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Artificer Ghost
Bojo's School of the Trades
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Posted - 2013.12.18 00:03:00 -
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*Because there's no EVE discussion section here... Reason I'm not posting this on EVE Forums: I'm not re-activating my account before I learn this stuff. So if someone from the EVE Forums and/or an EVE player could answer this for me, thanks a bunch.
I played EVE Online a while ago, and I REALLY enjoyed the game, but my wallet isn't a fan of the idea that I need to pay 25$ every month. It makes it sad. #walletsadface So I plan on re-activating my account, and take the time to play the Market game, so I can start making enough money to pay for PLEX via ISK (Looks like the price has risen, but I believe in myself. <3).
Is there a guide on EVE Economics, and how to make a profit by sitting in the middle of Dodoxie, looking at paperwork? Also, which should I go to? I know Jita is like, THE place to go for trading/money-making, but I'm not sure if I'm able to get there without trying to raise standing with Caldari (Last time I checked, I was -10 with Caldari), which I have no idea how to do. #nooby
So yup. If I could get an EVE player or someone to link me to a thread or something that will teach me more about the art of economics and/or making money using the market, that'd be great. Preferably something very in-depth and definitely something that makes sense.
I know the gist of it: Buy for less, sell for more. But I'm hoping there's more to it than that, and stuff.
TL;DR, I'm an EVE noob. Looking for a link to a thread on teaching newbies how to play the economy game.
~Art, CEO and Director of Educations at Bojo's School of The Trades, Co-Founder of the Learning Coalition
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Artificer Ghost
Bojo's School of the Trades
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Posted - 2013.12.18 20:00:00 -
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25$ a month is the subscription cost for EVE. I'd rather spet 8 hours a day for 21 days mining with an Osprey so I could pay the, what, 700 million ISK for PLEX(?), than pay that much out of my own wallet. I can cut down my mining time if I learn the market properly, and start doing mad-skills trading.
EDIT: Looks like it's 15$. That was my first guess but it looked too low to me.
EDIT 2: Also, looks like PLEX is about 80 million less than I assumed it was. I played a while ago, while it was at 600 mil.
EDIT 3: Alright, reading these posts, it looks like I might as well just wait until I can get a decent-paying job, and THEN start playing again. Hm.
~Art, CEO and Director of Educations at Bojo's School of The Trades, Co-Founder of the Learning Coalition
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Artificer Ghost
Bojo's School of the Trades
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Posted - 2013.12.18 21:48:00 -
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PI? I have one character, and I spent all my time on the character busy unlocking Heavy Scout Drones and the Algos. :P
~Art, CEO and Director of Educations at Bojo's School of The Trades, Co-Founder of the Learning Coalition
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Artificer Ghost
Bojo's School of the Trades
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Posted - 2013.12.19 01:15:00 -
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Cara (The latest poster as of now) was a huge help. I think I'm going to pay IRL cash for a month of game-time (I also get an in-game ship, with one of the specials, which lowers the price to 10$ and, well, a free ship), and during that month, I'll spend some of my time doing trading (If I don't earn enough to PLEX the account, I'll still have fun doing it, and I'll enjoy the challenge. Possibly learn IRL marketing skillz. Maybe. It's still a game), and some of my time actually progressing the game (Aiming for a big drone ship with many blasters, maybe I'll get an E-War ship somewhere in there).
When I get gud, I'll see about joining up with a band of pirates, or a corp, or SOMETHING that isn't sitting around doing missions and looking at spreadsheets.
~Art, CEO and Director of Educations at Bojo's School of The Trades, Co-Founder of the Learning Coalition
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Artificer Ghost
Bojo's School of the Trades
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Posted - 2013.12.19 14:26:00 -
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Yea Tch, like I said, I only have one ship, and that's an Algos, which is a drone ship meant for long-range combat (Look at me, being all smart about ships and whatnot). Although I could look at an Industrial ship. No idea what a packed frigate is though, or why I would carry it around with me.
EDIT: Nevermind, I just realized a packed frigate is just a frigate that's all boxed up, so I could get it in the ship. Derpity derp. Why would I carry it around though?
~Art, CEO and Director of Educations at Bojo's School of The Trades, Co-Founder of the Learning Coalition
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Artificer Ghost
Bojo's School of the Trades
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Posted - 2013.12.20 14:45:00 -
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dustwaffle wrote:These days, I don't bother, and realize that actually working in RL and PLEXing for my ISK is more cost effective for me. Think about it, what's minimum wage, $5 an hour? That's 3 hours of work for a whole month's entertainment, 6 hours for a month's entertainment + ISk to keep you PVP-ing all month long. Better than grinding out 100m ISK/hour which works out to be less than minimum wage... A lot less...
Believe it or not, I'm not actually old enough to legally get a job, although that's about, what, 6 months away from being at that age? So unless CCP suddenly decides to shut down EVE in the next 6 months, I should be good to go. McDonald's job, here I come...
~Art, CEO and Director of Educations at Bojo's School of The Trades, Co-Founder of the Learning Coalition
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Artificer Ghost
Bojo's School of the Trades
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Posted - 2013.12.20 14:46:00 -
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Well, thanks everyone for the lots of help. PLEXing the account = bad. Awesome. Or not awesome. You know what I mean. :D
~Art, CEO and Director of Educations at Bojo's School of The Trades, Co-Founder of the Learning Coalition
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Artificer Ghost
Bojo's School of the Trades
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Posted - 2013.12.21 15:30:00 -
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Hm. Well, can't really go to Jita (-10 standing), but I'm hoping Dodixie won't take me 50 years to get to.
~Art, CEO and Director of Educations at Bojo's School of The Trades, Co-Founder of the Learning Coalition
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Artificer Ghost
Bojo's School of the Trades
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Posted - 2013.12.23 17:29:00 -
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Oof. Reddit. Fine. I'll do it. Wish me luck. #hatesreddit
~Art, CEO and Director of Educations at Bojo's School of The Trades, Co-Founder of the Learning Coalition
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