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Ficus McCloud
Brutor Tribe Minmatar Republic
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Posted - 2016.03.26 08:25:24 -
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i have a charatcter with 32 int and 26 mem (it has +5 implants for both stats) - which i believe it is the max attainable, correct?
for what i see, a skill injector is 650m on the market, while a skill extractor is 250m. so there is a net of 400m. let's say 370m to cover fees and market variations.
with these stats, in a month i gain 2.5m skill points if i train int/mem skills only, which are 5 skill injectors. so each month i can earn 5*370m= 1.87m isk. since a plex is about 1.1m, each month i gain 1.5 months of gameplay (of course, with no skill improvement).
therefore, is it possible to pay for monthly subscription using skill extractors? or am i missing something? |
Tipa Riot
Federal Navy Academy Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2016.03.26 11:52:20 -
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No, you are basically right, but a bit less. A perfect remap pilot gets you 3.88 skill injectors per 30 days/PLEX (2700 SP/h). I'm surprised as well that the SP farmers can't keep up with the demand for SP.
I'm my own NPC alt.
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Ficus McCloud
Brutor Tribe Minmatar Republic
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Posted - 2016.03.26 12:46:27 -
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well, if it's only 3.88 injectors/30 days it is not that lucrative..
it's only 3.88*370m= 1.44b
since a plex costs 1.04b, you only get 400m for one month with no skill progression. it is a very little margin/revenue for 1 month (although it is almost afk) |
Memphis Baas
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Posted - 2016.03.26 13:26:21 -
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So, the answer is YES it's possible right now, and actually returns a profit of a few hundred million per month. Which means that quite a few people will do it; we even have a name for it: SP farm alts. So the supply of skill injectors is expected to increase as more and more people do it, and prices will eventually balance with the cost of PLEX.
You're seeing capitalism in action; if there's profit, people will do it until the profit disappears, at which point fewer people do it and there's less supply thus price increases, at which point people start doing it again for profit, until equilibrium is reached. |
Kaybella Hakaari
State War Academy Caldari State
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Posted - 2016.03.26 21:05:22 -
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Ficus McCloud wrote:well, if it's only 3.88 injectors/30 days it is not that lucrative..
it's only 3.88*370m= 1.44b
since a plex costs 1.04b, you only get 400m for one month with no skill progression. it is a very little margin/revenue for 1 month (although it is almost afk) That's if you just sat and did nothing but farm SP. If the char can, say, run sites or missions, that's more than sitting still. |
Shiloh Templeton
Center for Advanced Studies Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2016.03.26 21:29:16 -
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It allows specialty characters like cyno and PI alts, or fully trained characters to play the game for free with very little effort. For isk generation it's more questionable since plex and injector prices can change.
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Tipa Riot
Federal Navy Academy Gallente Federation
2327
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Posted - 2016.03.26 21:34:33 -
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Ficus McCloud wrote:well, if it's only 3.88 injectors/30 days it is not that lucrative..
it's only 3.88*370m= 1.44b
since a plex costs 1.04b, you only get 400m for one month with no skill progression. it is a very little margin/revenue for 1 month (although it is almost afk) Plus a free account ... and it's scalable, just add one more char and get another 400, and so on (if you take the initial investment of 5.5m SP before you can extract).
I'm my own NPC alt.
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Iria Ahrens
Space Perverts and Forum Pirates
885
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Posted - 2016.03.27 01:34:32 -
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Of course ,the price of PLEX is falling...
My choice of pronouns is based on your avatar. Even if I know what is behind the avatar.
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Ficus McCloud
Brutor Tribe Minmatar Republic
8
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Posted - 2016.03.27 09:04:07 -
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thanks for all the replies.
i have no alts, so probabily i will wait for a month or so to see how prices go. i would not want to pay 100Gé¼ to get aurum to get skill extractors + 2 alt characters skilling for two months, only to discover that next month injector prices fall to 100m/month revenue (as in these 2 months maybe people are training alts to 5.5m sp to sell skill injectors) |
Memphis Baas
1375
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Posted - 2016.03.27 13:56:28 -
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The skill injectors thing was announced many months ago, and within a few days people predicted the initial prices and the settle prices.
You can assume that everyone looking to profit from SP farm alts has started these alts back in January. With a subscription, the maximum training rate is 2700 points per hour = 1.9 million points per month, so the initial 5.5 million points would take 87 days, 3 months.
So yeah, wait 1 more month, then see.
OR
You can always train a useful alt. 5.5 million points can get you a market + PI alt, or a mining alt, cyno/scout, etc. |
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Ficus McCloud
Brutor Tribe Minmatar Republic
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Posted - 2016.03.27 16:54:57 -
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mm those mining, cyno/scout, etc. alts you are mentioning.. they need to be on a different account, correct? otherwise i can't log in simultaneously with my main character and alt.
also, by using a new account instead of creating a new character in the same account, i can get the refer a friend PLEX and 21 days of trial account, correct? |
Memphis Baas
1378
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Posted - 2016.03.27 17:17:24 -
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Yes. |
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