EVE General Discussion

Because ccp are actually the imf trying to sypon off isk before moving into new Eden

Supply and demand.

Shoulda bought a bunch at 430k, and flip 'em at 800k. Don't leave yer ISK lying around, unprotected against inflation.

Perhaps 800k will be a bargain in the future. Invest now!

The sites called plexes you can run aren't related to PLEX. A PLEX is an in-game item that can be bought from eve's store, third party retailers, or on the in-game market, and is subject to supply and demand just like any other item. They are in high demand and that demand has been steadily rising since, just like you, players would like to pay for their accounts with isk rather than real money. This is a trend that will most likely continue for the foreseeable future, sorry.

Sometimes when I'm feeling entitled, I like to take a long, warm bath and try to drown myself in the shallow water in order to restore some sense to myself via the ancient technique of forcing my whole life to flash before my eyes in order to gain some perspective.*

While I don't recommend such extreme measures, I would recommend getting some perspective. EVE is a game, you're not meant to be 'earning a living' from it, you're meant to be playing it.

*Note: I never actually do this. I hate baths. Besides, my face fits in the kitchen sink just fine.

Actually I remember when PLEX were in the 300 million ISK range, so sperg on noob. They cost that much because people will pay that much for them due to (as has been pointed out) the economic principle of supply and demand. Personally, I love it since I pay with real $ for my accounts and use PLEX to occsionally fill gaps when my expenditures exceed my income in game. In general, my buying power has increased, so I'm pretty happy.

There weren't even wormholes yet when PLEX was that cheap.

Because you would rather spend your time in the game grinding isk?

There was a good article on themittani.com a couple of months ago about plex prices over time. Worth a read if you want to understand the factors that determine plex prices.

People always complain about plex prices when plex prices are just a symptom. The real problem is that EVE Online now has too many "wealth faucets". I say wealth because that includes everything (LP, blue loot, blue prints etc).

Since I've been playing, CCP has added 'systems upgrades' in null that means instead of haivng to go out and hunt for sites/belts with rats in them you can just stay in one place and farm. They added wormholes that they didn't think were farmable (lol cap escalation mechanics) and they get farmed. They added incursions which can be farmed mercilessly in high sec. They added 'rewards' to faction warfare that are crazy farmable with cheap ships.

They've even added rewards to existing pve content (SOE ships available in high sec, and loads of new low sec rewards like clone ships, mordus ship bpcs from belts, SOE ship chips from drone sites, new valuable mods like pithum/gistum invuls from low sec available plexes etc etc).

And then there have been ship (marauders, noctis) and module additions (Bastion) and even automation (MTUs, salvage drones) that have made it easier for even totally uncreative people to pull in isk and things that can be sold for isk or things that can be made to sell for isk.

It's easier now to make crazy isk with a pve fit ship now than it was before Dominion (when belt ratting was a thing). The obvious result of making it easier for people to acquire wealth is rising prices for things people want like PLEX. The addition of all the exploitable wealth faucets for me was going from 1 account paid for with cash to easily plexing the 4 I have now (ie using someone esle's cash).