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The wide availability of meta-1 through meta-4 modules is viewed by many as a major economic problem in EvE, since any of these are superior substitutes to T1 manufacture, which produces Meta-0 items. Indeed, many meta-4 modules are superior to the T2 variants.

~~By analogy, imagine you could manufacture an 8GB iPod, but your neighbor could dig in his yard and mine a 20GB iPod.~~

T2 manufacture is a more complex venture, requiring more skills, different materials, increased infrastructure, and good luck. Individual items are worth more, but costs are much higher as well.

T3 manufacture is more complex yet, with a different set of inputs and months of skill training to do the whole process -- but again, the potential for profit is higher. It also rates its own article, [[Tech 3 Production]].

''More on economics -- Eve's population and markets are huge and well-developed for a video game, but in real-world economic terms, the markets are small, fragmented, and highly inefficient (in the technical sense). They're also subject to the equivalent of massive disruption by the game developers, which you may equate to the state or to acts of God. Hauling as a career will let you exploit and correct some of those inefficiencies, and this is the basis of the station-trading profession -- so be aware of the ways in which EvE's markets fail, because that's where you'll make your money.''

~~=== Before you start ===~~

~~''Things to know before you start a career in hauling / character creation''~~

~~''Maybe a skill plan we have already figured out so that they can start training skills before following the guides''~~

~~''Skill suggestions at least. '~~

== Trading ==

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 The wide availability of meta-1 through meta-4 modules is viewed by many as a major economic problem in EvE, since any of these are superior substitutes to T1 manufacture, which produces Meta-0 items.  Indeed, many meta-4 modules are superior to the T2 variants.
-By analogy, imagine you could manufacture an 8GB iPod, but your neighbor could dig in his yard and mine a 20GB iPod.
 T2 manufacture is a more complex venture, requiring more skills, different materials, increased infrastructure, and good luck.  Individual items are worth more, but costs are much higher as well.
 T3 manufacture is more complex yet, with a different set of inputs and months of skill training to do the whole process -- but again, the potential for profit is higher.  It also rates its own article, [[Tech 3 Production]].
-''More on economics -- Eve's population and markets are huge and well-developed for a video game, but in real-world economic terms, the markets are small, fragmented, and highly inefficient (in the technical sense).  They're also subject to the equivalent of massive disruption by the game developers, which you may equate to the state or to acts of God.  Hauling as a career will let you exploit and correct some of those inefficiencies, and this is the basis of the station-trading profession -- so be aware of the ways in which EvE's markets fail, because that's where you'll make your money.''
-=== Before you start ===
-''Things to know before you start a career in hauling / character creation''
-''Maybe a skill plan we have already figured out so that they can start training skills before following the guides''
-''Skill suggestions at least. '
 == Trading ==