Another 12 month Omega for Free + 24 month MCT - still a good deal in the New Eden Store

The same deal we saw in June 2024 which i wrote about here is back.  The bottom line is that if you are willing to commit at least 2 of your characters in an Account to skill farming with maximum skill point generation then you will get 12 month Omega for free.

Ends on 28 January.

You will need 26bn per account to get the 12 month deal (unless you already have the Plex) and then some more to buy some skill extractors.

That said, it is not as good a deal as June 2024.  The Profits have halved.  And if you only have 2 characters in an Account Skill Farming you will break even (=you get 12 month Omega for free, so that's still a good deal).  If you have 3 characters skill farming then you will get the 12 month Omega for free and make a profit of 16bn over 12 months,

So, right now in the New Eden Store you can buy 1 mth / 3 mths / 6 mths / 12 mths of Omega and enough MCT certificates to keep all your characters in the Account training over the period of the Omega you buy.

Lets do the Maths for a dedicated Skill Farming Account

The below is for a dedicated skill farming account.  Assumes going for the 12 month deal, the Plex cost 5.3m, 45 skill points per minute, cost per skill extractor 535m and cost per skill injector 830m (these are after tax numbers).

Total Set up costs 26bn, profits from buying skill extractors and selling skill injectors 42bn.  Therefore total profits 16bn which is just over 1.3bn per month.

For the June 2024 deal, the Set up costs were lower at 22bn isk because Plex was lower and the Price is Skill Injectors was higher at 900m isk vs 830 today.  Therefore, back in June 2024 the Total profits were 30bn isk which was almost 2.5bn isk per month.

If you did the 3 month deal you would make 8bn profits over all (=0.7bn per month), if you did the 6 month deal you would make 12bn profit (=1.0bn per month).

Lets do the Maths for a 2 character Skill Farming Account

The below is for a normal account where 2 characters are skill farming.  Assumes going for the 12 month deal, the Plex cost 6.3m, 45 skill points per minute, cost per skill extractor 535m and cost per skill injector 830m (these are after tax numbers).

Total Set up costs 26bn, profits from buying skill extractors and selling skill injectors 28bn.  Therefore total profits 2bn which is just over 0.2bn per month.

So, its tights.  Too tight.  If Skill Injectors move down or Skill Extractors move up then it fails.  But . . . . . . you will still end up paying a fraction for 12 month Skill Injectors vs normal.

If you did the 3 month deal you would make 8bn profits over all (=0.7bn per month), if you did the 6 month deal you would make 12bn profit (=1.0bn per month).

Omega for Free

In both cases, therefore, the Omega effectively comes for free as long as the skill farming is kept up.

In the case of the dedicated skill farming account the initial capital is paid off in just under 6 months.

In the case of the normal account the initial capital is paid off in just over 11 months.

Final Word

The maths is worse for 1 / 3 / 6 month deal.  You really need to go for the 12 month deal to get the best outcome.

For those that want to see the 3 / 6 / 12 month data in one place

(these are before tax)