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PI - Can I build my own production factory?
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Martinius Tawate
School of Applied Knowledge
Caldari State
#1 - 2015-07-05 19:38:24 UTC
Hi all..

Quick question. I am about to test a bit around science and industry.

I have understood that you can take up resources from planets and make it into materials used for building things (more or less correct, yes?)

What I struggle to understand is if I can make my own assemble plant/factory on a planet? And if this can be done, am I the only one who can use it, or can others produce there for some small amount of money?
Kaarous Aldurald
Black Hydra Consortium.
#2 - 2015-07-05 19:54:16 UTC
http://wiki.eveuniversity.org/Planetary_Interaction

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRkSAVfCBqM

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Jonah Gravenstein
Machiavellian Space Bastards
#3 - 2015-07-05 19:56:20 UTC  |  Edited by: Jonah Gravenstein
Yes you're correct.
Yes you can set up a factory to process materials into commodities that are used elsewhere in the game
Yes you're the only person who can use it
No others can't access your facilities

You may find this handy(beaten to it by the poster above)

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Martinius Tawate
School of Applied Knowledge
Caldari State
#4 - 2015-07-05 19:57:05 UTC
Kaarous Aldurald wrote:
http://wiki.eveuniversity.org/Planetary_Interaction

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRkSAVfCBqM


TY.

Watching the video now.
Kaarous Aldurald
Black Hydra Consortium.
#5 - 2015-07-05 19:58:42 UTC
Martinius Tawate wrote:
Kaarous Aldurald wrote:
http://wiki.eveuniversity.org/Planetary_Interaction

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRkSAVfCBqM


TY.

Watching the video now.


Don't be discouraged if it takes you a couple of times watching through it. Like most things in EVE, while the underlying principles might be relatively simple, the execution seldom is, and the learning process can be tricky.

"Verily, I have often laughed at the weaklings who thought themselves good because they had no claws."

One of ours, ten of theirs.

Best Meltdown Ever.
Marsha Mallow
#6 - 2015-07-05 20:00:22 UTC
You can extract raw materials on planets and manufacture more complex items via extraction or import. Planets can be used by multiple players, but the PI extraction units/command centres are unique to the player. If you join a player corp or talk to people ingame you may be able to exchange materials with people you know, or you could just buy/sell what you need.

There's a guide here or here and plenty more available online, just search under 'eve online, planetary interaction guide/tutorial' or something similar. For further questions I'd recommend the Science & Industry forum, and have a look for an ingame channel devoted to PI (looking now, will edit post if I find one).

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Martinius Tawate
School of Applied Knowledge
Caldari State
#7 - 2015-07-05 20:11:02 UTC
Marsha Mallow wrote:
You can extract raw materials on planets and manufacture more complex items via extraction or import. Planets can be used by multiple players, but the PI extraction units/command centres are unique to the player. If you join a player corp or talk to people ingame you may be able to exchange materials with people you know, or you could just buy/sell what you need.

There's a guide here or here and plenty more available online, just search under 'eve online, planetary interaction guide/tutorial' or something similar. For further questions I'd recommend the Science & Industry forum, and have a look for an ingame channel devoted to PI (looking now, will edit post if I find one).


Thnks.

I am not interested in extracting anything from the planet. I am only interested in having an assemble plant/factory. This way I would bring metals needed, blueprint and have the plant do the work.

I now make a lot of ISK with minimum effort. I am going to take this one step further. If what I want is possible, I do not have to use other assemble plant/factory, I want my own. And I wanna practice doing this in high sec. I will soon enough travel to 0 sec for more adventures.. For now, I must build up my money grabbers first..

After I have learned this, I am training for 0 sec survival. I do of course play with alts. One trader, one for this I am working on now, and Tawate will go 0 sec..
Jonah Gravenstein
Machiavellian Space Bastards
#8 - 2015-07-05 20:18:37 UTC  |  Edited by: Jonah Gravenstein
Martinius Tawate wrote:
I am not interested in extracting anything from the planet. I am only interested in having an assemble plant/factory. This way I would bring metals needed, blueprint and have the plant do the work.
That shouldn't be a problem.
The only costs, outside of setup and materials, you'll have to account for are the import/export taxes associated with the customs offices, you can offset some of this taxation with the Customs Code Expertise skill.

As you're planning on importing all the materials and only running an assembly plant it doesn't matter where you have it except for logistics purposes (hauling and whatnot); hisec is as good a place as any.

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Martinius Tawate
School of Applied Knowledge
Caldari State
#9 - 2015-07-05 20:21:30 UTC
Jonah Gravenstein wrote:
Martinius Tawate wrote:
I am not interested in extracting anything from the planet. I am only interested in having an assemble plant/factory. This way I would bring metals needed, blueprint and have the plant do the work.
That shouldn't be a problem, the only costs, outside of setup and materials, you'll have to account for is the import/export taxes associated with the customs offices, you can offset some of the taxation with the Customs Code Expertise skill.

As you're planning on importing all the materials and only running an assembly plant it doesn't matter where you have it except for logistics purposes (hauling and whatnot); hisec is as good a place as any.


Perfect. THANKS..

Now I only have to do some schooling then..

I hated school. This I have no problem studying for. What gives..
Cristl
#10 - 2015-07-05 20:22:41 UTC
Just to clarify:

The factories on planets can only process PI materials. You can't build, say, afterburners there.
Jonah Gravenstein
Machiavellian Space Bastards
#11 - 2015-07-05 20:25:45 UTC
^^ good point, manufacturing modules etc is a whole different ballgame

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Martinius Tawate
School of Applied Knowledge
Caldari State
#12 - 2015-07-05 20:27:29 UTC
Cristl wrote:
Just to clarify:

The factories on planets can only process PI materials. You can't build, say, afterburners there.


Aha.

So to build things like afterburners and such, I need to use assemble plants already excising?
Kaarous Aldurald
Black Hydra Consortium.
#13 - 2015-07-05 20:33:40 UTC
Martinius Tawate wrote:
Cristl wrote:
Just to clarify:

The factories on planets can only process PI materials. You can't build, say, afterburners there.


Aha.

So to build things like afterburners and such, I need to use assemble plants already excising?


http://wiki.eveuniversity.org/Manufacturing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qxZFmIaynE

If you're going into this, it would behoove additional research as well, this is a fair bit more tricky than PI.

"Verily, I have often laughed at the weaklings who thought themselves good because they had no claws."

One of ours, ten of theirs.

Best Meltdown Ever.
Cristl
#14 - 2015-07-05 20:33:57 UTC
Martinius Tawate wrote:
Cristl wrote:
Just to clarify:

The factories on planets can only process PI materials. You can't build, say, afterburners there.


Aha.

So to build things like afterburners and such, I need to use assemble plants already excising?

Yes, or at a POS, a starbase you can anchor at a moon.

I *strongly* recommend you don't touch POSes for now.
Jonah Gravenstein
Machiavellian Space Bastards
#15 - 2015-07-05 21:04:03 UTC  |  Edited by: Jonah Gravenstein
Martinius Tawate wrote:
Cristl wrote:
Just to clarify:

The factories on planets can only process PI materials. You can't build, say, afterburners there.


Aha.

So to build things like afterburners and such, I need to use assemble plants already excising?
Yes, you'll need to use the manufacturing slots available in most stations, or as mentioned above a POS; which is best to be avoided unless you know what you're doing.

Blueprints usually need researching for the finished product to be profitable, there's material efficiency (cuts wastage) and time efficiency (cuts manufacturing time) research slots available in some stations. On top of that there's invention (chance based to generate T2 blueprint copies); as I said, it's a whole different ballgame than PI.

The Eve Uni links are well worth reading, even CCP use it for reference on occasion.

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NFain
Solid Space Business
#16 - 2015-07-05 22:34:27 UTC
Just saying, I'm really proud of the responders to this thread. Y'all are incredibly helpful, I haven't seen a thread like this in GD for awhile now.
Hippinse
University of Caille
Gallente Federation
#17 - 2015-07-06 01:53:53 UTC
NFain wrote:
Just saying, I'm really proud of the responders to this thread. Y'all are incredibly helpful, I haven't seen a thread like this in GD for awhile now.


Seconded. Further, I have reported this entire thread as being offtopic for GD.