Eve Ultimate Isk Guide

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EVE ONLINE ULTIMATE ISK GUIDE

Contents: PageNo.

Introduction............................................................................................. 2

Background.............................................................................................. 2

Types of Isk Generating........................................................................... 2

Common Knowledge...............................................................................

!esources for information...................................................................... "

Isk generation......................................................................................... #$ining.................................................................................................... #

$oon $ining.......................................................................................... #

Building................................................................................................... %

Trading.................................................................................................... &

!atting.................................................................................................... '

Ple(ing.................................................................................................... 2)

*camming............................................................................................... 2'

Summary ............................................................................................ 21

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Introduction:

T+is guide is will take you t+roug+ many ways of generating a ,ast amount of isk in a legal

and non macro way and also +elp you +opefully en-oy t+e game for w+at it is as well as

+a,ing a good time wit+ many people you will meet along t+e way.

T+is guide is not for people w+o -ust want to +a,e ,ast amounts of isk y simply +a,ing

a macro or ot+er illegal ways. T+is is -ust for t+e player w+o wis+es to fully e(pand +is or +er

isk generating capailities.

Bac!round:

I +a,e een playing e,e for w+at to me seems like an eternity ut in fact +as een since

early 2))#. $uc+ of w+ic+ I +a,e spent playing not one ut many aspects of t+e game and

s+aring knowledge wit+ ot+er gamers. I +a,e come across many people in e,e and for t+e

most part t+ey are e(actly like e,e y eing deeply cold +earted at time wit+ little +elpeing gi,en for not+ing and in most cases e,eryone trying to take full ad,antage of you for

your +ard earned or sometimes not so +ard earned isk.

/+en I first started playing I played part time and egan to generate small amounts of

isk and as time went and I egan to understand more aout t+e game I ecame more

efficient in t+e t+ings I was doing and generating more isk for t+e amount of time I was

playing and was t+erefore ale to pay for t+e account y t+e use of isk w+ic+ +elp ecause

at t+e time I was not in a good way financially in real life.

0ue to playing wit+ a friend I ended up p,ping w+ic+ costs a lot to sustain at times due

to t+e ine,itaility of ganks etc so t+is was also anot+er reason t+at I needed to ma(imise+ow muc+ isk I was making for t+e time I was playing w+ic+ resulted in me ac1uiring ,arious

knowledge of t+e many types of ways to make isk and w+ic+ are t+e est ways.

Ty"#$ o% i$ G#n#ratin!:

T+ere is a 1uick summary of t+e main types of isk generating elow all of w+ic+ I will

elaorate on furt+er on in t+e guide.

$ining:T+is consists of in general using a s+ip wit+ mining lasers or strip miners to take ore from

asteroids from eit+er an asteroid elt or ple( etc and t+en selling t+e ore etc.

$oon $ining:

$ining a moon wit+ a pos 3player owned station4 to collect t+e moon minerals w+ic+ are

needed in t+e uilding of tec+ 2 components.

Building:

T+e production of s+ips items etc from mineral or components for a profit.

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Trading:

In asic terms t+e principal of uying items s+ips etc low and selling +ig+ for a profit.

!atting:

T+is is t+e killing of npc5s in asteroid elts repeatedly and collecting t+e loot sal,age andounties.

Ple(ing:

*imilar to ratting and mission running as it is killing npc5s in a ple( often wit+ a oss at

t+e end and can sometimes gi,e you e(pensi,e items to sell.

$ission running:

Killing npc5s mostly +owe,er t+ere are many types or missions all of w+ic+ is w+ere an

agent set you o-ecti,es for you to do in return for isk loyalty points and sometimes items.

*camming:

Basically social engineering to take anot+er player5s isk6items6s+ips from t+em.

T+is co,ers all of t+e ma-or types of isk generation in t+e world of e,e.

&ommon Kno'(#d!#:

T+is is knowledge t+at is e(tremely useful +owe,er is seen as common knowledge to most

of t+e e,e community.

Trade +us: Places of +ig+ trading etween players 7t+e most likely place to sell somet+ing

fast or uy somet+ing fast8. In particular t+e solar system -ita is t+e main trade +u of e,e

+owe,er is e(tremely laggy. Below is a list of t+e main trade +us in t+e e,e uni,erse wit+

green te(t eing t+e race located in t+e area and t+e olded te(t eing t+e region t+e solar

system is in.

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/#$ourc#$ %or in%ormation:

!esearc+ into +ow to make w+at you are doing more efficient is critical and many people do not

take full ad,antage of t+e resources out t+ere suc+ as t+e great e,e online forum at

+ttp:66www.e,eonline.com6ingameoard.asp /+ere t+ere are many people w+o +a,e created

tools6calculators as well as many people willing to +elp you out wit+ your decisions and6or

prolems +owe,er e warned t+at t+e forum can e +ostile at times if you +a,e an attitude so e

nice and you will e rewarded wit+ t+e answers to your prolems. >s well as creating a topic t+ere

are always ot+er asking for +elp and t+ey may e asking w+at you need to know as well as at t+e top

of eac+ su forum t+ere are sticky posts w+ic+ +a,e a tonne of information in w+ic+ I +a,e found

,ery +andy in t+e past.

T+ere are also se,eral ot+er wesites t+at need a mention t+e two wesites t+at are particularly

good for +elp wit+ missions are www.e,einfo.comand+ttp:66e,e?sur,i,al.org6wikka.p+p@

wakkaA$ission!eports

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I$ !#n#ration:

Minin!:$ining is w+ere t+e ma-ority of e,e players start off in t+e world of e,e w+en t+ey are in

t+eir 7noo8 s+ips mining ,eldspar +owe,er it is a great way to make isk if you want to play

wit+ little effort or +a,e ot+er t+ings to e getting on wit+ or doing 3(o( or t, anyone@4.

T+e principle of mining is t+at you gain t+e ore from t+e asteroid and t+en sell t+is on

or refine t+is into minerals and t+en sell w+ic+ is seen as t+e more efficient way as people

don5t offer a great deal for t+e ore.

In general is you +a,e a attles+ip or a e(+umer or mining arge you will typically earn

around # to ') million isk an +our wit+ a few e(ceptions suc+ as in ).) w+en mining more

rare asteroids +owe,er t+en you +a,e logistics to sort out suc+ as t+e mo,ing of t+e ore

from remote areas to places w+ere you can sell w+ic+ in most cases are t+e empire trade

+us w+ic+ I +a,e outlined.

In general mining needs a great deal of researc+ efore starting as t+ere are a great

many t+ings t+at dictate t+e amount of isk you can make suc+ as s+ip setup and I would

+ig+ly recommend t+at you look at t+e mining guide at +ttp:66www.ls-,?

e,e.com6completeminersguide6completeminersguide,?).pdf w+ic+ will e(plain to you in

details e,eryt+ing aout mining you could e,er want to know.

T+e profession of mining can go ,ery well wit+ t+e profession of uilding ut for mostcases you can5t mine enoug+ for t+e amount you need to uild ut is great for a future

e(pansion or for -ust somet+ing to do w+ile t+ings uild.


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Trading takes time. !eal time. 9ow you spend your minutes in F trading directly relates to +ow

muc+ you will +a,e at t+e end of your session playing. > trade run t+at takes 2) -umps and makes

and ' +our to complete and makes you % million I*K is not as good one -ump route t+at only

makes you 2 million I*K eac+ ut takes "# minutes. T9.

*iJe $atters ?

I5m talking aout ,olume. T+e p+ysical siJe of t+e commodity6item you are trading. t first glance you mig+t see a uy order for &)) I*K somew+ere neary and

1uickly das+ off to uy t+ose locks in your station for %)) I*K. Good deal@ Nope.. Because eac+

lock +as a ,olume of " w+ic+ translates to '6" of t+e amount you can carry3capacity4 per run.

!ememer you are selling your cargo cap so t+ose o+?so?lucrati,e looking CBHs now +a,e a cargo

point per I*K ratio of 2# not ')). Con,ersely take for e(ample t+e antiiotics. T+ese only +a,e .#

,olume and usually only make '?% I*K per unit. BLT you can carry two per cargo point w+ic+

e1uates to %?&2 I*K per cargo point. $uc+ etter t+an t+ose old Construction locks wouldn5t you

agree@

T+e Point@ KN lot of times you may find a trade good t+at uy low and sells +ig+ reasonaly

close seemingly a great run. But if t+e supplier3or demander4 only needs '&% of t+at item w+ile t+e

supplier +as '#&k for sale3or ,ice?,ersa4 does not make t+is a wort+w+ile trip. T+ere5s I* ane(ception to t+is and will e co,ered in t+e ad,anced trading section ut for now lea,e t+is type of

trade alone.

T+e point@ 0<

T+e *kill sets re1uired for trading are ot+ many and di,erse. /+ile not as in,ol,ed as a comat or

mining profession t+e time in,estment is sustantial none t+e less. ou egin wit+ ,ery limited

access to t+e +ig+er tiered skills 3as opposed to t+e ot+er professions4 ut t+ey can e 1uickly

gained wit+ -ust a it of effort. /it+ a it of researc+ you can create a c+aracter t+at +as a leg up

on t+ese asic skills w+ic+ gi,es you room to grow 1uickly. T+ey are:

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Erigate? Needed as pre?re1uests for flying most all stars+ips ut specifically industrials.

Na,igation? > must +a,e for t+e large ase of +ig+er tier skills promoting speed +andling and

economy of flig+t.

$ec+anic? >not+er must +a,e allowing modification of s+ip modules and adding increased cargo

capaility.

Trade? T+e o,ious. >gain to allow you to access greater skill sets and place many orders for uying

and selling.

Industrial? Based on t+e s+ip of c+oice most often on t+e race you started wit+.

Note: T+ese are -ust t+e most asic of skills to +a,e wit+ most needed to allow furt+er progression.

T+ey are not t+e end ut t+e means..

Now some will argue t+at t+e learning skills 3learning and t+e # asic rain power skills s+ould e

in +ere as well. >nd I do agree +owe,er to egin trading and t+at5s w+at we are co,ering +ere

t+ey are not necessary. T+ey s+ould e gained t+oug+ as 1uickly as time3and money4 allows.*a,ing you tons of time later w+en you train t+e +ig+er tier skills you will e wanting.

1uipment ?

In t+e eginning you will undoutedly e limited ot+ in skill and cas+ to t+e most asic of

e1uipment. > fast frigate some cargo e(panders and maye an afterurner or micro warp dri,e. But

fear not t+is will c+ange 1uickly. >s cas+ flows in you can upgrade to more skills and etter s+ips

3more cargo4 and +ig+er wort+ trade goods.

> lot can e said +ere on t+e est gear to +a,e ut it5s an area I c+oose to lea,e to you to sort out.

T+e most important items I5d say were speed and cargo cap. Pick an industrial you wis+ to fly and

train t+e skill and uy one. > estower 3a +auling s+ip4 makes a good c+oice as to t+e lower $ark

series Iterons. I started +is way using a estower for s+ort +auls making enoug+ until i could uy

t+e Gallente industrial skill and started training it. T+e mark F is t+e ultimate cargo +auler. It canHt

e eat for ma(imum cargo BLT it5s a long skill time to train somew+ere around 2D days learning

skills

depending. >sk around. $ost industrial pilots lo,e talking aout t+eir s+ips as do most ot+er pilots.

*ome times an Indy or Erig does not fit t+e ill eit+er. > lot of successful traders fly ,arious types of

cruisers destroyers or e,en interceptors. ac+ +as t+eir usefulness ut most eginning traders +a,e

little spare time to train t+ese skills or t+e cas+ to uy t+em muc+ less t+e s+ips t+emsel,es. Point

is e aware t+at later in your career you may 3or s+ould4 e looking at ot+er s+ip options for someruns. $ore on t+is later.

It takes money to make money ut +ow can you make money wit+ no money@ /ell you canHt. ou

must eit+er do some mining agent missions or if you are particularly ra,e pirating. I5d recommend

>gent running. In a fast s+ip you can make se,eral million in -ust a few days if not less e,en at t+e

most asic of agents. If mining is more your style t+en strap on some miners and +a,e at it ut t+e

point is you are going to need at least a few million efore you are ,iale as a trader. It can e

done wit+ less ut it takes more time. If you +a,e made friends you mig+t e ale to persuade

t+em to part wit+ a it to ack your ,enture +owe,er if you c+oose t+is route make sure you pay

t+em ack on time and wit+out prolems. Not doing so may incur t+e wrat+ of some up and comingfig+ter pilots people you donHt need to meet later in your career flying t+at fully loaded industrial

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into low security systems wit+ your life sa,ings aoard.

T+e $arket ?

T+e ,e market is w+ere you uy and sell most goods. *ome items cannot e listed on t+e market

and are sold on escrow. I5m not going to co,er scrow ot+er t+an to say it5s out t+ere and different.

T+e market screen allows you to sort y t+e numer of -umps from you an item is t+e ,olume cost

location and also if its a region solar system or station uy6sell order. Pay attention to t+at. $ake

sure w+en you uy 3or sell somet+ing4 you +a,e not oug+t region6system wide if you didnHt want

to. I once oug+t ") million in data s+eets o,er t+e entire ;onetrek region. T+ere are 26 options

a,ailale to you for your searc+ scope for e(ample +ow far away you want to look from w+ere

you are. T+ere is also an often o,er looked ut ,ery useful +istory ta t+at will tell you t+e price and

,ol of an item o,er ,arying amounts of time. Lse it. It can tell you if t+e price you are paying 3or

selling for4 is on target and -ust as importantly +ow muc+ of t+e item 3,olume in sales4 t+e item is

mo,ing. T+is is ,ery useful in determining if you are in a usy area wit+ lots of competitors or +a,e

t+e area to yourself.

T+e Eirst few Trades ?

*o you +a,e a few skills +a,e ran missions or mined your way to your first couple of million and

you +a,e a fast frigate or industrial s+ip. ou +a,e decided to set up somew+ere and found useing

your noodle and a it of common sense a few low cost trade runs. Now youHre t+inking Ill -ust uy M

amount of items and load t+em up and +ead o,er yes@ /ell yes and no. T+ere are some t+ings you

must ask yourself first. T+ey are..

Is your cargo full@ If not you s+ould look again and see if t+ere5s a close 3in destination4 system t+at

re1uires somet+ing you can ring as well. T+is must e alanced wit+ t+e time it takes you ot+ to

deli,er 3and pickup4 t+is filler load.

Is t+ere a return trip load@ In t+e late 2)t+ century Eossil fuelled deli,ery ,e+icles called '

w+eelers would often carry cargo to one destination only to find not+ing to carry on t+e return trip

costing t+em ot+ money and time. T+ese were called 0ead+eads. >,oid t+is at all cost.

*ometimes you canHt ut you s+ould try.

>re you using t+e rig+t e1uipment@ If you +a,e found a run t+at +as somew+at +ig+ priced items

taking -ust a few +undred cargo it may e etter to run t+at fast frig twice rat+er t+an t+e ig slow

industrial once. !ememer t+e return trip t+oug+. Time is money.

>re you running into low security systems@ In t+e eginning I5d a,oid t+is. /+ile some -uicy runs are

in ).# you are not t+e only person t+at5s going to e t+ere plenty of pirates know +ow to use t+etrade system to find ric+es too. Be aware of t+is and if you must run t+ere set up instant?-umps

first. >nd use t+e map.O c+eck t+e s+ips6pods destroyed in t+e last +our setting. If t+ere5s een any

acti,ity donHt go it5s t+at simple. ou +a,e een warned.

nd t+e uy price goes up as more is purc+ased. T+e temptation is to deli,er and sell deli,er and

sell completing t+e demand at a station ut doing t+is will lea,e some profit e+ind as t+e price

c+anges wit+ e,ery transaction most of t+e time. *o get it all t+ere first and sell it toget+er uy

t+e same way all at once.

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>0F>NC0 T!>0

*o now you +a,e gotten t+e +ang of it. >nd are actually making a it of money. Not a lot ut its

coming in. *o w+at to do now to increase your profits@ /ell t+ere are some.

*kills ?

By now you s+ould +a,e an idea of w+ic+ skills are ecoming important. T+e Na,igation sets wit+

t+e afterurner $/0 and +andling are critical. *o is +ull modifications namely +ull upgrades

3etter cargo e(panders4. T+e *tars+ip skills you +a,e c+osen s+ould meet t+e goals you +a,e set for

t+e types of deli,ery s+ips you wis+ to use and you s+ould e on your way to a igger Industrial.

*o w+at of t+e rest@ /ell now we are going to concentrate on t+e aility to use trade skills to or

upmost ad,antage. ou +a,e proaly noticed y now t+at you are getting socked wit+ a +efty sales

ta( and roker fees. T+ese can put a dampener on your ottom line e,ery day e,ery trade. ou

s+ould +a,e trade F y now if not get on it. >t least to le,el . Now go get marketing roker

relations and >ccounting. Broker relations and accounting will decrease t+e fees you pay w+en youplace a uy order for items not yet listed to sell and t+e ta( 3') per le,el 4 for eac+ and e,ery sale

you make 3>cct4 /+y marketing you mig+t ask@ lso uy some G*CHs 3giant secure containers4 as many as you can fit in your +old. T+ey

can e a poor mans e(pander if you get t+em c+eaply enoug+. >ll cargo containers +a,e t+e

special aility t+at allows you to put more ,olume in t+em t+en t+ey take to carry t+emsel,es. It isnHt

a w+ole lot ut e,ery little it +elps. >not+er onus is s+ould you meet an unfortunate demise a

secure can 3password protected4 can e anc+ored w+ere,er you died pro+iiting t+e offending

party from scooping t+e cans and opening t+em getting your cargo. Corp management and

anc+oring skill is re1uired for t+is t+oug+. It doesnHt always work 3+ig+ security regions cans too

close to eac+ ot+er4 ut it can sa,e you some if you are lucky.

T+e $arket ?

Now t+eres a w+ole new world of uying and selling and some F! creati,e ways to do it. T+emarketing skill allows you t+e aility to uy 3and sell4 remotelyQ Eor e(ample you donHt +a,e to e in

t+e station or e,en t+e same system. Now wit+ a +ig+ enoug+ skill you can manage your profits

wit+out e,er +a,ing to lea,e t+e station.

>d,anced Trade goods

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*trategy ssuming you are in range 3le,el dependent4 you ne,er +a,e to

undock.

*trategy 2 ?

Building on t+e ao,e you can take it a step furt+er. Pay people to +aul t+ose scattered assets for

youQ *et up courier missions 3you must e in target station unfortunately4 and pay t+ose young

industrial +aulers -ust a it of your profits to mo,e your stuff for you. Now you are sa,ing tons oftime to do ot+er t+ings make t+e commissions ack t+at you pay for t+is ser,ice or w+ate,er.

Point is you +a,e ot+ers doing you +auling for you and you -ust sell it w+en it arri,es. ou must e in

a good position cas+ wise and e prepared to wait for your orders to arri,e ut for t+ose wit+ a lot

of cas+ and etter t+ings to do wit+ t+eir time t+is is a ,iale option.

nd stay current. $ineral prices rise

and fall like a nun in a cucumer patc+ so -ust ecause you sold isogen 3mineral4 one day at '))doesnHt mean you can do it a week from now or tomorrow. $ineral trading takes a lot of effort and

time 3researc+4 ut t+e rewards are +uge.

$odule trading. T+is I liken to speciality trading a nic+e market taking e,en more researc+ and time

to effecti,ely manage. *ome modules can cost millions and millions for -ust one item. Eor t+ose

ra,e enoug+ wit+ enoug+ cas+ t+is is proaly t+e +ig+est tier of tradeing in F. Its not for t+e

faint of +eart. >s of t+is writing I +a,e yet to dale in t+is and I +a,e a siJale ankroll. /+ile t+e

rewards are great t+e risk is e,en greater.

*ummary Tips

> few lessons to learn and reinforce. T+ey are:

0onHt fly empty e,er if you can +elp it.

0o you researc+ your +omework and especially t+e mat+ do not forget t+ese t+ree points if you

want to make it wort+w+ile

Train skills towards t+e future. ;ean towards ettering your s+ip setup and profits.

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spamming gang in,ites and killing you gang memers donHt take sec +its.

Lse cargo cans to increase your +old space

Lpgrade your gear.

/attin!:

!atting is t+e process w+erey a player c+aracter will enter a star system and warp towards an

asteroid elt or a stargate. >t t+ese locations NPC rats may e present. T+e player will kill t+ese NPC

c+aracter and in return recei,e a ounty. T+is ounty will reflect t+e difficulty of killing t+e NPC ?

Battles+ip NPCs will gi,e more ounty t+an a Cruiser NPC for e(ample. T+e ounty is added to t+e

playerHs wallet and from t+ere spent on w+ate,er t+e player wants ? s+ips items etc.

$a(imising your profit:

!atting takes up time. It takes time for you to kill a NPC and you want to do t+is as 1uickly as

possile so t+at you can mo,e on to your ne(t ,ictim.

T+is means you want to do as muc+ damage as possile in t+e s+ortest amount of time possile.

To t+at end ratting is ,ery muc+ like doing missions ? you s+ould fit weapons on your s+ip t+at are

effecti,e against t+e ratsH nati,e resistances.

T+e following rat types and damage types detail w+at you s+ould e aiming for:

Guristas: Kinetic t+en t+ermal damage.

Blood !aider: $ t+en t+ermal damage.

*ans+as Nation: $ t+en t+ermal damage.

*erpentis: Kinetic t+en t+ermal damage.

>ngel Cartel: (plosi,e t+en Kinetic damage.

By design t+ese are also t+e resistances you s+ould e aiming to use on your s+ip as well ? Guristas

deal out Kinetic and T+ermal damage ut not $ or e(plosi,e 3in any noticeale way anyway4.

T+e only e(ception to t+at rule is >ngel rats ? t+ey actually deal out all types of damage. $ostly it is

(plosi,e ut youHll find t+e odd $ s+ip or t+ermal s+ip to comat as well. (plosi,e is always t+eir

weakest link so always use e(plosi,e ut e prepared to recei,e T+ermal torpedoes from t+e >ngel

*aint rats for e(ample.

/+ilst I was ratting in >ngel space I ne,er put any $ +ardeners on my s+ips. I know in missions

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t+ey deal out $ damage ut wit+ ratting itHs not really somet+ing IH,e really come across. Be

warned t+oug+ t+at it is a possiility.

marr for e(ample using ;>*! weapons will

+a,e a +ard time damaging Guristas or *erpentis rats ecause t+ey +a,e relati,ely +ig+ resistances

against T+ermal and especially $ weapons.

T+e same can e said of Gallente s+ips ratting in Blood !aider or *ans+a space ? t+e Kinetic damage

from lasters or railguns isnHt too great against t+ese rats as t+e nati,e resistances are 1uite +ig+

against t+ese damage types.

T+ere are ways around t+is of course ? Gallente s+ips and some >marr s+ips +a,e large drone ays.

0rones of course +a,e different damage types so you can get around t+is issue y +a,ing drones

t+at deal t+e primary damage youHre looking for.

Caldari +a,e t+e est options +ere as t+ey can c+ange t+eir primary weapons on a w+im ? missiles.

$issiles can e fitted for any damage type >N0 t+eir attles+ips usually +a,e enoug+ space for fi,e

medium drones as wellQ

/+ilst I personally find t+e !a,en to e t+e most efficient s+ip in t+is regard t+at doesnHt mean as

an >marr you canHt rat in Guristas space ? it may take a little longer ut t+ereHs no point spending

t+ree or four mont+s training up t+e skills for a !a,en and missiles if youHre an >marr spec c+aracter

-ust to rat in my opinion.

;ocation location location

>s any good estate agent will tell you location is t+e most important t+ing to consider w+en uying

a +ouse. T+e location of w+ere you rat is also important. Two systems ne(t to eac+ ot+er can gi,e

wildly different isk?results o,er t+e course of two +ours despite t+ere eing no appreciale

difference etween t+em. > system is a system rig+t@ /ell no. /+at it comes down to is *ecurity

*tatus.

In '.)?).D space t+ere are actually no rats. ou won5t find any at a elt ecause t+ey donHt e(ist.

!atting in somew+ere like =ita 3).D4 is pointless ecause t+ereHs not+ing to rat. ouHll need to godown to ). space or elow in order to find some targets.

T+ereHs a general rule in , t+at t+e lower t+e security status of a system t+e more t+e ounties

are for t+e rats present. Eor e(ample in a ). system you mig+t find a rat wit+ a #?')k ounty

w+ereas if you go to a ).# system you mig+t find rats wit+ )?")k ounties if youHre lucky.

If you li,e in perpetual fear of eing targeted y anot+er player you can stop reading t+e guide at

t+is point as t+at more or less can co,er ratting in +ig+ sec space. T+e only ot+er t+ing to rememer

is more elts A more spawns A more isk. *o find a nice ).# system wit+ 2) elts and rat away ut to

e +onest youHre etter off doing missions.

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If you go into low security space or li,e in ).) read on as t+ereHs some -uicy information +ere for

manipulating spawns to do your e,il idding.

T+e rest of t+is guide will e ased as if you are ratting in ).) space. T+e following applies to ;ow *ec

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$odified In,ulneraility Eield w+ic+ grants #) s+ield resists across t+e oard. IH,e seen t+is sell for

around or D BI;;Issuming you could take t+e 0P* from t+e rats youHd make a mint

literally killing non stop for as long as you could last or your ammo was stocked.

T+is was classed as a ug and it got fi(ed. T+ese days c+aining refers to t+e art of finding a spawn

3any spawn ut itHd e est if it +ad +ig+ ounties4 and killing off t+e attles+ips 3t+e ig isk

earners4. >fter aout #?') minutes if youH,e left t+e frigates6destroyers6support alone 3or at least

not killed t+em4 t+e attles+ips will return one y one. T+eyHll keep t+is up indefinitely and you keep

coming ack to t+e elt e,ery ')?'# minutes or so and killing t+em off. /+y stop at one@ $ayet+ereHs 2 or good spawns in t+e system. C+ain all of t+em. If t+ereHs ot+ers in t+e system ratting as

well tell t+em in ;ocal w+at you are doing and re1uest t+ey lea,e t+e support s+ips alone so t+at

t+eyHll c+ain properly. s t+is is ).) itHs not a good idea to e scramled in a elt weed and

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w+at you do +ere. Personally I kill off t+e frigates as I donHt want to risk eing caug+t y an enemy

gang ut t+atHs -ust me.

2. Increasing your c+ances of a commander or officer spawn

T+ereHs a secret to +ow rats work. > spawn of rats is not random. ;etHs say weHre in our '2 elt

system and t+ereHs no one else around. ItHs -ust you ratting. ou encounter a ( cruiser and 2( frigate

spawn of rats. !uis+. *o you ignore it ? w+y waste your time on it@ /ell t+ereHs a good reason to

waste your time on it. If you kill it off it is usually replaced wit+ a slig+tly etter spawn. Per+aps itHll

e ( attle cruisers and ( cruisers. Not muc+ etter sure. But you kill t+at one off too. T+at gets

replaced y say a doule #))k isk attles+ip spawn. Kill t+at it gets replaced wit+ a %#)K spawn.

Kill t+at you get a ))k spawn...SSSSS triple '.# spawn 3>ssuming your systemHs sec status allows

it4.

Now t+is isnHt always completely linear. ou may find t+at it skips some steps ? #))k S ))k for

e(ample. >gain t+is is perfectly normal and not+ing to e afraid of. T+e replacement spawn doesnHtappear straig+t away it takes t+e usual #?') minutes to respawn and itHs not always in t+e same elt

eit+erQ I am not e(actly sure on t+e figures so I canHt gi,e you t+e e1uation ut if you rat in a system

y yourself for a long time youHll notice a general trend for t+e rats to get igger and igger and

igger.... and t+en all of a sudden t+ey go ruis+ again.

T+ey go ruis+ ecause youH,e reac+ed t+e end of t+e spawn ? once youH,e killed off t+e top

spawn it resets to a ruis+ one and t+e cycle starts again.

>t t+e end of t+e cycle t+ereHs a c+ance a small one t+at instead of resetting youHll get a

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Killing off all t+e cans 3s+ooting t+em4 will increase t+e spawn rate of rats.

;ea,ing a rat in +alf?armour w+en c+aining will increase t+e speed 3or in some ,ersions is re1uired4

to make t+e c+ain continue.

C+aining rats pre,ents you from getting a Commander spawn.

C+aining rats will lead to poorer rats in t+e system.

T+e system will produce crappy rats if you wear it out y c+aining or ratting e(cessi,ely. Gi,e it a

few days to calm down.

T+ese are all wrong and itHs est to ignore t+em.

T+is isnHt so muc+ a lie itHs more a misunderstanding of +ow t+e ratting system works. C+aining arat spawn +as no effect on if a commander will appear. Commanders 3may4 appear at t+e end of a

cycle of a spawn. If you keep t+is cycle stuck it will of course ne,er cycle t+roug+ to get t+e c+ance

for t+e commander to appear. If you are c+aining e,ery spawn in system yes you won5t get a

commander w+ilst c+aining ecause t+e spawns are stuck at a certain le,el. T+ey canHt mature to

t+eir new cycle and t+us +a,e t+e c+ance to appear. If you kill off t+e c+ains completely youHll get

your c+ance like e,eryone else.

T+ink of it like rolling a dice. If you continually -ust pick up t+e dice and t+en put it down again same

side down as it was efore 3c+aining4 you won5t e,er get t+e c+ance to roll a % ecause youHre

always on #. 0o it ')) times in a row and you will always -ust +a,e a # ecause youHre not allowing

t+e dice to roll. But t+e minute you stop doing t+at and actually roll t+e dice 3kill off t+e spawn4 you

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>s I +a,e also found out y e(perience you may need more t+en ' person for ple(5s of a

difficulty of %6') and certainly w+en t+ey are ao,e t+at so often rewards can e +ig+ ut are

s+ared.

Mi$$ion /unnin!:

Before starting i would like to say t+at all missions +a,e een documented at http://eve-survival.org/

wikka.php?wakka=MissionReports and I +a,e used t+is many times and is ,ery useful.

By many t+is is seen as one of t+e most oring way to make isk +owe,er many do it and ecome

,ery ric+ from it wit+ rewards eing ,ery +ig+ compared to t+e risk. > complete guide of e,eryt+ing

in missions is at+ttp:66wiki.e,eonline.com6wiki6$issionU$issionsand is far etter t+en I can

e(plain.

> few points I wis+ to add are t+at t+e s+ip you use to do missions can drastically c+ange your

income amount as well as t+e setup you +a,e. Eor instance w+et+er or not you +a,e a tractor eamon as well as a sal,ager may c+ange +ow muc+ isk you make due to t+e +ig+ amount of loot and

sal,age t+at can e gained in a mission +owe,er if you s+ip is primarily setup for killing t+en t+is can

also make -ust as muc+.

I would +ig+ly recommend you spend a great deal of time coming up wit+ a mission running s+ip

and met+od w+ic+ suited you personally w+ic+ is for me t+e golem wit+ tractors and sal,agers to

collect loot w+ilst I kill t+e npcs and is +ig+ly effecti,e +owe,er can e oring at times and pointless

as some missions are not well known for dropping a +ig+ amount of loot or sal,age.

I would recommend t+is type of income as a start to t+e game +owe,er after time t+ere are

etter ways suc+ as trading to make money wit+out spending as muc+ time.

Scammin!:

T+is is often seen as morally wrong or seen as e(ploiting t+e game y many +owe,er many scams

are perfectly legal and in fact most are -ust preying on t+e people in t+e game w+o +a,e more isk

t+en sense.

$ost scams t+at are pulled off are done so y gaining trust y many people of a few and t+en

after a w+ile eing trusted wit+ isk or resources etc. place w+ere most scams are done is -ita in local c+at many +ere spam too muc+ and +a,e little

e,idence t+ey are not scammers and t+erefore fail a great deal +owe,er if you work +ard and +a,e

common sense t+ere are way to pro,e you are to e trusted wit+ sometimes w+at can e illions of

isk and all you need to do is prey on peoples greed.

$any scams can e seen eing s+own in -ita c+at so it is likely if you +ang around t+ere for a w+ile

you will learn many of t+e scams w+ic+ also include contracts are and will proaly gi,e you little

ideas of coming up wit+ your own ecause many people can do t+e same scam ut t+e first people

to pull off a new scam often make a great deal from it. 9ow muc+ you make from t+is all depends on +ow good you are at it wit+ some pulling in

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multiillions and ot+er t+e odd few +undred million and it is ad,ised you ne,er admit to eing a

scammer as news often spreads 1uickly o,er t+e forums etc and t+en you may need to use anot+er

c+aracter.

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