Flying Solo In EVE: Relocating To The Ani Constellation

I'm now into my fourth month playing EVE daily or almost daily again. I don't PLEX my accounts but I have a suspicion the continued fall of the price of PLEX has something to do with player concurrency on Tranquility.

Once again last week the average concurrent users logged onto Tranquility was 24,000 +/- 500 accounts. I did a little math using Jester's average concurrent users chart per year and in February the monthly average was 24,518 accounts logged in at any one time. For the first two months of 2026, an average of 25,400 accounts were logged in at any one time.

For the week, the average price of PLEX on the global PLEX market was stable, only increasing by 10,000 ISK during the week. For the week, only 31.9 trillion ISK was spent to purchase the equivalent of 15,244 months of game time, both lows for the year so far. Week-over-week the amount of PLEX purchased fell 9.6% and the amount of ISK spent on PLEX by 9.9%

Now for my in-game activities. I'm moving back to the Ani Constellation in Metropolis. My first deployment to the area was back in 2011 when I ran the high sec COSMOS missions on my way to getting 9.9 standings with the Minmatar Republic. My goal this year is to gradually gain the loyalty points for an Odysseus, the new Sisters of EVE exploration battlecruiser. Back in 2016-2017 I ground out the LP and mining to build a Nestor.

This year I decided to do something a little different. I went to Copilot and let the AI select fits for the two ships I plan on using for security missions in the constellation: the Ishtar and the Ishkur. Copilot selected the Gallente heavy assault cruiser to blitz the Sisters missions out of Lanngisi. When I just need to kill NPCs to meet the AIR Daily Goals I can use the Gallente assault frigate. Copilot insists an armor-tanked Ishkur can handle the level 1 and level 2 missions given out by the Krusual Tribe even with the natural explosive armor hole. Well, I did want to test out whether Copilot knows EVE. I just wish the AI would remember that the new slot layout for the Ishkur is 4 high/4 mid/3 lows.

Since getting the PLEX and skill points from the AIR Daily Goals is part of my plan, my Pioneer will come in handy for mining and Prowler for the distribution missions. I didn't ask Copilot for fits, especially for the Prowler. I might let the AI try fitting my mining ships next, but not now.

Doing the missions in Ani has another advantage. The pilot I am using is my industrial/market/hauling pilot. With Hek the first system outside the constellation, keeping my market orders up to date will be easier than before. 

For now though, I'll just putter around seeing if Copilot is as smart about EVE as it thinks it is.