How to earn ISK: Difference between revisions

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===Develop a career plan===

Once you've been introduced to some of the basics of EVE, and have sampled the starter career mission tracks, you now know enough to begin optimizing your character for one or more ISK-making specialties. It's generally best, at least initially, to get very good at one kind of ISK-generating activity, rather than be not-so-great at a lot of different money-earning ventures. The essential steps for developing your ISK-earning career plan are as follows:

1. Create a concept in your mind of what you want to do in EVE. Don't limit yourself. Make this anything you can imagine, no matter how unlikely or outlandish.

~~Step~~ 1) ~~Create a concept in your head, of what~~ you ~~want~~ to ~~do. Anything~~ you ~~can imagine no matter how unlikely or outlandish~~.

2. Do some Level 1 (and later, more advanced level) missions until you have enough resources to begin doing what you thought of in Step 1.

~~Step 2) Hoe missions until you have enough resources~~ to ~~begin doing what you thought of in~~ Step 1.

3. Begin to execute your idea from Step 1.

~~Step 3) Execute~~ the idea ~~from Step 1~~.

4. If the idea isn't profitable enough by itself to '''sustain''' itself initially, supplement with occasional mission running.

~~Step 4) If the~~ idea ~~isn't profitable enough by itself~~ to ~~SUSTAIN itself, supplement with occaisional mission running~~.

5. Keep developing your idea, evolve it, and figure out ways to make it self-sustaining.

~~Step 5) Keep developing~~ your idea, ~~evolve~~, ~~figure out ways~~ to ~~make it self-sustaining~~.

6. If your idea is ultimately ''not'' self-sustaining, think of a different concept, and go to Step 2.

~~Step 6) Mission Hoe~~ as ~~necessary~~ to ~~invest~~ in your ~~idea~~.

Though this approach seems obvious, very few EVE players actually plan their character's career development in this way. Instead, they try everything that comes by, as it becomes available to them, which provides a lot of variety but not any development of expertise (except in a very long run). Or, they get in a rut and start doing the same thing over and over, and eventually lose interest. If mining isn't your thing, don't do it just to earn ISK - try something else. But first, '''think''', develop a plan, start executing the plan, refine the plan as necessary, and then either build on the plan or start over. This approach will produce the best results - in EVE, or in real life!

~~Step 7~~) ~~If your idea is ultimately NOT self-sustaining~~, ~~think~~ of ~~a different concept~~, ~~and go to Step 2~~.

===Picking an ISK-earning specialty (or a few)===

So, what are some ideas for making ISK in EVE? The huge sandbox of EVE provides many, many options here.

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 ===Develop a career plan===
+Once you've been introduced to some of the basics of EVE, and have sampled the starter career mission tracks, you now know enough to begin optimizing your character for one or more ISK-making specialties.  It's generally best, at least initially, to get very good at one kind of ISK-generating activity, rather than be not-so-great at a lot of different money-earning ventures.  The essential steps for developing your ISK-earning career plan are as follows:
+. Create a concept in your mind of what you want to do in EVE. Don't limit yourself.  Make this anything you can imagine, no matter how unlikely or outlandish.
-Step 1) Create a concept in your head, of what you want to do. Anything you can imagine no matter how unlikely or outlandish.
+. Do some Level 1 (and later, more advanced level) missions until you have enough resources to begin doing what you thought of in Step 1.
-Step 2) Hoe missions until you have enough resources to begin doing what you thought of in Step 1.
+. Begin to execute your idea from Step 1.
-Step 3) Execute the idea from Step 1.
+. If the idea isn't profitable enough by itself to '''sustain''' itself initially, supplement with occasional mission running.
-Step 4) If the idea isn't profitable enough by itself to SUSTAIN itself, supplement with occaisional mission running.
+. Keep developing your idea, evolve it, and figure out ways to make it self-sustaining.
-Step 5) Keep developing your idea, evolve, figure out ways to make it self-sustaining.
+. If your idea is ultimately ''not'' self-sustaining, think of a different concept, and go to Step 2.
-Step 6) Mission Hoe as necessary to invest in your idea.
+Though this approach seems obvious, very few EVE players actually plan their character's career development in this way.  Instead, they try everything that comes by, as it becomes available to them, which provides a lot of variety but not any development of expertise (except in a very long run).  Or, they get in a rut and start doing the same thing over and over, and eventually lose interest.  If mining isn't your thing, don't do it just to earn ISK - try something else.  But first, '''think''', develop a plan, start executing the plan, refine the plan as necessary, and then either build on the plan or start over.  This approach will produce the best results - in EVE, or in real life!
-Step 7) If your idea is ultimately NOT self-sustaining, think of a different concept, and go to Step 2.
+===Picking an ISK-earning specialty (or a few)===
+So, what are some ideas for making ISK in EVE?  The huge sandbox of EVE provides many, many options here.