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Paul Otichoda
Electric Sun Associates
16
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Posted - 2013.07.19 11:11:00 -
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I do have to ask, how long did it take people to get 1bn ISK.
While I doubt that I'll ever achieve take (can't even make 100m ISK) I do have to ask how long it took people.
Or are all the Freighter pilots in the game sell PLEX? |

Ritsum
Ubiquitous Hurt
207
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Posted - 2013.07.19 11:16:00 -
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Depends on what you do.... One afternoon of exploration got me over 1.3bill. Though that is rare for me it is still steady enough to let me whelp ships onto T3 linked gangs. Play EvE how you want to play it and do not let others dictate how you play. Evolve your playstyle to protect yourself from others! Even in "PVE", "PVP" is there, lurking in the shadows. |

Le Badass
Duty.
90
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Posted - 2013.07.19 11:16:00 -
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Just rounded that corner three months ago. Before that, I just didn't take the time to grind. I'd rather go out and have my ships destroyed in glorious battle :)
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Adunh Slavy
1172
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Posted - 2013.07.19 11:17:00 -
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Longer than it will take this thread to fill up with exaggerated epeen stories of victory and self praise based on no evidence. Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves.-á-á- William Pitt |

Cannibal Kane
Temple of Kane
2071
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Posted - 2013.07.19 11:19:00 -
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Paul Otichoda wrote:I do have to ask, how long did it take people to get 1bn ISK.
While I doubt that I'll ever achieve take (can't even make 100m ISK) I do have to ask how long it took people.
Or are all the Freighter pilots in the game buying and sell PLEX?
It can take less than a day. But considering your post on the forums so far you might need to go the plex route. "I saw him fight by the monument in Jita. -áHe flowed in his Machariel like a Shinto spirit, 800MM shells sprouting in his passing. -áHis hair flowed in the corona of his target's warp core breach. -áIt was truly majestic. -áAnd while everyone stared in awe I stole the loot and ran off.-áBecause I am like that." --áNEONOVUS |

Victoria Sin
Center for Advanced Studies Gallente Federation
374
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Posted - 2013.07.19 11:20:00 -
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It took me years because my Iterons full of megacyte kept getting blown up. |

Seven Koskanaiken
EVE Corporation 987654321-POP The Marmite Collective
279
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Posted - 2013.07.19 11:22:00 -
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14 months. |

ShipToaster
183
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Posted - 2013.07.19 11:23:00 -
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Incursions will earn you a hundred million easily per hour.
First billion took about a month as sp were too low to support big plans. ISK flowed in after about a month thanks to l4's. . |

Miilla
Hulkageddon Orphanage
651
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Posted - 2013.07.19 11:24:00 -
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Since Eve is a game of crime and so forth (says so on the box), crime pays and it pays well and fast.
If it takes you more than a month to earn 1 billion you're doing it wrong. |

TharOkha
0asis Group
551
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Posted - 2013.07.19 11:36:00 -
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A year maybe? And 10B next year etc. GÇ£If reality can destroy the dream, why shouldn't the dream destroy reality?GÇ¥ |

Miilla
Hulkageddon Orphanage
652
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Posted - 2013.07.19 11:43:00 -
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TharOkha wrote:A year maybe? And 10B next year etc.
Flip PLEXs if you have good trading skills it passes time or can be done while you do something else, remote trading.
Also buy up a region and hike the prices up very high, then for a short period you get massive profit and the rest you can dump once people haul more in then buy them up in a price war cheaper. Repeat wrinse laughter.
Also, salvage and loot and pillage. |

Paul Otichoda
Electric Sun Associates
16
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Posted - 2013.07.19 11:48:00 -
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Miilla wrote:Since Eve is a game of crime and so forth (says so on the box), crime pays and it pays well and fast.
I would like some morals. |

kraiklyn Asatru
T.R.I.A.D
293
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Posted - 2013.07.19 11:52:00 -
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Miilla is my hero.
Anyway. I cant remember. I do know that I am in a situation where I don't have to make money more then a day every few months. |

Lilan Kahn
The Littlest Hobos Whores in space
164
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Posted - 2013.07.19 11:53:00 -
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Paul Otichoda wrote:I do have to ask, how long did it take people to get 1bn ISK.
While I doubt that I'll ever achieve take (can't even make 100m ISK) I do have to ask how long it took people.
Or are all the Freighter pilots in the game buying and sell PLEX?
1b isk?
in 2003 about 200 hours of ratting with no good drops in 0.0 |

Rich Uncle PennyBags
EVE Online Monopoly
10
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Posted - 2013.07.19 12:04:00 -
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With good multitasking. (1 Tengu + 1 Noctis alt) you make ~ 100m in 30 minutes in a Class 4 wormhole. So at that rate, 5 hours of straight ratting.
The sort of Tengu you need for that will set you back around 2B at least though. So a bit of a catch 22 there. |

handige harrie
Hedion University Amarr Empire
94
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Posted - 2013.07.19 12:11:00 -
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around 8 hours running anomalies with 2 dominixes, costing less than 400M total. around 8 hours running anomalies with 1 machariel, costing somewere around 2B around 8 hours running anomalies with 1 carrier, costing 1.6B Baddest poster ever |

Paul Otichoda
Electric Sun Associates
16
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Posted - 2013.07.19 12:18:00 -
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handige harrie wrote:around 8 hours running anomalies with 2 dominixes, costing less than 400M total. around 8 hours running anomalies with 1 machariel, costing somewere around 2B around 8 hours running anomalies with 1 carrier, costing 1.6B
How long would that be for a Drake?
Most people here appears to be talking about ways that involve sleepers and really extensive ships. Did anyone achieve 1bn in anything smaller than a BC? |

Move99
State Protectorate Caldari State
0
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Posted - 2013.07.19 12:26:00 -
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About 2 days doing sites in faction war
only need a frig |

Ruskarn Andedare
Lion Investments
228
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Posted - 2013.07.19 12:28:00 -
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Paul Otichoda wrote:handige harrie wrote:around 8 hours running anomalies with 2 dominixes, costing less than 400M total. around 8 hours running anomalies with 1 machariel, costing somewere around 2B around 8 hours running anomalies with 1 carrier, costing 1.6B How long would that be for a Drake? Most people here appears to be talking about ways that involve sleepers and really extensive ships. Did anyone achieve 1bn in anything smaller than a BC?
I hit 1 bil in a Myrm doing L3s - and then pretty much stopped doing missions as I was bored with them  |

Maximillian German
Spectres Syndicate
22
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Posted - 2013.07.19 12:29:00 -
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You could do it in a day running incursions, but it get's tedious after a while. |

TharOkha
0asis Group
551
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Posted - 2013.07.19 12:30:00 -
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Paul Otichoda wrote:handige harrie wrote:around 8 hours running anomalies with 2 dominixes, costing less than 400M total. around 8 hours running anomalies with 1 machariel, costing somewere around 2B around 8 hours running anomalies with 1 carrier, costing 1.6B How long would that be for a Drake? Most people here appears to be talking about ways that involve sleepers and really extensive ships. Did anyone achieve 1bn in anything smaller than a BC?
In a pod by Trading
GÇ£If reality can destroy the dream, why shouldn't the dream destroy reality?GÇ¥ |

Burl en Daire
The Ecstatic Cult of Dionysus Trifectas Syndicate
10
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Posted - 2013.07.19 12:31:00 -
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Low level sites in the drone regions in a BC is slow but after loot, salvage and bounties it is at least 10 m a site. Takes 15-30 minutes, if you have mining skills the roads are good. A haul from Jita to where I'm at is like 45 jumps and it is 400/m3 to move cargo one way. All professions pay good at the high level and not so much at the beginning. |

seth Hendar
I love you miners
140
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Posted - 2013.07.19 12:32:00 -
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Paul Otichoda wrote:I do have to ask, how long did it take people to get 1bn ISK.
While I doubt that I'll ever achieve take (can't even make 100m ISK) I do have to ask how long it took people.
Or are all the Freighter pilots in the game buying and sell PLEX? there is no real answer to that, it really depends on what and how you do.
sometimes i happened to make 2 billions in a couple hours, sometimes i just make 200 millions.
some activities reward more than others... there is no fixed way to say you will make X isk / hour by doing THIS most of the time, only a few activities allow this, and even those are subject to the market value of various items.
for example, a good lvl4 runner can expect around 200 and 300 millions / afternoon, but there again it depends how fast you run them, if you salvage or not, etc.... a bad runner / not enought skilled would need and afternoon to run a single mission for 20 millions, while a vet witha machariel and a noctis, will mabe do this in 15-20 minutes......
and you have many many other things earning isk in eve, so.....
sometimes, you just gt lucky, and blow up a shiny fit wich loot for several B in 5 minutes when you pvp....then you will take 2 weeks to make 100m worth of loot, maybe even more.. |

Miilla
Hulkageddon Orphanage
654
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Posted - 2013.07.19 12:38:00 -
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Paul Otichoda wrote:Miilla wrote:Since Eve is a game of crime and so forth (says so on the box), crime pays and it pays well and fast. I would like some morals.
You're in the wrong game then. |

seth Hendar
I love you miners
140
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Posted - 2013.07.19 12:43:00 -
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Paul Otichoda wrote:Miilla wrote:Since Eve is a game of crime and so forth (says so on the box), crime pays and it pays well and fast. I would like some morals. there is no moral in eve, get use to it.
rule 1 in eve: don't undock what you can't afford to loose / replace
rule 2 in eve: everyone is here to kill YOU (yes, personnaly, and even more if you fly a shiny / capital ship)
welcome to eve  |

DSpite Culhach
Corp 54 Curatores Veritatis Alliance
133
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Posted - 2013.07.19 12:44:00 -
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Paul Otichoda wrote:handige harrie wrote:around 8 hours running anomalies with 2 dominixes, costing less than 400M total. around 8 hours running anomalies with 1 machariel, costing somewere around 2B around 8 hours running anomalies with 1 carrier, costing 1.6B How long would that be for a Drake? Most people here appears to be talking about ways that involve sleepers and really extensive ships. Did anyone achieve 1bn in anything smaller than a BC?
I did a TON of blitz L3's and cherry picked L4's in a Drake for a few weeks to save up for a CNR (was around 460 mill back then) as I had some play time, and it didn't feel grindy back then. It's very safe, but tedious. It really comes down with how much monotony your brain can put up with.
If you can switch off higher brain functions when needed, missions are steady isk. After a year I find it much harder to do missions for isk. I much prefer playing the drop lottery and hunt missions or plexes that might have good drops. ISK making is very random, but I don't care about the isk, I'm just doing it to idle away time when I don't have a better activity available. I suddenly woke up thinking I had a nightmare, then remembered I can't even fly Amarr Battleships. I add bits to this when I'm bored https://www.dropbox.com/s/foijsawsqolarom/EVE_Online.html |

Hemmo Paskiainen
Aliastra Gallente Federation
422
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Posted - 2013.07.19 12:49:00 -
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Based on 30d: 10 hours or so, 24/7 CCP FIX BLACK OPS FFS
[url]http://img232.imageshack.us/img232/9679/whatihavedoneineve.jpg[/url] |

Spankijs Omaristos
Asteria Imperative Tribal Band
9
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Posted - 2013.07.19 14:42:00 -
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Depends on your character, skills, and so on.
4hours - 1 day: Null sec explo, combat sites. (Luck is involved here)
1 day (~10 hours) - null sec ratting in a T1 BS + Oracle sniping alt. (You can get more in this time frame, luck again - Faction spawns) |

Conar
Mafia Italiana
6
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Posted - 2013.07.19 15:49:00 -
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I remember the frustration when I first started out.... Lots of ratting in .5 or mining or missions. Took forever to get my first BS. Yes, I did rat/mine in a BS 
I suggest joining a corp that has access to 0.0. Ratting or mining there can make more, as do the anonom's.
There are other "ways" to make crazy money... Keep looking and you will find it.
Conar 07 |

Woeful Animation
Turalyon Plus
30
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Posted - 2013.07.19 15:55:00 -
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In Gallente Faction Warfare there is a way to make 320,000 ISk per Loyalty Point. Since it's possible to obtain approximately 25,000 - 30,000 LP per hour, approximately 70 -90 Million ISK per hour can be made. Therefore it can take a Gallente Militia Pilot as little as 11-12 hours to make 1 Billion ISK. Not counting the market LP turn in and Alt run to market, which takes another hour more or less.
The current state of Gal/Cal faction warfare has put pressure on the supply and prices have increased as a result. Loving the current state of the war. |

Paul Otichoda
Electric Sun Associates
16
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Posted - 2013.07.19 16:02:00 -
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Woeful Animation wrote:In Gallente Faction Warfare there is a way to make 320,000 ISk per Loyalty Point. Since it's possible to obtain approximately 25,000 - 30,000 LP per hour, approximately 70 -90 Million ISK per hour can be made. Therefore it can take a Gallente Militia Pilot as little as 11-12 hours to make 1 Billion ISK. Not counting the market LP turn in and Alt run to market, which takes another hour more or less.
The current state of Gal/Cal faction warfare has put pressure on the supply and prices have increased as a result. Loving the current state of the war.
that isn't really an option, I'm caldari but my corp is Gallente and I need to keep good/ok standings with both factions to be able to do things. I need to been on Caldari to keep access to faction supplies and Gallente to access missions around corp base and get the POS built.
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Kult Altol
Confederation Navy Research Epsilon Fleet
629
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Posted - 2013.07.19 16:10:00 -
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About 18 months. Can't wait untill when Eve online is Freemium. WiS only 10$, SP booster for one month 15$, DPS Boost 2$, EHP Boost 2$ Real money trading hub! Cosmeitic ship skins 15$ --> If you don't pay for a product, you ARE the product. |

Tippia
Sunshine and Lollipops
15634
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Posted - 2013.07.19 16:16:00 -
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Paul Otichoda wrote:I do have to ask, how long did it take people to get 1bn ISK.
While I doubt that I'll ever achieve take (can't even make 100m ISK) I do have to ask how long it took people. Do you mean from the starting 5k ISK, or just how many hours does it take doing what I do now?
I think I had a bil worth of assets after maybe 9GÇô10 months or so (this was in 2008), but I was pretty deliberately being ineffective. GÇ£If you're not willing to fight for what you have in GëívGëí you don't deserve it, and you will lose it.GÇ¥
Get a good start: newbie skill plan 2.0. |

Sergeant Acht Scultz
School of Applied Knowledge Caldari State
987
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Posted - 2013.07.19 16:22:00 -
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PVP doesn't aloud me to be a rich player but be flooded with 200k isk bounties, some times manage to loot some wrecks when there are o space jews around most times I just blow them up to get the instant gratification for their tears of doing nothing else in the fleet/gang than loot wrecks on others efforts.
So, how do I make isk?-some times I kill some crap red crosses, some times build some crap but the moment I have enough to go for a ride with some friends and kill ships that's why I'm playing this game so I leave isk/h nerds continue their prefered in game activity hoping I can get on top of a lazy one and get the jackpot *removed inappropriate ASCII art signature* - CCP Eterne |

Zeus Maximo
Mentally Assured Destruction
205
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Posted - 2013.07.19 16:22:00 -
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Move99 wrote:About 2 days doing sites in faction war
only need a frig
This is very plausible for new players. Just get a venture and read into the faction warfare sites. All you have to do is orbit semi-afk 
mail me if you have any questions on this |

Nexus Day
Lustrevik Trade and Travel Bureau
705
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Posted - 2013.07.19 16:23:00 -
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Step 1: Start EvE sub. Step 2: Buy 2 Plex Step 3: Wait for Plex to appear in the redeeming system
I had my first billion within the first 30 minutes of gameplay. But then again I am pretty leet. This thread has so much content it may be 'Thread of the Year' and it is only January.
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Mr Floydy
Questionable Ethics. Ministry of Inappropriate Footwork
118
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Posted - 2013.07.19 16:26:00 -
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When I first started playing Eve, it probably took me between 6-12 months to first have a billion isk. Now I can make that in a matter of days in a wormhole between a few characters. |

Herzog Wolfhammer
Sigma Special Tactics Group
3130
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Posted - 2013.07.19 16:34:00 -
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What kind of game is it whereby people are watching their wallets?
In 7 years I never had more than 500 million ISK.
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Ciyrine
Science and Trade Institute Caldari State
37
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Posted - 2013.07.19 16:42:00 -
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About 4 mos ad a new player without any advice from friends(no one i know plays) and no isk donations from in game friends since anyone willing to just give u isk is probably a rl friend or looong time eve friend.
I floundered for a bit. Lost ships in combat missions. Worked on my core skills and eventually switched to ice mining which kets me earn isk while working or being with family while one eye on screen. Made friends with orca players who give me boost. Make 14-20ish mil an hour depending if they also haul the ore for me. How efficient im being
Another good option i heard was training into a drake in 2 mos and working up to lvl4 missions asap thats like 30mil/hr?
Explorarion is supposed to be very lucrative
For vets with lots of money they make crazy isk doing all kinds of things
- My personal goal is to get into carrier ratting which ive heard be 300m/hr with some guy claiming 500m/hr under best conditions(just what i heard no personal experience)
- manufacturing ships
- lots of wormhole stuff
- buy/sell plexes or some other thing they wont tell u because it cuts into their profits
- moon goo is big isk somehow
From what ive read the only thing to stay away from is
- R&D agents i guess that passive income was nerfed
- PI because thats 10min a day x 7 days to tinker with the planets + 30min x 2 days a week hauling to and from planets which is 3hrs a week x 4 weeks = 12hrs a month to make 150mil a month per toon which is barely more than 10mil/hr
Some players run like 6 accounts with multiple toons per account doing PI and make 1.5 bil or something but the math still holds up. Those players also have lots of skill points in their PI and hauling abilities. Any player with those kinds of resources can do much better and any new player is better of
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Lord Ryan
True Xero
837
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Posted - 2013.07.19 16:43:00 -
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Making 20mil an hour running lvl 4's seems to be common enough. So 50 hours should do. If you have the magic stick that so many seem to have 100mil an hour lvl 4's I guess you can do it in 10.
Do not assume-áanything above this line-áwas typed by me. Nerf the Truth, it's inconvenient.
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Lee Hekard
Photon Scorpions
4
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Posted - 2013.07.19 17:01:00 -
[41] - Quote
Yeah I do that in about 2 hours with my 10 alts in Macks literally printing the ISK. Anyone in here saying that it takes >a week is a scrub. |

Riot Girl
Thundercats The Initiative.
1370
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Posted - 2013.07.19 17:27:00 -
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Paul Otichoda wrote:I would like some morals. They're not worth it. Oh god. |

Little Brat
Provincia Septim
26
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Posted - 2013.07.19 17:33:00 -
[43] - Quote
The average is 20mil per hour. Your skills, desire and understanding the risk vs reward concept may earn you more. So, if you can net 20mil per hour, it will take 50 hours (6.25 eight hour days) to make a bil. EvE has a unique pay to pay to play where you can purchase ships, modules and skill books much faster than the average earner buy purchasing and trading PLEX. About 530 million for $19.95 means you can have 1.6 billion instantly for a mere $39.90... Our corporate symbol is a blue Egyptian Ankh representing pure eternal life, surrounded by 8 gold stars representing The Eightfold Path on a red background representing sacrifice and committment to the everliving, beloved of Ptah, Queen of Caldari Space... |

Johan Toralen
IIIJIIIITIIII
197
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Posted - 2013.07.19 17:57:00 -
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I guess one of the quickest way for new pilot to earn first billion is trading. Can be done within 2-3 weeks.
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Tetsuo Tsukaya
Pixel Navigators
68
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Posted - 2013.07.19 18:11:00 -
[45] - Quote
Lord Ryan wrote:Making 20mil an hour running lvl 4's seems to be common enough. So 50 hours should do. If you have the magic stick that so many seem to have 100mil an hour lvl 4's I guess you can do it in 10.
20mil an hour is really easy in lvl4s, I just started doing them a few weeks back in a SNI on an alt and 20m an hour without salvaging is pretty much your starting point. If you can be arsed to train an alt, you can have a mission runner in a SNI with T2 cruises, T2 shields and hardeners and MJD in about 3 months. From there it's how much time you feel like grinding I guess.
FW is probably your best bet for low skill point high ISK return though. |

Eurydia Vespasian
Nova Insula Mining and Industrial
4026
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Posted - 2013.07.19 18:19:00 -
[46] - Quote
took about 15 minutes of skype time. |

Murk Paradox
Red Tsunami The Cursed Few
434
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Posted - 2013.07.19 18:19:00 -
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Paul Otichoda wrote:I do have to ask, how long did it take people to get 1bn ISK.
While I doubt that I'll ever achieve take (can't even make 100m ISK) I do have to ask how long it took people.
Or are all the Freighter pilots in the game buying and sell PLEX?
My 3rd month of playing I decided to try incursions. The fleet I was in liked the fact I was underskilled to be doing them and I wasn't afraid to try.
I made a billion on that very same weekend.
So from starting from 50mil(after insurance on my abaddon I was broke), with no passive income coming in, I had over a billion on that second day.
So to answer your question...
2 days. "Never rub another man's rhubarb." -Joker in Batman (Jack Nicholson) Just get a catalyst, blow him up and the post in local "Just a friendly reminder that I'm mining here and not you." -Abrazzar
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Jenn aSide
STK Scientific Initiative Mercenaries
2366
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Posted - 2013.07.19 18:27:00 -
[48] - Quote
Murk Paradox wrote:Paul Otichoda wrote:I do have to ask, how long did it take people to get 1bn ISK.
While I doubt that I'll ever achieve take (can't even make 100m ISK) I do have to ask how long it took people.
Or are all the Freighter pilots in the game buying and sell PLEX? My 3rd month of playing I decided to try incursions. The fleet I was in liked the fact I was underskilled to be doing them and I wasn't afraid to try. I made a billion on that very same weekend. So from starting from 50mil(after insurance on my abaddon I was broke), with no passive income coming in, I had over a billion on that second day. So to answer your question... 2 days.
A friend of mine introduced his buddy to EVE 2 months ago and after a short while he could fly a Raven. (not well skill wise but workable). He wanted to join my mull corp and rat. I told him it would e better to do incursions 1st and told him about the community I fly with most often (TVP), he dind't have much isk so I loand him the last 50 mil to buy a Raven. This was on a Friday a few eeeks ago.
He spent all of that weekend in TVP fleets doing HQs. On that following Monday he game me 100 mil as repayment and showed off he brand new navy raven AND he bought a plex for his account and used another plex for a new 2nd account....
This is why I tend to fly a bit off the chain when people tell me how poor high sec PVE is.......
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Murk Paradox
Red Tsunami The Cursed Few
434
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Posted - 2013.07.19 18:31:00 -
[49] - Quote
Jenn aSide wrote:Murk Paradox wrote:Paul Otichoda wrote:I do have to ask, how long did it take people to get 1bn ISK.
While I doubt that I'll ever achieve take (can't even make 100m ISK) I do have to ask how long it took people.
Or are all the Freighter pilots in the game buying and sell PLEX? My 3rd month of playing I decided to try incursions. The fleet I was in liked the fact I was underskilled to be doing them and I wasn't afraid to try. I made a billion on that very same weekend. So from starting from 50mil(after insurance on my abaddon I was broke), with no passive income coming in, I had over a billion on that second day. So to answer your question... 2 days. A friend of mine introduced his buddy to EVE 2 months ago and after a short while he could fly a Raven. (not well skill wise but workable). He wanted to join my mull corp and rat. I told him it would e better to do incursions 1st and told him about the community I fly with most often (TVP), he dind't have much isk so I loand him the last 50 mil to buy a Raven. This was on a Friday a few eeeks ago. He spent all of that weekend in TVP fleets doing HQs. On that following Monday he game me 100 mil as repayment and showed off he brand new navy raven AND he bought a plex for his account and used another plex for a new 2nd account.... This is why I tend to fly a bit off the chain when people tell me how poor high sec PVE is.......
Haha yea. That weekend was awesome. I will always remember armor fleet channel for all their help. crackon is a badass.
It was just doing Vanguards, but fun as hell and I ended up tipping out our OGB like 10% per site.
Not to derail this thread but I seriously think incursions do not belong in highsec.. but that's for a different thread.
The money from them is absolutely insane and finding the right people who can appreciate new blood is better than any amount of isk truth be told. "Never rub another man's rhubarb." -Joker in Batman (Jack Nicholson) Just get a catalyst, blow him up and the post in local "Just a friendly reminder that I'm mining here and not you." -Abrazzar
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Sable Moran
Moran Light Industries
196
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Posted - 2013.07.19 18:32:00 -
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Paul Otichoda wrote:I do have to ask, how long did it take people to get 1bn ISK.
The first half a billion took me about five months. Then I did the cattle and booze thing and the other half of a billion was amassed within couple of weeks.
Sable's Ammo Shop at Alentene V - Moon 4 - Duvolle Labs Factory. Hybrid charges, Projectile ammo, Missiles, Drones, Ships, Need'em? We have'em, at affordable prices. Pop in at our Ammo Shop in sunny Alentene. |

Daniel Jackson
Liandri Corporation Liandri Covenant
13
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Posted - 2013.07.19 19:24:00 -
[51] - Quote
a few years im 10 yearsold by aguest 6th i will be in eve, and i currently got 31mil isk in wallet and around 30bil in assets I Vote YES! for Downloadable HI-RES Textures!!!! |

Whitehound
1557
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Posted - 2013.07.19 19:28:00 -
[52] - Quote
My first billion took me a year. It then only gets faster and I can make a billion in a day.
Once you have a lot can you use it to trade and make more ISKs, even when the profit is only 5%. Just needs a 20b ISKs turn-over. Loss is meaningful. Therefore is the loss of meaning likewise meaningful. It is the source of all trolling. |

Miilla
Hulkageddon Orphanage
660
|
Posted - 2013.07.19 19:28:00 -
[53] - Quote
Well, if you are going to play like mr goodie two shoes, it may take a looooong while. Good luck. |

Adunh Slavy
1181
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Posted - 2013.07.19 19:45:00 -
[54] - Quote
Eurydia Vespasian wrote:took about 15 minutes of skype time.
Pics or ... oh nvm, I'd have to pay for them Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves.-á-á- William Pitt |

Felicity Love
Interstellar Booty Hunters
753
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Posted - 2013.07.19 20:46:00 -
[55] - Quote
... about 7 years ago, I "liberated" a hauler wreck full of megacyte that was sitting at a gate in Lonetrek.
After 10 minutes of risky flying, It was all SHINY after that. 
Proud Beta Tester for "Bumping Uglies for Dummies" |

Finuval Crendraven
Dark Forge Enterprise CORPVS DELICTI
2
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Posted - 2013.07.19 21:42:00 -
[56] - Quote
I'm still 1bil shy of being a billionare. |

Daimon Kaiera
Kraken.
376
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Posted - 2013.07.19 21:42:00 -
[57] - Quote
Less than a week.
I bought PLEX. .... . .-.. .--. / .. / .... .- ...- . / ..-. .- .-.. .-.. . -. / .- -. -.. / .. / -.-. .- -. -. --- - / --. . - / ..- .--. / ... - --- .--. - .... .. ... / ... .. --. -. .- - ..- .-. . / .. -.. . .- / .. ... / -. --- - / ... - --- .-.. . -. / ... - --- .--. |

Gogela
Freeport Exploration Loosely Affiliated Pirates Alliance
2544
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Posted - 2013.07.19 21:44:00 -
[58] - Quote
These days I make it rather quickly when so inclined. When I was starting out... hard to remember. I was always trying to scrape something together so I could have a spare BS or two. I don't think I had a bill in cash in my wallet for my first year (2006) at least. I wouldn't have even been able to come up with that if I sold my stuff, I don't think.
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Vaju Enki
Secular Wisdom
878
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Posted - 2013.07.19 22:40:00 -
[59] - Quote
2 years. The Tears Must Flow |

bloodknight2
Talledega Knights PLEASE NOT VIOLENCE OUR BOATS
124
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Posted - 2013.07.19 22:55:00 -
[60] - Quote
Took me months.
I was a big, big noob, in a big, big ship. Buffer fit apoc or abaddon and most of them were fitted with medium guns. I didn't know anything about the game and i'm not the guy doing tutorials, so...i was a stupid noob losing all my ships in L4 until a friend came back to Eve and told me about the...armor rep and explained me some ships were better for armor and some for shield. |

Hevymetal
POT Corp Semper Ardens Alliance
99
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Posted - 2013.07.19 23:27:00 -
[61] - Quote
Paul Otichoda wrote:I do have to ask, how long did it take people to get 1bn ISK.
While I doubt that I'll ever achieve take (can't even make 100m ISK) I do have to ask how long it took people.
Or are all the Freighter pilots in the game buying and sell PLEX?
A long time, but when I started playing way back when, a billion ISK actually meant something.
|

Sir Spottington
Merchants Trade Consortium The Last Chancers.
5
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Posted - 2013.07.19 23:35:00 -
[62] - Quote
about 2 weeks, i spent a week making nothing from missons, then just asked my ceo at the time for a loan and just screwed about on the market. |

dexington
Dexington Corporation
708
|
Posted - 2013.07.19 23:45:00 -
[63] - Quote
not long enough, and i lost it just as quick... happened a time or time...
1B does you no good when you lose you x-type repper battleship you are flying with skill 2 and clueless about what resist to use :) I'm a relatively respectable citizen. Multiple felon perhaps, but certainly not dangerous. |

Zifrian
Licentia Ex Vereor Black Core Alliance
1058
|
Posted - 2013.07.19 23:46:00 -
[64] - Quote
Erm...one day it just happened I guess. I didn't even really notice because I was at the point of buying and selling millions every trip to jita. Now I can blow a bill and not even think about it. All relative really.
You just gotta figure out how to maximize money in and minimize money out....yeah...simple! LOL  Maximze your Industry Potential! - Get EVE Isk per Hour! |

mechtech
Ice Liberation Army
468
|
Posted - 2013.07.20 00:49:00 -
[65] - Quote
It took me about a year back in '05 |

Xearal
Black Thorne Corporation The Cursed Few
589
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Posted - 2013.07.20 00:59:00 -
[66] - Quote
Took me about a month, hauling and trading goods in highsec.
This was about 4 years ago, when I just started.
Nowadays, I idle waay too much, and still make 1-2B a month. if I were to put in more effort, I'd probably be pushing 5-6 easy, and if I'd get really serious, 10B a month should be doable.
|

Vortexo VonBrenner
Coldest Sea Sailing
807
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Posted - 2013.07.20 02:03:00 -
[67] - Quote
Eurydia Vespasian wrote:took about 15 minutes of skype time.
Oh my... Do the Hustle
I'm listening to-áBj+¦rk, playing EVE, eating fishsticks, and I'm cold....this is immersion gaming. |

Marcus Harikari
Guitar Players of EVE
169
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Posted - 2013.07.20 03:22:00 -
[68] - Quote
i made enough isk to buy plex in my 2nd month of playing...i think my 1st month i mostly did lowsec courier running, but then got into mining? so i'm not sure which one it was that made me the money, but both are pretty good (unless you get ganked with a high collateral courier onboard) |

Jake Warbird
Republic Military School Minmatar Republic
3111
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Posted - 2013.07.20 04:40:00 -
[69] - Quote
Whenever I make a billion my ship autopilots to Jita and buys some crap I don't even use. |

Cipher Jones
The Thomas Edwards Taco Tuesday All Stars
715
|
Posted - 2013.07.20 05:38:00 -
[70] - Quote
I had a drake before they changed the Sleeper AI to neut the way it does now. It took a couple of days to make a bil in a c3.
So however long it takes to train a mediocre drake. Eve is Real |

Don Purple
Snuggle Factory
27
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Posted - 2013.07.20 05:49:00 -
[71] - Quote
Got my first big contract a month in? 1.5b |

Anabella Rella
Gradient Electus Matari
841
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Posted - 2013.07.20 06:41:00 -
[72] - Quote
According to one of the high sec haters in another thread it only takes a day to earn a billion isk.  I used to be disgusted, now I try to be amused. |

Cam Mikaels
Infinicraft Industries
15
|
Posted - 2013.07.20 07:03:00 -
[73] - Quote
I have yet to actually have that amount in my wallet, but I've made a TOTAL of a billion by hisec mining over the course of maybe 4 or 5 months. New Infinity dev blog: http://www.infinity-universe.com/Infinity/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=123&Itemid=49
Man of many Mackerels. |

Whitehound
1557
|
Posted - 2013.07.20 08:18:00 -
[74] - Quote
Anabella Rella wrote:According to one of the high sec haters in another thread it only takes a day to earn a billion isk.  If low-sec and null-sec was as populated as high-sec could one make just as much or likely more ISKs in a day than in high-sec.
These billions of ISKs then do not come from game mechanics (ISK wells), but these come from players and it rather costs taxes and fees. Anyone who hates players who make billions with trading also hates all the players who give their ISKs to the traders. The traders in hubs like Jita then keep the prices low and everyone wins. Players who hate high-sec for that are too stupid to profit from it. Loss is meaningful. Therefore is the loss of meaning likewise meaningful. It is the source of all trolling. |

Alice Saki
Mind Games. Suddenly Spaceships.
73466
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Posted - 2013.07.20 08:24:00 -
[75] - Quote
I was given my first 1bil isk, From a Member of Outbreak (Pyrosoft - the toon has since been sold)
I guess he felt sorry for me, I learned to pvp by heading to null sec and losing Rifter after Rifter to Outbreak.
|

Daniel Jackson
Liandri Corporation Liandri Covenant
13
|
Posted - 2013.07.20 20:05:00 -
[76] - Quote
Miilla wrote:Well, if you are going to play like mr goodie two shoes, it may take a looooong while. Good luck. ya i play it goody two shoe because i have a bad consious i cant scam people or pirate people for there stuff or even steal I Vote YES! for Downloadable HI-RES Textures!!!! |

Daniel Jackson
Liandri Corporation Liandri Covenant
13
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Posted - 2013.07.20 20:07:00 -
[77] - Quote
Hevymetal wrote:Paul Otichoda wrote:I do have to ask, how long did it take people to get 1bn ISK.
While I doubt that I'll ever achieve take (can't even make 100m ISK) I do have to ask how long it took people.
Or are all the Freighter pilots in the game buying and sell PLEX? A long time, but when I started playing way back when, a billion ISK actually meant something. 1 word, INFLATION.
PLEX Cards (buy wih real money sell for ingame money, you are literly creating A LOAD of money out of nowhere), wormholes, incursions, and faction warfare (due to alot lower LP cost and very easy to get thoes said LP's, if at t3 or t4 its just an godly amount, but theres even a T5 u can get to )
FW LP Chart = click here I Vote YES! for Downloadable HI-RES Textures!!!! |

Damsel in Distress
a boat motor fell down hit me when I was little
64
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Posted - 2013.07.20 20:24:00 -
[78] - Quote
2 weeks - started in FW. |

Large Collidable Object
morons.
2149
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Posted - 2013.07.20 20:42:00 -
[79] - Quote
Daniel Jackson wrote:1 word, INFLATION.
PLEX Cards (buy with real money sell for ingame money, you are literly creating A LOAD of money out of nowhere),
The very important point is that actually, the money is absolutely not created out of nowhere but has been made by other players. The bounties, insurance money etc.. they may pay the plex with may have been created out of nowhere, but selling Plex doesn't create isk.
You know... morons. |

Erufen Rito
The Dark Space Initiative Scary Wormhole People
6
|
Posted - 2013.07.20 20:45:00 -
[80] - Quote
Hm, 1b liquid isk. The first time that comes to mind was when I saved up for a Machariel and fit, for incursions. Then, every subsequent time I sat down and incursioned for a day.
To actually get the first bill, it took me somewhere around a month running level 4 missions, and spending very little. |

Daniel Jackson
Liandri Corporation Liandri Covenant
13
|
Posted - 2013.07.20 20:50:00 -
[81] - Quote
Large Collidable Object wrote:Daniel Jackson wrote:1 word, INFLATION.
PLEX Cards (buy with real money sell for ingame money, you are literly creating A LOAD of money out of nowhere),
The very important point is that actually, the money is absolutely not created out of nowhere but has been made by other players. The bounties, insurance money etc.. they pay the plex with isk that has been created out of nowhere, but selling Plex doesn't create isk.
yes i know money comes from players, but the item it self that the player brought with real money did not earn it with in game means, so its like hes just magically making an item appear outta nowhere I Vote YES! for Downloadable HI-RES Textures!!!! |

Erufen Rito
The Dark Space Initiative Scary Wormhole People
6
|
Posted - 2013.07.20 21:04:00 -
[82] - Quote
Daniel Jackson wrote:Large Collidable Object wrote:Daniel Jackson wrote:1 word, INFLATION.
PLEX Cards (buy with real money sell for ingame money, you are literly creating A LOAD of money out of nowhere),
The very important point is that actually, the money is absolutely not created out of nowhere but has been made by other players. The bounties, insurance money etc.. they pay the plex with isk that has been created out of nowhere, but selling Plex doesn't create isk. yes i know money comes from players, but the item it self that the player brought with real money did not earn it with in game means, so its like hes just magically making an item appear outta nowhere
You've got the concept a bit backwards. |

Mark Androcius
158
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Posted - 2013.07.20 21:04:00 -
[83] - Quote
Paul Otichoda wrote:I do have to ask, how long did it take people to get 1bn ISK.
While I doubt that I'll ever achieve take (can't even make 100m ISK) I do have to ask how long it took people.
Or are all the Freighter pilots in the game buying and sell PLEX?
Sending you a PM, you may want to look at it and see if you're interested. If a man speaks his mind in the forest and no woman hears him, is he still wrong? |

mechtech
Ice Liberation Army
469
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Posted - 2013.07.21 01:31:00 -
[84] - Quote
Daniel Jackson wrote:
yes i know money comes from players, but the item it self that the player brought with real money did not earn it with in game means, so its like hes just magically making an item appear outta nowhere
No, it's like he magically instigated a transfer of 500m from another player to him.
It's really not hard to understand... |

Verunae Caseti
Viziam Amarr Empire
146
|
Posted - 2013.07.21 01:45:00 -
[85] - Quote
Daniel Jackson wrote:yes i know money comes from players, but the item it self that the player brought with real money did not earn it with in game means, so its like hes just magically making an item appear outta nowhere
Right, which is not creating wealth and therefore has no impact whatsoever on inflation.
|

Something Random
The Barrow Boys
395
|
Posted - 2013.07.21 02:07:00 -
[86] - Quote
Ive still never seen my personal wallet go beyond 600mil
I look at that sorta number and figure what a waste then go buy stuff and usually within 30 minutes blow it up, some folk have excellent killmails off me and loot of course.
am i doing it wrong ? "caught on fire a little bit, just a little." "Delinquents, check, weirdos, check, hippies, check, pillheads, check, freaks, check, potheads, check .....gangsn++ all here!" |

Inokuma Yawara
University of Caille Gallente Federation
61
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Posted - 2013.07.21 05:54:00 -
[87] - Quote
I've been playing for about a month and a half. During that time I have earned approximately 210 mil isk. In my first 14 days (free trial period), I earned about 24 mil isk. I spent about 17 mil on a Navy Comet and fits. I did some quests and got some loot, ships, and cash. I mined ore (veldspar - before I knew any better).
I began saving for a Retriever and fits. I had saved up approximately 34 mil and bought my Retriever. I was on my way to pick up a part in a low sec station when I got ambushed - in my Navy Comet. *sigh* Got killed; lost my ship. I got the part in Dodixie instead, but I had to pay 300K more for it than that Low Sec place. That part cost me 1.5 mil isk (plus my lost Navy Comet and fits - 17 mil isk).
I fitted the Retriever and began mining in earnest. I made back the cost of the Retriever and fits, and bought a new Navy Comet (I like it's aggressive looks). As of this post, I have 71 mil isk in the bank. All told however, earned cash, ships and loots in my hanger (including the lost ship), I estimate my total earned is 210 mil isk.
Now if I were to do some extrapolation... I'd guess it would take me about 1.5 months to earn 200 mil. 200 mil x 5 = 1bil, so 5 x 1.5 months = 7.5 months to earn my first bil isk. However, that would include loots in hangers, bought and lost ships, etc. I may only have half a bil isk in the bank at that time......... Or maybe my losses will be greater, and I'll have even less cash than that..... Watch this space.-á New exciting signature in development. |

Lia Danna
State War Academy Caldari State
5
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Posted - 2013.07.21 07:13:00 -
[88] - Quote
It took me about a month to reach 1b liquid, but I bought a PLEX, which put me half way there. Eve is like real life in the sense that it takes money to make money. Once you have some isk and find your niche you can make serious bank if you put your mind to it.
Specialization, specialization, specialization. |

Myfanwy Heimdal
Heimdal Freight and Manufacture Inc
295
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Posted - 2013.07.21 08:06:00 -
[89] - Quote
Paul Otichoda wrote:
How long would that be for a Drake?
Most people here appears to be talking about ways that involve sleepers and really extensive ships. Did anyone achieve 1bn in anything smaller than a BC?
Well, I've never had a Billion, either long or short form, so clearly I am doing something wrong...
GÇ£No man ought to commit his life into the hands of that Physician, who is ignorant of Astrologic: because he is a Physician of no value.GÇ¥ - Nicholas Culpeper |

Monocle Winski
Galactic Properties
1
|
Posted - 2013.07.21 09:35:00 -
[90] - Quote
It took me less than one hour
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Ptraci
3 R Corporation The Irukandji
1367
|
Posted - 2013.07.21 11:10:00 -
[91] - Quote
Paul Otichoda wrote:I do have to ask, how long did it take people to get 1bn ISK.
A LOT longer than it took to spend it! Wheeeee! |

Isaac Collins
Caldari Provisions Caldari State
23
|
Posted - 2013.07.21 11:19:00 -
[92] - Quote
Step One Explore null sec Step Two find A relic site with 40 intact armor plates in 5 containers. Step Three Don't get blown up on the way back to jita. Step Four Billion Isk acquired. |

Doc Severide
Caldari Provisions Caldari State
39
|
Posted - 2013.07.21 11:43:00 -
[93] - Quote
I had 2 Billion my 3rd day playing. Bought Game Time Codes and sold them on the forums. Best thing I ever did in the first year of playing. It gave me a stake better than the 5K you get as a new character... |

Valorfist Saissore
Catalina Operations and Logistics Division Curatores Veritatis Alliance
0
|
Posted - 2013.07.21 13:08:00 -
[94] - Quote
Little Brat wrote:The average is 20mil per hour. Your skills, desire and understanding the risk vs reward concept may earn you more. So, if you can net 20mil per hour, it will take 50 hours (6.25 eight hour days) to make a bil. EvE has a unique pay to pay to play where you can purchase ships, modules and skill books much faster than the average earner buy purchasing and trading PLEX. About 530 million for $19.95 means you can have 1.6 billion instantly for a mere $39.90...
With your leet counting skills I wouldn't hand out any advice. |

Kijo Rikki
Powder and Ball Alchemists Union The Predictables
508
|
Posted - 2013.07.21 13:36:00 -
[95] - Quote
I don't really keep track of such things, but until I bought GTC's or Plex, I never had a bil on me.
Now my corp mates tend to keep track of stuff, and I was told last month I netted 70 mil for the corp, at 10% tax that means I killed 700mil worth of rats. Maybe a few hours here and there and a dedicated evening push on a Wednesday or something, so maybe around 30 hours of work, give or take?
I suppose that's not bad for running the belts in a -0.4 system. I could have had a better average, but sometimes I just run anoms with friends that lowers my overall tick earning, my best so far is earning 8.9mil a tick, so if I work hard and the rat gods smile upon me, I can make just under 30 mil an hour. |

RAW23
221
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Posted - 2013.07.21 13:40:00 -
[96] - Quote
Adunh Slavy wrote:Longer than it will take this thread to fill up with exaggerated epeen stories of victory and self praise based on no evidence.
In that spirit, about a week . Actual proof available on request. There are two types of EVE player:
those who believe there are two types of EVE player and those who do not. |

mr ed thehouseofed
Sebiestor Tribe Minmatar Republic
341
|
Posted - 2013.07.21 13:42:00 -
[97] - Quote
9 months mainly mining , missions , trading  real gamers only need one toon-á |

Sugar Kyle
The humbleless Crew
264
|
Posted - 2013.07.21 14:27:00 -
[98] - Quote
My first billion ISK liquid was at the end of my second month. I've never dropped below it. Some days I make nothing some days a few billion. Most of the time its a few hundred mil here and there when I'm out making money. Tilde soaked words from something kinda like a pirate. |

000Hunter000
Missiles 'R' Us
19
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Posted - 2013.07.21 15:18:00 -
[99] - Quote
Paul Otichoda wrote: Did anyone achieve 1bn in anything smaller than a BC?
Yes... well.. i do have BC and carriers and stuffz, but i made my billion pvping on the market  Not that hard, find out how much it costs to build stuff, sell stuff on market for buildcost+profit, if someone sells low enough under the buildcost, just buy their stack and sell it for buildcost + profit. |

Lipbite
Express Hauler
713
|
Posted - 2013.07.21 17:29:00 -
[100] - Quote
First billion took many months to earn, each consecutive billion consumed half of the time needed for previous billion until it's all ended up with a billion per week(end). |

S Byerley
The Manhattan Engineer District
95
|
Posted - 2013.07.21 18:08:00 -
[101] - Quote
Paul Otichoda wrote:Did anyone achieve 1bn in anything smaller than a BC?
I made my first billion in about a month running Serpentis DEDs in a Vexor.
Probably not as easy post AI changes though. |

Captain Tardbar
Sons of Sam
443
|
Posted - 2013.07.21 21:53:00 -
[102] - Quote
If I am not trying, I usually earn 1 billion isk worth of assets every month. Sometimes two if I play a lot and even them I'm just sort of piddling around. "Entitlement" is a euphemism for "I hate the way you play and it makes me cry like a baby". If you fantasize about being immoral it means you enjoy being immoral deep down. |

Inokuma Yawara
University of Caille Gallente Federation
61
|
Posted - 2013.07.22 09:27:00 -
[103] - Quote
Captain Tardbar wrote:If I am not trying, I usually earn 1 billion isk worth of assets every month. Sometimes two if I play a lot and even them I'm just sort of piddling around.
Yeah, that's now. How about when you made your first billion? How long did that take? How deep was the snow you had to trudge through every day on your way to the pod at the back of your apartment on your way to work? And so on... Like what was your hustle? Watch this space.-á New exciting signature in development. |

Loraxx Zeus
Star Creators
3
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Posted - 2013.07.22 10:01:00 -
[104] - Quote
Around a month, I started off doing missions and then I took up the Power of 2 offer and got an alt.
Trained the alt for contracting, bought low and sold high. Made around 200mil profit per week first month then it continued to escalated, then CCP moved all deadspace/officer/faction stuff onto the market, now we the trading game belongs to the 0.01 isk bots. |

Sassi Levan
Caldari Provisions Caldari State
1
|
Posted - 2013.07.22 12:48:00 -
[105] - Quote
OP is a new pilot, so ignore all the I-did-it-in-2-seconds pilots. They are like blink, they only tell the good parts. You never hear the losses or the times they ****** up, just like any pilot. You need some null or low income though. It took me about two months, as I was learning the game as well. |

Inxentas Ultramar
Ultramar Independent Contracting Home Front Coalition
611
|
Posted - 2013.07.22 14:36:00 -
[106] - Quote
I am terrible at making ISK. It took me two years go get the personal wallet above 1b.
That being said, I consider ISK that is not in space, being ISK doing nothing and as such I have spent a lot of (personal) money on Ships, Starbases and Customs Offices. My killboard shows I lost 2.9 billion in PVP ships alone, so I could have had way more by now if I didn't engage in PVP and refused to utilize my private funds to further corporate / alliance goals. However, I get much enjoyment out of accomplishing these goals and they often include some meaningfull PVP, so I consider these good investments no matter how they turn out. |
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