iancampbell
Alpha
- Joined
- May 25, 2009
- Posts
- 555
- Location
- NW England
- Society
- Global Alliance
- Avatar Name
- Christopher Chris Kinnison
Just what the thread title says. For many reasons, including being saddled with a RL business that has been severely affected by the "credit crunch", I can't afford to deposit - anything. Especially as I'm a Brit and the exchange rate is awful. So let's consider that subject closed, shall we?
So far, I have managed to get my OJ's repaired, buy an Omegaton pistol and have a half-decayed (or so) Isis CB5 that I won in a noob event, along with a set of Pixie arms I never use. I also have an enmatter refiner, and that's important. Oh, and I have 7 PED. The seed corn was sweating, like everyone else's, and lately I've been making it easier (and more profitable) to sell the sweat by first making it into ME. (Yes, I am taking equipment decay into account.)
Skills? Well, Evade is good for my age (about 2 weeks ingame), but the only professions at 1 are Sweat Gatherer and BLP Pistoleer - I used up a free basic BLP (L) pistol earlier. Hunting loses money, at least at my current level of skill, and I am quite sure that crafting and mining would too - especially as I can't afford any failures right now. So, of course, that leaves trading.
I can manage to spot opportunities, I think. The question is quite simple, really. How much money is needed to really get started in it? And clues as to what sort of item would be a good idea to trade in would be welcomed, too.
One thing I already knew from RL (and it's even more so, I suspect, in EU, where living costs are zero) is that trading velocity just about always trumps margin as long as you have SOME margin. Correct here, or not?
I am posting this because continual sweating is driving me mad. If I can't find a way out of that particular grind, I might just quit. Which would be sad, because I like the concept of EU.
So far, I have managed to get my OJ's repaired, buy an Omegaton pistol and have a half-decayed (or so) Isis CB5 that I won in a noob event, along with a set of Pixie arms I never use. I also have an enmatter refiner, and that's important. Oh, and I have 7 PED. The seed corn was sweating, like everyone else's, and lately I've been making it easier (and more profitable) to sell the sweat by first making it into ME. (Yes, I am taking equipment decay into account.)
Skills? Well, Evade is good for my age (about 2 weeks ingame), but the only professions at 1 are Sweat Gatherer and BLP Pistoleer - I used up a free basic BLP (L) pistol earlier. Hunting loses money, at least at my current level of skill, and I am quite sure that crafting and mining would too - especially as I can't afford any failures right now. So, of course, that leaves trading.
I can manage to spot opportunities, I think. The question is quite simple, really. How much money is needed to really get started in it? And clues as to what sort of item would be a good idea to trade in would be welcomed, too.
One thing I already knew from RL (and it's even more so, I suspect, in EU, where living costs are zero) is that trading velocity just about always trumps margin as long as you have SOME margin. Correct here, or not?
I am posting this because continual sweating is driving me mad. If I can't find a way out of that particular grind, I might just quit. Which would be sad, because I like the concept of EU.