Science & Industry

I will add my question here as well as in the new features section for structures.

Currently in high sec the average miner will use a small POS tower along with a compression array and/or a reprocessing array to get the best yield available in high sec. The outlay in ISK to buy these three items is roughly 100 million ISK. I believe this is a fair outlay cost to get the job done but probably not a cost you want to have to replace continually.

So my question is once the new Citadel system is fully implemented and POSEs are removed what will replace the above system and enable especially compression of ore at a reasonable outlay cost in ISK

The Drilling Platforms appear to be probably largely related to T2 and nullsec usage so they are probably not an option for high sec.

Going by the 'Structures' presentation at this years Fanfest which I just watched compression was not mentioned at all in terms of high sec usage. I think reprocessing was mentioned but that is available already at NPC stations. I'm not advocating an in-belt structure option such as a mobile depot type item as that would bring adverse effects. I think we need an anchorable option within corporation control similar to the small POS tower in size and cost.

So it boils down to this I suppose. Will the new Industrial Arrays be able to do both compression and reprocessing of ore, be small enough in size to cost say 150 million ISK material cost to build, and be able to get anchored/unanchored within twenty minutes

I gather the new gameplay for structures will be that during a wardec a corporation cannot unanchor and remove their structures from space. I don't know the build cost for the new Industrial Array but I bet it won't be in the region of 100 million ISK. If so it wouldn't be a good or like for like replacement for the current option.

The rigs for these structures are also not going to cheap if memory serves so if the Industrial Array is the only option for compression in high sec this is bad for the average miner and not a good change.

if you check out that video linked previously it says "serves the smallest corporations and largest alliances. Docking bays, tethering and upgradable defense systems". This is one of the main thing that leads me to believe that we'll have docking rights on them for multiple ships.and according to the fanfest stream that was done today the XL versions will be able to produce supercaps in null space with sov, so the number of ships docking should be many too.

I honestly dont understand why they have split these up to be different stations and makes them a much bigger loot pinata compared to the citadels and one of the main reasons i didnt bother researching citadels any further than their bpo pricing due to the lack of industrial capabilities. I just hope the industrial arrays have some decent defensive capabilities that can help even the smallest corps out there defend their assets if they chose to build one.

Yes, these new structures will replace Player Owned Starbases (POS). I personally would expect POS to be removed late in 2017 or early 2018, if the current schedule is maintained.

Citadels are offices. Full stop. Citadels are not industry structures. Citadels are meant to be the most secure of the new structures. Citadels may get some or all industry capabilities via rigs and service modules, but they are unlikely to have as large bonuses as specialized industry structures, and those upgrades are likely to be more expensive.

There are two announced industry structures:

* Industrial Arrays (Fall 2016): http://updates.eveonline.com/coming/fall/

* Drilling Platforms (Winter 2016): http://updates.eveonline.com/coming/winter/

This is in-line with the original devblog Back Into the Structure

From the old (possibly obsolete) devblog: