Returning From A Hiatus

So, in my last blog I said I was going to be blogging more...didn't quite work out like that.

There's been a few changes to my situation but nothing to particularly prevent me from playing other than I basically had a break from EVE altogether. I guess it could be attributed to burnout, but everyone takes breaks from games occasionally.

With that said, I've returned enthused, and having re-read part of Croda's excellent blog I've come back to my trading operations.

I've not updated my orders at all in the last few months, but I've done a pass of all my characters tonight and my position currently is:

One nice thing with being away for a while is I came back to a lot of ISK in my wallets, my Amarr seller alone had over 6 Billion waiting to be used. Whilst I was away my wealth grew 3 Billion, always nice.

I've been through all my sellers and bought from the lists of items I tend to trade, there has been no new research, which is why I still have 7 billion still sat in wallets. I will be doing research over the next few days to try and utilise this money, as it is doing nothing for me just sitting there. As always I am using New Evolution Express to haul my items from Jita to my selling locations, but most of my characters do not have any contracting skills, so they can only make 1 contract at a time. Hauling contracts are also limited by this corporation to 2 Billion max collateral per contract. My Amarr seller bought 5 Billion ISK of items tonight, and the a combination of these factors means that he would need 3 contracts to haul the stuff, so a lot of it is still sitting in Amarr. This will be rectified as things are delivered.

Manufacturing

I had a brief foray into manufacturing when I last played, but my Rens trader is the one who is skilled in manufacturing. Rens is also the slowest trade hub that I operate in. These 2 factors means that manufacturing wasn't the most lucrative with this character, so I've stopped doing it.

However, what I am thinking of doing is starting a 3rd account. Or more precisely, re-activating a 3rd account. Years ago I had the idea of creating a self reliant character who wouldn't use the market except for blueprints, and would survive on it's own. Turns out this mostly meant mining a lot, solo, and I got bored. However, this means I do have a character with some manufacturing skills.

My thinking is to activate this third account and round out his skills, then set up shop somewhere near Jita and try manufacturing there. Buying from and selling to Jita, or shipping out the end product if it's profitable to do so. Having a dedicated character for this will mean he's not pinned to a particular location like my Rens trader, so he can go where needed without me worrying about long trips back to a selling location to do 2 jobs at once essentially. I'll need to investigate this, but I think it would be a good endeavor, and I'm sure there's money to be had along with a bit of variation from the market window.