Market Discussions

What effects do you think Fozziesov might have on consumption?
What effects do you think Fozziesov might have on fleet doctrines?
What effects do you think Fozziesov might have on production?
What effects do you think Fozziesov might have on politics?

What effect will the above have on the supply and demand market levers?

Some transitional effects are already occurring.

All my science lines are inventing Entosis Link II BPCs at present, using Process decryptors (which are the best by a mile).

I may also have bought about 5000 Process Decryptors in various hubs, including buying out 90% of the ones on Jita sell orders.

I've not been touching the Antik. elements. Don't understand where they come from, what the limiting factor is in producing them and how scalable producing them is, and not motivated enough to research that information.

Well, hell.

My answers to the above questions all point towards there being an increase in demand for the Element. The Entosis Links (and thus the Elements) would actually be exploding, so consumption would increase. Fleets could be smaller, but death-rates would remain the same, just spread out more. I have a difficult time considering why the Element would go down in price, barring some external influence. I imagine production going up, but in response to the increased demand; I was hoping to catch things before the manufacturers did. I don't know how it'd affect politics: I think alliances would be less stable. I suppose I only see demand going up, and supply going up in response to it.

Is this a huge display of ignorance in regards to the mechanics of the game?

Soon, as seen on SiSi, we will be able to jump into WH space inhabited by drifters where you can loot much much more of the element. From previos experience Imho that will crash value of the element.

Yes.



Supply is independent of demand when a bottleneck in its production like the Antik element exists.

The supply of Antikythera elements themselves will undoubtedly be raised by CCP - how big of a bottleneck in scope is going to remain, if at all, is a gamble that you must take right now.

Of relevance - http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/3635af/heres_one_way_to_kill_drifter_battleships_in/ and http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/369mpb/gm_response_regarding_the_use_of_control_towers/

No Official correspondence present, of course - anecdotal evidence.

Not considered at this time.

Perhaps, Drifters are going to adapt to the POS shielding technology, and reinforce Small ones in two DDs. However, to achieve that, the blast would have to go up almost ten times in damage. Unlikely.

The end to all wars - the former promises to address this, otherwise Live On Graet Donutt forever eternal!

Low? Yes. But he did say "complete cessation".

Personally I don't think prospecting on the basis of the incoming sov changes is a good plan. There are too many unknowns and outside of the magic fairy wands (Entosis Links) themselves there is little clue as to how market demand will change in the coming months and, indeed, whether this transition will significantly affect market prices.

Best to stick to safer investments, I reckon.