EVE online : ISK strategy guide /: ISK strategy guide. (2012)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Y. Michael Xu.
• Other Names: Xu, Y. Michael
• Contents: EVE Online: ISK Strategy Guide; EVE Online: ISK Strategy Guide; Credits; About the Author; About the Reviewer; www.PacktPub.com; Support files, eBooks, discount offers and more; Why Subscribe?; Free Access for Packt account holders; Preface; What this book covers; What you need for this book; Who this book is for; Conventions; Reader feedback; Customer support; Errata; Piracy; Questions; 1. I Want to Play EVE for Free!; What is ISK?; I'm the richest capsuleer in EVE; now what?; How to play EVE for free!; Creating your persona; Choosing one of the four; The Amarr Empire; The Caldari State. The Gallente FederationThe Minmatar Republic; Planning your character; The portrait studio; Choosing your ancestry and education; The first days; What skills to focus on; The certification planner; Neural remapping; Summary; 2. When I Grow Up I Want to be a (Wealthy) Miner; Why mining?; Getting started; What to mine; A word about system security status; Ore types; Where should you mine?; Scouting your new home; Basic skills of a miner; Your first mining ship; How to equip your first ship; Mining techniques; Cargohold mining; Jetcan mining; The Industrial ships; Selling your stock. Your next mining shipThe Arbitrator; The Osprey; The Vexor; The Scythe; Taking mining to the next level; Here comes the math; Cycles and mining yield; Picking your next ship; The Procurer; The Retriever; The Covetor; Advanced skills of a miner; Calculating your refine yield; The ultimate miner; Tech II strip miners and mining crystals; The Skiff; The Mackinaw; The Hulk; Perfecting your skills; Mining Ice and Mercoxit; Summary; 3. Mission Running; Why mission running?; Mission types; Courier missions; Kill missions; Agents and how they work; Understanding your foe. What ship to use to maximize earningsHow should I fit my ship?; Basic tactics; Mining missions; Trade missions; Special mission types; Storyline missions; Epic Arc missions; Cosmos missions; Faction ship agents; Data Center agents; Picking an agent; Agent level; Agent faction; Corporation and agent type; Factional Warfare agents; R & D agents; Storyline agents; Region, Solar System, and Security Status; Standings; Agent standing; Corporation standing; Faction standing; Skills for mission running; Rewards for mission running; Time bonus and bounties; Loyalty points; Loot and salvage; Summary. 4. Making ISK with ManufacturingWhy manufacturing?; Getting started; Common mistakes when starting out; Buy your minerals; Study before you build; What to build when starting out; Skills for manufacturing; The industry skills; The trade skills; BPOs, BPCs, research, and invention; Researching blueprints; Material efficiency research; Production efficiency research; Skills for research; Copying blueprints; Invention; Skills for invention; Datacores; Data interfaces; Improving your invention results; Expanding your manufacturing empire; Planetary Interaction; Skills for PI.
• Publisher Details: Birmingham, Eng : Packt Pub
• Publication Date: 2012
• Extent: 1 online resource (v, [196] pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 004.16; GAMES -- Video & Electronic; Computer games; Computer adventure games; Computer games; Computer adventure games; COMPUTERS -- Hardware -- Handheld Devices; COMPUTERS -- Hardware -- Personal Computers -- General; COMPUTERS -- Microprocessors; Computer adventure games; Computer games; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781849693752; 1849693757
• Related ISBNs: 9781849693745; 1849693749
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.