FastLearner
Fury Holdings
Brutally Clever Empire
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Posted - 2007.11.24 23:33:00 -
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Edited by: FastLearner on 24/11/2007 23:33:45
 Originally by: Baalzaman
Hi everyone. I am new to EVE but I have played a lot of mmorpgs in the past. I always seem to gravitate to trading, crafting, manufacturing, alchemy, etc. I played WOW for a while but I read a forum post about EVE and it got me really interested. So I started checking into this game. I sat down and read this forum for a few days, trying to figure out what the crafting side of EVE was like.
Whaaaaaa? sums ups my initial reaction. I was completely and totally lost. People seemed to be speaking in a foreign language. I kept seeing people discussing buy and sell orders, market fluctuations, taxes, IPO's, etc. I thought I was reading the wrong forum, it seemed more like real life than any game I had played.
So here I am. I've read through about 10 pages on this forum now and I'm skimming through posts further back than that. I hate asking for help in mmorpgs, I like figuring out everything on my own. It's just the way I am. I like to know every single thing about the game I play. From the combat system to the market dynamics. But it seems that just isn't possible in EVE, the game seems very complex.
I've managed to make a few million isk fiddling around in these newbie starting areas, picking up loot that I see and selling it on the market and killing some baddies. After a few days I realized I was selling my stuff to other traders and I figured out I should be placing my own buy orders. Then I sell the stuff for a profit. I also realized that I made my character totally wrong, so I made a new character with trade skills and int/mem atts. I deleted my first char which was a week old (which I now realize I should not have done, but too late now). Anyhow, I have about 35 million isk now.
Now that I've told about myself, I have a couple of questions.
My Questions (and I hope I am using the terms correctly):
1. What is the market or attitude of the players here about small IPO's, in the 200-500 million range?
2. Are short IPO's acceptable? It seems most of the ones I see are long term. What are the attitudes here about a 30-60 day IPO for example.
3. What are the chances that a new player such as myself would be able to start such an IPO?
Thanks in advance!
1. Small IPOs tend to either fill immediately or never get any ISK - depends how well you describe yourself and your plans.
2. if you plan to only pay out for a few months then really you're looking at issuing a bond not an IPO: you're intending to pay back investors (at a profit but not give them a long-term stake in your corporation/investment).
3. Pretty good. recent events have demonstrated somepeole will invest just if you say "I'm not scamming" convincingly. So if you actually have a plan you should be fine.
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