Reviewing 2024 Destruction in EVE On-line – The Yr of the Faux Kill Mail

I did it final 12 months so I’m going to do it once more this 12 months.  I’ve concatenated the twelve month-to-month killdump.csv recordsdata from the Month-to-month Financial reviews for 2024 and pulled them into PowerBI to see if I can discover something in any respect attention-grabbing to say a couple of full 12 months of information.  The percentages of being attention-grabbing usually are not in my favor, however when has that ever stopped me earlier than.

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As famous beforehand, I additionally wished to check the totals to what CCP introduced of their extraordinarily transient look at destruction in the 12 months finish version of The Pulse, which featured one large quantity.

Particularly, CCP’s finish of 12 months video introduced that complete ISK destruction had been 966,404,782,603,070.

The quantity from The Pulse

That could be a large quantity, and I’ll simply shorthand that to 966 trillion ISK for ease of use.

That quantity is SO large as to be ridiculous when in comparison with what CCP has reported within the MER each month, which totals as much as 521,008,792,942,469 ISK, or 521 trillion ISK to maintain issues manageable.

This is identical drawback I famous final 12 months, the place the group staff is asserting numbers that aren’t anchored in actuality relative to what CCP tells us elsewhere.  Final 12 months I thought of that presumably the group staff doesn’t know tips on how to interpret numbers from the MER, speculating that they had been including up the “loss” and “destruction” numbers, which might be incorrect.

Nevertheless, this 12 months loss+destruction doesn’t get us wherever near the quantity introduced in The Pulse, falling an excellent 88 trillion shy of the mark, so I’ve modified my concept.

I’ve modified my concept and now simply assume that the group staff doesn’t have a look at the MER in any respect… and it wouldn’t take a lot to persuade me that CCP doesn’t have a look at the MER in any respect both.  It definitely isn’t nice that they put collectively these quantity for us then ignore them in any other case. The MER might very effectively be just a few knowledge they dump on us month-to-month with out ever it as what it reviews definitely doesn’t appear to affect any choices they make.

Anyway, I think that the group staff simply provides up numbers from zKillboard and publishes these.

That isn’t essentially a foul factor.

One of many issues I’ve famous up to now is that CCP is just not excellent at estimating the worth of ships and of their “all embedded in HTML so I can’t extract any helpful knowledge from it” month-to-month battles abstract they report each the CCP estimated worth of the destruction in addition to the zKillboard worth, which is inevitably a lot larger.

What meaning is what the group staff says is totally indifferent from what CCP reviews within the MER… and I additionally assume they don’t even have a look at the MER, however that’s simply my bias at this level.

And with that you simply may effectively ask if I ought to simply cease proper right here and stop this fruitless month-to-month and annual reporting on destruction in New Eden if my numbers aren’t… actual?  Is “actual” the phrase I’m on the lookout for to explain faux numbers in a faux location in a online game?

Anyway, I’m invested already, so I received’t cease.  Not but anyway.  As I repeated typically through the SuperData chart period, even incorrect knowledge has worth if collected in a constant approach.  Absolute values could also be incorrect, however legitimate developments will nonetheless be seen.  And the precise rely of losses is more likely to be extra correct, it’s simply ISK that CCP is unhealthy at.  For all its deserves, zKillboard can’t seize each loss mail.  So off we go, fingers in ears, loudly going, “Lalalalalala I can’t hear you!” as you increase your objections concerning the knowledge I’m about to current.

General Abstract – Was 2024 a Good Yr for New Eden?

At first look 2024 definitely seems to be prefer it was an excellent 12 months for losses, contemplating that there wasn’t any type of main battle in null sec.  However we’ll get to areas and places for losses.  The overall values for 2024 had been:

• 2024 Complete Losses: 5,886,112
• 2024 Complete Worth: 521.01 trillion ISK
• Avg Losses monthly: 490,509
• Avg Worth Misplaced monthly: 43.42 trillion ISK

The earlier benchmark 12 months was 2020, when the pandemic obtained us all to remain residence and have a extremely large battle in null sec the place all people piled on Goons and we had Guinness E book world file setting battles and misplaced trillions of ISK over considerably minor targets.  What did 2020 appear to be and the way did it sq. as much as 2024?

• 2020 Complete Losses 5,674,137 (2024 had 211,975 extra losses)
• 2020 Complete Worth 459.45 trillion ISK (2024 had 61.56 trillion ISK extra in losses)
• Avg Losses monthly 472,845
• Avg Worth Misplaced monthly 38.29 trillion ISK

By the numbers, 2024 seems to be prefer it eclipsed the exercise of 2020, with out even a significant null sec battle.  How can that be?  Is low sec simply that scorching nonetheless with the Havoc growth?

Effectively, the distinction in complete losses is inflated by the now rampant AIR Profession Program ability level farming.  As we’ll get to later, there have been virtually 400K losses in Uitra, together with virtually 300K shuttle losses, all attributable to farming ability factors.  That wasn’t occurring on such a grand scale till 2022 or so.

In the meantime, the ISK misplaced… that’s principally attributable to long run results of CCP’s ailing thought of shortage plan which made every part dearer.  The sport hasn’t recovered from that also and CCP continues to face by its mineral bottlenecks in a “one step ahead, two steps again” method to sustaining shortage.

So you’ll be able to see greater than a 5 trillion hole within the common losses monthly… and there may be an underlying common value per lack of 82.29 million ISK in 2020 versus 88.54 million ISK per loss in 2024… is suppressed by the truth that an enormous variety of the losses are shuttles blow up for AIR Profession Program objectives.

For those who take away Uitra from the totals… you don’t even should get to the opposite techniques the place individuals are doing this… 2020 stays the benchmark for exercise.  2024 was the 12 months of the AIR Profession Program and the continued CCP ruination of the economic system.

Congratulations throughout!

And it is best to preserve this in thoughts whenever you have a look at issues like Jester’s charts, the place logins are additionally little doubt being inflated considerably by individuals sitting in Uitra engaged on ability level farming.  I imply certain, they’re logged into and taking part in the sport, but when individuals are drawn to what’s arguably an exploit, is {that a} good factor?  You make the decision!

Anyway, simply to spherical this out, the information for the intervening years beginning with 2023:

• 2023 Complete Losses: 5,212,934 (2024 had 673,178 extra losses)
• 2023 Complete Worth: 478.99 trillion ISK (2024 had 159.51 trillion ISK extra in losses)
• Avg Losses monthly: 434,411
• Avg Worth Misplaced monthly: 39.92 trillion ISK

2022:

• 2022 Complete Losses: 4,497,590 (2024 had 1,388,522 extra losses)
• 2022 Complete Worth: 361.49 trillion ISK (2024 had 159.51 trillion trillion ISK extra in losses)
• Avg Losses monthly: 374,799
• Avg Worth Misplaced monthly: 30.12 trillion

2021:

• 2021 Complete Losses: 4,899,115 (2024 had 986,997 extra losses)
• 2021 Complete Worth: 408.49 trillion ISK (2024 had 112.52 trillion ISK extra in losses)
• Avg Losses monthly 408,260
• Avg Worth Misplaced monthly 34.04 trillion

Ultimately, we’re higher off than the 2022 and the Yr of Disappointment, however 2020 stays a excessive level for the sport… and apparently a interval that CCP has determined was a foul for New Eden and which it has actively stopping from occurring once more.

High 20 Most Frequent Losses by Class and Hull

The same old suspects that I pull in each month. Capsules dominate the rely as a result of all people has one and a whole lot of them get destroyed.

I assume is capsules make up 25% of losses, the prospect of you being podded… or self destructing… is about 50-50?  You get away about half the time.  Or perhaps individuals don’t care about pods.  I are inclined to attempt to save even an empty pod except I must get again right into a combat simply to disclaim the enemy a kill mail.  However I’m like that.

In the meantime, 1 in 8 losses in New Eden are shuttles… even with capsules within the calculation of the entire.  If we take away capsules that brings the loss complete all the way down to 4,403,653 and the proportion of the rest is about 17.5% of losses, which is a bit more than 1 in 6 losses in New Eden.

Once more, that is the corruption of the information by the AIR Profession Program… and I don’t doubt I’ll really feel the necessity to convey that up once more a number of extra occasions as we progress by means of the information.

Hulls Recorded as Misplaced solely As soon as in 2024

For the month-to-month knowledge I often filter out the POS buildings and fighter teams.  However given 12 months of information, why not see what solely obtained blown up as soon as in 2024 in response to CCP?

That’s 32 hulls or buildings that had been blown up precisely as soon as, about half of that are POS associated or fighter teams.  The remainder… effectively, these are some uncommon gadgets, with some irreplaceable (and really undervalued by CCP’s calculations) Alliance Match ships together with some faction capitals.  I’ve linked out to the attention-grabbing ones over at zKillmail on your appreciation.

High 20 Complete ISK Misplaced by Hull Sort

That is the place the cash went I suppose, the place the ISK was burned up by explosions.

Capsules, which make up 25% of the rely of losses solely make up 8% of the ISK misplaced… however that’s nonetheless sufficient to maintain them on the high of the listing.

The High 20 Hulls with the Most ISK per Hull Misplaced

Simply to flip this round, this is identical knowledge set as above, however sorted to point out the highest 20 ISK per loss hulls.  I don’t often do that desk with the month-to-month posts as a result of it tends to be the same old suspects… additionally, it exposes the place CCP’s valuation is rubbish… however for an annual publish we’d as effectively get it on the file.

That every one the AT or faction ships I highlighted on the misplaced as soon as in 2024 desk usually are not on this listing is as a result of CCP’s solely values ships primarily based on what their hull value is on the open market.  However no person sells AT ships on the open market.  The may do an public sale on contract, however principally these are offers… and uncommon offers… completed straight.

High 20 Areas by ISK and Hull Losses

The place the explosions are, typically talking.

The good ISK faucet of Pochven; there was no shock in it coming in first place for ISK.  It’s an ISK sink as effectively.

For the rely, there was a time after I would level out that The Forge is the place Jita is positioned and that the extra gamers focus, the extra losses present up.  As an alternative I now needed to level out that The Forge is the place Uitra is positioned as effectively, and it posted 3x the loss rely of Jita, as the subsequent desk will present.

High 20 Methods by ISK and Hull Losses

Right here we get all the way down to the system stage.

I’ll declare that ISK losses is the actual measurement for the way damaging a system actually is.  Ahbazon, a cross-roads low sec system astride the brief route between Jita and Amarr is a scorching spot for interdicting visitors.  By taking Ahbazon the route between the 2 commerce hubs is 12 gates.  However in order for you the protected route is 46 gates, inflicting individuals to resolve to danger it.

The brief route from Amarr to Jita… the arbitrage path of tears

Not that commerce interdiction is all that occurs in Ahbazon, however it’s a part of its fame.

In the meantime, Uitra makes a mockery of the destruction rely facet of the desk, the place it sits in first place with 3 times to quantity as second place Jita.  However in the case of ISK Jita remains to be in second place which Uitra is approach down in 3,344th place.  Uitra stays the middle of New Eden for staged, pretend kills.

2024 and the Uitra Connection

Since I’m apparently not going to let go of the entire Uitra factor fairly but, let’s simply drag some extra numbers out into the sunshine of day, together with what blew up in Uitra in 2024.

As one anticipated, there have been a loopy variety of shuttle explosions in Uitra, together with corvettes.

The best complete of losses are for the Gnosis hull, which needs to be from individuals forgetting to accurately problem a duel and getting CONCORDed.  As I described in my publish about doing the AIR Profession Program, it’s the splendid ship for getting digital and capacitor warfare choices dealt with in addition to defend and armor reps.  That needs to be from individuals being sloppy.  I can’t think about individuals throwing away a 40 million fight battlecruiser hull on objective.

Simply to nail down how out of wack Uitra’s shuttle loss numbers are, listed here are the highest 20 techniques for shuttle losses in 2024.

Uitra accounts for nearly 38% of the 767,041 shuttles blown up in New Eden in 2024.  You’ll be able to see a number of different profession agent techniques on the listing, however Uitra is the place to go.

Lastly, who’s concerned with the kills.  Listed here are the highest 20 corps for shuttle kills in 2024.

It’s attention-grabbing that some individuals simply keep in NPC corps to do their ability level farming whereas others apparently need the AIR Profession Program credit score for becoming a member of a corp.

High 20 Firms for Kills and Losses

company exercise.

If your corps it is possible for you to to identify among the large NPC corps in addition to main firms from the large null sec alliances on the killer finish of the equation.

There’s a comparable development on the sufferer facet of the desk, although EVE Uni exhibits up there.  Sorry staff.

And you may additionally notice a pair corps whose ISK totals are so small as to not register.  You will see that their kills and losses are in Uitra and that they’re on the shuttle killing corp high 20. Go figured.

High 20 Alliances for Kills and Losses

Zooming out to the alliance stage of kills and losses.

Once more, a number of the same old null sec suspects on that listing, however you need to be an alliance to play in null sec.

That stated, a full 2,413,515 of the 5,886,112 kills in New Eden in 2024, roughly 41%, concerned gamers that weren’t in an alliance.

Upwell Buildings Destroyed in 2024

I wished to have a look at this one particularly as a result of it was the OTHER state that appeared ultimately of the 12 months abstract episode of The Pulse.  The Pulse declared Upwell construction losses at 8,149.

The Pulse Upwell Destruction Depend

Do the mixed 2024 MER numbers agree with that?  After all not!  Right here they’re:

That totals as much as 8,396 buildings.  So why the distinction?  My guess can be that the group staff simply checked out zKillboard and, as we all know, not each kill lands there.

That stated, the hole between the 2 numbers is 247, which isn’t big I suppose… and in addition occurs to be precisely the identical as all of the Ansiblex Leap Gates plus the ‘Prometheus’ Fortizar.  Is that the actual distinction?  I don’t know… however it could possibly be.  The accountant in my doesn’t like how these line up.

The POS Code Stays Secure in 2024

Lastly, a have a look at POS, of participant owned starbase, losses in 2024.  I received’t publish ALL the POS modules that had been blown up in 2024, however here’s a listing of the entire POS towers destroyed in 2024.

That provides as much as 4,713 towers blown up for a complete of 726.26 billion ISK destroyed.

The legend says that an outdated gypsy lady declared that New Eden will solely survive as long as the POS code stays within the EVE On-line code base.  CCP has, at occasions, declared their intent to take away the noble POS from the sport, taking the POS code with it.  However it has by no means come to cross.

Some say that’s as a result of CCP nonetheless sees the utility of the POS or that the developer time to take away the code is just not definitely worth the effort.  And a few consider that Hilmar appeared into the eyes of the gypsy lady as she made this declaration and blinked… solely to open his eyes once more to search out she had disappeared.  Or perhaps she was by no means there.  However the firm appears to not wish to likelihood destiny, so you’ll be able to nonetheless manufacture, deploy, and destroy POSes within the sport.

2024 Month-to-month Destruction Posts

Simply the month-to-month posts if you wish to return into knowledge for a extra particular level in 2024.

Notes

Lastly, only a technical notice, how did I concatenate these recordsdata?

I renamed all of them so as to add within the month and pulled every right into a single listing, so there have been a dozen recordsdata there with a reputation like “killdump_04.csv.”  Then I opened up a command immediate in Home windows and used the command:

copy *.csv combined2024killdump.csv

That went by means of and pulled all of the .csv recordsdata right into a single .csv as named within the command.

Then I used my normal month-to-month assessment template in PowerBI and pointed it at that file, waited some time as a result of it takes a bit to parse 900MB of .csv knowledge.

I didn’t have any errors this time as a result of I remembered to go in and take away I had left the primary row, with the titles, from all however the first file in Notepad++.  Piece of cake, all months collectively in a single file.

Because it turned out I completely misplaced my Notepad++ notes about doing this, so the truth that I included this part within the 2023 publish paid off.  Including it once more so I will discover it in 2026.