UPDATE to show rates available as of Nov. 22th, 2013:

80M Dust for 600M Eve, 45th batch; - Next available
80M Dust for 600M Eve, 46th batch;
90M Dust for 600M Eve, 47th batch;
90M Dust for 600M Eve, 48th batch;
100M Dust for 600M Eve, 49th batch;
100M Dust for 600M Eve, 50th batch;
110M Dust for 600M Eve, 51st batch;
110M Dust for 600M Eve, 52nd batch;
120M Dust for 600M Eve, 53rd batch;

For the opposite direction of transfers, from Eve to Dust isk, the initial offer rate of exchange has risen to:

600M Eve for 61M Dust isk, for the "A" batch;
600M Eve for 61M Dust isk, for the "B" batch;
600M Eve for 61M Dust isk for the "C" batch;
600M Eve for 61M Dust isk for the "D" batch;
600M Eve for 60M Dust isk for the "E" batch;
600M Eve for 60M Dust isk for the "F" batch;
600M Eve for 60M Dust isk for the "G" batch;

-Gyn Wallace/Min Lo


Original post follows:


I'd like to open an ISK exchange between Dust and Eve. It would operate as follows.

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An example,

A Dust player wants to try Eve, makes a 14-day free trial character, likes it, and wants to continue playing Eve, by plexing his Eve account. He was frugal and kicked ass within Dust, so he has plenty of Dust ISK sitting around. He pays 5 million ISK from his Dust character to me, in exchange for my Eve character giving 500 million Eve ISK to his Eve character. His Dust character can convert his Dust ISK into Eve ISK, through me (and my Eve character), at an 1 to 100 exchange rate.

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Another example,

A rich Eve player has lots of ISK and wants to help fund his Dust allies equipment for a FW or PC match. His Eve player gives 505 million ISK to my Eve character, in exchange for my paying 5 million ISK to his Dust buddies.

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Combining the two above examples, I make 5 million Eve-side ISK, while Dust and Eve players get to exchange their currencies at 1:100 and 101:1 exchange rates.

I'm not asking CCP to enforce my arrangements, or provide security to me or my potential clients, I just want to know:

#1 Is this kosher or would CCP consider it a violation of RMT rules, despite there being no "real" money involved? In other words, is Dust "outside" Eve Online such that my examples would be considered rule violations?

and

#2 What do Eve and Dust players think the initial exchange rate should be, if my above examples are way off? I don't want to rapidly run out of Dust or Eve currency. Until competition closes the gap in exchange rates, I'd probably begin with a larger margin than the above examples, but figuring out exactly how large, requires feedback/proposals from the rest of you.

I don't want to wait for CCP to implement a currency exchange if we don't have to, but I also don't want to break any of CCP's rules.

Thanks for your thoughtful replies,


Gyn Wallace, Dust-side
Min Lo, Eve-side

P.S. I'm hoping someone at CCP recognizes the advantage of giving Eve players the option of plexing their accounts by either playing eve well enough to make and extra ~550M ISK/month in Eve OR by playing Dust well enough to make ~5.5M ISK /month (or whatever the exchange rate wind up as). Since an exchange should be a boon to both Dust and Eve, I don't understand why it hasn't been implemented yet by CCP. So long as there is no rule standing in the way, I'll happily implement an exchange myself.

Hi again Agrios Endendros. You're queued up for 110M Dust isk buying 600M Eve isk. Send the Dust isk at your convenience.

Send 600,000,000 EVE Isk to my EVE Character Jelly Fat and I'll send you back 122,000,000 Dust Isk ASAP.


I'm also selling an unused Collector's Edition Templar BPO Code for 1,000,000,000 EVE Isk. Cash up front.

This is absolutely serious!

Been a pleasure doing business with you!