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There are many ways to make money within the game. Here are a few comparisons to illustrate the differences among possible careers: | There are many ways to make money within the game. Here are a few comparisons to illustrate the differences among possible careers: | ||
''Mission Running:'' A Level 3 Security mission takes about half an hour to run and pays a bit under a thousand loyalty points. 1,200 loyal points plus 5,000 plain ammunition charges gets you 5,000 extra-powerful "faction" ammunition charges. So, for example: if a regular, medium, fusion projectile costs 70 ISK, then 5,000 of them costs 350,000. Faction, medium, fusion projectiles sell for a bit under 800 ISK, so 5,000 of them would sell for 3 million ISK. Thus, you spend 350,000 ISK plus 1,200 loyalty points, and you get 3 million ISK. That works out to about 2 million ISK an hour. (And you can use some of the charges yourself ... and the loyalty store has some other stuff for sale, too.) | *''Mission Running:'' A Level 3 Security mission takes about half an hour to run and pays a bit under a thousand loyalty points. 1,200 loyal points plus 5,000 plain ammunition charges gets you 5,000 extra-powerful "faction" ammunition charges. So, for example: if a regular, medium, fusion projectile costs 70 ISK, then 5,000 of them costs 350,000. Faction, medium, fusion projectiles sell for a bit under 800 ISK, so 5,000 of them would sell for 3 million ISK. Thus, you spend 350,000 ISK plus 1,200 loyalty points, and you get 3 million ISK. That works out to about 2 million ISK an hour. (And you can use some of the charges yourself ... and the loyalty store has some other stuff for sale, too.) | ||
''Mining:'' 50,000 units of Pyroxes Ore takes about half an hour to mine (with a mining barge) and sells for about 2.5 million ISK. Ores have varying prices depending on scarcity, but once you have the skills, you can make a fair profit this way. (On the other hand, mining ores in safe systems is rather boring, and you only make money ... you do not gain loyalty standing with a corporation.) | *''Mining:'' 50,000 units of Pyroxes Ore takes about half an hour to mine (with a mining barge) and sells for about 2.5 million ISK. Ores have varying prices depending on scarcity, but once you have the skills, you can make a fair profit this way. (On the other hand, mining ores in safe systems is rather boring, and you only make money ... you do not gain loyalty standing with a corporation.) | ||
''Industry and Trade:'' An Amarr Faction Punisher frigate sells for about 400,000 ISK, and isn't all that hard to manufacture, once you train the Industry, Mining and Trade skills. On the other hand, you only make money when someone decides to buy one of your ships, and you need to sell five of them to make 2 million ISK. Furthermore, since there are other players also making and selling ships, the marketplace is very competitive. | *''Industry and Trade:'' An Amarr Faction Punisher frigate sells for about 400,000 ISK, and isn't all that hard to manufacture, once you train the Industry, Mining and Trade skills. On the other hand, you only make money when someone decides to buy one of your ships, and you need to sell five of them to make 2 million ISK. Furthermore, since there are other players also making and selling ships, the marketplace is very competitive. | ||
''Encounters:'' Or, you can just kill NPC pirates and collect the rewards. But the various NPC "encounters" are not like the typical RPG dungeons that spawn especially for you. EVE encounters spawn randomly, and whoever gets there first gets to kill the NPCs and take the loot. Naturally, there is a lot of competition for these. Also, the better loot is guarded by much more dangerous NPCs, so you need good combat skills to make significant money doing this. | *''Encounters:'' Or, you can just kill NPC pirates and collect the rewards. But the various NPC "encounters" are not like the typical RPG dungeons that spawn especially for you. EVE encounters spawn randomly, and whoever gets there first gets to kill the NPCs and take the loot. Naturally, there is a lot of competition for these. Also, the better loot is guarded by much more dangerous NPCs, so you need good combat skills to make significant money doing this. | ||
'''SUMMARY:''' it all works out to more or less about the same income per hour ... less in the beginning, and more as your skills and gear improve. Therefore — find something you like to do, and use it to fund your character. | '''SUMMARY:''' it all works out to more or less about the same income per hour ... less in the beginning, and more as your skills and gear improve. Therefore — find something you like to do, and use it to fund your character. | ||