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Chimpy B
The Philosophy Of Two
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Posted - 2012.09.10 07:33:00 -
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I recently broke the billion isk mark and I thought I was well loaded with isk, but now I'm not sure. Is it common to have a billion?
I guess people who fly shiny tengus and golems can afford to lose them, which must mean they have several billion perhaps. |
Aineko Macx
Royal Amarr Institute
Amarr Empire
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Posted - 2012.09.10 07:44:00 -
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Wallet size is not very meaningful as people might put all their ISK into assets. Therefor the net asset value (NAV) is a good measure of wealth, i.e. the sum of the value of everything you own minus what you owe. You can calculate it with tools like EveHQ.
I'd say it is normal for players to accrue dozens of billions in NAV over the years. |
Sabrina Solette
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2012.09.10 07:44:00 -
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Chimpy B wrote:I recently broke the billion isk mark and I thought I was well loaded with isk, but now I'm not sure. Is it common to have a billion?
I guess people who fly shiny tengus and golems can afford to lose them, which must mean they have several billion perhaps.
1 bil is small change |
Robert Warner
Brutor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
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Posted - 2012.09.10 07:45:00 -
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These topics pop-up quite often and there's no easy way to answer them. "Rich" in EvE means something different to everyone and people all arrive to these topics thinking they're rich and leave feeling like a grain of sand on the beach.
To answer your question though: a billion ISK is a substantial sum and marks your first significant 'ISK milestone'. It is, however, relatively common. |
Jack Miton
Bite Me inc
Elysian Empire
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Posted - 2012.09.10 07:50:00 -
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To me, rich is more a measure of how quickly you can make isk rather than how much you have in your wallet currently.
As for raw isk value, 1bil isnt much.
It largely depends on your play stye and environment but for me, 1bil doesnt even cover one ship. |
CENGIZHAN
the unified
Negative Ten.
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Posted - 2012.09.10 07:59:00 -
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"Average for all characters: 588tn ISK / 8.17 mil = 72 million ISK"
"Average for characters on active accounts: 372tn ISK / 745,000 = 499 million ISK"
I didn't consider myself rich until I had around 25B disposable. Of course it's all subjective. |
Amateratsu
The Pegasus Project
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Posted - 2012.09.10 08:03:00 -
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Richest player on EveBoard currently has 268 Billion...
Rich List
I've heard of players having Trillions |
Lord Wamphyri
Starside Lost
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Posted - 2012.09.10 08:12:00 -
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As previous posters have said, it's different for each person, especially as many will have their wealth in assets as opposed to raw ISK.
I thought of myself as pretty well off when I hit the 10bill mark, though most of that has gone into ships, BPOs etc. But even 10B is small change to some.
Personally though, I feel that as long as you can spend it on ships and not flinch when they get blown up, that's a good balance.
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Destination SkillQueue
Are We There Yet
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Posted - 2012.09.10 08:17:00 -
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1 bil in your wallet is small change for people who play to fatten their wallets, but a significant sum for people who play to spend money. It is an important milestone for many. Personally I fluctuate between 1 and 3 bill ISK in wallet. When I dip below a billion I play to fatten the wallet buffer, but otherwise I'll ignore how much money I've got. |
Warp Planet6
Tribal Liberation Force
Minmatar Republic
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Posted - 2012.09.10 08:26:00 -
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I make 1 bil per week when I have enough time. So I guess everything above 10b more than average... |
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Chimpy B
The Philosophy Of Two
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Posted - 2012.09.10 08:40:00 -
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Thanks for the replies. With assets I have about 2bill. I recently bought a CNR and I follow the rule "only fly what you can afford to lose"
Well I feel rich :P
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Roxwar
Dreddit
Test Alliance Please Ignore
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Posted - 2012.09.10 08:52:00 -
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Considering one guy recently bought a schmitar BPO on the sell forums for 310b, only CCP know the real wealthiest player in EVE Online.
Certain Goons have hundreds of billions persoanlly, certain players hold hundreds of billions worth of T2 BPO's, so its really hard to estimate who the richest player in EVE actually is.
I'd guess the guy who bought that Schmitar BPO has quite a substantion pile considering he can blow 310b of it and a BPO and still have a nice pile to work with afterwards.
You have to remember, all types of people play eve, from 14yr old high schoolers, to lawyers, doctors, directors of companies ect and should these guys wish, i'm sure they could sink thousands of RL money into GTC's so make their escape that little bit more enjoyable.
I know should i win the lottery and become a millionaire IRL, i'd think nothing of spending tens of thousands on Plex just because i could and just because i'd like to see a 1t wallet balance heh |
William Walker
House Aratus
Fatal Ascension
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Posted - 2012.09.10 08:54:00 -
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Does anyone else get annoyed if they go under a certain amount? It's like a basis I don't want to go below, for me it is 2 bil. Just in case, I always say. |
John Ratcliffe
Sausy Sausages
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Posted - 2012.09.10 09:14:00 -
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1 Billion ISK is nothing. I can make that in a week doing 2 missions a night after work.
The men waved their hats, the ladies their umbrellas. One felt they would have liked to touch the steel muscles of the most courageous champions since antiquity. Who will carry off the first prize, entering the pantheon where only supermen may go? |
John Ratcliffe
Sausy Sausages
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Posted - 2012.09.10 09:16:00 -
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Chimpy B wrote:Thanks for the replies. With assets I have about 2bill. I recently bought a CNR and I follow the rule "only fly what you can afford to lose"
Well I feel rich :P
CNRs are nice! 
The men waved their hats, the ladies their umbrellas. One felt they would have liked to touch the steel muscles of the most courageous champions since antiquity. Who will carry off the first prize, entering the pantheon where only supermen may go? |
Terrorfrodo
Deep Space Darwinian Law Enforcement Agency
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Posted - 2012.09.10 09:16:00 -
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I like to keep a reserve of 1b so I can replace any ships I may lose (I don't fly anything worth more than ~300m as a matter of policy).
But actually I ignore this rule more often than not and end up with only 200m or so in my wallets  Right now though I'm in the comfort zone with about 1.5b liquid ISK.
At any rate my goal is not 'being rich', I just pull in enough ISK to buy what I want to fly, I don't waste any more time than neccessary on PvE. That's why I'll never have many billions of ISK piled up no matter how many more years I'm going to play this game.
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John Ratcliffe
Sausy Sausages
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Posted - 2012.09.10 09:17:00 -
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Terrorfrodo wrote:I like to keep a reserve of 1b so I can replace any ships I may lose (I don't fly anything worth more than ~300m as a matter of policy).
For PVE or PVP?
The men waved their hats, the ladies their umbrellas. One felt they would have liked to touch the steel muscles of the most courageous champions since antiquity. Who will carry off the first prize, entering the pantheon where only supermen may go? |
Cass Lie
State War Academy
Caldari State
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Posted - 2012.09.10 09:18:00 -
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There certainly are a few people with net worth in trillions. I haven't heard anyone claim a 10T net worth yet, but I guess it is not impossible by now. |
terzslave
RedStar Enterprises
RED Citizens
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Posted - 2012.09.10 09:22:00 -
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well I made 1 billion within my first month of starting the game so I doubt it's considered rich if a complete noob could do it..... |
Luis Graca
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Posted - 2012.09.10 09:22:00 -
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Rich is when you're having isk to support the type of gaming you like,or have you forgot this is a video game |
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ChromeStriker
The Riot Formation
Executive Outcomes
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Posted - 2012.09.10 09:27:00 -
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Chribba has at least one of each cap and super cap (not on the same char) including titans.
The recent Faction warfare scam/bug that goons pulled was done by only a few people and it used hundreds of billions in upfront costs...
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Signal11th
Against ALL Anomalies
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Posted - 2012.09.10 09:31:00 -
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Chimpy B wrote:I recently broke the billion isk mark and I thought I was well loaded with isk, but now I'm not sure. Is it common to have a billion?
I guess people who fly shiny tengus and golems can afford to lose them, which must mean they have several billion perhaps.
It's all a matter of need, if like me tend only to fly frigates,ceptors,cruisers then I can easily manage on a few hundred million.
I'm past the shiny shiny stage so although having lots of isk is nice it's not really needed.
Obviously if you want to fly SC's, Titans then you're going to need lots of isk.
God Said "Come Forth and receive eternal life!"-á I came second and won a toaster. |
Chimpy B
The Philosophy Of Two
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Posted - 2012.09.10 09:37:00 -
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John Ratcliffe wrote:1 Billion ISK is nothing. I can make that in a week doing 2 missions a night after work.
I don't believe this :-) 14 L4 missions @ maybe average 20mil a time with good salvage ~= 300 mill.
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Signal11th
Against ALL Anomalies
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Posted - 2012.09.10 09:41:00 -
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Chimpy B wrote:John Ratcliffe wrote:1 Billion ISK is nothing. I can make that in a week doing 2 missions a night after work and selling a GTC I don't believe this :-) 14 L4 missions @ maybe average 20mil a time with good salvage ~= 300 mill.
Fixed the quote.
I'm suprised you've never come across BS on the forums before???? Had some other clown the other day saying he killed 100 ships this month in his pilgrim lol and behold he hadn't even killed a 100 ships ever.
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God Said "Come Forth and receive eternal life!"-á I came second and won a toaster. |
Aruken Marr
BSC LEGION
Tactical Narcotics Team
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Posted - 2012.09.10 09:43:00 -
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Chimpy B wrote:John Ratcliffe wrote:1 Billion ISK is nothing. I can make that in a week doing 2 missions a night after work. I don't believe this :-) 14 L4 missions @ maybe average 20mil a time with good salvage ~= 300 mill.
Pro tip: a lot of people in these threads seem to think they make a lot more than they actually do. But on second thought he never said where and who he was running missions for. I know you can make a bomb load off of pirate missions cus of lp but I cant remember any amounts. |
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ISD Dorrim Barstorlode
ISD Community Communications Liaisons
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Posted - 2012.09.10 09:53:00 -
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If you can make 5 bil in an hour, you're either doing it right or insane.
Maybe both.
ISD Dorrim Barstorlode
Lieutenant
Community Communication Liasions (CCLs)
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Bruce Kemp
Clandestine Vector
THE SPACE P0LICE
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Posted - 2012.09.10 09:54:00 -
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Since RMT was introduced, rich has lost all meaning in eve.
EG: work for 1 week in real life, earn -ú1000, buy Time codes sell Time codes = richest in eve?
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Anya Ohaya
School of Applied Knowledge
Caldari State
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Posted - 2012.09.10 10:39:00 -
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I'd be a lot richer I had hadn't plexed two accounts for about a year. |
Doddy
Excidium.
Executive Outcomes
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Posted - 2012.09.10 10:46:00 -
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Chimpy B wrote:John Ratcliffe wrote:1 Billion ISK is nothing. I can make that in a week doing 2 missions a night after work. I don't believe this :-) 14 L4 missions @ maybe average 20mil a time with good salvage ~= 300 mill.
He didn't say which missions tbh, maybe he only does the best ones. Or maybe its level 5s, or fw missions, i hear they pay good these days.
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Josef Djugashvilis
The Scope
Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2012.09.10 10:51:00 -
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William Walker wrote:Does anyone else get annoyed if they go under a certain amount? It's like a basis I don't want to go below, for me it is 2 bil. Just in case, I always say.
I would like to have a 5 bill cushion - someday. No idea why, it just sounds like a decent isk buffer.
Broadly speaking, so long as my incoming isk is greater than my ship losses, I am a happy soul.
You want fries with that? |
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