Any way to make ISK exploring?

[Snow]

ive been playing eve for around two weeks now and...
mining is boring
combat is fun but its damn pointless in terms of money in high-sec
im really good and and enjoy exploration (probe scanning). Ive heard of people making TONS of money doing this.. how? Ive been scanning probes for a week new and havent found any gas or relics or anything like that.

[Jimmy McGill]

Gas sites are usually in wormholes but like mining except everything is trying to kill you. And rarely in K-Space I guess. Anyway, you really want relic sites. Sell well, cash out well, hack easily. You'll find more and once with better loot in Nullsec(Though the sites depend on the local rats), so either get your cloaking and bubble evasion up or join a Nullsec Alliance(Note that TEST Alliance Best Alliance in that regard).

[Kodokuro]

Exploration is a matter of luck. Sometimes i have spend 4 hours exploring and come back whit empty hands and others just 1 refugie or den you get a 200m+ drop. (quite rare but posible).
http://prntscr.com/eagyin

If you want to increase that luck you need to know where, when and what anomalies/site to complete.

Where - check http://evemaps.dotlan.net, choice the region, filter npc kill last hour/24 hours or number of jumps. Less is better.
When - Weekends and peak hours are mostly a bad time to explore.
What - There is to many sites and to many info to tell. Site you find get info on google or youtube.

all this is pve; killing rats.

Relics and data sites go to wormhole space, low or null and again: where, when and what.

[battlecattle]

Originally posted by Diamondback Regulus:

ive been playing eve for around two weeks now and...
mining is boring
combat is fun but its damn pointless in terms of money in high-sec
im really good and and enjoy exploration (probe scanning). Ive heard of people making TONS of money doing this.. how? Ive been scanning probes for a week new and havent found any gas or relics or anything like that.

You're exploring in wormholes/null right? That's where the worthwhile data/relic sites are.

[kelpatine]

I try to point all new players towards exploration for isk making.

[Shotgun]

Originally posted by kelp FULL JDM god:

I try to point all new players towards exploration for isk making.

Same.

It doesn't turn you into a chickenshit like mining does, and it doesn't ruin your standings like missions do. Outside of more abstract methods like trading/scamming/war, it's the best way to have an income without any downsides.

PI is good too, if you really take advantage of economies of scale.

[BlackWaterGaming]

ig it just depends. in my case i rarely get really good loot but i usually use a dragoon for high sec exploration and run a salvager on it. depending on site/luck and amount of enemies i can make 1-3 million off salvaging.

as a side note, salvaging at combat sites can pay decent aswell. used my crusier to clear bout 5 sites and made 7 mill.

[Kyutaru]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGp00sLFqWE&index=9&list=PLT9kh1JVMAROMzNJiSD7oniVnzVX6Ukdj

[Jimmy McGill]

Originally posted by Kyutaru:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGp00sLFqWE&index=9&list=PLT9kh1JVMAROMzNJiSD7oniVnzVX6Ukdj

"keep in mind this video or the information in it could age or get dated very quickly"
Catch sure is an empty and safe ratting space right now!

[Kyutaru]

Less than two months old but don't just take that video. Look at his other videos for that subject, they explain how to do Exploration as an alpha clone and make tons of money. So for anyone interested in exploration isk like this topic that's a helpful video guide series to it.

[Exo]

Go for nullsec or wh, look for relic sites. With an astero and all skills to 4 you can probe relic sites easily. If you love exploration you can then skill up for all related skills lvl 5 and replace astero with a nullified ship like a ceptor and this will make your null roams even easier !

Pick a null region and stick to it for a while, so you get to know it and you will then avoid known gate camps, etc.

[battlecattle]

I would argue that if your goal is simply exploration, go with a t2 covert ops frigate over an astero because the t2 can get up to 50% probe strength bonus from the ship command bonus (at covert ops 5) whereas the Astero is stuck at 37% probe bonus from the ship role bonus. Plus the cov ops ships are much cheaper.

On the other hand, the astero is great if your goal is to do some cloaky PvP hunting since it's a capable combat ship. And aye, one can always bring along a mobile depot to swap between combat and hacking fits, so it's still a solid explorer even if the cov ops perform that role more efficiently.

[BobDoleReigns]

Originally posted by BlackWaterGaming:

ig it just depends. in my case i rarely get really good loot but i usually use a dragoon for high sec exploration and run a salvager on it. depending on site/luck and amount of enemies i can make 1-3 million off salvaging.

as a side note, salvaging at combat sites can pay decent aswell. used my crusier to clear bout 5 sites and made 7 mill.

there is your problem... GET OUT OF HIGHSEC ASAP... outright noobs aside highsec is crap money for crap players (with notable exceptions) (gankers, deccers, traders (not haulers) and the like are who highsec truely belongs to)

[Jimmy McGill]

Originally posted by BobDoleReigns:

Originally posted by BlackWaterGaming:

ig it just depends. in my case i rarely get really good loot but i usually use a dragoon for high sec exploration and run a salvager on it. depending on site/luck and amount of enemies i can make 1-3 million off salvaging.

as a side note, salvaging at combat sites can pay decent aswell. used my crusier to clear bout 5 sites and made 7 mill.

there is your problem... GET OUT OF HIGHSEC ASAP... outright noobs aside highsec is crap money for crap players (with notable exceptions) (gankers, deccers, traders (not haulers) and the like are who highsec truely belongs to)

At two weeks highsec is still fine. There's plenty of opportunities for Newbros there, like the SoE Epic Arc.

[BobDoleReigns]

Originally posted by Sinnaj63:

Originally posted by BobDoleReigns:

there is your problem... GET OUT OF HIGHSEC ASAP... outright noobs aside highsec is crap money for crap players (with notable exceptions) (gankers, deccers, traders (not haulers) and the like are who highsec truely belongs to)

At two weeks highsec is still fine. There's plenty of opportunities for Newbros there, like the SoE Epic Arc.

We're trying to help him make isk and git gud-er quick not hate his life and quit from boredom... just saying the SOE arc gives me suicidal thoughts and thats with good skills and being able to run it "fast" (3-4 hours)

[Jimmy McGill]

Originally posted by BobDoleReigns:

Originally posted by Sinnaj63:

At two weeks highsec is still fine. There's plenty of opportunities for Newbros there, like the SoE Epic Arc.

We're trying to help him make isk and git gud-er quick not hate his life and quit from boredom