Point is , im working so hard in entropia these past 3 years building up my skill to a level that is what my goals are set out as now that im nearing them , now i have heaps of skill and experience but nevertheless not enough to buy fancy toys to play with (an UL XT would be nice) but the luck factor of this game is not with me , it has only been with me in VERY small patches. End of last year i lost my house through a bank foreclosure, along with my DVD business going down, and thought when it happened that i probably will never revive my avatar and keep him porgressing not realising that a x3 skill event happened and only getting internet back after christmas , I lost my position on tracker after hunting uber ambu on cnd 8 hours per day for almost 6 months, I thought my whole EU was blown by an IRL circumstance id hate to see anyone go through, everything i own in entropia now is the value of my avatar (nothing more , nothing less) I did buy some phantom armor and imp21, but other than that , thats all i got..but i still persist on my pension and a little income from trading on market stalls so i can deposit each week to hunt , mining unfortunately is not my thing because of my disability with math comprehension, I tired mining and still keep trying different strategies but fail to get anything - skills are now over 30 in survey and prospecting. But i persist on treating EU as a long term investment (my girlfriend thinks im just wasting my money each week) but i think there is a way you can eventually make a living in EU or just make a few withdrawls (never withdrawn yet) but my vision is MA have a design and many people have said it is not a casino and in my mind there is light and the end of the tunnel and maybe sooner than later i will be able to make something from EU without trading...All i do is keep persisting , now i finally have a decent PC to take the next step and keep grinding to achieve my goal.