The newly introduced skill trading in the MMORPG EVE Online seems to be paying off for the developer studio CCP Games.
The player Stromgren, from the alliance Darkness, spent 437 billion ISK or 350 PLEX worth 6,982.50 USD on the newly introduced skill injectors to grant his character more than 100 million skill points overnight. In the game, it would take about 4.3 years to collect this amount of skill points. As a result, his character became the highest-skilled hero in the MMO – but only for a short time.
Then shortly after, a player named IronBank created a new character in the game. For this, he purchased skill injectors worth around 28,000 USD to bring all the skills he could acquire to level 5. He needed 2,846 injectors to administer 473,344,000 skill points to his character. To earn this, one would need more than 20 years.
Is skill trading good or bad for EVE Online?
This has led to some discussions within the EVE Online community. The newly introduced skill trading system was already controversial, and the mentioned examples further fuel the criticism. Some players believe that it diminishes their own success when someone can create a max-level character instantly by spending real money.
Others do not see it that way, as a character like this does not have any real advantages over those who earn their 30 to 50 million skill points themselves. Others were annoyed that IronBank did this live in a stream to promote his betting website, through which he earned the money he used to buy skill points in EVE Online.
The skill trading of the MMORPG remains a controversial feature. What do you think about skill trading in EVE Online?
