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Excessive P0 PI
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Disciple Amphal
Imperial Shipment
Amarr Empire
#1 - 2012-12-28 05:11:08 UTC
I have a question about P0-P2 single planet setup.

I'm running:

1 Launch Pad
2 Extractors
6 Basic Facilities
3 Advanced Facilities.


The problem I'm running into is excessive amounts of P0 product. My 6 basic facilities are split 3 and 3. Each making a product that enables my advanced facility to pump out P2. They need 3000 P0 every 30 minutes for 6000 an hour. With three facilities that would come out to 18000 per hour to keep them running non-stop.

I always ensure that my output per hour is 18000 or above. This would theoretically mean I would have little to no excessive P0. This isn't the case however. I'm always having my launchpad filled with tons and tons of P0 product.

Is there something I'm missing here? The P0 is too bulky to move from nullsec so it just ends up sitting in my hangar. Is there a better way to calculate how much P0 I need to keep my facilities running?

Sorry if this was confusing. I suck at math.
Mortimer Civeri
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
#2 - 2012-12-28 05:58:12 UTC
The average is over the lifetime of the extractor cycle time. What you are getting is the large influx of P0 at the beginning of the extraction cycle, which tapers off at the end. You may have to figure out if you can handle the influx until the extractors start to pull less than the basics need so you start to eat up the surplus stockpiled at the beginning.

"I don't know which is worse, ...that everyone has his price, or that the price is always so low." Calvin
Sooval Naari
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
#3 - 2012-12-28 06:01:58 UTC
Odds are you are extracting more than you think you should because your planetology skills are low. Double check the extractor after you have turned it on to see its average output and compare it to what you thought you should get. Often if i have a bit extra its worth it to 1: do longer cycles or 2: add more factories for what you are over producing and sell the excess.

Also double check to see if the full launchpad is losing your P3. If thats the case it might be worth it to add a silo.

P0->silo->factory->launchpad->factory2->launchpad->advanced factory->launchpad
Styth spiting
Brutor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#4 - 2012-12-28 06:42:31 UTC
The value displayed per hour is an estimate over the entire cycle of your extraction. If you look at the graph when installing new extractor heads, choosing run cycle, etc. you will see that some times there were be extraction cycles that have huge jumps, and some that go low. But over the entire extraction cycle you should have a value that comes close to the average if your paleontology and advanced planet logy skills are high.