Making Isk – 30 April 2012
Considering that a major part of a PVP’er life in Eve is having the finances to maintain a properly prepared fleet, I have started to diversify my various income trails. The reason for this is two fold: First, to always be able to replace ship loses and Second, to make enough isk to start buying the more interesting toys. The trick is, I don’t want to use an alt.. mainly because I really play Eve to have fun.. not to maximize various sub aspects of the game.
So, here is how it is going (as of 30 April 2012):
0.0 Ratting (Status: None) - 0.0 isn’t an option any time soon, as I have joined The Fancy Hats Corporation, ran by former M3 Corp member, Corelin.
Low-sec Ratting (Status: None) – With us no longer in Silent, we are no longer hanging out in low-sec officially at this point in time. Though, we are still looking for an alliance to join…
Cosmic Anomalies (Status: None) – Nope, nothin’ nada.
Planetary Interaction (Status: None) – I have downsized by High-sec operation and am currently reviewing planets that might be profitable.
Signature Probing (Status: None) – Tried to goof around with this in high-sec, but the sites were pretty useless.
IPO Investement (Status: None) – Currently haven’t found anything I would be interested in, plus my current levels of capital aren’t high enough to look.
Mission Running (Status: Excellent) – LP Ammo and Tag sales are still a boon to my finances, but this must slowly go to the wayside as I focus more and more on low-sec operations.
Incursions (Status: None) – These are still on the back burner despite efforts at the alliance and corp level to get more involved.
Invention (Status: Good) – Running four agents currently, though due to distance one of those is a level 3. I am pondering trying to raise my Caldari faction so that I have a more diverse collection of R&D agents.
Mining (Status: Poor) – I’ve switched training to one of my other alts on my account and am training him up for mining operations. In about 15 days he’ll be able to fly a Covetor.
Sounds solid – though if you wanna go mining you should really use nothing less then a Covetor; it has nearly the same yield as a Hulk while being considerably cheaper. It’s also considerably thinner regarding fitting and tank – you just can’t tank it. I’m just currently training up the Covetor (which basically enables me to fly a Hulk (3 more skillevels in about 1 day to go) but I don’t have the ISK atm to buy one) so I understand the reluctance to train it. I however made the biggest amount of cash in my short EVE career with a retri (and selling a weeks worth of mining for 2-3 hours a day while reading a book).
I’ve got a question regarding the PI though. You said “minor tax increase” and that you are in low/null. Are your planets in low/null too? Because the highsec tax increase ain’t “minor” at all and PI in highsec is basically pointless in my humble oppinion as there are nearly no ressources on the god damn planets.
I agree on the signatures being worth – not much. My highsecprobing usually yields wormholes in 2 of 3 (which cost me frigates on a regular basis) and the rest is not to make ISK either.
January 16, 2012 at 02:59
Well, as far as PI goes.. I am up in the air about whether or not it is minor any more. My products sell for more, and I can sell my P0 products at my location fairly easily and I often produce more P0 than I can use. Often the P0 overstock sales cover my tax costs pretty easily so that my actual product sells essentially tax free.
But, since I don’t do it regularly, it isn’t like I have hard numbers to provide.
January 16, 2012 at 08:06