Science & Industry

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and you are just plain wrong

POS are not being replaced by anything, they are being removed from the game - think 2018

You build in assembly arrays - think fall 2017
You research, invent, copy etc in research labs - think fall 2017

There are 9 new structures, Citadels are the first and are meant to be market hubs


POS or Outposts won't be removed until ALL of their features are duplicated in a new structure, which may be a citadel or one of the other 8 new structures.

Exactly! Thanks for making that clear. Often times people put the cart ahead of the horse.

Max

TBH - not 100% sure...yet

Firstly; during the Structures presentation on Saturday CCP (dear old Fozzie in this case) stated that the, previously separate, Assembly Arrays and Research Stations would be combined as Industry Arrays (Fall 16 iirc).

So - given that the 'Medium' version of this would be able to build anything Sub-cap; then I would be surprised if a Research Module couldn't be fitted.

That said - it still could be that, like the Market Module, then a Research Module could also be restricted to Large & XL.

TBF - given your comment, I would be surprised if BPOs were taken into WHs given their potential for loss - copies made in HS where the BPOs will be even safer now due to the 'recovery mechanic' is much more likely.

There are two common threads that are getting confused.

CCP stated:
* Assembly and Mining structures (moon mining & reactions specifically mentioned) are coming.
* Citadels may be getting equivalent service modules & rigs, but they won't be as good as the specialized structures,

Drilling Platforms:
http://updates.eveonline.com/coming/winter/

It already has been!

The planned Reprocessing and Compression Modules for Citadels (and the future other structures) were combined into a single module: "Standup Reprocessing Facility I"

The blurb of which states: "The Standup Reprocessing Facility is a service module that allows the use of a reprocessing and compression facilities when installed into an Upwell technology structure. The default reprocessing rate is 50%, which may be further enhanced by the use of Standup rigs.

Standup is a proprietary system that uses a Structure Autonomous Nanoassembly Device (Upwell) containing integrated template software, a nanoassembler array and sufficient nanomass to enable the construction of a variety of service modules, structure modules and structure rigs when inserted into the appropriate slots on a structure built with Upwell technology."

{The bold and underline are mine}

The interesting thing to note, therefore, is that there are no charges/taxes for compression - which is quite the game-changer!

I think a lot of people are getting Structures, and service modules mixed up:

Structures:
Citadels (M/L/L)


Services:
Refining/Compressing array (one module)
Market
Cloning




Things like manufacturing and research will be new Service modules. There will be new types of structures of various sizes, that will give different bonuses to various modules. Ie, I'm guessing there will be an more industry based Structure at some point that will give bonuses to Refining and manufacturing arrays, and probably another with bonuses to moon mining. Another thing to remember, is that although Citadel class structures are not available in small size, other Structures might be.

Yes, and the Structure "Industrial Array", will likely have no function without adding the appropriate service modules.