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No, because ME is based on a %. You can not reduce the ME enough to run into this problem. Besides the fact that any decrypter that reduces ME is literally useless on any ship invention as it completely removes any profit all together.

You've not seen me complain about the risk because I'm right there with CCP on risk = reward. I have no issue with it.

But I very very strongly doubt that anyone will want to pay anyone else when they can remotely see that a station 10j away is offering research dirt cheap. Unless they make highsec station ME/PE slots so expensive that 100m/month is worthwhile for 12 ME slots (1 DG small tower, 3x Labs) they will simply have killed it. It was all about rarity of slots. The hassle of finding a service provider, paying them, trusting them with your BPO's, relying on their good practice/timely delivery is nothing compared to shuttle to nearest cheap station > install > forget about them.

I have a sneaking suspicion that what they mean is that there will no longer be “extra materials” for materials that are already part of the base process. In other words, you won't have BPs that require X tritanium as materials, and an additional Y tritanium as extra materials. The mechanic of having some stuff absolutely and unquestionably lost, but also regulated at immovable levels, is too handy to lose completely.

Sure, but others are. My point is that R&D:ers now have the opportunity to make bank from that risk perception.


Not really, no. The ability to maintain a static base of operations, the ability to adjust your own fees and surcharges, the ability to reprocess for free (and with higher efficiency). There's plenty of value in owning one.

So you are telling that you won't touch Invention with this expansion but greatly increasing the output of high quality T2 BPCs?

Am I the only inventor here that doesn't like that change much? Yes a new guy wouldn't need that much to get into T2 Production, but
a) the very limited group of producers for this high quality BPCs and
b) the lack of competitors through invention
will yield in high prices and again a lot of profit to people who already had years of time to pull out the profit from there investment.

I like the overall attitude of this dev blog but improving use of T2 BPOs further isn't something I'm looking forward to. Not if there aren't improvements to Invented BPC quality.

It might require a bit more work on the code, but where is your evidence that it would be a massive rework?

What would they need to touch?
1) Each POS/POCO location would need an added bit of hidden data noting which corporation last used it last and the date.
2) When placing a POS/POCO a check is needed on the corporation which last used the location. War Dec history would then need to be cross referenced to identify any wars the new POS/POCO owner might be stepping into. Any wars would require a warning popup asking if the new owner wishes to accept the risk of war. If they accept the risk then the wars are added to the new corporation in the exact same state.

Any messy War Dec code can be avoided. It is now a normal war.

Hopefully a quick check can be added to the initial POS/POCO deployment code. It should return a simple yes/no to deploying, and avoid any other interactions. This could have problems, but seems possible unless you have more detailed knowledge of the code.

And this, to a degree, is also true.

The barrier to entry removal of say, scanning, was great. Scanning was confusing and difficult. My finds dropped in value because more people were finding them, I didn't mind. The content was engaging and fun and should have been simple since it's in the tutorial anyway.

There is something satisfying about getting an empire to like you enough that you can get a piece of their real estate. It made sense, canonically. It acted as a barrier to entry so you had to either work hard to get the required standing or you had to pay someone. That's pretty much how the free market works.

Without the barrier to entry it'll just be a blobfest just like customs offices, plus it makes no sense. Someone who is literally kill on sight by Gallente can anchor a control tower in gallente prime if they are spry enough to avoid the police. That'll be interesting for faction warfare.

that dude, whoever he is, lost a lot of credibility when he admitted he can only turn over 20b a month on 2.5t

Didn't you know?
Your game play is not sanctioned in this "wide-open sandbox".

The best part:

Griefer roups can now fire up as many small POS's as they like, not fuel them, effectively deadzoning as many moons or entire systems they like, because standings are done. Then, the only way to get a POS up will be to wardec them, which is what they wanted all along.

New method of griefing.

Meh. They get slightly higher output on items where the market is already fully controlled by invention, and it lasts maybe one expansion cycle. I don't see inventors being particularly hurt by that one.

Come to think of it, what happens if a -10 Gallente standings corp puts up a tower in Gallente space?

If this counts as stabbing someone in the back, I'm going to send CCP a weekly subscription of back-stabbing daggers, because I want more.

These look like the beginning of something great! Good job CCP


Thank God Dinsdale turned up. I was beginning to think he was ill!