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Vatos Amigo
Royal Amarr Institute
Amarr Empire
#1 - 2013-07-22 16:32:30 UTC
So here I am bored on my phone thinking what to do.
Ahhhh I know. Type in Google ( The most expensive ship lost in eve online).

Then I see the revenant ship lost -> The loss of the ship is estimated to be somewhere between 280B and 330B ISK, which equates to around $8,000+ in US dollars.

hollemac I say!!! Shocked

What the hell???

Seriously tell me what is the point to own such a rare ship
And bring it to battle, which you risk loosing it???

If I owned that ship I would take it out once a month to look at it and say wow
Then store it! Just to say hey look what I have haha. However to lose it in battle.
I would lose months of sleep and maybe retire eve all together.

I really wonder how this guy feels at this point?
And is he still playing eve online?

http://eve-kill.net/?a=kill_detail&kll_id=18611012
De'Veldrin
Republic University
Minmatar Republic
#2 - 2013-07-22 16:34:45 UTC
I can neither confirm nor deny the truth or falsity of any statement that may or may not have been made by me or by someone who is not me.

In answer to your question I can only say, yes. Or, alternatively, no.

De'Veldrin's Corollary (to Malcanis' Law): Any idea that seeks to limit the ability of a large nullsec bloc to do something in the name of allowing more small groups into sov null will inevitably make it that much harder for small groups to enter sov null.
Archibald Thistlewaite III
The Royal Society for the Prevention of Miners
#3 - 2013-07-22 16:38:59 UTC
Ships are tools to be used. Do you get your favourite hammer out once a month just to look at it?

User of 'Bumblefck's Luscious & Luminous Mustachio Wax'
Plastic Psycho
Necro-Economics
#4 - 2013-07-22 16:39:59 UTC  |  Edited by: Plastic Psycho
De'Veldrin wrote:
I can neither confirm nor deny the truth or falsity of any statement that may or may not have been made by me or by someone who is not me.

In answer to your question I can only say, yes. Or, alternatively, no.

Careful, now. You're getting a bit too specifically non-specific. Someone may wish to talk to you about that. Or maybe not.
Doc Fury
Furious Enterprises
#5 - 2013-07-22 16:42:49 UTC
Archibald Thistlewaite III wrote:
Do you get your favourite hammer out once a month just to look at it?



Well, it's a "Captain Hammer" hammer so, yes.



☼

There's a million angry citizens looking down their tubes..at me.
Mr. Orange
Band of Freelancers
#6 - 2013-07-22 16:44:27 UTC
Vatos Amigo wrote:
So here I am bored on my phone thinking what to do.
Ahhhh I know. Type in Google ( The most expensive ship lost in eve online).

Then I see the revenant ship lost -> The loss of the ship is estimated to be somewhere between 280B and 330B ISK, which equates to around $8,000+ in US dollars.

hollemac I say!!! Shocked

What the hell???

Seriously tell me what is the point to own such a rare ship
And bring it to battle, which you risk loosing it???

If I owned that ship I would take it out once a month to look at it and say wow
Then store it! Just to say hey look what I have haha. However to lose it in battle.
I would lose months of sleep and maybe retire eve all together.

I really wonder how this guy feels at this point?
And is he still playing eve online?

http://eve-kill.net/?a=kill_detail&kll_id=18611012


Ones and Zeros bro.... ones and zeros... or pixels....

You need a larger perspective on life if losing some internets stuff would cause you so much pain...
Idea
Vatos Amigo
Royal Amarr Institute
Amarr Empire
#7 - 2013-07-22 16:45:32 UTC
Archibald Thistlewaite III wrote:
Ships are tools to be used. Do you get your favourite hammer out once a month just to look at it?


Dude so lets say you bought a baseball that is signed by
Babe Ruth which only 2 existed in the world and paid
Lots of $$$$ do honestly think you will go play baseball with it
Because it's used to play or would you store it behind glass
And look at it once in awhile to say " hey I own a ball that babe Ruth signed"
That's it!
Cavalira
Habemus
#8 - 2013-07-22 16:48:33 UTC
I once bought a monocle. I post with it once a month and screenshot the post a lot of times. I whisper to myself "You're successful. You're a winner". Then I store it, so I can use it next month. Worth all the isk.
Bagrat Skalski
Koinuun Kotei
#9 - 2013-07-22 16:49:52 UTC
Too much awe over space pixels detour you from the fun you can have with those.

Custom ship skins, character creator style "repaint". Bring it!
Dray Cil
Subterfuge Blackmail Sabotage Deception Network
Black Rose.
#10 - 2013-07-22 17:03:00 UTC  |  Edited by: Dray Cil
While I have nowhere near the experience and am not remotely near the same class of player that would own such a ship, I can assure you that his corp and/or alliance members paid for most of it. That kind of a ship is more "a shared asset" in which case the loss of which would be significantly less painful than if it was solely paid for by a single person. And even if it was, the income generated by such a player is probably roughly the same ratio as a newer player saving up for a freighter.

plink plink.

Dray

o.O
War Kitten
Panda McLegion
#11 - 2013-07-22 17:12:49 UTC
Vatos Amigo wrote:
Archibald Thistlewaite III wrote:
Ships are tools to be used. Do you get your favourite hammer out once a month just to look at it?


Dude so lets say you bought a baseball that is signed by
Babe Ruth which only 2 existed in the world and paid
Lots of $$$$ do honestly think you will go play baseball with it
Because it's used to play or would you store it behind glass
And look at it once in awhile to say " hey I own a ball that babe Ruth signed"
That's it!


Difference here is:

1) He didn't pay real money for it - he paid space pixel money for a space pixel ship.
2) The EVE ship has no collectors value on a broad market, nor any way to convert it back to real $$.
3) Just because you can *spend* that much real money on a ship does not make it *worth* that much.

I don't judge people by their race, religion, color, size, age, gender, or ethnicity. I judge them by their grammar, spelling, syntax, punctuation, clarity of expression, and logical consistency.
Kijo Rikki
Killboard Padding Services
#12 - 2013-07-22 17:25:19 UTC
When you're so rich you use isk to wipe your bum with, might as well flaunt it if you got it.

You make a valid point, good Sir or Madam. 
ElQuirko
University of Caille
Gallente Federation
#13 - 2013-07-22 17:25:55 UTC
Plastic Psycho wrote:
De'Veldrin wrote:
I can neither confirm nor deny the truth or falsity of any statement that may or may not have been made by me or by someone who is not me.

In answer to your question I can only say, yes. Or, alternatively, no.

Careful, now. You're getting a bit too specifically non-specific. Someone may wish to talk to you about that. Or maybe not.


Has Anyone Really Been Far Even as Decided to Use Even Go Want to do Look More Like?

Dodixie > Hek
Straxos
Trigsters
It's Tricky
#14 - 2013-07-22 17:34:20 UTC
Vatos Amigo wrote:
Seriously tell me what is the point to own such a rare ship
And bring it to battle, which you risk loosing it???

What is the point of owning such a ship if you don't bring it to battle and risk losing it?
Plastic Psycho
Necro-Economics
#15 - 2013-07-22 17:47:12 UTC
ElQuirko wrote:
Plastic Psycho wrote:
De'Veldrin wrote:
I can neither confirm nor deny the truth or falsity of any statement that may or may not have been made by me or by someone who is not me.

In answer to your question I can only say, yes. Or, alternatively, no.

Careful, now. You're getting a bit too specifically non-specific. Someone may wish to talk to you about that. Or maybe not.


Has Anyone Really Been Far Even as Decided to Use Even Go Want to do Look More Like?

The chair is against the wall.
I say again: The chair is against the wall.

Fruitbat.
Leafar Nightfall
Silent Owls
#16 - 2013-07-22 17:52:57 UTC
You miss the point: this ship is not a baseball bat. Signing a baseball bat won't make it more efficient or play another role than any other baseball bet.

This kind of ship plays an unique role that cannot be replaced by another, it's the kind of stuff that makes you win most of the fights you get into, because it really makes a difference to use.
Evei Shard
Shard Industries
#17 - 2013-07-22 17:55:28 UTC
Archibald Thistlewaite III wrote:
Ships are tools to be used. Do you get your favourite hammer out once a month just to look at it?


Yes.

Any use would cause the blood and bone chips to potentially fall off.

Profit favors the prepared
Mallak Azaria
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#18 - 2013-07-22 17:55:52 UTC
Dray Cil wrote:
I can assure you that his corp and/or alliance members paid for most of it. That kind of a ship is more "a shared asset" in which case the loss of which would be significantly less painful than if it was solely paid for by a single person.


This is what happens when people never leave highsec, they spout out information that was correct 7 years ago. Titans are owned by single players these days & are not a shared asset.

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ShahFluffers
Ice Fire Warriors
#19 - 2013-07-22 18:01:31 UTC  |  Edited by: ShahFluffers
http://themittani.com/news/ten-pl-supercarriers-ambushed-revenant-down

tl;dr

- The FC got bored/tired/disenfranchised with the alliance he was with, set up a trap with the enemy, and sent his fleet into the trap.

- The Revenant pilot was expecting the operation to be a simple and clean gank... no threat was supposed to be present.

- The Revenant pilot took the whole thing VERY well relative to corp/alliance manager/director who found out what had happened (the guy screaming in the audio is the manager/director).

- The Revenant pilot shall now live on forever in EVE history as the "first guy to lose a Revenant." He will be given kudos for being ballsy enough to bring it out (even though the op he was bringing it out on was supposed to be nothing more than a gank).

How did you Veterans start?
Vatos Amigo
Royal Amarr Institute
Amarr Empire
#20 - 2013-07-22 18:04:13 UTC
Leafar Nightfall wrote:
You miss the point: this ship is not a baseball bat. Signing a baseball bat won't make it more efficient or play another role than any other baseball bet.

This kind of ship plays an unique role that cannot be replaced by another, it's the kind of stuff that makes you win most of the fights you get into, because it really makes a difference to use.


I understand its an excellent ship for battles but again only 2 exist now only 1 because of that loss.
So tell me why thier isn't more that exists to be used in battle if they are so great?

I'll tell you why. Cause they are rare which means its a collectors item/ship.

Just like owning a collections of cars that are rare. You don't use it to go into work and back
And risk damaging it or crashing where its worth nothing after that.

Yes it's a game but in reality a lot of ppl spend really money and time to afford ships
And modules that go with it. That means calling in sickfrom work. Your girlfriend going to bed alone
And you missing out on sex the get that isk just to lose it in 20min.

Not worth it to me in my opinion!
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