr Empire
#36 - 2014-03-07 17:15:07 UTC
Aivo Dresden wrote:
You can make about 90m - 120m isk / h running incursions. They are alright. I do them for an afternoon once a month. Pays for my account.

don't expect to get into an incursion in the first few months of your eve life....

  - remove the cloaked from local; free intel is the real problem, not  "afk" cloaking -

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Qalix
Long Jump.
#37 - 2014-03-07 20:56:11 UTC
Angelica Dreamstar wrote:
And lvl4s woild work, yeah, but that's just a waste of time. You can make the same amounts of money doing other things much faster/earlier.

Trial characters can no longer access L4 or higher agents.
Mehashi 'Kho
New Eden Motion Pictures
#38 - 2014-03-07 21:21:01 UTC
Faction warfare would tick all your boxes.

Once you've accumulated a bit of LP then you'd only need one or two clone/bs belt rats to raise the isk to convert your first lp to something you can sell. Once you've sold the first you have capital to use to convert all that follows. I have 3 accounts and due to heavy workload irl don't get much time to play recently, I still never struggle to pay my way using isk for plex. If you are dedicated you won't just be breaking even but making a large profit too.

You won't be able to enlist as a single trial player, but I think you should be able to join a player corp that is already enlisted without issue.

ps, it's within 30km of the plex bunker you must remain gyro, not 20km :p
Batelle
Federal Navy Academy
#39 - 2014-03-07 21:22:47 UTC
Divine Entervention wrote:
To me this feels like CCP advertising to all the potential long term subscribers who joined after the B-R5RB promotion.

It's crafted well.


tinfoil hat

"**CCP is changing policy, and has asked that we discontinue the bonus credit program after November 7th. So until then, enjoy a super-bonus of 1B Blink Credit for each 60-day GTC you buy!"**

Never forget.
Blodgharm Takeda
State War Academy
Caldari State
#40 - 2014-03-08 18:36:34 UTC
Senfora Anophis wrote:


You know you don't HAVE to stay in Essence. There ARE other regions in the game.


....sorry, couldn't resist.



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