Science & Industry

So I noticed I previously could only make 10-run bpc's, and now I can make 100 run BPC's - some skill must have affected this. I can't figure out what though. Or MAYBE it was because it was a laser crystal which is considered Ammo of a sort.

IS there a skill that affects the MAX runs you can input for your BPC's (tech 1). If not, how do I increase my runs?

Finally, I could see how a 10 run t2 bpc would be far more useful than the single-run one - save me some datacore costs for invention...wouldn't you say it would be worth it for tech 1 bpc's to have as many runs as possible before running invention?

There arent any skills affecting this.
You can choose number of runs when sending the job to lab/station in the window ranging from zero to number visible in the BPO details named Max Runs Per Blueprint Copy. This number differs between BPOs (Ships have basically less max runs than ammo for example).

If you run invention jobs without decryptor, use always max run BPC. If you run inventions with decryptor, you can use T1 BPC with any number of runs-it wont have any effect. Runs of invented T2 bpcs also differ, ammo/charges/modules have usually 10 runs when invented without decryptor, ships 1 run and there are also some special things, like T2 warp bubbles, which have 5 I think. Number of maximum T2 BPC runs can be viewed in the information of the related T2 BPO.

Lets hope it helps you.

So it must have been that the laser crystal was considered ammo - and had a larger maximum run than most.

Also let me clarify that I am talking t1 BPC's now - I realize that the max runs on t2 bpcs will always be lower (something like 10 at the most), But for some reason it seemed like for drones I was only allowed to make t1 bpc's with 10 runs max (although I have seen drone t1 bpc's with several dozen runs...in contracts; I am not able to create them myself with more than 10 runs).

OK that settles it - thanks for the answers!