EVE New Citizens Q&A

Am i missing some thing here are doing some thing wrong ??


I searched to find a free production line to do some material research and blueprint copying .Could not find anything sooner than 18 days wait for material research and 13 days for copying

I dont mind the four days wait to learn some new skills,

But really 18 days just to do some thing new in the game? In 18 days i will have forgotten all about it .I wanted to explore this side of the game but as a new player i dont want to have to wait 18 days just to some thing new in a game

Wait times depend on how busy the station is; all the lab/production slots are being used by other players.

Try to find another, less busy station; move away from the trading hub.

This is why people deploy their own research POS towers / stations. It's a lot of work to do so, and to maintain it, but there's no waiting once it's up and running.

The wait to begin the job is the same regardless of skill.... someone else is using the line so you have to get in line

okay i have got my answer these, waiting times are the standard
Maybe in one month i can build some thing only to discover it cost more to build than its worth

Just join a corp that has a pos to do it

From the beginning stations had a limited number of slots, and CCP doubled and doubled and doubled them, but like storage space it gets used up as soon as it's made available. Lab slots are scarce because you need Invention in order to create Tech 2 blueprint copies to make Tech 2 items, and people are using the labs for that, not just for materials research and copying.

As you can see, the cost of Tech 2 items is high, too, compared to Tech 1.

As far as POSes, a POS can only be deployed by a corporation, so if you want that and still want to do it solo, you'll have to make your own corporation. To place them in high-sec requires very high standings with the local Empire, but because there's a 7-day delay until standings are recalculated, some people offer deployment services.

Some corps also offer research slot rental. You join, do your research with no wait at their labs, and then leave, for a fee (probably expensive).

Ouch. You're going to be reinventing a lot of wheels. Have you read the manufacturing page of the Evelopedia and its related materials?

You should be able to predict what your profit will be, including cost of acquiring and researching blueprints, cost of NPC assembly lines, etc: there should be no surprises as to whether an article was profitable to produce, except for unexpected fluctuations in the market.

dont research blueprints unless you have access to POS,either your own or your corp.

buy already researched blueprints,you will pay 10x more for original but its worth it

or hop into cloaking ship and go to lowsec,if you can ask couple of friends to escort you,its should be pretty safe

People setting up invention jobs don't reduce the available ME or copy lines. They're distinct sets of lines.
Station near me, for example, has 20 ME lines (lowest wait 53 days), 20 PE lines (available now), 10 copy lines (lowest wait 9 days), 20 invention lines (available now)

I can be one of the etc.