hi guys.. i’m a new player on this game..
i’ve a plan for do mining, using 3 accounts for mining in null sec is worth? 2 acc use barges and train to exhumers, and 1 acc for porp to boost.
also, are they any ore recommendations?
and if i play arround 3 - 5 hours / day, would that be enough to at least cover the Omega cost for each account
Welcome!
If you’re new to the game my recommendation is to not try to pay for Omega by playing, as this puts unnecessary financial stress on how you play EVE, makes every setback like ‘hostile players in local while you want to mine’, or ‘Hulks got destroyed’ far more frustrating and is more likely to burn you out. Especially as new player.
I’d just pay for a subscription for this subscription-based game, if you’re able to.
That said, a mining setup with two barges or exhumers and a Porpoise is pretty nice and good for null sec.
Know that you don’t need to run the Porpoise’s industrial core at all times (or at all), which can make it very safe to mine if you pay attention and warp off when hostiles appear.
For the best ores I find it helps to be part of a null sec alliance with mining infrastructure and organized mining ops.
Moons can be very lucrative, mercoxit is usually valuable and the new prismatic ore too seemed nice the few times I mined it.
When it comes to mining: don’t.
When it comes to using three accounts to plex one: don’t play to afford PLEX
Mining to pay for your account, so you can mine more, is a self defeating loop. But if you enjoy it, go ahead.
Generally 100,000m3 ores/hr is around 60M ISK. Double that if mining rare moons, but the popularity means you don’t get to moon mine that often, so the rest of the time is chasing Ytirium Blue A0 spawns (RNG), while the reliable will be Mercoxit.
But due to the Mercoxit crystals burning out like crazy in the recent patch, it eats into your profitability.
2 Hulks + Porpoise boost with good skills & T2 B crystals, you should be pulling in per hour (factoring in crystal cost, refining taxes etc):
600,000m3 for Ytirium or Dark Ochre = 360M/hr
500,000m3 for Mercoxit = 300M/hr
More if you invest in Abyssal lasers but they can be quite expensive, and its a lot of ISK to risk on grid.
Is that income good? IDK, I make around that much running combat abyssals (almost risk free, biggest risk being disconnection) or solo relic/data exploration in a cheap fitted Buzzard T2 Frigate, and I got fast align time, covert cloak, warp bubble nullifier & warp core stablized.
If a neutral or red comes in local, I can just leave & continue elsewhere. If you were to sit in an Ore Anom with Hulks, you have to warp out and stop mining.
Mining is one of those activities that is pointless to do solo account, and even 2-3 account is not that rewarding, but I have seen guys with 10 accounts, and now that’s big league ISK/hr. It’s basically go balls deep or don’t bother.