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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 trading?


Trading is a great career choice as the amount of ISK you can make is completely within your control. If you have a great mind for numbers and spotting trends, then you can be a full-time trader and make lots of ISK. Trading is great if you are a miner or manufacturer, because you have to sell your goods in order to earn a profit. Trading is even useful for a combat pilot; eventually you will want to turn some of those really shiny toys you get from the LP stores into ISK by selling them on the market. As you can see, trading will be useful no matter what you do in EVE.

Trading in its simplest form is the buying and selling of goods on the market for the express purpose of making a profit. As long as you are buying for less and selling for more, you will be making ISK. However, I think we have learned by now that EVE is never that simple. Many even refer to trading as Market PVP. In this chapter we will focus on trading as a full-time career choice, but all the information will...