Flying Solo In EVE: Halfway Through 2026

I have to admit that over the last week or so work has gotten a little hectic and I haven't played a lot of video games, much less EVE Online.  I've also spent what turned into a significant part of my free time going down the AI rabbit hole, mostly related to EVE content. Is my current run of playing EVE steadily, now approaching the end of month 7, slowing down?

Average and peak concurrency - 23-29 June 2026

I'm not the only one slowing down. Last week the average number of accounts logged in at any one time dropped down to 25,000 +/- 500 accounts. An expected decline after the launch of Cradle of War a couple of weeks ago and still at the average number for the first five months of the year. I'm really interested to see if the summer slow down begins in July or somehow is delayed until August.

The Global PLEX Markt

One thing that didn't slow down was Fenris Creations' end of quarter sales. The big one was a New Eden Store sale where Omega game time was marked 25% off until 2359 UTC today. Since time in the NES is sold using PLEX, that created a big demand, pushing the average price of a single PLEX to over 5 million ISK. The demand (and price) settled down but the average price of PLEX on the global PLEX market finished the week up 4.4%.

Finally comes an update on my alts. I've almost run out of multiple character training time on the character I started training at the beginning of April. The training plan I set out to become a max skill Sacrilege pilot completes a little after midnight UTC tomorrow. I probably need to use the rest of the time to learn some of the social skills to enhance my PvE payouts.

After that I can concentrate on my newest character, a Minmatar Vherokior who still needs to finish up in Exordium and then take the shipcaster to Amo to begin the life of a Minmatar citizen. I still have 2 months of multiple character training to use and a lot of PLEX saved up. If MCT goes on sale in the NES I might take advantage and lock myself into playing regularly for the rest of the year. Assuming EVE Frontier doesn't drag me back in, of course.