I agree with this. A remap is more useful if you can plan on it or apply it without effecting the availability your next remap.

For example I am current on a IM remap. I plan to switch to a PW remap sometime in July or later when my next remap is available. I could use a short charisma remap (couldn't we all?) but any remap I chose now I would be stuck with for a year.

Maybe the lesson we should learn is to hold off until after every christmas before doing any remaps thus letting us stack the remap when and if it comes (it's been two years in a row that we've got one.)

Anyway, I will still probably choose the remap on all my accounts even though I might not use it simply because it is the one thing I can't buy. Also, who knows if they won't do something wacky like give us 2 or 3 or give us a 24-hour window for a free remap like last time. You really can't go wrong betting on a CCP screw-up.

Fuel Blocks: POS owners will choose this and sell the 3 they don't need. Lots of market warriors will pick this to sell. I don't see a goldmine here, will probably become LESS profitable the longer you wait to sell it once everyone and their dog starts churning out blocks. 40-65m

+3 Implants - a safe 50m, pick this if you hate speculation. Also goes great with your shiny new 60 day trial alt.


CA-1 - A fitting Implant that I really don't see passing beyond 150m isk any time soon. Its visibility is limited to contracts however, so could be very flexible. Given some time this is probably one of the better gifts to pick for isk.


Aurum - Makes monocle more affordable. Smarter move would be to hold onto this if you don't care about the petty 40-100m you could potentially make on the other gifts. The Nex store will eventually (hopefully sooner than later) be expanded, and those new item's will certainly be worth some dough at first.


So in closing:
-Wait to see if remap comes back and if change is decent.
-Aurum is probably best pick overall, but will probably be a while before you get to use it on nice new things.
-CA-1 is second best but also will take time before coming to fruition.
-+3 implant set and fuel blocks are 3rd best, and the sales will be immediate/same week as x-mas.
-Everything else is for personal use and fun.

Anyone Disagree?

Hmm. Ive never used a remap. My main has 3 of them. Are you saying if i was to use one I would have to wait a year to use another? Or are those 3 already whats considered "bonus" remaps?

the fuel blocks will render goons efforts pretty useless for a while i'd imagine.

forgive me if i'm wrong but isnt trying to push the price up of ice materials what goons are doing? then ccp come along and magic some out of thin air and inject it into the market?

i dont take much notice of what goons do tbh, i just read the forums from time to time. might have got the wrong end of the stick.

Absolutely nothing.

Reason being, 99% of smart people playing EVE will opt for the one thing isk cant buy - The Re-map.

I think we can expect remaps from some dumb people too. The button for remaps is on the webpage and someone will click it by accident, you know it being so close to the destroyers after all. The remap will be used to boost cha because the player wants to look nice.