EVE General Discussion

Um, first, if you put up a POS for 3 months, you'll have the use of that POS for 3 months. A POS has a purpose, use it or don't.

Second, have you seen the current citadels? They're overpriced loot pinatas full of bugs and lacking even basic features such as contracts. Several threads on Reddit, here, and elsewhere say that they're worse that POSes for what they do. So, again, if you need a POS, then put up a POS, don't wait for a citadel.

Third, how much does a POS cost you? How much does a citadel that won't blow up whenever someone sneezes cost you, and how much does the fleet to defend it cost you? Do you have that money already?

Functions are being moved off as the new structures come in. So manufacturing should be going over to the new structures in the fall or winter with the industrial platforms, either when they come in or sometime shortly after. Other than that there's no hard timeline, though POSes will get some kind of refund when they're finally removed, we just don't know what form that will take.

Also ignore Memphis, they're being kinda silly about the whole thing. POSes are more convenient for some things, but not everything, and Citadels get you a lot more than a POS can offer, like tethering, docking, and better defenses.

I strongly doubt that Citadels will be ready to replace POS' in three months, mainly due to the same reason Memphis Baas pointed out. CCP probably wants to make damn sure that when they start implementing more complex functions to Citadels, they are built on a strong, bug free foundation. They certainly don't want to yank POS' out from underneath players either until those same functions are also straightened out once put in place. A phrase I learned in the Marines was, "Slow is smooth; smooth is fast," which hints at the fact that proceeding at the fastest pace is not always the best. You tend to make errors in judgement, miss critical steps, and overburden yourself without realizing it unless you move at a pace that doesn't sacrifice control and focus. I imagine the Citadel "plan" is broken up into several steps that will likely take CCP some time to finish.

Needless to say, CCP and players both have a lot of work on their hands before that happens -- CCP needs to be able to figure out what needs to be fixed, then what can be added, then what needs fixing after that, then repeat. In cooperation with the Devs, players will be needed to put the structures through their paces to uncover any bugs, make suggestions on correcting design incompatibilities that conflict with the rest of Eve, and ultimately be ready to signal them when something breaks in an unexpected way.

In short, POS' will likely continue to function as they are without much change in their value for a pretty lengthy timeline. It's ironic that I'm about to say this because I've set up POS' before and know first hand the kind of tedious hassle it can be to both setting them up and maintaining them, but POS' are and will for a good while still be your primary means of intermediate structures just as they always have been.

1. Not until the 8/9 release they don't. ;)


https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=489028

ROFL, that made my day.

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