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EVE Online: ISK Strategy Guide

By : Y Michael Xu
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EVE Online: ISK Strategy Guide

By: Y Michael Xu

Overview of this book

New Eden, a universe of beauty, destruction and unlimited potential. Take on the role of a capsuleer and forge a story and empire that spans vast regions of space that is uniquely your own. But in order to forge your story and empire, it takes ISK and lots of it. The ISK Making Guide to EVE Online teaches you the inner workings of each ISK making career choice. Learn the tricks of the pros and avoid the hidden pitfalls that await you at every turn. Learn from the experience of a seasoned EVE veteran. Starting with the more easily accessible career choices and moving on to the careers only available to the experienced capsuleers, this book takes you step-by-step as your story unfolds. Help determine the path of EVE by taking on careers like Mining and Manufacturing, the backbone of New Eden or help your empire rise above the rest by Running Missions for the corporations of your empire. The ISK Making Guide to EVE Online gives you a jump start and walks you through every ISK making career choice.
Table of Contents (15 chapters)

Why join a player corporation?


I encourage anyone who wants to truly experience EVE to run solo for at least six months. Unlike other popular MMOs, where the difficulty of the game is tuned down in order to satisfy the demands of solo players, EVE challenges the solo player to be smarter and more resourceful in order to succeed. In EVE, being a lone wolf is a choice in how you experience EVE and not as a result of being anti-social. Being a lone wolf means no attachments or loyalties to any faction or political bloc, and thus offers the most freedom in your choice of activities. I suggest everyone to be a lone wolf at some point so that you can discover yourself what activities you enjoy doing.

There are however, clear advantages of joining a corporation. Everything in EVE is designed with a level of complexity to encourage group play. As we discussed in Chapter 2, When I Grow up I Want to be a (Wealthy) Miner, there are multiple activities involved in the mining career, and while you can...