EVE New Citizens Q&A

PLEX is something you can only get from other players (who buy it from CCP directly or through a trusted 3rd party). They are not generated from anything else.

Players sell their PLEX on the in-game market... you just need enough in-game money (ISK) to do this (which you gain through activities like Exploration).


To be honest though... I would not recommend using PLEX for your account. Unless you can make absurd amounts of money rather quickly (we're talking 600+ million ISK every 30 days) it quickly becomes a second job to keep your account active... and you won't be able to really "enjoy" the game.

Pay for your subscription with real money. It's very hard to generate 600 million + expenses per month as a brand new player. It basically reduces to you grinding all month to earn the ISK to pay for another month of grinding to earn the ISK to pay for another month ...

It's a game, it's supposed to be fun, not a second job.

If you upgrade your account during the trial then you will get 30 days added to the time you have left on the trial.

As for costs...

- there is a one time "activation" fee of 5 to 10 dollars (someone double check this, I forgot the exact amount) when you start playing EVE. You will never have to pay it again even if you un-sub and come back at a later date.

- sub costs are ~$15 per month... but if you know you'll be around for awhile you can save some money in the long run by buying larger blocks of gametime up-front (~$131.88 buys you 1 year of time on EVE... averaging around $10.99 a month).

I undestand, but I can't pay for my subscription via steam if my account was created here in the site? It's actually costing $10,50 1 month for brazilians there.

Some players have reported problems running multiple accounts with steam. So you might be locking yourself to one account.

Also, as Mara says, it IS doable, but I still don't recommend it, especially since you said you have limited game time, because as the others said it is a major grind with low skills and no resources. I could pay for my account with plex, but that actually lowers my fun, so I pay my subscription.

This is the way to go.

Having to grind X amount of whatever will cause a burn out and most of all it will not be fun, which is the reason to play any game in the first place.

There is nothing immoral about being competitive in EVE and using deception.

OP, if you are good at social engineering and manipulation (RL skills, not in game ones), you can definitely get enough to fund a PLEX by stealing it from other players. If you join a corporation you can shoot your new corpmates in highsec legally - if you find one flying an expensive ship and can outplay them, you might be able to ransom them for 500m ISK or more.

Likewise, you can use various tricks with the contract system to deceive people into giving you sizable sums of ISK.

One of the best tricks around is to join a corporation that bases some way away from where your stuff is, ask for a freighter pilot to move your stuff, and then send the pilot a courier contract with a high collateral to move some bulky junk (assembled ships, etc). Then undock in a high damage ship (Destroyer or Cruiser as a newbie), get the freighter into structure, demand a ransom, then dishonor it, pop the freighter and cause the contract to fail (meaning you keep the collateral).

These actions are no more 'immoral' than deceiving a soccer goalkeeper by feinting left before kicking right on a penalty kick, or feigning disappointment when your chess opponent takes a bishop you sacrificed as bait to trap their rook, or deceiving a poker player into believing your top set is only second pair.

Sociopaths can justify anything.

If you want to play without honor or character, that's your choice, but don't try to justify it. The fact that you have to defend your actions shows the weakness in your position.