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Endo Riftbreaker
STK Scientific
The Initiative.
#1 - 2014-07-09 17:50:22 UTC
Not sure if this is the correct forum for this, but could someone please illuminate me on the point of bonuses for having multiple copies of the same production array anchored at the same tower?

It seems to me (as an admittedly small scale wormhole manufacturer), that without the slots limitation, there would be no point to having more than one of each kind of array you needed at a given POS location. Whether you have 10 ammo arrays or 1, you can still install the same number of jobs, so onlining more than 1 makes no sense.

Is the intent here that all POS's will be littered with multiple offline arrays that are strictly superfluous save for the bonuses to cost that they provide? Just doesn't seem to make too much sense.

Insights welcome.
Busje Komt Zo
UK Corp
Goonswarm Federation
#2 - 2014-07-09 18:18:40 UTC  |  Edited by: Busje Komt Zo
http://community.eveonline.com/news/dev-blogs/starbase-changes-for-crius/

Scroll down to "Structure cost scaling"

From what I understand the "cost" the text refers to is install-cost (ISK), not materials.

Nevermind, CCP :( :
https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&m=4786550#post4786550
Endo Riftbreaker
STK Scientific
The Initiative.
#3 - 2014-07-09 18:21:08 UTC
They definitely did, I'm just not sure what the point is with the removal of job slots - we just have a ton of extra mods that serve no purpose, since 1 can do the same number of jobs as 10.
Busje Komt Zo
UK Corp
Goonswarm Federation
#4 - 2014-07-09 18:24:00 UTC  |  Edited by: Busje Komt Zo
Well yeah, that is true. I'd imagine that anyone willing to make use of the bonus simply uses one of the arrays and leaves the others unused, which is kind of silly.

I suppose CCP could make it so that the bonus only applies if you start jobs in each of the arrays, but that would be a pain to manage.

Just noticed this -- https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&m=4786550#post4786550

Basically having multiple arrays has no function whatsoever after Crius now. About the only reason I can think of to have multiple arrays is the cargohold I suppose, but you'd have to be a pretty big manufacturer to hit that limit.
Bronson Hughes
The Knights of the Blessed Mother of Acceleration
#5 - 2014-07-09 18:38:16 UTC
Endo Riftbreaker
STK Scientific
The Initiative.
#6 - 2014-07-09 18:51:29 UTC
Oh, didn't see that post. I guess that's that. Thanks for the replies.
Bronson Hughes
The Knights of the Blessed Mother of Acceleration
#7 - 2014-07-09 18:52:37 UTC
Endo Riftbreaker wrote:
Oh, didn't see that post. I guess that's that. Thanks for the replies.


Almost nobody has seen it. It's buried deep in a thread in the Test Server Feedback forums. I imagine a lot of people will be shocked come July 22 unless CCP announces this change to a wider audience.

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Endo Riftbreaker
STK Scientific
The Initiative.
#8 - 2014-07-09 19:24:52 UTC
While we're here, does anyone know what the impact will be on Wormhole systems? My read of the dev blogs isn't too clear - will there now be job costs for manufacturing / research if it's a one man corp, owned by me, sitting in a WH system?

My read of it is that it will be low, but not zero.
Bronson Hughes
The Knights of the Blessed Mother of Acceleration
#9 - 2014-07-09 19:39:58 UTC
Endo Riftbreaker wrote:
While we're here, does anyone know what the impact will be on Wormhole systems? My read of the dev blogs isn't too clear - will there now be job costs for manufacturing / research if it's a one man corp, owned by me, sitting in a WH system?

My read of it is that it will be low, but not zero.

If I understand it correctly, it'll be based on the fraction of all specific activity EvE-wide (research or production) being done in a particular system. If you have a system with no station and only a handful of POSes, the fraction will be miniscule and the rates likewise low. This should hold especially true for a wormhole system.

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