In Isk We Trust: the EVE Online IskBank Exposed

Posted by Soulskill on Thursday March 10, 2011 @05:43AM from the massively-multiplayer-black-market dept.

riverni writes "Eve News 24 is running a couple of articles uncovering the lucrative 'black-market' existing in EVE Online, a sci-fi themed single-server MMORPG. The overall scale of the operation is breathtaking. While there exist legal ways to exchange real world currency for in-game currency, the black market, primarily driven by botters (users who utilize automated macros to perform rewardable tasks in game), remains strong. One article reports on how Iskbank.com made approximately $290,000 in sales during a 10.5-month period. These figures do not include any sales made through their sister site, Eveisk.ru and yes, those are US dollars."

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Re:Currency conversion and a reference of the valu by SuricouRaven · 2011-03-10 06:51 · Score: 5, Informative

Just to give you all some idea.

US$30 = 350,000.000 ISK.
One battleship, unfit = 65,000,000 ISK
One battleship, moderate kick-ass fit = 150,000,000 ISK.

So it's roughly $15 to buy a battleship. Not the best around, but decent enough to be a potent weapon in a fleet.