Of course it takes money out of the game. CCP wants 600M or something from you for a plex. That means that CCP takes 600M out of the game.

Of course it takes money out of the game. CCP wants 600M or something from you for a plex. That means that CCP takes 600M out of the game.

Because in one thread someone said plex price is raising 15% a year ....

How PLEX works.

Player A goes to the eve online website and purchases a PLEX and redeems it in game.

Player A then sells PLEX on the market for ##### isk.

Player B needs a PLEX to either extend an account or use it for some other service CCP provides.

Player B buys a PLEX/PLEX's from the market and Player A gets isk for said sell.

Its a transfer of ISK from 1 player to another. The only isk removed from this is from the sells tax from Player A.

When did they change the price of an item from sink or faucet list?

No, that's not how it works. To answer your original question: CCP does nothing because it's a player controlled market.

*During the dr.'s presentation at fan fest he mentioned that CCP did take measures to stop the sudden spike in plex prices in game, because they were afraid of the bubble, so the price stabilized and steadily climbed, he never said how they did it however, but I personally think that when ccp bans and account or confiscates monies that they take the plex too if its a bot account, thuse they have all these plex's they can use on accounts long dead. But that's me.

So what's up with the rising PLEX prices?

According to CCP, usage of PLEXes has increased steadily year on year as the playerbase has grown and new services acceping PLEX have been introduced, but the stock on the market hasn't increased. The price has risen sharply in the past few months to over 710 million ISK, but the number on the market has decreased. PLEX in the EVE economy acts almost like gold in the real world, making it a reliable investment.

On the question of how high prices could go for PLEX if the market were left unchecked, Dr Eyjo commented that the prices on the Chinese server, Serenity, have already reached 3.6 billion ISK per PLEX. It was revealed that CCP actually intervened in the PLEX market to prevent a runaway price spike just a few weeks ago by selling some PLEX from the EVE Central Reserves on the open market.

A net value of around 20-25 trillion ISK is reportedly injected into the game each month, a level that Dr Eyjo insists isn't enough to cause any inflationary problems in the economy.

Now it would be nice to know how much ISK CCP puts into the game and off the game. It is kinda hard to believe that the community generates more ISK with npc pirate bounty and mission rewards than it destroys with all the other points from the other list.

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Well - I used google and didn't find any information about what I asked. There were no information about if they change any spawn rates of NPCs or if they do something else to work against inflation.

**more on topic:

Punitively fining "pirates" in high sec would be a GREAT ISK sink! Yay! Fatally fine the pirates!

Because all the prices and rewards are static, CCP can't setup anything to work against inflation or deflation. Or am I wrong?

Yeah, you're wrong. CCP can create inflation or deflation by adjusting the availability of mineral resources.

Except that has nothing to do with inflation or deflation.
Refer to my earlier post about misunderstanding inflation as opposed to supply & demand.

TLDR Version, No, you are wrong.

Of course it takes money out of the game. CCP wants 600M or something from you for a plex. That means that CCP takes 600M out of the game.

Hang on what now?

Supply, demand and confidence are at the root of inflation. High demand , low supply pushes up what people will pay for an item , therefore making it cost more. ergo the price inflates.

When this happens on a broad front across the economy you get inflation

Low demand, high supply leads to merchants falling over themselves to sell their goods, thereby competing with each other, and the price people are willing to pay, ergo the price deflates.

When this happens on a broad front across the economy you get deflation.


messing around with mineral resources can lead to inflation or deflation.

Anything else is semantics

For me personally plex is just about at a breaking point if it goes up much higher I will not be able to maintain my play style and will have to drop my second account that would lead to me dropping both accounts as playing EVE with only one account just doesn't work for me.

For PvE playstyles, inflation is countered by power creep. It doesn't really conform with CCP's 'anti-power creep' stance, but it's what they're doing anyway.

Of course it takes money out of the game. CCP wants 600M or something from you for a plex. That means that CCP takes 600M out of the game.

Not always.

CCP keeps a pretty close eye on the rate at which PLEX prices change, and they have been known to sell plex directly in game themselves to control that rate of change*. In that case, the money goes into some CCP vault as is not returned to the economy like it would be if the purchase was made from another player.


*Note: It's my understanding that it's the rate of change of the price (+öp) that CCP cares about, not necessarily the actual in game price (p).

Except CCP has said that plex is all funded off banned accounts. They have never GENERATED plex to sell you. Only put existing locked plex onto the market.

Except CCP has said that plex is all funded off banned accounts. They have never GENERATED plex to sell you. Only put existing locked plex onto the market.

Sure I could spend the RL cash and while I like EVE it isn't worth the 30 a month to me I would rather go out for a drink one more time a month then spend the money on a game.

Sorry if you can't play for free anymore. Bye.


On a side note, it would suck if the PLEX mechanic jammed because of player price speculation. Maybe CCP could consider putting a time limit on PLEXs, to prevent hoarding?

I love the player driven market, but PLEX speculation may have nasty out-of-game effects.

Sorry if you can't play for free anymore. Bye.

EVE is dying, only I can save it, but I don't want to have to grind too much even though I easily make 700 Mil ISK in a few hours.