Solomar Espersei
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Posted - 2012.11.26 19:37:00 -
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I'm just going by my experience with various alts, etc. I'll give you an avergae of what you would make per month, since hourly rates are somewhat mythical as they rarely take into account travel time and other assorted activities that eat into your time.
On a per hour basis, trading will be your best option and once you get it figured out, it's not that hard to make about 1-2 bil per month though I personally find it exceedingly tedious. The skills are quite easy to train and you can have very adequate skills to do so inside of a week. A successful trader needs to have solid knowledge of the game to determine demand, etc.
Incursions are still very good ISK and will hit that 2 bil per month total pretty easily, but sadly, this isn't an area where a new player can simply jump in. It is an option to shoot for after you've either outgrown (or grown bored) with either Exploration or Missions.
Mission Running or more appropriately, Loyalty Point grinding would be next and will make you about 1 bil or so per month pretty easily. It takes some skill and game knowledge, but it's not hard to do. It will take you a nice 150 mil nest egg to get started, but that will pay for itself pretty quickly.
Exploration is quite random and can meet or exceed LP grinding though sometimes you will get unlucky and miss the good loot. It's a lot of fun though and can lead into a lot of different areas of play.
Mission Running with Salvage/Loot recovery is less profitable than LP grinding (barring a Noctis Alt), but can still get you over 1 bil per month. Hourly rates of more than 50 mil get kicked around, but I'd wager 15-20 mil per hour is more reasonable.
Mining is quite a bit lower than these until you get into higher end play w/ Orca support. I mine in a very different fashion though, so maybe someone with more experience can give you better totals.
Hauling is pretty bad actually, unless you can start off with a nice 1 bil or more bankroll which will allow you to fail the occasional mission for profit.
A good ship huh? Well, what sort of ship? If you can be more specific about what you wish to do with said ship, why, my answer might be more helpful.
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