Chimay
NovaTech Academy
Against ALL Anomalies
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Posted - 2014.02.10 18:46:00 -
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Hello Iseballa Orti,
I too starting EVE out mining and I still do it depending on my mood.
I'm going to review with you a game plan if mining is your calling.
Barge is the next step. Continue to mine and save isk. Train the related skills while you wait. Takes a bit of overhead to get in to mining, as you've noticed the cost of barges aren't cheap for someone starting out.
Once you get in to barge I recommend you pause your mining training and flip to the following
-Ice harvesting
-Gas Mining
Both are easy/quick to cap the skills in, both of these skills can net you a great deal more profit at times.
Now That you can fly a barge, mine ice, harvest gas. Your in a postion now to have options.
This part is critical, the next step is you want to find a nullsec corp. Some corps even provide the ship and equipment for you to use! There are plenty of mining corps around in null that would love to have a miner in training join their ranks. Depending on the situation if POS fuel demand is high and they are deep in null, you can make 40-60M an hour mining ice there. This solo of course.
But that's really not where you want to be, you want to be in a mining OP with max bonus, and protection. There is money to be made in the field but its about taking risks and finding the correct area to target the market.
Trit can now be mined in null sec, the value of trit in the area I live is higher then anything else. Most miner go for trit yielding ore because the payout is really high in the area because of the demand.
This are things you want to discuss when locating a corp in nullsec on what the market looks like and what you can expect to maker per hour. Every area will be different!
When I started mining, Batam was the only mining frigate, next level from there was the Osprey, then barge. I'm not sure if the osprey could out mine a Venture but might be worth researching.
While your at it research gas harvesting in null, there was a thread I read today on the first page today that reviewed some numbers. For the cost of the ship paired with the risk you take, I see it as a really great opportunity for you for nice isk and a risk to keep things more alive and interesting. You might find you enjoy the game much more living closer to the edge.
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