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ISK for the masses. (or how to crash the market)

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Rockstede
30plus LLC
Brave Collective
#1 - 2014-11-19 11:04:24 UTC
If your lucky that is.


Any of you that have been playing since about 2010 should remember things like Monocle Gate and the Noble Exchange (the store that used Aurum as currency). CCP tried to introduce micro transactions into the game and basically screwed up the pricing system.

Over the years the Noble Exchange has developed into the NEX Store, which is essentially the same thing though the prices are much more reasonable.

What you may not know or remember is that CCP gifted everybody with free Aurum, 5500 to be exact. On the NEX store there is an item called a Multiple Character Training Certificate. This allows you (as you might suspect) to train 2 or 3 characters on one account.

They also happen to sell for 850,000,000 ISK in jita and cost 3500 Aurum.

So if you were lucky enough to have been subscribed when the Aurum gift was gifted then chances are you have 5500 Aurum sitting in the NEX store gathering dust.


Now you could buy one and be done with it, but you can squeeze even more ISK out of this because 5500 - 3500 = 2000.

2000 leftover Aurum..

You can buy 1500 Aurum for around 420 mil ISK from the jita market to top that up to 3500 and get a second MCTC, netting you another half a billion.

When all is said and done you can farm about 1,3 billion ISK per active account that you have, assuming you:

A) Were active when the Aurum was given out and..
B) Haven't bought a Monocle ;)


(Or if you want you could even get some dual character training!)


- Rock
Ruskarn Andedare
Lion Investments
#2 - 2014-11-19 11:40:06 UTC
Aurum? Oh yeah, I spent that all on snowballs and fireworks Big smile
Rockstede
30plus LLC
Brave Collective
#3 - 2014-11-19 12:17:47 UTC
Ruskarn Andedare wrote:
Aurum? Oh yeah, I spent that all on snowballs and fireworks Big smile






\o/
Antihrist Pripravnik
Cultural Enrichment and Synergy of Diversity
Stain Neurodiverse Democracy
#4 - 2014-11-19 12:22:46 UTC
Let me guess - you are selling 1500 AUR tokens in Jita and they are going a little slow lately Lol

I'm joking, of course, but that doesn't mean what I said wouldn't be in the real spirit of EVE Twisted
Chribba
Otherworld Enterprises
Otherworld Empire
#5 - 2014-11-19 12:24:14 UTC
So me choosing the AUR token gifts from CCP's xmas presents was a pretty damn good idea after all... I have many of them.

/c

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Zenethalos
Doomheim
#6 - 2014-11-19 12:30:58 UTC
Well that was an easy 3.2b. I know there is a reason not so altruistic in you sharing this info so i hope your endeavor pays off. Cheers.
Pak Narhoo
Splinter Foundation
#7 - 2014-11-19 12:47:23 UTC
Amazing, finally a purpose for my aurums *\o/*
Wendrika Hydreiga
#8 - 2014-11-19 13:16:59 UTC  |  Edited by: Wendrika Hydreiga
If I had Aurum, I'd spend it all on Guristas themed clothes. If there were any...

Maybe Rhea will fix that! I sure hope so.
Rockstede
30plus LLC
Brave Collective
#9 - 2014-11-19 13:21:48 UTC
Zenethalos wrote:
Well that was an easy 3.2b. I know there is a reason not so altruistic in you sharing this info so i hope your endeavor pays off. Cheers.



Yah I'm whoring for likes ;)


(honestly I gain nothing from this other than knowing I did something nice lol, though I always accept 15% in tips :))
Leannor
State War Academy
Caldari State
#10 - 2014-11-19 13:26:47 UTC
oooh .... Twisted

Nice ...

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STOP TOUCHING ICONIC SHIP PARTS"

Commissar Kate
Kesukka
#11 - 2014-11-19 13:29:28 UTC
Rockstede wrote:
Yah I'm whoring for likes ;)


Someone said likes?
Rockstede
30plus LLC
Brave Collective
#12 - 2014-11-19 13:34:35 UTC
Yeay Mr Epeen has his methods, I just buy my likes with CCP's ISK :)
Kaaeliaa
Tyrannos Sunset
#13 - 2014-11-19 13:35:42 UTC
Commissar Kate wrote:
Rockstede wrote:
Yah I'm whoring for likes ;)


Someone said likes?


Yeah, I like likes.

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Aralyn Cormallen
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
#14 - 2014-11-19 13:37:59 UTC
Nuts, that makes this an expensive jacket Ugh
Rockstede
30plus LLC
Brave Collective
#15 - 2014-11-19 13:47:16 UTC  |  Edited by: Rockstede
Aralyn Cormallen wrote:
Nuts, that makes this an expensive jacket Ugh




I think the only suitable reply I can come up with here is:


Trollolol!

Also don't forget to post how much you make, I'm keeping score :D
Crumplecorn
Eve Cluster Explorations
#16 - 2014-11-19 16:29:25 UTC
I've never been able to get into the store.

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Not Liking this post hurts my RL feelings and will be considered harassment

DaReaper
Net 7
Cannon.Fodder
#17 - 2014-11-19 17:12:10 UTC
Crumplecorn wrote:
I've never been able to get into the store.



its on the welcome screen, and should be a neocom icon too

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Jarod Garamonde
Jolly Codgers
Tactical Narcotics Team
#18 - 2014-11-19 17:37:50 UTC
Chribba wrote:
So me choosing the AUR token gifts from CCP's xmas presents was a pretty damn good idea after all... I have many of them.

/c


He who controls the Aurum, controls the universe.

The Aurum must flow.

That moment when you realize the crazy lady with all the cats was right...

    [#savethelance]
voetius
Grundrisse
#19 - 2014-11-19 19:25:12 UTC
Crumplecorn wrote:
I've never been able to get into the store.


I've had this problem since the store was introduced. The work-around that was mentioned in the issues page (a while back) suggested to run eve.exe in the bin directory (not evefile.exe), this will start the launcher and should fix the issue, it fixed it for me anyway. Apparently it something to do with setting some secure token or sthn. Only problem is I keep having to do this after each patch which is a nuisance. Seems only to affect a small number of people as well.
Ruskarn Andedare
Lion Investments
#20 - 2014-11-20 12:27:07 UTC  |  Edited by: Ruskarn Andedare
voetius wrote:
Crumplecorn wrote:
I've never been able to get into the store.

I've had this problem since the store was introduced. The work-around that was mentioned in the issues page (a while back) suggested to run eve.exe in the bin directory (not evefile.exe), this will start the launcher and should fix the issue, it fixed it for me anyway. Apparently it something to do with setting some secure token or sthn. Only problem is I keep having to do this after each patch which is a nuisance. Seems only to affect a small number of people as well.

My understanding is it will affect anyone that doesn't use the launcher (i.e. everyone using evefile.exe) as the launcher sets the token for the store.
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