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I tried finding any info on the subject but haven't seen anything. I am curious how launchpads will work with this new system. For example, if a planet does not yet have a custom's office, as I expect many will when this goes live, will the launch pads be able to send/receive just like a command center without using the customs office?

Furthermore, if making changes to a PI system, the Storage facility needs an improvement to be useful, as of right now its relatively pointless considering it has half the storage capacity of a launchpad and relatively the same load requirements.

ok i calmed down a bit but tell us why ccp
i read the blog 3 times now

I can understand you allow this in nullsec where nullsec allances a can control who acces their planets and get some profit out of it ; tho like a previous poster wrote ' if you can't control acces to your systems you don't deserve sov

But why low sec aswell , it is empire controlled right , sure there is no concord but it is empire controlled
Alot of us already taking a risk , granted a low risk doing pi in low sec so why make it harder and more cumbersome for us

honestly i don't see any pro in this except if you are a large nullsec alliance

your journal under the tab planetary launches you can launch a limited amount of your pi into orbit with your command center

I see some problems with this idea and some good ideas.


I would first suggest a phase in period. Allow the NPC custom office to remain until a player corp anchors one around the same planet. At that point the NPC office is removed. This helps avoid any major disruption in the markets as the transition occurs. (Note if the player one is destroyed the NPC one does not magically reappear). If you remove all the NPC ones and then disallow anyone from doing PI without a customs office in orbit you will kill the expansion as it will take some time to build that many customs office, have you checked the database to see how many planets are actually producing PI (of course removing the high sec planets).

Another way to prevent disruption in 0.0 would be to transfer simply the NPC custom offices to player ones under the control of the executive of the alliance controlling sovereignty. In systems not controlled they would disappear.

There is no way you will stop the blob. These are far to expensive to have fewer hp than suggested. A 100 man Maelstrom or Abaddon fleet will cut them down pretty quick and could do a constellation in a few hours. I know some small guys are going but we aren't going to field that many, there are to many entities that will that you have to account for it. Even if you halved the hp they'd still bring 100. (Its faster). (Oh and fast sieging dreads will kill it much faster...hint hint....)

I like the idea that others have put forth that of being able to set different tax rates for different groups based on standings.

If the customs office is owned by the controlling alliance perhaps there should be some advantage to it, a boost to hp or similar. There should be some advantage to the sovereign alliance, but that doesn't necessarily have to be that it has to be only they can put down. A HP bonus might be another nice alternative bonus. Making them stronger in your space and weaker in others.

With the BPC only comming from the FW & Concord LP stores, we're going to need some serious time to get the supply chain filled with enough units to meet the early demand.

IMO, if you are planning to offline the NPC COs by Christmas, we need those LP stores chugging out BPCs NOW.
Even if it's only a placeholder item that we can build from later, we need to get this moving.

Only 67 shopping days till Christmas!!

Did it occur to you that the big alliances will just use alt corps to buy up all the CO's and shut them down, so they can control the price of everything from missiles to nanite paste and dictate the supply and demand based on their completely unassailable assets in null? As per usual? I'm just blown away by how ******** this idea is bro. Seriously. Did you learn nothing from technetium?

I believe the dev said that the CO hangar contents will be magically transported to a nearby station or outpost, presumably a neutral one.

I think it makes sense considering that w-space has no existing infrastructure and it's your responsibility to provide it, instead of just receiving a free orbital structure to help you harvest from the planets.

Well just the other day I was clicking clicking clicking while setting up new planets and wondering what was wrong with me. I kept thinking that any of my real life friends would think I was crazy to spend so much time doing something that wasn't fun in any way shape or form. And now I find that there will be absolutely no profit in any of that work and I will lose my low sec planets as well.

Thanks for giving me some good motivation for canceling my three accounts CCP!