Plex costs
Sales
This is my summary of the sales, as the come up, which I provide a feed to Pandemic Horde #csm channel.
Current lowest cost seen: $6.35 per month. (Feb 2023)
Last sale: October 13th, 2023 - $7.85 per month (or 1.41 bil isk per month)
CCP, please stop making me do this. Gamifying your pricing makes it hard to predict if people want to play.
Last update: October 27th, 2023 back to default prices.
Note, if you are alpha and wait a week, you can get somewhat of a deal.
Current Default Prices
1 Month - $19.99
3 Month - $15.99 per month, $47.98
6 Month - $14.49 per month, $86.95
12 Month - $12.49 per month, $149.90
24 Month - $11.29 per month, $270.99
50 plex - $2.49 - 20.08 plex per dollar
100 plex - $4.99 - 20.04 plex per dollar
250 plex - $12.49 - 20.02 plex per dollar
500 plex - $24.99 - 20.01 plex per dollar
1,000 plex - $44.99 - 22.23 plex per dollar
1,500 plex - $64.99 - 23.08 plex per dollar
3,000 plex - $124.99 - 24.00 plex per dollar
6,000 plex - $239.99 - 25.00 plex per dollar
12,000 plex - $419.99 - 28.57 plex per dollar
20,000 plex - $649.99 - 30.77 plex per dollar
One week sale prices
These vary a LOT, so this is just the snap shot from the date above.
1 Month - $14.99
1 Month plus retriever and 100 plex - $17.99 * aka Prospector pack
3 Months - $13.57 per month, $40.70 total
In game Default Omega time
1 Month Omega - 500 plex
3 Month Omega - 1,200 plex
6 Month Omega - 2,100 plex
12 Month Omega - 3,600 plex
24 Month Omega - 6,600 plex
In Game Starter Packs
(Note, these are often not worth it and can only be done once.)
Bronze - 14 days omega, 100k sp, 4 skins, 1 advanced sp booster - 350 plex
Silver - 30 day omega, 250k sp, 6 skins, 1 advanced sp booster - 650 plex
Gold - 2 months omega, 500k sp, 10 skins, 1 specialist sp booster, 4 outfits - 940 plex
Platinum - 3 months omega, 150k sp, 5 skins, 1 expert sp booster, 2 Multiple pilot trainings, 10 skill extractors - 2,145 plex
Skill Points (SP) Costs
CCP is running a special right now:
1530 plex - Master Bundle - 1.75 mil sp +standard 'boost' cereberal Accelerator (+4 attributes, 8 days with bio 5) - 6 sp/min - 69.12k sp
1014 plex = Prodigy Bundle - 1.05 mil sp + Advanced 'boost' cereberal accelerator (+6 attributes, 12 days with bio 5) - 9 sp/min - 155.52k sp
820 plex = Graduate Bundle - 0.7 mil sp + specialist 'boost' cerebral accelerator (+8 attributes, 16 days with bio 5) - 12 sp/min - 276.48k sp
658 plex = Novice Bundle - 0.35 mil sp + expert 'boost' cerebral accelerator (+10 attributes, 20 days with bio 5) - 15 sp/min - 432k sp
565 plex = Apprentice Bundle - 0.05 mil sp + genius 'boost' cerebral accelerator (+12 attributes, 24 days with bio 5) - 18 sp/min - 622.08k sp
Assuming plex at 5 mil isk per:
Master - 1.189 SP per plex, or 4,205 isk per SP
Prodigy - 1.188 SP per plex, or 4,205 isk per SP
Graduate - 1,191 SP per plex, or 4,199 isk per SP
Novice - 1,188 SP per plex, or 4,207 isk per SP
Apprentice - 1,189 SP per plex, or 4,203 isk per SP
And with 882.8 Mil Large Skill injectors, It depends on how many skill points you have.
<5M Large Skill Injector - 500k SP - 1,766 isk per SP
<50M Large Skill Injector - 400k SP - 2,207 isk per SP
<80M Large Skill Injector - 300k SP - 2,943 isk per SP
>80M Large Skill Injector - 150k SP - 5,885 isk per SP
Value of Recuiter/Career agents
And the value of the different promotions for skill points, circa Q4 2023.
<5M Skill points - Recruiter link 1M == 2 Large Skill Injectors, aka 1.8 bil; Career Agents 750k == 1.5 Large skill Injectors, aka 1.3 bil.
<50M Skill points - Recruiter link 1M == 2.5 Large Skill Injectors, aka 2.2 bil; Career Agents 750k == 1.875 Large skill Injectors, aka 1.7 bil.
<80M Skill points - Recruiter link 1M == 3.33 Large Skill Injectors, aka 2.9 bil; Career Agents 750k == 2.5 Large skill Injectors, aka 2.2 bil.
>80M Skill points - Recruiter link 1M == 6.66 Large Skill Injectors, aka 5.9 bil; Career Agents 750k == 5 Large skill Injectors, aka 4.4 bil.
Stop gamifying buying your game.
I am annoyed that CCP is gamifying their game costs. There shouldn't be an optimal strategy, it should just be a set price.
What this means is that I need to pick and choose when I pay for my game, and that's really annoying.
I shouldn't have to do math like this to figure it if it's worth it to buy/sell something.
I have been tracking this awhile, and the current best deal was Feb 2023. But who can tell.
All while newbies are getting fleeced for $25 for a single month through deceptive practices.