O.k so here we go. a bit later than intended but real life yadayaada.
This post is mainly going to be aimed at new players wanting to look at supporting their pvp habit. One of the main detractors from getting your stuff blown up in Eve is replacing it, I've recently been training up some newbies and the chief worry was not being able to replace their ships, or indeed worrying about the loss. To overcome that you of course need a steady income.
So I took my neutral corp alt Nyaris and decided to see how easily I could make some cash from scratch.
Nyaris is a Minmatar she was already trained up to a Hurricane so I decided to cross train for a better overview.
After some thought (and the fact that Aracimia is Caldari/Amarr trained already) I went for Gallente.
So I trained up Gallente frigate 4 and Small Hybrid turrets and got myself an Incursus.
So I have my frigate, now I need a prospective employer. I did a bit of hunting and I settled on Roden Shipyards. So I headed out to Verge vendor, found a level one Security agent and got cracking.
Now as we all know Missions in Hi sec start at level and go up tp level 4, to do a level 4 you need standings. To any new player trying this there are two skills you absoloutely need.
Connections: Skill at interacting with friendly NPCs. 4% Modifier to effective standing from friendly NPC Corporations and Factions per level. Not cumulative with Diplomacy or Criminal Connections.
Negotiation: Skill at agent negotiation. 5% additional pay per skill level for agent missions.
These require you to have trained Social to 3 for both. This will greatly speed up the time it takes to unlock the next tier of missions as well as increasing their payout.
Next it's important to have a gameplan. Predecide what you're aiming for and what to train next. Programs such as
Evemon help a great deal with this.
For me it went like this:
Incursus - Training up hybrid turrets, gunnery, your support skills (Engineering,Elctronics, Navigation and targetting skills, as well as in my case armour repair/resistance)
Algos: This ones Optional a Catalyst is another option but I'm going the drone route here
Vexor - Medium Hybrids, flesh out gunnery support skills, get t2 weapon upgrades as well as getting Drone skills up for tech 2 drones, and armour resistances. Here you can also look into further fleshing out Drone support skills and additional eletronics and engineering skills.
Myrmidon: Following down the drone route this Battlecruiser will chew up anything as well as being a continuation of the Vexor.
Dominix: The pinnacle of your training this mission boat will allow you to also go for sentry drones and benefit from all your previous training
What we have now is a plan that focuses on drones. Unfortunately this was done pre-retribution. However I still used these ships effectively afterwards, It requires you to pay attention a bit more but it can be done.
Now, missions quite often have special restrictions or requirements. It's always a good idea for you to familiarise yourself with what you'll be facing. Eve-Survival is the best place you can find to do so, simply select the mission you're offered and check out what you're facing. This helps you complete the machine quicker and therefore increase the amount of ISK you're making.
Also be aware that mission ships use specific resist modules based on what you're fighting.
See here for more info
You'll also notice these ships share a common characteristic by the mods and weapons they use, this also gives them a very similar play style. Again this allows you the new player to specialise letting you fight effectively in a reasonably short amount of time.
By bringing the Negotiations skill up you vastly increase the yield of missions. You'll be raking in enough cash to keep you in pvp ships in no time! Plus those skills you've taken will also apply to your pvp ships as well!
So what you may ask is the catch?
Well, Missioning is borrrrringggggggggg. Like really really dull. Not as dull as mining, not by a long shot, but you're going to need to devote some time to this peeps and you will get tired of it fast.
You can mix it up a little and do varying cash generation types. But I highly reccomend getting into a player corp and doing it with friends, speeds up the rewards, reduces the risk and it gives you someone you can go pewpew other people with. It's a win win.
Anyway I'll expand on this later, but check the sites I've linked as well as Eve Uni. It's worth the effort however. Nyaris started with 20 mill ISK, Not only can I now earn enough on here to
pimp out my domi, but I also bought my main a shiny legion :D
As with everything in eve, patience is a virtue, stick to the plan.
