Hi-Sec mining & ISK

[RobinGBrown]

Cheers guys.

10 accounts is probably overkill, maybe I should stick with 6. 1 Orca, 4 Hulks and a business/hauler/defender toon.... This may be a more viable solution and could give me a chance to explore the trading side of the game too

Now the problem is, I really need to get a clue about this trading lark

I run 6 accounts mining in hisec semi-afk while I work (8-10 hours per day). Ice is easy to do without paying much attention as the cycle times are so long. I don't keep close track but I probably earn enough for 3-4 PLEX per month so that either cuts down heavily on the subscription cost or lets me buy some more spaceships to add to my collection.

[Grondir]

Thought about mining ice, seems like it would be 'less' managment than mining ore. May give it a go but not even sure how much ISK I make from mining as I haven't refined anything yet until I get more refining skills. Only need the next 3 weeks to go by fast so I can get into my hulks

[Meeo]

Thought about mining ice, seems like it would be 'less' managment than mining ore. May give it a go but not even sure how much ISK I make from mining as I haven't refined anything yet until I get more refining skills. Only need the next 3 weeks to go by fast so I can get into my hulks

If you need some help refining before the 3 weeks is up, just let me know here, or in-game. I can meet you at some place in caldari, and refine it for you i get 100% refine out there. My accounts are going inactive in about 15 days so i can play some Rift for a little bit.

[RobinGBrown]

I've only recently noticed that ice is worth substantially different amounts depending on where you mine - worth doing a price check before settling down. Tash-Murkon it's about 70K but near Jita I'm getting 100K per cube

[Grondir]

What Ice are u mining Robin? I started on White Glaze in Caldari space, but at 100k per cube I'll come mine what you are

[Grondir]

Just found out that White Glaze sells for 100k a block too, so I can stay put for now

[RobinGBrown]

Jep it's white glaze near Jita, fairly profitable, seems like prices for minerals are creeping up at the moment - probably people worrying about Hulkageddon. As they're targetting all industrial ships, including freighters and haulers, this time I think everyone will be stocking up.

Edit: Hulkageddon IV. It starts on Saturday, I'll be offline for the next week even though the risk is fairly small. Going to stop at downtime tomorrow to avoid the early starters. Can't do missions the way I play so just going to dock up and train some slow skills. Although I did consider swtiching one of my guys into a RR battlecruiser with defensive gang links and attempting to tough it out. After all the actual chance of getting ganked if you fit a tank and have some backup is much lower than if you just sit there AFK without even basic defense? Or not...

Edit: Grrr... As I was typing the above someone ganked one of my miners. Talk about jumping the gun!

[Meeo]

Edit: Grrr... As I was typing the above someone ganked one of my miners. Talk about jumping the gun!

How are your barges/exhumers fitted?

my Hulks can usually take 1 hit from a alpha tempest/maelstrom, sometimes maybe few if i have the boosters going, and am switch enough to get some speed going.

[Ughmahedhurtz]

How fast does CONCORD show up when this happens? Fast enough to prevent more than one alpha strike?

[Meeo]

How fast does CONCORD show up when this happens? Fast enough to prevent more than one alpha strike?

an Alpha BS can last a few seconds against Concord, enough to toast most semi tanked Exhumers.