| The lure of mining is one of the cardinal "shining | | | | cutting out a lot of other things that are fun to |
| paths" to wealth in EVE Online, and mining, done | | | | do as well, and the processing gear is more |
| right, is geared towards making you the most | | | | expensive than the mining gear. Most mining |
| money possible in the least amount of time in the | | | | conglomerates doing EVE online mining guides |
| EVE shared game. EVE seeds new resources to | | | | recommend that you do it as a group activity, |
| be mined throughout the 5,000 star cluster every | | | | with two or three miners per processor, and |
| time new players make permanent accounts, so | | | | often with a couple of dedicated combat types to |
| mining starts with prospecting - finding what | | | | do guard and patrol duty. |
| needs to be done. An EVE Online mining guide will | | | | Always check for piracy and similar activities, |
| walk you through the basic process. | | | | whether generated by the game or, more |
| The basics of an EVE Online mining guide include | | | | dangerously, by other players. A useful technique |
| watching the fringes of the universe; this is the | | | | for avoiding pirates (and not leading them to your |
| place where EVE Online seeds new resources | | | | mining site) is to bookmark your asteroid, so you |
| when new accounts are made; there's some | | | | end up arriving right at it from the jump point. |
| weighting of new materials in more established | | | | The ultimate goal of mining is to maximize the |
| areas, but the feel of EVE, that of a gold rush | | | | amount of ISK you get per unit of time. The |
| town teetering on the bring of incivility at the | | | | easiest way to do this is with a mining macro, but |
| edge of civilization is important. Consequently, | | | | most dedicated (and worthwhile) EVE Online |
| most good EVE Online mining guides will tell you | | | | mining guides will advise against this. First of all, |
| the same thing - look to the fringes, and look for | | | | macros are easily detected. Second, they get |
| places that have security ratings of 0.3 to 0.8 or | | | | your account nuked and your assets vaporized if |
| so. | | | | you get caught. Instead, focus on playing the |
| Once you've found a spot to mine, there's the | | | | market with unprocessed ores, there's going to |
| temptation to process the ore yourself. While this | | | | be a market price, and there isn't much |
| is tempting, it's usually not worth it, because of | | | | cost-benefit in trying to get the best price - far |
| how EVE manages skills - getting both mining and | | | | better to sell your hold worth of stuff now, and |
| processing to respectable levels means you're | | | | get back to your claim as quickly as possible! |