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Thats not what Im getting on the test servers but I will double check. 10 run t2 bpcs from 1 run t1 bpc invention or maxrun bpcs as it is now?

The more I understand it the more it seems that the 'plan' is that industrial players have to become nobody cogs in a (single) large null cartel.
I thought the idea was that you could sign up to Eve and you could make your way in the universe and that you had to make choices about how you did that based on what you learnt as you went along - its you vs the universe but of course it'd help if you had some friends. Instead this sort of design essentially forces a decision onto the player as to how they are going to play if they want to go down the industrial route.
The things controlling these characters are notoriously social, give us the tools and we will form groups by ourselves in the ways that we want to. Programmatic solutions to get human beings to be social seems like an insane use of development time and introduces something painfully artificial to the game.

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Not much of a blog. Regurgitating what most people already understand, if they've been playing long enough, is a poor commentary all it's own.

Creating an environment that, in essence, sounds like importing "temp workers" -- marvelous game concept.

Bravo, CCP... you've "created" a whole new concept for gaming... please rename the next release "Temps And Temp Agencies".

Having the development path illuminated is a wise decision, particularly when ideas are presented then the implementation.

However IMHO this instance feels more like being told "there, there we hear you... but it is what it is" After witnessing a monkey with a football and realizing it was wrong.

I cant tell you how lame i thought it was that i had to still manufacture in high sec when i lived in null. TBH its one of the reasons i dont live there. There is no reason that null sec shouldnt have some advantages. but i think with that should come some higher sov bills or upgrades needed to maximize this.

Dis we both know what the real problem with null is and thats not industry. Its Super Caps. I say we give null everything it should have but allow supers to be built in low sec. Also low sec should be between high and null as it is higher risk.

Loved this blog and hope to see more like it!

Wait, what's this "industry" thing you speak of? You mean, there's more to EVE than people just randomly going around blowing up each other's ships? :P

I like the idea that Devs will publish what they want to happen for an expansion, I like the idea that Devs will publish what they think should be happening afterwards. I don't like that devs have absolutely no clue that what they are doing is the exact opposite of what they state they want to be doing.

->"Coming into this industry work, we had two main goals. Firstly, industry should be easy to understand. Once you've decided what you want to do, it should be obvious how you do it. The UI should be easier for you to read and easier for you to use, and it should be simple for you to understand the consequences of your actions."

The changed UI on SISI currently is less informative then the old one that popped up to confirm a job. It has all the items (in a less useful format then previously being completely graphical and not as it is needed numerical and labeled) but it doesnt tell you how much you are missing except for a roll over which is impossible to copy and paste somewhere useful for further reference, everything about it (the Industry window) is harder to navigate because its all just bad graphics and not resizeable. Its almost like no one actually does industry at CCP and they thought that graphics would in anyway be easier to understand then labels. generic pictures are never as good as item names and amounts. I prefer the current (TQ) industry popup window because it tells me everything i want to know.
: How many of what item do i need.
: How many of what item am i missing.
The new window doesn't tell me that anywhere.

->"The math is simpler, the factors affecting each job are clear and consistently presented, and every click represents an actual decision to be made."

The math is not simpler then now. there are many more factors involved then previously. and they flux as before they did not. While i am still undecided on whether or not this is a good thing, The above statement is not met by the changes proposed for Cirus.

->"Secondly, industry should be interesting and skillful. You should feel that *you* are "good at industry", rather than just that your character is."
This is already true. The proposed changes make it only that the ingame skills are more important if the player skills arent perfect as well.

-> "And you'll always be asking "am I working in the right place?", but the answer will only rarely be "no, I should move" - because industry works on a slower cycle, and because in teams and player interactions you have the tools to change the answer if you don't like it."

Because it seems that currently none of the correct values are working on SISI this is hard to gauge, if the system cost index really raises costs as much as it seems to then every few weeks the answer will be "yes, its time to move." which while possibly a game play action you want to encourage, is really ****** for anyone actually playing. With the changes for weaker freighters, moving becomes either much riskier or much longer, neither of which are appealing activities in their own right and provide more incentives to simply not manufacture.

-> "This is the world we're trying to create, the industry that New Eden deserves: one where you're in charge, where you're facing a new challenge every day, and where you have all the freedom in the world to decide how to solve it."

This is how to ruin any industry that isnt actively making ships explode. Industry is all about planning and long term goals Short shifts for profit but long term involvement means gathering of resources and researching blueprints for future gains. None of that can be shifted to twitch gameplay.

For the proposed changes, almost nothing in this particular blog is fulfilled, Industry is harder because variables are not explained and costs are variable from system to system and day to day. The industry window is less informative then before, with columns being edged out of the window and no horizontal slider to indicate that columns need to be resized to see them. The large pulsing blueprint bracket is a waste of space and in the window it is completely out of proportion in space used for useability and display of information. There is no way to determine costs before you are actually ready to manufacture for when you are going to manufacture. Invention has become a bit simpler but with the additional changes to bpo's and t2 bpos in particular, invention is going to be less lucrative then previously as the net costs of the t2 bpo line will be far lower then the invented route. While this has always been true, it will become more pronounced in the upcoming changes.

The SIsi Information window for blueprints lacks the basic information that the current show info window has in one tab.
Why was this switched to six independent tabs ? this is less helpful then it was previously and seems to run counter to what you are attempting to accomplish. I have seen almost nothing in the proposed changes that does what you are seemingly looking to do.

Experimental blog type successful. Feature heavy blogs are great, but I really like seeing a picture of what CCP is aiming for with Industry rather than a list of features that may or may not make sense to me on a larger scale.

I'd love to see a blog like this for all of the major activities like Missions, Exploration, Mining, Faction Warfare, etc.

Dev blogs like this should be released (or included in the dev blogs explaining) every significant change in EVE... For one, because sometimes I have no idea what the dev's vision behind the changes even is...

Regarding the content of the post, though, having played for almost 3 years and yet never done industry (short of making ammo) I am extremely excited to try out the new system.