easy isk doesn't result in people being any richer, it only results in prices being higher.

This. Just like higher mining yields just depress mineral prices and thus do not increase mining income. And so on and so forth.

If people were all complaining that they all have loads of isk but can't afford anything then this might be a problem - but I get the feeling that people are complaining about isk faucets because it seems like people can afford much more

easy isk doesn't result in people being any richer, it only results in prices being higher.

In addition the income inflation is not uniform across the playerbase, it's new high income activities focused in Hisec.

Much of which in turn ends up in the pockets of alliance leadership via moongoo stranglehold, but the average rank and file nullseccer never sees this income except in the form of ship programs or paid logistics fees, if they're lucky.

Moon goo doesn't cause any inflation. It does not produce any isk.

Because it makes the game mostly pointless if losses don't hurt.

In 2004 BS were a big deal and losing one hurt, now most people shrug off capital and faction BS losses like they don't matter.

Indeed, it simply provides an avenue for ISK to move from those in high sec to those in nullsec, in large quantities.

but the numerical value of the price is not actually relevant - what is is how much effort/time that item required from me which is a (subtly) different thing.

I don't buy this at all.

Candy is right. The very real risk of loss (or achievement) is what makes the eve experience so intense. The less subjective value these things have, the more trivialized and boring the gaming experience gets.

Proof: Look at SiSi. You can have as much pvp as you want at virtually no cost. It's completely boring because it's meaningless and because there is no real risk of losing anything valuable.

As in real life it's much more fun to be rich in Eve - you can have more shiny things, take bigger risks with them (why yes I will PvP with my faction fit battleship instead of treating it like a precious treasure and just ship spinning with it). What's more if money is easy to come by then you don't need to do the boring grind stuff (ie. *working*) you can spend more time messing about and having a good time doing fun things (ie. *playing*).

It should be apparent though if the increased supply of isk has reduced PvP via the various killboards. I wonder if they have graphs of activity over time (would be trivial for them to create from their DBs even if they don't)

Not that I disagree with your main point, but I'll just say that there is absolutely nothing wrong with collecting isk for the sake of collecting isk. And so what if I buy a shiny ship just to spin around? Yes, I expect haters to hate. But these idiots are usually the same ones collecting kills. And what does a PVPer do with his precious killboard? Just as in the isk/ship collector's case; absolutely nothing.

So let those that blanket themselves in hate and jealousy do it. Because you will not be able to reason them out of an idea they did not reason themselves in the first place. You'll have more success asking a rock to move.

I think it's safe to assume that the increase in ISK supply is not detrimental to pvp in itself, as less effort is required to replace a ship. People are just switching to more expensive ships. But to keep things interesting at this pace, CCP would have to introduce higher end ships regularly. The better (and actually sustainable) solution is to balance isk faucets/sinks and risk/reward.

What is considered rich in Eve?

OP doesn't understand inflation.

More liquid ISK = harder for newbies = less newbies = less money for ccp.

When attrition of older players < amount of staying newbies, CCP will slowly go out of business.

I still want to know what is considered rich in this game...

I still want to know what is considered rich in this game...

1bil?
5bil?
10bil?
25bil?
How ever much Chirbba has?