# When did specials stop being special?

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**Created:** [March 28, 2026, 9:48am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/when-did-specials-stop-being-special/508991 "2026-03-28T09:48:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![Meridan\_Night](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/meridan_night/32/488304_2.png) [@Meridan\_Night](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Meridan_Night)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2026, 8:04am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/when-did-specials-stop-being-special/508991/67 "2026-04-03T08:04:50Z")

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> [@Malak\_Starfire](#):
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> Oh so at most, 18k PLEX, which is 3 years to a single player

As per one participant’s own admission:

> [@PVP Fest is coming!](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/pvp-fest-is-coming/506188/349):
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> people being “disqualified” aka the part where ships need to actually be piloted bumped up all of my toons even higher. In the end, I ended up getting 44.000 plex total from the event. Even if I benefitted I think it was terribly designed, though. We be eating good!~ made a video about it as well: [https://youtu.be/qaIHE01jbQA](https://youtu.be/qaIHE01jbQA)

Say they use it just to sub 1 account and use discounts, then that amount can be used to subscribe to EVE for 12 years. Assuming sub prices aren’t increased.

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