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Mefju Andedare
University of Caille Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2016.11.30 18:41:31 -
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Hi guys!
I'm new to EVE, actually just started. Done all the career missions so far and I liked them all. Therefore I can't really decide what to choose. Now I'm just wandering around, doing a little bit of this and that, making little to none IKS per day. What is the most fun, and/or profitable career path for a solo player, and what would you advise me to take?
Need to earn some money to afford buying PLEX and progress with my skills training, so I'd go with profitable over fun... but if there is a career that ties in this two - that would be awesome.
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2Sonas1Cup
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Posted - 2016.11.30 18:43:56 -
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MINING |
Paranoid Loyd
9848
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Posted - 2016.11.30 18:45:53 -
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Taking from the ignorant and/or greedy.
"There is only one authority in this game, and that my friend is violence. The supreme authority upon which all other authority is derived." ISD Max Trix
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Bjorn Tyrson
EVE University Ivy League
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Posted - 2016.11.30 18:50:35 -
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A lot of that depends on what your definition of "fun" is.
If your into pvp there can be a little money to be made in piracy and higj-sec ganking. Faction warfare is also an option.
Mining is dull as staring at rocks (which is exactly what your doing) but the money is consistent and if you get into a null alliance can be pretty damn good.
Industry can be another good money making venture, but you need to enjoy spreadsheets and optimization. So it isn't for everyone.
Exploration is probably one of the best and most fun (in my opinion) ways for a new player to make some isk. Barrier to entry is fairly low. And if the loot fairy is kind you can make hundreds of mil in an hour.
The list goes on and on. Just about everything in eve can make you money if you do it right. The real trick is finding what you personally enjoy doing. And figure out how you can do more of that. |
Hrist Harkonnen
Federal Navy Academy Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2016.11.30 18:53:34 -
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Mefju Andedare wrote:Hi guys!
I'm new to EVE, actually just started. Done all the career missions so far and I liked them all. Therefore I can't really decide what to choose. Now I'm just wandering around, doing a little bit of this and that, making little to none IKS per day. What is the most fun, and/or profitable career path for a solo player, and what would you advise me to take?
Need to earn some money to afford buying PLEX and progress with my skills training, so I'd go with profitable over fun... but if there is a career that ties in this two - that would be awesome.
Station Trading which is the most boring thing ever in a MMORPG.
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Bobb Bobbington
Bros Before Holes The Devils' Rejects
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Posted - 2016.11.30 18:57:36 -
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Hrist Harkonnen wrote:Mefju Andedare wrote:Hi guys!
I'm new to EVE, actually just started. Done all the career missions so far and I liked them all. Therefore I can't really decide what to choose. Now I'm just wandering around, doing a little bit of this and that, making little to none IKS per day. What is the most fun, and/or profitable career path for a solo player, and what would you advise me to take?
Need to earn some money to afford buying PLEX and progress with my skills training, so I'd go with profitable over fun... but if there is a career that ties in this two - that would be awesome.
Station Trading which is the most boring thing ever in a MMORPG.
There are some variations of station trading which I actually enjoy very much- most notably station seeding/supplying. Decent semi-passive income, not too much effort, and scales well. Only problem is you need decent capital.
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Galaxy Duck
Galaxy Farm Carebear Repurposing
231
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Posted - 2016.11.30 19:05:47 -
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Scamming is the best ISK/effort profession BY FAR. |
Keno Skir
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Posted - 2016.11.30 19:18:53 -
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Hrist Harkonnen wrote:Mefju Andedare wrote:Hi guys!
I'm new to EVE, actually just started. Done all the career missions so far and I liked them all. Therefore I can't really decide what to choose. Now I'm just wandering around, doing a little bit of this and that, making little to none IKS per day. What is the most fun, and/or profitable career path for a solo player, and what would you advise me to take?
Need to earn some money to afford buying PLEX and progress with my skills training, so I'd go with profitable over fun... but if there is a career that ties in this two - that would be awesome.
Station Trading which is the most boring thing ever in a MMORPG.
Tbh station trading takes approx 10-15 mins a day to generate decent cash if you're any good at it. Shouldn't cut into any other occupation really. Still a bit much effort for me but still
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Mefju Andedare
University of Caille Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2016.11.30 19:20:44 -
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Was trying a little bit of exploration for past 2 days, but got nothing exept wormholes. Not a single data site/relic site. Really like it, but it seems I'm unlycky (or doing sth wrong). It was my first choice plan for my career, and I even started to train myself into that
So far mining's generating for me the most income, though it's kinda boring. I'n not enjoying afk-playing that much.
I like PVP overall, but I don't know if I'd be good at PVP in EVE.
I'm currently moving around high and low secs. |
Zimmy Zeta
Lisa Needs Braces.
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Posted - 2016.11.30 19:27:08 -
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Both station trading and invention/production require a significant investment of ISK to make it worth your time- If you don't even have enough for a PLEX, I'd advise you to stay clear of these activities for now. Maybe Faction Warfare would be the easiest money maker for you at this point- and it's even a fun activity.
I'd like to apologize for the poor quality of the post above and sincerely hope you didn't waste your time reading it.
Yes, I do feel bad about it.
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Persephone Alleile
Tartarus Covert Operations
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Posted - 2016.11.30 19:30:34 -
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exploration can make decent isk if you know what you are doing. Bit tougher for Alphas though since they can't use cloaks. |
Zakks
State Protectorate Caldari State
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Posted - 2016.11.30 19:36:45 -
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Mission running is another option, especially if you run one account. They will give you ISK, improve your standings letting you run higher missions, and the Loyalty Points are a nice bonus. You will also gain experience with your ship, weapons and fittings (for Security Missions).
If you want to do PvP combat and make some friends then follow Zimmy Zeta's advice and go Faction Warfare.
Edit You will find earnings increase as your skills and experience do. Don't get frustrated initially by not making gobs of ISK, it will get better. |
Shallanna Yassavi
Imperial Academy Amarr Empire
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Posted - 2016.11.30 19:44:14 -
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Get an Imicus. Put 3 salvagers, a MWD, and cargo expanders, and salvage tackle on it. Take it to a system with a level 4 security agent. See if anyone will let you clean up after them. If you're lucky, you'll get one who doesn't know the price of elite drone AI.
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Neuntausend
Rens Nursing Home
1129
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Posted - 2016.11.30 19:57:50 -
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There are no actual fixed career paths, at least within the boundaries of the game mechanic. You can mine today, run missions tomorrow and murder enemies in nullsec the day after. Do whatever you feel like doing.
You are also by no means limited to what they show you in those carreer missions, or even by what the game itself provides in terms of content. There are many interesting professions and roles you can take that don't require any special support through the game mechanics, such as (counter-)intelligence, sabotage, theft, fraud, diplomacy, administration, command or corporate leadership.
Really, we cannot tell you what you should be doing. My suggestion would be to get involved with a group of people, and see what they are doing, what roles they need filled, and if that particular group doesn't work for you, just leave* and find a different one.
*) Whenever you leave a corp, make sure to either leave on good terms, or if you can't do that, try to take with you what you can and deal as much damage as possible on your way out. Don't settle for a middle ground as it will just leave a sour aftertaste for both sides. ;) |
Sitting Bull Lakota
SBL Co
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Posted - 2016.11.30 20:53:21 -
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I'm reasonably confident that Faction Warfare will have the best isk\hr for the least sp investment. You also get the added benefit of being in a pvp rich environment filled with some of the most talented solo/gang pilots out there. Even if you spend 99% of your time dying horribly in cheap ships, you'll still be racking up lp and pvp experience. It's the Osmosis Academy of PvP. |
Mister Burns
Hedion University Amarr Empire
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Posted - 2016.11.30 21:38:49 -
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Mefju Andedare wrote:Was trying a little bit of exploration for past 2 days, but got nothing exept wormholes. Not a single data site/relic site..
You're doing it wrong! You're supposed to go INTO the wormholes and scan for pirate data/relic sites in w-space.
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Tremaine Holden
Federal Navy Academy Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2016.11.30 21:44:00 -
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Being rich in real life of-course!
Why /work/ for isk when you can just BUY it with PLEX?
Man, if someone rich ever decided to play EVE I bet they could really upset the market just buy blowing 10 to 15 grand on PLEXES. How much money would that be?? |
Mefju Andedare
University of Caille Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2016.11.30 21:46:05 -
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Guess I'll give up with exploration. Fould 2 relic sites today (just wow) and got killed twice. I must be very unfortunate, or I just don't know the game mechanics just yet.
Bring up with something less risky |
Paranoid Loyd
9853
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Posted - 2016.11.30 21:49:49 -
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Mefju Andedare wrote:Guess I'll give up with exploration. Fould 2 relic sites today (just wow) and got killed twice. I must be very unfortunate, or I just don't know the game mechanics just yet. Bring up with something less risky You are 10 days old, it's really silly to give up already. You've lost 5mil in assets, if you keep at it, it only takes one lucky drop to eclipse that loss by many orders of magnitude.
Keep at it, I'd gladly reimburse your losses if I wasn't working and could be bothered to log in. Someone help this guy out.
"There is only one authority in this game, and that my friend is violence. The supreme authority upon which all other authority is derived." ISD Max Trix
Fix the Prospect!
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Bjorn Tyrson
EVE University Ivy League
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Posted - 2016.11.30 21:52:45 -
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Tremaine Holden wrote:Being rich in real life of-course!
Why /work/ for isk when you can just BUY it with PLEX?
Man, if someone rich ever decided to play EVE I bet they could really upset the market just buy blowing 10 to 15 grand on PLEXES. How much money would that be??
There are some VERY rich people who play eve. And there have been stories of people who have dropped thousands of dollars on plex. And it barely made a ripple in the market.
Now something that I would be very curious to see is statistics on the total net worth of the entire player base in isk. And what that translates to in theoretical plex. |
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2Sonas1Cup
158
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Posted - 2016.11.30 21:55:27 -
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Mefju Andedare wrote:Guess I'll give up with exploration. Fould 2 relic sites today (just wow) and got killed twice. I must be very unfortunate, or I just don't know the game mechanics just yet. Bring up with something less risky
Here's a good advice for you to completely ignore: Keep doing it and try to learn what yoire doing. If you coward and go back to highsec mining in your venture in fear you will never go anywhere nor will you learn. |
Mikura Punisher
Federal Navy Academy Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2016.11.30 22:05:33 -
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You know, the thing is I'm not afraid of learning, but I can't afford it. I was running L2 distribution missions and searching for relic/data sites for past 2 days and got only 2-3 mil IKS (having around 10 total).Few more risky trips and I'm broke
I'll try the wormholes then - we'll see how it goes. |
Mister Burns
Hedion University Amarr Empire
13
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Posted - 2016.11.30 22:11:22 -
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Mikura Punisher wrote:I'll try the wormholes then - we'll see how it goes.
Just head back after the first site and cash in, that will pay for a few cheap exploration ships so you wont have to be afraid of losing them anymore. BTW, you WILL lose ships but your earnings from the sites will be so big that it doesn't matter if you die often. You could die 50% of the time and still earn a lot. |
Neuntausend
Rens Nursing Home
1132
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Posted - 2016.11.30 22:18:38 -
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You know, a solid group could really help with that... *wink wink* *cough* join a corp *cough* |
Mefju Andedare
University of Caille Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2016.11.30 22:20:25 -
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I'd cash it if only I survive at least one. So far I didn't. Found total of 3 sites, and got destroyed each time (maybe I managed to survive one, but I'm not sure though). Guess I'll have to earn some moyen by mining in high secs, and then go out for exploration. |
Deck Cadelanne
CAStabouts
368
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Posted - 2016.11.30 22:37:17 -
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1. Ignore most advice given in this section of the forums. Instead, ask questions like yours in NCQ&A
2. Fun is entirely subjective and is entirely up to you, so try lots of stuff until you land on something you like doing
3. As far as earning ISK to PLEX - don't turn this game into a job if you can help it. A subscription isn't that expensive...
"When the going gets weird, the weird turn professional."
- Hunter S. Thompson
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Ima Wreckyou
The Conference Elite CODE.
3226
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Posted - 2016.11.30 22:45:09 -
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1.Join a general highsec miner corp 2. Tell them about your plans and be very progressive about bringing them to the next level and become the new force in nullsec if they only mine enough an spend all their isk on the corporation. 3. become a director 4. kick everyone and steal all the ISK they grinded for months
Probably the best ISK/h ever
the Code ALWAYS wins
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Remiel Pollard
Shock Treatment Ministries
8153
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Posted - 2016.11.30 22:48:37 -
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Ima Wreckyou wrote:1.Join a general highsec miner corp 2. Tell them about your plans and be very progressive about bringing them to the next level and become the new force in nullsec if they only mine enough an spend all their isk on the corporation. 3. become a director 4. kick everyone and steal all the ISK they grinded for months
Probably the best ISK/h ever
I was gonna suggest WH heisting but this is the next best thing, and quite a bit easier and less time consuming.
GÇ£Some capsuleers claim that ECM is 'dishonorable' and 'unfair'.
Jam those ones first, and kill them last.GÇ¥
- Jirai 'Fatal' Laitanen, Pithum Nullifier Training Manual c. YC104
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Mefju Andedare
University of Caille Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2016.11.30 22:59:11 -
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Guess I don't have a heart for being a total jerk. I equate miners as a class nerds... but they're ppl too, and they have feelings etc. I wouldn't be able to sleep at night after doing this kind of thing. Anyways... I guess I'll give exploration a few more chances, but I'm building my backup plan as a miner, to ensure I won't get broke anytime soon.
We'll see how it goes. Wish me luck, lads! |
Remiel Pollard
Shock Treatment Ministries
8154
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Posted - 2016.11.30 23:14:04 -
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Mefju Andedare wrote:Guess I don't have a heart for being a total jerk. I equate miners as a class nerds... but they're ppl too
Yes, and just like everybody else playing this game, they accepted the risk of losing their ship the moment they undocked. Unless they are completely ignorant of what this game actually is, which is, at its core, a one-of-a-kind single-shard persistent player-driven sandbox where everything you do has an effect, great or small, on literally everyone around you. This is a PVP game, mate, from it's very core all the way to the top, and in every aspect, by virtue of everyone being in competition with everyone else in one way or another. That sweet relic site you're probing in lowsec? Someone else is probing it too, and if you don't beat them to it, but you want the stuff in it, your only other recourse is to blow them up.
And if you're not beating them, they will beat you. That's EVE.
GÇ£Some capsuleers claim that ECM is 'dishonorable' and 'unfair'.
Jam those ones first, and kill them last.GÇ¥
- Jirai 'Fatal' Laitanen, Pithum Nullifier Training Manual c. YC104
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