Science & Industry

There's another thread about this, but from memory goes something like;

High - not profitable at all
Low - barely
Null - workable
Wormhole - above c3

That's going on what I've read and others have said.

No pls don't believe him! He said the info is from his memory anyway :P

True story is that +1.0 sec status systems generally give worst output of PI materials and -1.0 sec status gives best output.
Now these means that Null(-1.0) and all WH space are equal in quality. These statement is only true for extraction amount you can expect. Also if you search around you can find a planet with high amount of a single resource that equals that of Null or WH space.


Now that extraction is explained lets look at Factory Planets( import -> process -> export ).
Hisec planets have a TAX of 10% (NPC controled)
Lowsec - The owner sets the TAX
Nullsec - you need to be in their Alliance or Corp to use PI
WH - The owner sets the TAX

if making anything complex, where you need to move stuff from one planet to another, tax rates are likely to be more important than resource draw rates. If you can find a lowsec area where the POCO owners aren't too greedy, charging 5% or so, you can do well. If they want 15% or something don't waste your time. In a wormhole you will normally have to set up your own POCOs, if any or present when you move in you will probably have to destroy them. But you then get to set the tax rates (probably 0 if you solo, maybe a little higher if you are running a corp and want taxes to cover expenses). Wormholes can be great for PI, so long as you don't have several characters drawing the same rare raw material from the same planet, which can deplete it badly.

They put a TAX on the Launchpad --> Customs Office connection. In HiSec its 10% tax for Exporting to space and 5% (1/2) to import to Planet.

In LowSec a Corp can put a 30% TAX if they wish to do so. Or 100% TAX to any enemy(red Player)

TAX is set on 5 levels.
-10 standing
-5 standing
neutral
+5 standing
+10 standing

An additional option exists for Corp members and one extra for Alliance members.


If my explaining is not clear enough then visit the Wiki Page.

Sure. Point a gun at it and start shooting. Me and my friend had 1200 DPS combined and it took us 4h to destroy one.

0.5 is better than 0.7 but considering the high population of HiSec some Planets are already depleted to a point of a 1.0 system.

I once forcefully depleted a resource on the whole surface of a Planet to almost Zero in 4 hours by using a trick. It took almost 2 weeks to regenerate some of the resources back.

Highsec is about 500k - 1M isk per day per planet.

Lowsec is about 2M - 2.5M isk per day per planet

Null is about 2.5M - 3M isk per day per planet

wh is about 3M - 5M isk per day per planet

It also depends on the quality of planets, planet types and number of players on the planet.