Axis Raikkonen
Raikkonen Industries
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Posted - 2011.12.06 16:09:00 -
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Akita T wrote:Statistically speaking, the overwhelmingly vast majority of people that genuinely enjoy mining are either those that play EVE mostly while doing something else (and they don't really enjoy the mining itself so much but rather the fact they can make some ISK while being semi-idle or chatting with other people while doing it) or those that are regularly part of a mining op where 99% of the fun is the chat channel. They could be doing anything else and they'd still find it fun, but they don't have the time for anything else.
This. ATK mining makes me want to play Russian Roulette with all 6 bullets, but AFK it's a good career path for:
- Parents of young children
- Spouses of nagging significant others
- College students (makes for great study time)
- Playing at work
Akita T wrote:
Mining is a McJob.
It's slow, it's boring, it's low-skills and low-pay.
If they TRULY want a McJob, then they can have it.
But if they THINK they want a McJob because they're afraid to try anything else (because they're afraid they'll fail at it) then it's your responsibility to point out the error of their way and slap them into EVE-reality.
Partially this. I'll agree that a lot of people are freaked out by PvP and having everything on the line, so they duck into a career with limited human interaction, the success of which depends on neither their skills nor the skills of any other pilot out there. However, I think you've missed a very important upside.
Mining, in my experience, is a good path to some guaranteed income in EVE. It's an ISK faucet, but a dripping one at best. I do my research, I crunch the numbers and I know exactly how much I can make bare-minimum with each load I bring in. Tedious and boring though it may be, mining done right is more logistical than anything. Planning, calculating and prospecting make up the meat of a miner's work and the actual mining is very much the potatoes side of the operation.
I started out as a miner because I wasn't ready to venture out and get my n00b ass handed to me by other pilots with 100x more skill points than me. It's nice because now I'm in a fully-fitted Hulk and I feel comfortable dusting off my combat ships now and then and focusing my queue time on combat-oriented skills. When I lose a ship or need to boost my kit, I can either dip into my nice little cash reserve, or go out and mine for a few hours and make up the difference.
My advice is, if you think he'll bite and buy a subscription, let him start out mining, but keep him on frigs. Maybe cruisers if he can manage the training in time. If his loyalty to EVE is shaky at best, by all means, throw him into the fire and show him the combat side of things. |