EVE: As soon as you pay for a boat you start thinking about a bigger one
When I stopped playing EVE a year ago I had a Vexor, Gallente Cruiser, decked out for mining. I’m sure I chose it because of some article found on the web. It’s good for the purpose but I’ve been thinking of what next. As mentioned before I’ve started purchasing Giant Cargo Containers (Cans) and anchoring them in good spots around the 0.7 system I’m working, as well as a 0.6 system near by. I don’t know the re-pop schedule for asteroid belts, but once stripped it takes a few days for them to return. While waiting for Asteroid re-spawn, I’ve started running missions, something I never did before. It took me a couple of days to train the skills necessary to make the Vexor a good fighting ship. It’s overkill for level 1 missions, I like that.
I’m playing with the idea of buying a Thorax, Gallente Cruiser. It wouldn’t be a very good miner, not as much cargo or CPU, but a nice mission killer. I figure I’ll use the Thorax for running missions and Vexor for mining. It sounds dumb to me now. I’ve got a couple of days to think about it before my training allows me to drive a Thorax. I’m also considering getting a battleship for mining. It will take me 26 days to train for the battleship. The Thorax would gives me something to play with while I wait.
Running missions is such a bore. I see why I never did them. I’m making more money doing it than I expected, it’s not equal to mining money at this stage. I can’t bring myself to loot the hulks of the ships I kill. I’ve looted a few, but it’s so slow. I know there is good stuff in there, but if that’s the game, I’d rather not play.