EVE New Citizens Q&A

Hey everyone! I know there are tons of people complaining that Plexing is too expensive. I'm planning on paying the monthly subscription, I'm just curious if you can get to a point in the game, where you are making large amounts of ISK, and plexing actually is a better option? Just curious. Thanks guys!

Thanks! I appreciate the answer! I don't mind paying the sub either. I just wondered if it eventually made more sense to Plex. Thanks man!

Less than a dollar a day? Guess you don't live in the States. Or they have longer months. I agree with the attitude though. Why stress? EVE is to have fun!

You CAN reach a point in the game where you can make enough ISK to buy a PLEX every month, and pay your subscription that way, but basically it's more work than even the worst of jobs.

Some methods:

- day-trading in the Jita hub station
- mining op with several accounts maximized for mining bonuses (enough ISK to plex-pay all the accounts)
- mission or nullsec ratting for several hours each day, every single day

Basically, making the ISK consistently for a long period of time involves grinding some activity each day for 6-8 hours, which typically is more than what's considered "normal" for sitting in front of a computer.

Would really depend on what you define as the "better option." Can you make enough money to buy plex easily? Sure. Could that 800m+ monthly be spent on something else? Absolutely. Is it worth it? Totally your call.

For me, playing a game to pay for the game is basically the equivalent of turning said game into a second job and I would much rather save that money for something else.

Doh! Guess I am not thinking of yearly subs since we were talking about PLEX.

Back in the days when I did use PLEX, making ISK wasn't work. I'd fleet up with friends and we'd mine or mission or whatever, as a group for a couple hours a night. Talking, moving rocks from space into the orca or blapping red-plus signs into wrecks.

Of course, at 45 years old, I was one of the youngest of us.

1 week's income would go to the PLEX, and the other 3 weeks of income would just accumulate in our wallets, or stockpile minerals in the corp hanger. I remember at one point having a few billion trit in the hanger, not sure what we wanted to build with it.

We played purely for the social aspects of the game.


So, if you're an old guy, with no interest in PvP, and just playing the game to "hang out with friends" PLEXing the accounts is something to do with the ISK that just keeps rolling in.

I generally PLEX cos just with normal play I always end up with excess ISK and nothing much to spend it on.

IMPORTANT:

- Choosing to PLEX because you have a cr@pload of spare ISK so why not - that is one thing.

- Feeling you have to grind to make ISK to pay for the next PLEX - is different and bad. If you are in that situation buy a sub.

I could easily plex these accounts as well. But again its just never worth it. In the past i have used RL isk to sell for ISK.

I did make a plex or 3 trading plex. The price bubble and bust around xmass is very predictable. So i like people who by plex...

I was attracted to Eve by the economic simulation - not the spaceship battles. I have taken the time to learn Industry and the markets and now earn several billion ISK per month making and selling stuff. For now, I use an occasional PLEX for multiple character training to make my operation more efficient. Once you have adequate working capital and a reasonable contingency fund (freighters have been known to blowup) why not spend the excess on game time?