A Day In Gaming: Baby Steps

Some delayed updates on dipping my toe back into EVE

I should have posted this a while ago, but I’ve been busy with other things.

I’m trying to get all my ducks in a row in New Eden. There’s definitely some more plate spinning going on at first than I expected. But I think that’s to be expected. I already have one of my first orders, which fortunately the customer is not in a huge rush. I imagine I will have some screwups so I appreciate the time being given. I’m also trying to learn some new tools, just to give myself the best foundation for success. Some look quite promising so I am happy with that.

The order is for seven Bustards, seven Cranes and two Rheas. The last item in that list is definitely a lofty goal for me, I’ve never built a Jump Freighter before. And the cost complexities with that are going to be a challenge. But, I’d love for it to be something I do on a regular basis for sure. The other two, are a lot more straightforward for me. I’ve an incredibly large stockpile of materials from a few years ago, in particular for composites as I just was pumping those out on a regular basis. As an aside, I mentioned in the last post that I wanted to give reports on how I’m doing financially. I’ll save the first full report for when I have the time for it, but in terms of my starting position right now:

• Liquid ISK = ~60 billion
• PLEX = ~400 million
• Personal Assets = ~19 billion
• Corporate Assets = ~22 billion
• Total = ~101.4 billion

These are some rough numbers, and bigger than I expected! (heh). I do plan on being more granular, but not by a whole lot. I’ll report figures in the monthly reports in hopefully a more digestible way. I also would struggle a lot to value what BPOs I currently have, and it would just take time. So, I will not bother. My collection needs to be expanded that is a fact, but again a long term objective.

For the Bustards and Cranes, I’m expecting around a 1.8 billion ISK sale, which is not bad going for returning to the game. Profitability wise I need to confirm that, but a large amount of the “Corporate Assets” line above, is my materials depot, so I hopefully won’t need to source much from markets. I hope I can do more of what I call “direct to capsuleer” sales. It’s always my preference primarily for the fact it helps you form a relationship with someone else in the social game. Depending on the person or order, you can sell a lot of goods really quickly, with no market PvP required.

Other bits and pieces, I’m quite happy to stay in Azer for my primary home. I have some composites in the oven already that I will figure out the logistics of soon (another money burn more than likely). I will try to figure out more of that local industrial park to see what will work for me. I also need to fly around to my old markets and collect items that were from expired sell orders. I don’t think I will be relisting in the same places again, if I do, it will probably be a different product mix.

Hopefully I will soon be sharing how those Bustards and Cranes go, with what the profit turned out being. Along with an update on whether I build those Rhea’s or not, they will take time.