Science & Industry

I remember assurances that unlike asteroids/minerals, alchemy reprocessing output would remain largely unchanged.

What I'm finding is despite having slogged my way through over a month of otherwise useless (to me - I could not care less about compressed ore) Metallurgy V and Scrapmetal Reprocessing V - based on these assurances - to not lose money on running Unrefined Neo Mercurite reactions, is that in a Syndicate 0.0 NPC station with perfect standings, I only get a crippling 55% reprocess rate.

Are my numbers screwed up or is alchemy now basically limited to sov null entities (with upgraded Minmatar outposts). Those same sovbloc entities who have never lacked for R32s and R64s as it was and are essentially the reason why alchemy was implemented in the first place (so small fries could get a very modest piece of the high-end moongoo action) are now the only ones who will ever benefit from it?

It wasn't terribly lucrative to begin with. Now it seems an absolutely colossal money loser for anyone not living in sov null or willing to JF to and from a friendly sovholder's Minmatar outpost.

Is that right? Is alchemy completely irrevocably boned now?

Maybe I'm just dumb and can't into math. Help me out here. Thanks in advance!

Ah, thank you! That is a huge relief.