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Many people start out in EVE thinking they have to spend days being bored to
tears mining ore to make money.

This is not the case. Mining is the easiest and cheapest way to make some cash
but there's many other ways.

In this article, I am going to tell you about the path I and many others have
chosen. This is a much more exciting path and often filled with danger but it's
also a lot more fun.

This is the path of th NPC pirate hunter. While the starting ship is no power
house of death dealing, with a small investment in some cheap weapons and by
using the Civilian Shield booster you get from doing the tutorial(you did th
tutorial right?) it can be more than adequate to kill some low level pirates.

At the end of the tutorial and the first set of tutorial agent missions, a new
player should have about 15,000 isk. Take some of this cash and buy a cheap
weapon. If your ship can handle the CPU and power costs, get 2 of them.

Next buy some good ammo. Stats can be a bit over whelming at first. Try to get
an ammo that does a good range of damage but also has a low negative range
modifier.

Antimatter ammo for instance does more damage than most other ammos but it has
something like a -60% mod to range. It doesn't't matter how much damage you do
if you cant hit a target from a descent range.

OK, got the guns, mounted, the civillian booster mounted, guns loaded and extra
ammo in the cargo hold, time to go whack your first pirate.

The best place to start out as a nOObie pirate killer is in 0.8 space. Find a
sector with lots of asteroid belts and go patrolling. Most 0.8 pirates are very
weak and are solo.

When you spot your first + in the belts, be sure to I. D. before you lock on to
it. Miners get very upset when nOObie hunters kill their mining drones. Also
some miners have combat drones out to protect them. Not good for a new player to
attack one.

OK target is identified as a hostile and locked. I used the run away and shoot
at the target as it chases me method in the beginning of my hunting career.

Get the target with in your weapons effective range. As soon as you see you are
getting consistent hits on the target, you can use the "Keep Target at Range.."
option or the "Orbit target at range" option to maintain this distance.

In most cases, players have longer weapons ranges than NPC pirates.(or they used
to in the early days) If everything gos well, the player should take very few
hits and the npc pirate should explode in a short time.

Loot the cargo container. It may have something you can use, sell or recycle.
Congrats on your first kill and your first bounty. The lowest level pirates are
usually worth 1000 to 1500 isk and the loot could be worth 10 times that!

It has been my mission since beta to prove that mining is not the only way or
the best way to make money in EVE. The best way is what's best for you. Remeber
fighters lose ships, this is all part of the learning process and you shouldn't
allow a minor mishap to deter you from trying again. Do however insure your
ships for the full amount before taking them on any hunting expaditions. I hope
this helps.

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