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How I earned my first billion ISK
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DIsposible Hero
State War Academy
Caldari State
#21 - 2012-02-08 01:20:38 UTC
Diving into other people's class 1 & 2 wormholes and stealing their sites. When the combat probes came out, it was time to leave.
Dr Karsun
Coffee Lovers Brewing Club
#22 - 2012-02-08 01:31:38 UTC
Crystalline Carbonide reaction. So easy to get 3/4 required components in low sec, or 0.0.

Now it's not as easy as back in 2009, but still not bad as far as I've seen.

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Not A Spankalt
Doomheim
#23 - 2012-02-08 01:37:48 UTC
Highsec incursions troloolol
Paragon Renegade
Sebiestor Tribe
#24 - 2012-02-08 01:47:57 UTC
Stole Mercoxit like a pro

The pie is a tautology
Smofuggra
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#25 - 2012-02-08 03:17:19 UTC
Waited until my CEO decided he hated EVE... he gave me a bil...
Ghoest
#26 - 2012-02-08 03:31:58 UTC
TrashProcesor wrote:
Bumblefck wrote:
Post with your main


Secondly, being honest, I would be totally ashamed with my KB stats since PVP is not my thing, at the moment at least.




grow some balls

Wherever You Went - Here You Are
RubyPorto
RubysRhymes
#27 - 2012-02-08 04:22:34 UTC
TrashProcesor wrote:
Bumblefck wrote:
Post with your main

Nowadays I run a somewhat similar scheme but on a much larger scale so for security reasons to my operation I can't.


Oh EM GEE, Errybody will gank me if I merely post that I have a billion isk.

I must be hush hush important internet space pixel secret agent submarine pilot to keep safe.

"It's easy to speak for the silent majority. They rarely object to what you put into their mouths." -Abrazzar "the risk of having your day ruined by other people is the cornerstone with which EVE was built" -CCP Solomon
OfBalance
Caldari State
#28 - 2012-02-08 04:25:38 UTC
RubyPorto wrote:
TrashProcesor wrote:
Bumblefck wrote:
Post with your main

Nowadays I run a somewhat similar scheme but on a much larger scale so for security reasons to my operation I can't.


Oh EM GEE, Errybody will gank me if I merely post that I have a billion isk.

I must be hush hush important internet space pixel secret agent submarine pilot to keep safe.


Posting to confirm a bil is a lot of isk.
Palmput
Oruze Cruise
White Stag Exit Bag
#29 - 2012-02-08 04:30:37 UTC
Ran some plexes with a tengu in my shield rep domi and got half of the loot in a 1.2b or so drop. After that, I got to 2.4b doing an incursion.
foxnod
Perkone
Caldari State
#30 - 2012-02-08 04:38:19 UTC
I stole my first billion from an obnoxious douchebag.
Amitious Turkey
10kSubnautic
Warriors of the Blood God
#31 - 2012-02-08 04:46:51 UTC
Not A Spankalt wrote:
Highsec incursions troloolol


I don't see anything wrong with that What? They're a godsend for people like me who can't play more than two hours a week.

It's how I made my first bil. Never was successful enough in 0.0, didn't know the right people, and when I did I couldn't play enough to make it worthwhile for them or me. Plus I had a bad habit of buying the most expensive ship I could get and then blowing it up with some really crappy fits. I watch local even in highsec now, hehe.

How I made my first 100mill though, that's a bit more interesting...Mined tritanium in a backwater 0.7 system surrounded by lowsec (therefore no more than 4 people in local, sometimes no one but me). Hauling my mins out of there was quite the adventure.
With it I bought my 2nd Domi I had ever owned, then promptly lost it in a wormhole. mined for it again (trit was at some ridiculously high price) and when I got my ship back, I started running missions. This was right when Apocrypha came out.
Now that I have some capital and actually know how to play the game, I think I'll go to wormholes again.

I like to lick things.

Haunting the forums since 03.
FeralShadow
Tribal Liberation Force
Minmatar Republic
#32 - 2012-02-08 04:51:51 UTC
Chaining rats in null sec space, salvaging the wrecks and scooping the loot. It was long and tedious and nowadays I know of better ways to make a dime.

One of the bitter points of a good bittervet is the realisation that all those SP don't really do much, and that the newbie is having much more fun with what little he has. - Tippia
Hamatitio
State War Academy
Caldari State
#33 - 2012-02-08 05:22:35 UTC
Changing the topic, easiest billion?

I said hi to someone, and they sent me a billion with a memo "For saying hi back".
Cindy Marco
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#34 - 2012-02-08 06:16:03 UTC
I made my first billion isk ratting in 0.0. I had finally decided to train for a carrier. It took about 2 loooonnnggg days chaining BS in a -0.3 system to raise isk for the skillbooks and the hull. I can still remember the system and its 23 belts. I had the system to myself for almost the entire time.

I got a nice boost when someone else came in for a couple hours and got a Megacyte hauler spawn. I don't remember the name but they split it with me.

It was way back during RMR or Bloodlines, I think BS rats payed out less in bounty back then.
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