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Simple PI question Regarding Factory Quantity
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Devon Greenbank
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#1 - 2014-07-03 01:23:36 UTC
I've made multiple setups in high sec for extracting T0 into T2.

In all of them I've found that my two extractors extract more than the two factories can process, making my storages fill up to 60-70% at the end of a 3 day cycle.



Should I assume the normal PI setup has 4 basic factories, not just 2?
Victoria Sin
Doomheim
#2 - 2014-07-03 07:26:56 UTC
Devon Greenbank wrote:
I've made multiple setups in high sec for extracting T0 into T2.

In all of them I've found that my two extractors extract more than the two factories can process, making my storages fill up to 60-70% at the end of a 3 day cycle.



Should I assume the normal PI setup has 4 basic factories, not just 2?


Depends on your skills. On my T0 -> T2 planets I have 2 + 2 + 1 and the silos do fill up, yes. It's a question of optimisation. Try 4 + 4 + 2 and reduce the number of heads on your extractors. You might find one of the 2 T2 factories isn't running all of the time. Another option is to extract T0 - T1 on 4 or 5 planets and then have planet 6 purely a factory planet taking 2 x T1 and processing it into 1 x T2.

Like I say it's about optimisation and there are quite a few variables. It takes a while to hit the sweet spot.
Nalelmir Ahashion
Industrial Management and Engineering
Mouth Trumpet Cavalry
#3 - 2014-07-03 20:44:22 UTC
P2 planet chain....

1st Extractor > pulling p0
2nd extractor > pulling 2nd p0

2 basic factory > making 1st type of p1
2 basic factories > making 2nd type of p1

1 advanced factory > making p2

all of those connected to a launchpad.

pro-tip: you don't need to connect anything to the command center so pop the launchpad on good spot and build everything there.
Victoria Sin
Doomheim
#4 - 2014-07-04 09:32:31 UTC
Nalelmir Ahashion wrote:
P2 planet chain....

1st Extractor > pulling p0
2nd extractor > pulling 2nd p0

2 basic factory > making 1st type of p1
2 basic factories > making 2nd type of p1

1 advanced factory > making p2

all of those connected to a launchpad.

pro-tip: you don't need to connect anything to the command center so pop the launchpad on good spot and build everything there.


This is only efficienct dependent on the resource distribution of course. On good planets some of my alts do this but on others I go the 6 x T0 -> T1 and then have a factory planet to combine 4 of these into T2.
Nalelmir Ahashion
Industrial Management and Engineering
Mouth Trumpet Cavalry
#5 - 2014-07-04 17:35:16 UTC
it's really simple.
your product is P2. as long your p2 factory toss out items 24\7 you got maxed potential met.

if you see more from p1 of sort then the other p1 just switch some heads from one extractor to the other one to balance it out.

if your skill is high enough to max all extractor heads possible on both extractors and have 2-3 p2 factories then yes it's bit more difficult but just 1 p2 factory and 4 p1 factories should be very easy to manage on 24 hours plan.