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Double the offices in NPC stations from 20 to 40
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Utremi Fasolasi
La Dolce Vita
#1 - 2014-05-08 05:25:53 UTC
And let the office cost formula adjust accordingly.

Is there any downside to this?
Kenrailae
Scrapyard Artificer's
#2 - 2014-05-08 06:02:22 UTC
Utremi Fasolasi wrote:
And let the office cost formula adjust accordingly.

Is there any downside to this?



Why does it need to be done?

The Law is a point of View

The NPE IS a big deal
Rivr Luzade
Coreli Corporation
Pandemic Legion
#3 - 2014-05-08 06:50:57 UTC  |  Edited by: Rivr Luzade
Because of ridiculous office rents in NPC 00 in some stations (most notably those with cloning facilities) of several hundred millions to single digit billions? Because of the same monetary issue in popular production systems in High sec?

Because these huge financial hurdles make it hard for new entrepreneurs to enter a market or get a hold for themselves in NPC 00?

There are a couple of other reasons, but those are the most notabley in my opinion.

UI Improvement Collective

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Kenrailae
Scrapyard Artificer's
#4 - 2014-05-08 07:02:40 UTC
Rivr Luzade wrote:
Because of ridiculous office rents in NPC 00 in some stations (most notably those with cloning facilities) of several hundred millions to single digit billions? Because of the same monetary issue in popular production systems in High sec?

Because these huge financial hurdles make it hard for new entrepreneurs to enter a market or get a hold for themselves in NPC 00?

There are a couple of other reasons, but those are the most notabley in my opinion.



Will doubling the number of offices solve that? Or just create an artificial land grab for a day, two tops, then resume status quo?

The Law is a point of View

The NPE IS a big deal
Jasmine Assasin
The Holy Rollers
#5 - 2014-05-08 07:16:53 UTC
Seems stations have millions and millions of m3 of space, possibly billions but can't spare 5m3 for some poor SOB to throw in office in?

Get out of here, it's an archaic system and needs looked into.
Rivr Luzade
Coreli Corporation
Pandemic Legion
#6 - 2014-05-08 07:17:31 UTC
Kenrailae wrote:
Rivr Luzade wrote:
Because of ridiculous office rents in NPC 00 in some stations (most notably those with cloning facilities) of several hundred millions to single digit billions? Because of the same monetary issue in popular production systems in High sec?

Because these huge financial hurdles make it hard for new entrepreneurs to enter a market or get a hold for themselves in NPC 00?

There are a couple of other reasons, but those are the most notabley in my opinion.



Will doubling the number of offices solve that? Or just create an artificial land grab for a day, two tops, then resume status quo?


A land grab in really busy systems is likely, but especially in NPC 00 there are also systems which are not overly crowded but still have no office slots open. I'm just thinking about Stain, where LGK and TG- would probably not change a lot in regard to open offices, but a couple of surrounding systems could profit from the larger number of slots. As for my High sec example, the land grab in the popular production systems is also a certainty, but again in surrounding systems you could have more options to find an office.

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monkfish2345
School of Applied Knowledge
Caldari State
#7 - 2014-05-08 07:53:40 UTC
better yet follow the example being made by the industry slot changes.

changes stations with office capability to have unlimited slots but scaling costs.
Rivr Luzade
Coreli Corporation
Pandemic Legion
#8 - 2014-05-08 08:17:16 UTC
The costs are already scaling, and end up in astronomical realms.

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monkfish2345
School of Applied Knowledge
Caldari State
#9 - 2014-05-08 08:27:26 UTC  |  Edited by: monkfish2345
Rivr Luzade wrote:
The costs are already scaling, and end up in astronomical realms.



sorry i should have been more clear. following what is the proposed scaling for industry slots. from base cost - base cost +14% iirc. that said i'm not at all opposed to more agressive scaling.

considering the change to the the slot setup, this would probably mean a higher overall base price. but also give slower scaling whilst still giving a reasonable incentive to not all use the 'best' stations to clump offices in.