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ME Reaserch time in a POS
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Bitchin' Betty
Evil Guinea Pigs
#1 - 2013-03-29 21:26:39 UTC
Hi,

I'll be putting up a pos soon and I see that you can't run ME research for longer than 30days. Lets say a maller needed 40 days to get to an OK me, is it possible to research for 30dyas and then research again for the remaining days to get the desired ME?

Done tons of googling and can't see if this is possible. Or should I just go hunt down an NPC station to do it in?

Thanks,
Huttan Funaila
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#2 - 2013-03-29 21:41:41 UTC
Bitchin' Betty wrote:
Hi,

I'll be putting up a pos soon and I see that you can't run ME research for longer than 30days. Lets say a maller needed 40 days to get to an OK me, is it possible to research for 30dyas and then research again for the remaining days to get the desired ME?

Yes. Also, labs at a POS have a time bonus. So if your job would take 40 days at an NPC lab, it will take 30 days at your POS lab.
Bitchin' Betty
Evil Guinea Pigs
#3 - 2013-03-30 02:23:46 UTC
Thanks
RubyPorto
RubysRhymes
#4 - 2013-03-30 03:53:11 UTC
You can queue units of work on a blueprint up to 30 days in advance (Copying, Manufacturing, etc) at a time, minimum 1 unit. Each Copy, ME Level, Manufactured item, etc is one unit of work.

So if 10 ME levels takes 29 days and the 11th takes 3 more days, you can queue 11 levels but not 12 (because the 11th starts within the 30d limit).

It works just like the Skill Queue.

"It's easy to speak for the silent majority. They rarely object to what you put into their mouths." -Abrazzar "the risk of having your day ruined by other people is the cornerstone with which EVE was built" -CCP Solomon
Tau Cabalander
Retirement Retreat
Working Stiffs
#5 - 2013-03-30 05:02:19 UTC  |  Edited by: Tau Cabalander
Bitchin' Betty wrote:
Hi,

I'll be putting up a pos soon and I see that you can't run ME research for longer than 30days. Lets say a maller needed 40 days to get to an OK me, is it possible to research for 30dyas and then research again for the remaining days to get the desired ME?

Done tons of googling and can't see if this is possible. Or should I just go hunt down an NPC station to do it in?

Thanks,

Most people overlook the little plus sign + next to the level input field.

The amount specified is in ADDITION to the current amount of research on the BPO.

Example: Research a BPO to ME 40 in +10 steps, with each step taking 30 days.
ME 0 + 10 = ME 10 when finished after 0 + 30 days = 30 days total
ME 10 + 10 = ME 20 when finished after 30 + 30 days = 60 days total
ME 20 + 10 = ME 30 when finished after 60 + 30 days = 90 days total
ME 30 + 10 = ME 40 when finished after 90 + 30 days = 120 days total

You can always do +1 even if it exceeds 30 days (example ME +1 on a titan is about 6 months). Same for copies (you can always make at least 1 copy of 1 run) and manufacturing at least 1 run.
Zizzy Balooba
Phoenix Ventures
#6 - 2013-03-30 17:25:41 UTC
RubyPorto wrote:
You can queue units of work on a blueprint up to 30 days in advance (Copying, Manufacturing, etc) at a time, minimum 1 unit. Each Copy, ME Level, Manufactured item, etc is one unit of work.

So if 10 ME levels takes 29 days and the 11th takes 3 more days, you can queue 11 levels but not 12 (because the 11th starts within the 30d limit).

It works just like the Skill Queue.



Does this require having open research jobs? Say for instance I can manage a max of 10 jobs and I want to queue up copy jobs to start immediately after one has finished. Or does each queued job take up an available job opening?
Elena Thiesant
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#7 - 2013-03-30 19:34:34 UTC
Each queued job is a job that you have started, hence takes up a job slot.
RubyPorto
RubysRhymes
#8 - 2013-03-30 21:47:07 UTC
Zizzy Balooba wrote:
Does this require having open research jobs? Say for instance I can manage a max of 10 jobs and I want to queue up copy jobs to start immediately after one has finished. Or does each queued job take up an available job opening?



I wish. It would make invention so much less tedious. Each queued job takes up one of your Character's slots from the time you accept the quote to the time you deliver the finished product.

"It's easy to speak for the silent majority. They rarely object to what you put into their mouths." -Abrazzar "the risk of having your day ruined by other people is the cornerstone with which EVE was built" -CCP Solomon