EVE General Discussion

I think of it in terms of in-game lateral. I want to keep my account plexed and have ISK enough for work ships (presently ninja looters and suicide gankers) and fun ships (like unique ships, max stat ships, and themed fit ships). Every loss reduces that lateral a bit. Every successful gank increases it. If I were to get a huge windfall of isk/loot I would say to myself "sweet! free titan skillbooks and jump freighters!" rather than "damn, this dude just lost hundreds of dollars in PLEX to me."

The headlines that grab attention about the RL cost of scams and losses are meant to impress in the eyes of non-eve players. Its a good marketing tool. For people familiar with the game, I think the reaction to those headlines is different, and weighted against their own holdings and goals uniquely. When I see a really savage burn go down my reaction is usually "dang. wish I was there to ninja that wreck..."

I make buttloads of money and burn up 4 plex a month on top of a 400m isk a month pos bill. In like. Hours.

the cost of nothing is not worth of it. when you put it in your spaaaceship and you take it out into space. becuase in yo spaceship you can go any place and then you get to where you are going and you put it in the bank. you can thank the bank for being the money holders

No because I'm playing a video game turbo nerd.

Turbo?

**** that, I'm supercharged.

No way would I put a dollar value on gaming items it disassociates me from the game :s kinda annoying to even think about it, x ship is worth Y dollars, ehh... feels like working..

I try to live my (real-life) life according the rules that everyone has agreed upon, so in that sense I cannot legally exchange my ISK for other currencies, and thus I don't assign any value in any other currency to my ISK.

Besides, even on a student-size type of budget, I think I can survive without those $3-400...

Not to sound glib, but... do they force you to pay a television license where you live? I assume they do in some places? I don't own a television set, so I don't pay a television license.

In any case, "rolling in ISK" isn't that difficult, it really depends on how you have fun. What I enjoy most in eve is flying around, and frigates, so while flying around in frigates I usually pick up enough salvage and loot and stuff that other people leave at gates, on average, to cover most of my PLEX. T2 salvage is really expensive, and people tend to just leave it there after blowing each other up in T2 ships.

b-but my myrmidon was killed by a meanie ganker ! I am a special snowflake that deserves compensation because I'm too much of a scaredy cat to go into low-sec and do sites!!!

/sarcasm

I always wonder how some carebears even survive in EVE.

You say "carebare" and I say "casual player." See previous post. Real job, stuff to do. Don't have time to spend twelve hours a day every day of the dang week worrying about ISK, PLEX, or EvE in general. Sure, I'd love to be able to earn billions of ISK an hour sitting in some supercap, ratting away in a null alliance. And all I'd have to do is quit my job, live off welfare and keep my lips glued to some egomaniacal nullbear leader's arse all the time. I've got better things to do... like mine Veldspar, for example. Being the uberleet EvE player is appealing, but not at what it cost me in real life.

And I'm not alone. Go around and interview some of these "carebaers" you like to chide. Ask them about their jobs, their homes, their families. I promise it will be a lot more interesting than what you hear from the 23/7 Falcon flying gate campers, that's for sure.

Some people do get paid to play video games. It depends often on the game, but they may write gaming news, write game reviews, stream games, make gaming videos, play competitive games professionally (like LoL or SC2), etcetera. There are more than a few people who have made money off playing EVE, making EVE videos, or creating EVE websites/utilities. You just have to be popular enough.