# Is EVE a saving money simulator or what? Everybody seems obsessed about accumulating ISK **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [September 4, 2019, 4:02pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/is-eve-a-saving-money-simulator-or-what-everybody-seems-obsessed-about-accumulating-isk/187817 "2019-09-04T16:02:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Britainius](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/britainius/32/158506_2.png) [@Britainius](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Britainius)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2019, 12:36pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/is-eve-a-saving-money-simulator-or-what-everybody-seems-obsessed-about-accumulating-isk/187817/22 "2019-09-05T12:36:32Z")
Why did you play board games? Monopoly, go for broke, game of life. No computer, not digital but fun. Not just 2 to 4 players but thousands. Interact with many people not just a few. There are logical reasons for doing the things we do in the game. Cures boredom, its a release from reality, stress free and its your “me” time. ---
**Author:** ![Charley\_Varrick](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/charley_varrick/32/134094_2.png) [@Charley\_Varrick](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Charley_Varrick)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2019, 12:53pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/is-eve-a-saving-money-simulator-or-what-everybody-seems-obsessed-about-accumulating-isk/187817/23 "2019-09-05T12:53:53Z")
> [@Awesome\_Breasts\_Granny](#): > > Why do you need ISK? > > Specially: why industrialists need ISK? You just accumulate a digital number in a video game. > > You WORK A LOT to increase this number and apparently that’s all your goals here. > > Seems pointless lol. Why do you need kills on your kill board? specially: Why do PvPers need kills on kill boards? You just accumulate a digital number on an external web site. You WORK A LOT to increase this number and apparently that’s all your goals here. The point is… Play the way you like and don’t trash others for playing the way they like. ---
**Author:** ![Karak\_Terrel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/karak_terrel/32/373453_2.png) [@Karak\_Terrel](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Karak_Terrel)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2019, 1:45pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/is-eve-a-saving-money-simulator-or-what-everybody-seems-obsessed-about-accumulating-isk/187817/24 "2019-09-05T13:45:15Z")
Don’t discurrage them! They have to grind that ISK for bling mods, so I can take it from their wrecks and finance my contiguous ganking without having to grind myself. You have to look at the whole ecosystem. Those people are important. ---
**Author:** ![Ms\_Steak](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/ms_steak/32/168834_2.png) [@Ms\_Steak](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Ms_Steak)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2019, 2:15pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/is-eve-a-saving-money-simulator-or-what-everybody-seems-obsessed-about-accumulating-isk/187817/25 "2019-09-05T14:15:15Z")
People like “watching numbers grow” because that makes them happy. That concept is hugely exploited by idle/clicker games, but not foreign for most (all) other games: “hi score”, game currency, character stats or player’s rank. ---
**Author:** ![Nana\_Skalski](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/nana_skalski/32/489985_2.png) [@Nana\_Skalski](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Nana_Skalski)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2019, 2:30pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/is-eve-a-saving-money-simulator-or-what-everybody-seems-obsessed-about-accumulating-isk/187817/26 "2019-09-05T14:30:56Z")
This game was made for people with Excel skills, so they can have advantage over the kids at last. ---
**Author:** ![Salt\_Foambreaker](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/salt_foambreaker/32/280119_2.png) [@Salt\_Foambreaker](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Salt_Foambreaker)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2019, 3:42pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/is-eve-a-saving-money-simulator-or-what-everybody-seems-obsessed-about-accumulating-isk/187817/27 "2019-09-05T15:42:14Z")
Because EVE is a strategy game and isk is a measure of success. Guess if all you do is ride the Merry Go Round that might not make sense. ---
**Author:** ![Entereen\_Valcaltus](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/entereen_valcaltus/32/172082_2.png) [@Entereen\_Valcaltus](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Entereen_Valcaltus)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2019, 8:46pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/is-eve-a-saving-money-simulator-or-what-everybody-seems-obsessed-about-accumulating-isk/187817/28 "2019-09-05T20:46:59Z")
1. Buy PLEX 2.sell PLEX for Isk 1. Success ! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Figaro\_Devars](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/figaro_devars/32/511786_2.png) [@Figaro\_Devars](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Figaro_Devars)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2019, 8:57pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/is-eve-a-saving-money-simulator-or-what-everybody-seems-obsessed-about-accumulating-isk/187817/29 "2019-09-05T20:57:39Z")
Eve Online: teaching Americans how to manage money and resist compulsive spending since 2003. ---
**Author:** ![Crimson\_Draufgange](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/crimson_draufgange/32/149779_2.png) [@Crimson\_Draufgange](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Crimson_Draufgange)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2019, 8:58pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/is-eve-a-saving-money-simulator-or-what-everybody-seems-obsessed-about-accumulating-isk/187817/30 "2019-09-05T20:58:43Z")
> [@Gowa\_Hyasyoda](#): > > Besides, once your space rich you will never want to go back to being a poor S.O.B who can’t afford to do anything ever again. So just like real life basically. EVE is a real life simulator. ---
**Author:** ![Compo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/compo/32/167680_2.png) [@Compo](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Compo)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2019, 9:51pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/is-eve-a-saving-money-simulator-or-what-everybody-seems-obsessed-about-accumulating-isk/187817/31 "2019-09-05T21:51:08Z")
Lets just adjust your quote and make it a bit more realistic 🤣 > [@Entereen\_Valcaltus](#): > > 1. Buy PLEX [with real cash] > > 2.sell PLEX for Isk [pretend cash] > > 1. Success ! [smartest person in world] honestly] now lives in pretend basement on pretend food life going well 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Miulan\_Ng](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/miulan_ng/32/167268_2.png) [@Miulan\_Ng](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Miulan_Ng)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2019, 9:58pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/is-eve-a-saving-money-simulator-or-what-everybody-seems-obsessed-about-accumulating-isk/187817/32 "2019-09-05T21:58:58Z")
Not facebook devs. ---
**Author:** ![Entereen\_Valcaltus](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/entereen_valcaltus/32/172082_2.png) [@Entereen\_Valcaltus](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Entereen_Valcaltus)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2019, 10:41pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/is-eve-a-saving-money-simulator-or-what-everybody-seems-obsessed-about-accumulating-isk/187817/33 "2019-09-05T22:41:49Z")
1 ) go to movie = cash 1. 2 hours of entertainment = nothing 2. who does this? = most of the whole world including you! ---
**Author:** ![Compo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/compo/32/167680_2.png) [@Compo](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Compo)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2019, 12:42am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/is-eve-a-saving-money-simulator-or-what-everybody-seems-obsessed-about-accumulating-isk/187817/34 "2019-09-06T00:42:53Z")
![sarc](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/original/3X/c/2/c2b9859796667dd036692709400db348a488de4b.jpeg) FYI - Has NEVER paid real money to watch a movie EVER I support the liberation of movies 😘 ---
**Author:** ![Entereen\_Valcaltus](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/entereen_valcaltus/32/172082_2.png) [@Entereen\_Valcaltus](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Entereen_Valcaltus)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2019, 12:49am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/is-eve-a-saving-money-simulator-or-what-everybody-seems-obsessed-about-accumulating-isk/187817/35 "2019-09-06T00:49:50Z")
You could start a walk 😀 ---
**Author:** ![Salt\_Foambreaker](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/salt_foambreaker/32/280119_2.png) [@Salt\_Foambreaker](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Salt_Foambreaker)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2019, 2:53pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/is-eve-a-saving-money-simulator-or-what-everybody-seems-obsessed-about-accumulating-isk/187817/36 "2019-09-06T14:53:12Z")
> [@Entereen\_Valcaltus](#): > > 1. Buy PLEX > > 2.sell PLEX for Isk > > 1. Success ! 🙂 That’s for people who have no personal sense of success and only care about what others think. ---
**Author:** ![Entereen\_Valcaltus](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/entereen_valcaltus/32/172082_2.png) [@Entereen\_Valcaltus](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Entereen_Valcaltus)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2019, 10:10am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/is-eve-a-saving-money-simulator-or-what-everybody-seems-obsessed-about-accumulating-isk/187817/37 "2019-09-07T10:10:55Z")
I don’t base my Idea of personal success or the success of someone else in a game ( I care about what my wife thinks) **strong text** [Compo](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/**Compo)\*\* [3d](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/is-eve-a-saving-money-simulator-or-what-everybody-seems-obsessed-about-accumulating-isk/187817/12?u=entereen_valcaltus) ![goals.jpg](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/original/3X/9/d/9d21181616d908b01f6ee491a256150ef58d7d6a.jpeg) Yes I’m whipped and sometimes the handcuffs scare me ---
**Author:** ![Enraku\_Reynolt](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/enraku_reynolt/32/499021_2.png) [@Enraku\_Reynolt](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Enraku_Reynolt)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2019, 12:51pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/is-eve-a-saving-money-simulator-or-what-everybody-seems-obsessed-about-accumulating-isk/187817/38 "2019-09-07T12:51:01Z")
I need isk to replace the ships that blow up its not llike they get replaced for free if they explode in battle like some technoviking religion ---
**Author:** ![xxxTRUSTxxx](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/xxxtrustxxx/32/285949_2.png) [@xxxTRUSTxxx](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/xxxTRUSTxxx)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2019, 2:17pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/is-eve-a-saving-money-simulator-or-what-everybody-seems-obsessed-about-accumulating-isk/187817/39 "2019-09-07T14:17:00Z")
> [@Awesome\_Breasts\_Granny](#): > > Why do you need ISK? it’s one of the currencies in the game, i need ISK to buy things. > [@Awesome\_Breasts\_Granny](#): > > why industrialists need ISK? to build things, it’s not free. > [@Awesome\_Breasts\_Granny](#): > > You just accumulate a digital number in a video game so does everyone else. working as intended. > [@Awesome\_Breasts\_Granny](#): > > You WORK A LOT to increase this number and apparently that’s all your goals here. yes it can be a lot of work, but the rewards make it worth it, apparently is taking a guess, the goals for everyone is different, some do it to supply ships and mods needed by corp mates, some do it because it’s what they like to do in game. some do it to become stupid space rich. > [@Awesome\_Breasts\_Granny](#): > > Seems pointless it’s worth saying that a lot of industrial minded players also PVP and would invest their ISK in many things within a corp or an alliance. > [@Awesome\_Breasts\_Granny](#): > > Everybody seems obsessed about accumulating ISK bit of a silly question really to begin with when ISK is the main currency in EVE. a bit like asking why is everybody so obsessed with oxygen. ---
**Author:** ![Mark\_Marconi](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/mark_marconi/32/150029_2.png) [@Mark\_Marconi](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Mark_Marconi)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2019, 2:28pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/is-eve-a-saving-money-simulator-or-what-everybody-seems-obsessed-about-accumulating-isk/187817/40 "2019-09-07T14:28:20Z")
Personally I don’t know how much my stuff is worth. I like ships and so long as I can buy the ship I want when I want it I don’t care much. Same as mining I find it relaxing and building this is fun. The isk is just the transfer medium needed. ---
**Author:** ![Miulan\_Ng](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/miulan_ng/32/167268_2.png) [@Miulan\_Ng](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Miulan_Ng)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2019, 2:52pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/is-eve-a-saving-money-simulator-or-what-everybody-seems-obsessed-about-accumulating-isk/187817/41 "2019-09-07T14:52:56Z")
> [@Mark\_Marconi](#): > > Personally I don’t know how much my stuff is worth. The top right area of your character sheet has an approximation of material wealth. [Previous page](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/is-eve-a-saving-money-simulator-or-what-everybody-seems-obsessed-about-accumulating-isk/187817.md?page=1) [Next page](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/is-eve-a-saving-money-simulator-or-what-everybody-seems-obsessed-about-accumulating-isk/187817.md?page=3)