Player Features and Ideas Discussion

Most of these suggestions are to make nullsec indy more viable and lives easier without significantly affecting balancing.

1) Refineries. Give all outposts the ability to refine efficiently, similar to highsec stations. This would make the minmatar outposts largely worthless. To achieve a perfect refine would sill require an upgrade, but would be viable on any station without spending tens of billions to upgrade.

2) Reaction Slots. Add reaction slots, similar to simple and complex reactors, to the minmatar outposts. It would work just like manufacturing, but consume PI products, fuel blocks, or something else along with the inputs to keep the prices comparable. It would turn a minmatar outpost into a viable reaction farm that could be taxed by alliances for income. It would also make the job of updating the reactions far easier for individuals maintaining them. You could queue up week long reactions without the need to swap silos. If you purchased the basic moon materials you could also react the specific numbers you required.

3) Compression Slots. Rorqual in a station. If mining in a system with a minmatar outpost you could refine or compress the ore directly for export. In most cases you could just refine, but compressed ores are sometimes better for transport. You could also add pure compressed minerals. "Condensed Tritanium Ingot" for example. This would completely replace mineral compression through the use of modules. It wouldn't always be necessary but could be a perk for nullsec industrialists.

The compression ingots would be really useful for moving large quantities of minerals and as stated we actually already do this with large guns.
Logistics is a major problem in null as you can't just auto pilot freighters about all day like in high and with ice prices set to rise jump freightering is going to get more expensive this would be a nice way to off set the price to encourage null industry.