If you look at the w/l ratios in public matches, you'll realise that most ppl couldn't afford to run proto suits all the time. You can't base ISK solely on people who run PC or always run in dedicated well run squads.

Buff prices of advanced level and prototype gear. Make a full loadout have the equivalent price of a full fitted Madrugar tank.

Buff prices of advanced level and prototype gear. Make a full loadout have the equivalent price of a full fitted Madrugar tank.

I wouldn't mind a weapons range and kill house that I could practice in and "try before you buy" option for weapons etc when in these environments. These could be house upgrades for the try before you buy version. Everybody should have access to a standard weapons range.

How much proto gear do you think gets wasted away in PC battles before the million-ISK payouts are received?

This isn't to make the people who can't/don't run proto feel inferior. It's to point out that there's a decent percentage of the player-base, arguably the most active, that has nothing to do with the in-game currency.

We could trade it all in for more suits, but that just side-steps the problem. Then I have functionally limitless suits instead of functionally limitless ISK.

Only a tiny minority runs PC as CCP admits...and if you run public games, and look at the w/l ratio of most people, you'll realise that the MAJORITY couldn't afford to run proto suits. So if you make it even harder for them to run proto, you are penalising the MAJORITY.

So any new isk sink would have to ADD to the game for the MINORITY that swims in isk...without penalising the MAJORITY.

Yes, once you have a large amount of ISK and are good enough to run proto every match, ISK becomes useless. I'd like to see some customization of my merc quarters. My couch is looking pretty ratty and my bed is way too small. Maybe a fish bowl on the table. At least it would give me something to waste isk on.

Fish bowl FTW!!

I have 860mill isk

The thing is, you shouldn't be playing for ISK, you should play it because you're having fun.

The same goes for EVE. When I started out, I was blown away making my first million. Later on, my first billion blew me away. However, after a few years (yes, I was slow), I got into trading and suddenly I had more ISK than I could possibly lose while PVPing. I had mates make fun of me for faction and officer fitting pretty much every PVP ship I used. What some of them didn't realise is that I play the game for fun, not to make ISK. It's just a means to an end, and tbh, the fun didn't really increase by flying more expensive ships. As it stands now, I tend to trade (mostly station trading because I'm lazy) for a month and that tends to last me for a year of PVP in EVE. Pays for my subscription too...

ISK is like money in real life...it's useful, but once you reach a certain level it has diminishing returns.

PS: I want a bar in my quarters and would pay for that...

I'd suggest (And this unfortunately will put more work on the graphics department AKA less resources used to making our racial suits) having stupidly expensive ISK vanity items for your merc quarters (and cheapy-Aurum equivalents).

Make it where there are "sockets" for your merc quarters that you can buy things for.

A few examples

• 80K ISK a few Quaffe bottles/containers on your table.
• 125K ISK Pair of Empire Faction Banners in your quarters flanking some object like a door.
• 250K ISK Pair of Corporation Banners.
• 250K ISK Pair of Alliance Banners.
• 500K ISK A small model of an EVE ship/DUST vehicle.
• 750K ISK Nicer sofa/couch/bed/table
• 1M ISK Dropsuit "Display" of your choice.
• 2M ISK to add a gun display rack on the wall.
• 5M ISK to change the lights/mood.
• 8M ISK to add a display case for the event medals that you've won.
• 10M ISK to change decorative highlights.
• 12M ISKto add a window that faces outside with a planet in view.
• 15M ISK for an access card that unlocks a door to a new room/observation deck/etc.
• 20M ISK to change your station theme to another race.

Vary prices/loot accordingly as deemed fit.

Buff prices of advanced level and prototype gear. Make a full loadout have the equivalent price of a full fitted Madrugar tank.

I have 860mill isk

I'd suggest (And this unfortunately will put more work on the graphics department AKA less resources used to making our racial suits) having stupidly expensive ISK vanity items for your merc quarters (and cheapy-Aurum equivalents).

Make it where there are "sockets" for your merc quarters that you can buy things for.

A few examples

• 80K ISK a few Quaffe bottles/containers on your table.
• 125K ISK Pair of Empire Faction Banners in your quarters flanking some object like a door.
• 250K ISK Pair of Corporation Banners.
• 250K ISK Pair of Alliance Banners.
• 500K ISK A small model of an EVE ship/DUST vehicle.
• 750K ISK Nicer sofa/couch/bed/table
• 1M ISK Dropsuit "Display" of your choice.
• 2M ISK to add a gun display rack on the wall.
• 5M ISK to change the lights/mood.
• 8M ISK to add a display case for the event medals that you've won.
• 10M ISK to change decorative highlights.
• 12M ISKto add a window that faces outside with a planet in view.
• 15M ISK for an access card that unlocks a door to a new room/observation deck/etc.
• 20M ISK to change your station theme to another race.

Vary prices/loot accordingly as deemed fit.

50 million for a stripper pole

After the item reimbursement post-Closed Beta, many of us received a couple hundred million ISK. If you can run proto in pub and PC matches and still make a profit, which is easier than ever due to the increased payout from PC, then ISK becomes essentially meaningless.

The same goes for corporations. A lot of the more PC-successful corps are just sitting on mountains of ISK with not much to do with it.

In EVE you can buy bigger and better ships, more materials or blueprints, etc, but in Dust there's a very shallow toilet to flush your ISK down. My question is, when is ISK going to stop being a (functionally) limitless number and instead become a managed resource?

Also up for discussion/suggestion is what you'd want to see available for ISK. Personally I'd like to see a Corp Armory and Corp Training Grounds available for purchase which we've all been clamoring for. This gives some benefit (and purpose) for ISK but doesn't provide anything game-breaking. It would be kind of nice to see certain boosters up for an ISK cost as well.

Buff prices of advanced level and prototype gear. Make a full loadout have the equivalent price of a full fitted Madrugar tank.