All About EVE Online

Ok, you have been playing for awhile and have gather a bunch of shi… um… stuff. But your hanger is beginning to look like a bomb went off with stuff scattered all over. Or you have been moving around from system to system and have stuff scatted over 30 systems (ok its only 20 systems) and can’t find that other ship you have. Or maybe you bought something special on the market and it’s not in your current hanger. How do you find stuff? Well this article should give you some ideas on how to sort your stuff and to become a bit more organized (at least in EVE Online).

Assets:

Ok, let’s start with the one problem we all start with. You bought an item off the market either for yourself or for a mission agent and it’s not in your hanger. So you try to buy it again, and again it’s not in your hanger. Well it most likely is at another station, even a station in another system. How do you find it? A quick way to find something you just bought, open up you ‘Wallet’ and go to the last tab, ‘Transactions’ and you are looking for a line in red (red is out going cash, green is incoming cash), the last column will tell you where it is. Right click here and ‘Set Destination’ to plot a course. Remember to check your route to make sure it’s safe. See my article ‘This is Your Auto Pilot Speaking’.

To find all your stuff, simply look in your ‘Assets’ in your NeoCom (the icons on the left of your screen) it’s the icon about half way down that looks like a safe (it’s a safe, trust me). Click on that and your ‘Personal Assets’ window will open up. In the first tab, ‘All Items’ you will get a list of all the systems, stations, number of items, and jumps from your current location, that you have stuff. Click on one of the names and a drop down will open giving you a list of what’s there. You can sort this list alphabetically, by quantity, by group (energy weapon, mining laser, shield boost, etc…), by size (large energy weapon, large shield booster, etc…), or by slot (where it mounts on the ship). The other tabs allow you reduce this menu to those stations in your current ‘Region’, ‘Constellation’, or ‘Solar System’. The last tab allows you to search for an item(s) by knowing part of the name. To set a course for these items, simply right click on the location and ‘Set Destination’ and the auto pilot will set a course. Once there you can use this list to dock at the correct station by again right clicking and selecting ‘Dock’. If you are docked at a station, another tab will allow you to display your items in their categories in station. Items installed on a ship, in a ships cargohold, or in a container will not be visible in this window.

Sort Items:

In your station hanger or in your ships cargohold, you can select how you would like to sort your items, either by name, by type or by quantity (and their reversed order). I like to sort by type, this keeps the types of ammo, weapons, modules, ore, minerals, etc… together.

Repackage:

When you buy an item from the market it is packaged already, and will have a small number on the bottom of the icon picture. If there is no number then the item is unpackaged or assembled. You can repackage most items (modules, secure cans, turrets, drones, etc…). I want to warn you (and the game will warn you also) that if try to repackage your ship and it has been jury rigged (or rigged for short), you will destroy the rig(s). Packaging up a ship will also cause all cargo and fittings to be dropped into your station hanger. Ammo is always packaged with the exception of frequency crystals. Damaged Items cannot be repackaged until repaired (frequency crystals cannot be repaired).

Staking/Unstacking:

You can stack and unstack items. Doing this de-clutters your hanger / cargo window and gives a better idea of the number of each item you have. If you have item icon with a small number at the bottom, this means your item is packaged and the number tells you how many are in the stack. To stack items simply drag and drop items on top of each other. Or right click in the window and select stack all. To Unstack, hold down the shift key and select the item and drag away, a window will open and ask how many items you want to pull from the stack.

Containers & Warehouses:

Another way to organize your stuff is to place in inside containers. This has three problems. 1) Not all things can go in a container. 2) You have to pay for these containers (you can of course sell them when you’re done, or even take some of them when you move) and 3) you cannot see what is in a container remotely, so your asset window will not work with items in a can. There are some advantages too. You can label the can to tell you what’s inside (Hybrid Ammo, Blueprints, Missiles, etc…). You can load most of the cans into an industrial ship for moving to another station (Station Warehouses and Vaults cannot be moved by ANY ship in EVE). Some containers can be anchored outside and Password protected (only in Security Space of 0.7 or lower). If you ever repackage a can all its contents will be put in your hanger.

Fitting Out Other Ships:

You could also use some of your extra stuff to start fitting out other ships that you can jump into for specific jobs (mission runner, miner, salvager, ratter, etc…). You could even have a second ship in standby at another station/system maybe a good idea. There have been a few times that I did a mission and the ship I was in would not work (too big, wrong fittings, etc…).

Reprocess:

You can reprocess your junk into base minerals, but you will only get a fraction of the minerals back. There are skills available to help you get more minerals from them items you reprocess, but it is still only a fraction. This is not the most profitable idea, but if you are desperate for minerals it could be ok. Not all items can be reprocessed (Rookie stuff for example).

Selling:

Ok, you still think you want to get rid of some of this junk (don’t blame you one bit. Then you may want to try selling it. Right click on the item and select ‘View Market Details’ and be sure to look at the whole region. Look for the best buyer (bottom of window). Those in green are within range of your current position. See my article ‘This Little Pilot Went to Market’ for information on the market and setting up your filters. You will want to see how far someone is and at what range they are buying at, and always make sure it is safe space. Look in the market window, don’t just sell the item blindly, you could be just one or two jumps from a lot of ISK.

I hope you found this helpful and I am sure I did not cover every possible idea or method but it should get you thinking. If you have any suggestions or questions, be sure to comment bellow. Also subscribe to my site for updates and new post.

Until next time, Fly safe

Reggi Mental