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The former; the new rates are 52, 54, 57, and 60.

i foresee a real mess when the update comes regarding the compressed ore.....
like:
wtf i had 100 compressed veldspar and i now have 100 compressed veldspar, but it only yields 41500 trit instead of 69050...

and whatever solution you use, ppl WILL get screwed over this, one way or another (and that is assuming the update go smooth.....).

between that, the lowsec cap production nerf, the rorqual murder, and this POS thing.....i have to ask, does CCP really HATES his customers that much?

also get rid of compression in high sec, you want compression? go in low, use a rorqual or a pos, but no compression mod in system >0.4

I absolutely do not understand why CCP is so vehement about not allowing people reach 100% refine rates even with perfect skills/implants.

I also do not understand why, in the far far future of EVE, recycling something only gets back 55% of materials. We have nanomachines that can restore ship armour to pristine state after nuclear strikes, or fix complex circuitry in modules after damaging overclocking/overheating. 100% might be too much, but 90-95% is perfectly within the lore. That way you still commit resources to manufacturing something, but can recover some losses too. And it allows salvagers/looters to stay in business. It's a valuable emergent profession, full of people's interaction and organisation.

Furthermore, if CCP feels the need to make refining/reprocessing more attractive in low/null, I think it should be done not by base refining percentage (except where it makes sense to, like stations that are Refinery or Factory/Assembly, or specially upgraded outposts), but by WE TAKE differentiation. Like, refining services in high are safer to use and it attracts business, so it's taxed higher and requires higher NPC standings to minimise that tax. Refining services in low would like to attract more business, so tax is lower and standing requirements are lower too. And in player owned stations/outposts tax is set by owning entity.
Also, making refining/reprocessing take special kind of slots and some time (which you have to pay for, like manufacturing slots) leads to possibility of making high/low/null different. too. As in, lower payment the lower in sec status you go, which (and slot availability) will help funnel people into lower sec by presenting a game mechanic that can be worked around and doesn't roadblock people, like hard maximum of refining percentage does.

Conversely, why are you so vehement about achieving 100%? It's just a number.

The reason CCP is doing this is to give themselves some "wiggle room" in case they need to adjust the numbers up.

Translation: CCP ****** up hardcore with making everything use PLEX so now they're trying to fix the inflation by messing with compression, refining, and reprocessing.

Is this your poor way of admitting you were wrong?

Anyhow, let's please not nerf low-sec capital producers into the ground. Null already has plenty of other benefits as is because of it's overwhelming CSM influence. Let's try and make each part of EVE have a part in the future not just one.

The compression issue is just an attempt at distraction - obviously they aren't stupid enough to screw the rorqual over so badly. This way they can give the win (in the form of a useful rorqual) which will keep everyone ok with the real failing here which is the imbalanced refining between parts of EVE. Who cares what % it is as long as everyone is in the same boat - values will adjust and some change was needed to make it worth leveling all the skills up in refining.

I like the upcoming changes. Something about perfect refine doesn't sound correct.

Entropy should come to play at some point. Imperfect refine makes more sense in 'real' world thermodynamics/physics.

I also like the compression arrays and the added benefit of having POS's. More potential conflict.

Should be a good change with the summer expansion, waiting further announcements.

I agree 100% with Sgt Ocker and some others, and I know some players that are angry about this upcoming change... CCP new refining charts are nonsense. High sec refining plants should have the best yield. PERIOD.

No, i was clearly arguing that trouble seeks population and population seeks opportunity. I explained this trough an analogy which demonstrated how reverse your line of though was. Using current null trouble indicators to argue against a new reward, as you did, is nonsensical with this little bit of common sense in mind.

You simply had it backwards and failed to see it. Your reply made that clear to me. Normally I would explain, but your post left little room as to your intention...you simply did not want to see the inconvenient.

We could still use gas compression