Flying Solo In EVE: The New Epic Arc For Beginners

I'm still in the fascination phase with EVE Online's summer expansion, Cradle of War. But the honeymoon is beginning to wear off as I feel myself drawn to completing some blogging research tasks. Some of these tasks have taken hours even with the assistance of AI, as I had to QA the output. 

For the week of 15-21 June 2026

I think I'm not the only one who's attention is wondering. EVE-Offline.net showed last week the average number of accounts logged in at any one time remained at 26,000 +/- 500 accounts. But in the middle of the week the line reached 27,000 accounts before returning to 26,000 over the weekend.

Price and sales volume on the global PLEX market

The price of PLEX remained constant, with the average daily price falling less than 1% over the course of the week. The volume of PLEX sold did spike, thanks in part to a big 25% off sale in the EVE Store which is ongoing until 28 June. Expect a lot of activity on the global PLEX market in the next 5-7 days as today Fenris announced a 25% off Omega time sale in the in-game New Eden Store. This means that for the next 5 days, one can spend $93.75 for 3000 PLEX, spend 2700 to get one year of Omega gametime, and have 300 PLEX left over. Plus, I hear the SKINs that come with the sale in the online store look pretty good. EVE for $7.81/month compared to the $20/month standard for one month at a time or $144/year ($12/month) the company usually charges for a year is kind of insane.

Supply of PLEX on sell orders, approximately 1 hour after downtime

A new graph I've been working on shows the effects of the sale already. An hour after downtime yesterday the global PLEX market had 225,559 PLEX in 191 sell orders. This morning, the supply had decreased down to 114,615 PLEX in 63 sell orders. If the developers wanted to decrease the supply of PLEX, they may have done so. We'll have a better idea next week.

Finally, my experience in Exordium continued last week. I completed the 4 career agents I wanted to work with, leaving the Soldier of Fortune career track agent alone. I then went on to the new epic arc designed for new players: Visions of Greatness. The epic arc is designed to introduce new players to some of the base lore for each of the four NPC empires. A good idea. However, I did encounter a problem. Each of the four main faction missions requires flying one of that faction's ships. Actually a good idea, but I encountered a problem. I needed to train into each of the ships, including some of the weaponry.

Like I said, a good idea. If someone completes Visions of Greatness, they will have all the basic skills to sit in an Astero. Then, if they want to continue down the Sisters' ship line they can use the shipcaster in Dettisolin to jump to Amo. Perfect for those choosing Minmatar, and perhaps even Gallente.

The fly in the ointment is learning the skills to fly the ships. I had to pause my progress to learn the skills. I guess if I were an actual new player I could have run Sisters missions while waiting for my skills to finish. Instead I went ahead and worked on my second alt. I managed to finish up 3 personal goals in military campaigns last week. A good use of my time, but would a new player have the ability to do that? No. Perhaps a stronger hint about how to earn skill points might be in order. Just saying.