Price of shit is relative and varies based on what you can/actually do for money, you'll go from thinking the price on a t1 battleship is something unobtainable to being pocket change. As far as multi boxing goes, it is still a prevalent part of the game and is in fact encouraged by the developers to the point the launcher has built in functionality to launch multiple clients. If that understandably rubs you wrong way then EVE probably isn't for you. Otherwise don't play the game by your self, find a corp to help you along without outright spoon feeding you, or get some friends.