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To much fail economics, price of rigs is determined by

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VALUE OF MATERIALS THEY ARE MADE FROM, SALVAGE!


Surplus of materials for rigs, not being used (not trashed) means,..... they cost less.

If people make less then the prices for rigs will still go down,, maybe even more because less rig manufacturers burning into supply of salvage.

Kills an ISK sink. Not supported. What I would support however, is making all modules work like rigs in that they are destroyed if removed. The only way to get them off the ship once placed on would be for that ship to be destroyed and the module drop as loot or perhaps salvage instead.

Rigs are in no sense an isk sink. An isk sink is something like taxes, or npc sell orders, where isk is actually removed from game. Rig destruction and ship destruction do not remove any isk from the game, in any way.

I think CCP should introduce a (racial) transport ship that is tooled towards moving assembled ships. Perhaps a small BS-sized 'industrial' with about 150k to 200k m3 hangar space for explorers and WH people that like to 'live out of a suitcase'. And a larger orca-sized one with about 500k to 750k m3 hangar for frontline re-shipping and bulk transportation.

Both with a good tank and enough defenses to handle some tacklers.

Added to this CCP should remove the lead plates around the corp and ship hangars in ships that disable scanning, and make it so the contents show up on the killmail and the insurance isn't voided when transported ships blow up.

We already have that I think.

@Shah Fluffers, or in response to him at least: Power projection being bottlenecked by Rigs is something I wouldn't have considered an issue. In my view, logistics for one person to move things around is already a pain in the arse without adding Rigs to the equation.

What really happens is people either get annoyed and repackage the ship anyway-destroying the rigs-or it sits in some station for ages waiting to be moved. Generally, Medium or smaller, it gets repackaged; at least thats been my experience. That doesn't mean you go out and buy rigs either.

Actually I think the opposite is true: You decide not to bother buying rigs for larger ships anymore unless they're cheap and easily aquired. That means no Trimarks, Shield Extenders, or anything on the high end of rediculously expensive.

Being able to repackage rigs would actually increase the market for these things and put more in the game. As it stands, there really doesn't seem to be enough salvage to make all rigs viable for manufacture, and quite often the market is bare of a number of varieties for various reasons.

Given what I've seen with rig production, I don't believe it would hurt at all to make them repackageable.

Not really, there are arguments for and against, and only by a handful of players.

Damnit, you may be right!