Mark Hamill
This website has two purposes.
1. A vent for my rantings and ramblings regarding the economics of the EVE universe.
2. A home for EVETycoon, a trading and financial management program written for those involved in the alternate reality of EVE-Online
Before I begin my ramblings on the subject of the EVE economic scene, let’s get a few things straight. First: I’m not an economist. I’m a truck driver. Therefore, don’t ask me what a derivative is, I can barely spell the word. Second: I’m not a programmer. I do however hack together chunks of code in an antiquated language (Pascal) though I still have no idea what SQL stands for. Finally, because of those first two points, you should quickly browse away from this website as the only thing you’ll find here is homespun economic philosophy and K.I.S.S. software. Not only that, I hate competition in my EVE trading so SHOO!
How did I know you wouldn’t leave.
Very well, since you’re still here, you might as well read some of the blogs I’ve posted. Just keep those qualifications above in mind when doing so. If you bet the entire wallet of your wife’s character on a market gamble I recommend, don’t come to me when you lose it all and she sues for alimony paid in ISK.
On the right, you’ll find some of my recent musings, some tutorials on trading in EVE and information on my software EVETycoon. Feel free to browse and take everything with a grain of scordite.
Oh and one final note: I know some of you are just here to determine if it’s worth your time to wardec my little corp. I know this because I go to websites just like this researching potential war targets for my alts. Here’s a few tidbits of information that might help you decide.
a. I don’t pay ransoms. It cost me a freighter once but but the ransomer got little more than a killmail to massage his ego. I can afford more freighters.
b. I squat in station. I’m a trader. I don’t have to undock to make isk. So while you’re out there thinking about camping me and wearing me down, keep in mind, my wallet keeps flashing and you’ll get none of it.
c. I’m old (in game). Trading doesn’t take a lot of skillpoints. I’ll let you guess where the rest are.
d. I’m old (IRL). My RL SP’s are heavy on the wisdom side. If you don’t understand this threat, don’t bother coming for me.
d. I can afford nice toys. Don’t even waste my time with a T1 cruiser.
e. Don’t think that I’ve spent all these years in the game and don’t have friends. Nasty, devious, bastard friends.
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Well…
I think ET3 is a nice piece of software and that a lot of people are using it as tool for their trading purposes. So I cannot understand that you are not getting a nice answer in the form of ISK donations, to say the less.
Honestly, I hate to pay money for a tool for this game, but if I need I will if I feel is a reasonable one, otherwise I will look for a similar tool. But I don’t mind at all to pay ISK’s for it, monthly, as donation, or even Plex.
So come on ET3 users, scratch your pockets, this man is making our life easier and he was not able to collect but that ridiculous amount? I cannot believe it. You are traders? The richest people in EVE-verse? Well… if you are rich is because you dont expend a single isk!!! Dont let your mum be ashamed of you, please… CONTRIBUTE!!!!
Well, as someone who has just started trading I would happily pay for this; either ISK when it starts to hang together or real life cash.
What I would like to see are haulage profits between systems. For example, if I have a main trader/hauler and two alts. One alt would be at one hub, another at another hub and they could be getting data from both markets.
Then all the trader has to do is to pick up the stuff from one hub, go to the next and then sell it there and then do a return trade.
I would have thought that it would be straightforward if there’s two market logs of the same item in different locations then it would go through this pair, and every other pair, to see if there is any anything profitable.
Otherwise I would have to do it myself and, like everyone else in this game and to paraphrase Withnail, I want it now.
Regardless it’s a great tool at the moment and it would be even better when the scarper is fixed though I know that’s not your fault, Mr Void.
Tusen takk for det,
Malc
If it were only that easy. There’s a few things you’re forgetting. First of all, hauling traders want to know how many jumps it is from point a. to point b. This alone brings up a whole new set of problems, mainly being having an entire solar system database to sort through and then, some algorithm to calculate those jumps. Up till now, ET has been an ‘intra’ region trading tool. However, It’s been pointed out to me numerous times that traders would like ‘inter’ region trading abilities as well. While the current version of ET couldn’t even begin to handle such a load I’m currently working on the next major upgrade to ET, which will be based off SQLite rather than old fashioned CSV files (yes, ET will still be very portable with no external database program needed). I can’t make any promises yet but I will say that the speed improvements possible with SQLite open up a lot of doors.
BTW, you only THINK it’s better with the scraper. Truth is, any scraper will load up ET with tons of garbage you never trade in. Even when it did work, I shut it off and went back to exporting.
Rod/Mark