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Is reasearching BPO still viable
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Gritchee
X-com Industries inc.
#1 - 2012-02-20 03:08:54 UTC
I'm about to have next to zero time to play eve in the coming months :( I'm looking for something I could do AFK to keep the flow of isk and account running for that time.

I was thinking of setting up a POS and start selling researched BPO. I have about 11B in liquidity to do so. My question is, is it a good idea or those researched BPOs wont sell? I know I'm loosing a ton of money compared to if I use those BPO to manufacture but meh...

If you have a better idea as to what I could do with 11B+afk then post it.

Thank you for your time.
Mors Prima
Pandemic Horde Inc.
Pandemic Horde
#2 - 2012-02-20 04:24:59 UTC
If you're going to actually Going to be completely AFK then I doubt putting up a POS would be a good idea. Fuel and time limit on research will be a problem for you. If you can log in every couple of weeks then it might be worthwhile. Research is better than nothing.
Bath Sheeba
Another Success Story
#3 - 2012-02-20 05:45:01 UTC
Really you are better off investing that money in someone you trust.
Like help a friend set up a manufacturing business or something.
Emma Royd
Maddled Gommerils
#4 - 2012-02-20 05:48:43 UTC
Gritchee wrote:
If you have a better idea as to what I could do with 11B+afk then post it.


Give it to me, I'm quitting eve and have 45 TriBiGazillion isk to give away, send me any amount and I'll double it Big smile

Seriously, if you're going to be completely afk for a while, even a couple of weeks at a time, then there's the risk of a war-dec and you not knowing about it.
I see you're in a fairly small corp (if you're the character that is putting the tower up), you might want to make sure they've got your real life contact details so if they do get wardecced then at least you could log in and pull your tower or something.

You could always look for some of the bonds people are wanting investment in, but that's up to you if you trust them or not.

My personal feeling would be invest in some BPO's but use NPC station research slots, hunt around, find a nice little corner where's there's not so long queues, I used to do some just into lowsec, nipped in with either a covops or an incerceptor and did them, never had a problem. Sure the 'returns' won't be as high since research takes longer, plus the queue time, but you've not got the expense of running a pos, or the hassle of potential war-decs. Install them, make a note of the date they're finished, log back in and deliver, rinse and repeat.
Riley Moore
Sentinum Research
#5 - 2012-02-20 07:40:22 UTC
No. There's already enough people doing it.

Large volumes of highly researched Ammo, drones, charges and ship bpo's. Biggest BPO store in EVE! https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&m=445524#post445524
Gritchee
X-com Industries inc.
#6 - 2012-02-20 15:18:07 UTC
For the record I'll be able to log each day. But not for hours like I can right now :)
Ameron Phinard
#7 - 2012-02-20 18:56:18 UTC
Gritchee wrote:
For the record I'll be able to log each day. But not for hours like I can right now :)


I still wouldn't mess with a POS. Hire Black Frog Logistics to move your BPOs to a low-sec station with a low-wait research queue. Hire them again to move everything back in a few months. Black Frog's fee is going to be a lot less than 2-3 months of POS fuel.

Also don't forgot obvious things like datacores and PI on a two-week cycle.
GreasyCarl Semah
A Game as Old as Empire
#8 - 2012-02-20 20:16:30 UTC  |  Edited by: GreasyCarl Semah
No real need for a POS although it would save some time.

Research the skills required to remotely start and deliver research jobs. Buy a ton of blueprints, enough for several months of research. Truck those blueprints into low sec space using something stealthy like a Caldari buzzard. Use a throw away alt to scout the way in a pod if you are really worried. Manage the jobs remotely from your high sec couch for months on end. Sneak back in and pick them up when you have more time for the game. Profit handsomely. Thank Greasycarl by sending him a few million. Blink
Molang
MyXGamer
#9 - 2012-02-20 23:51:18 UTC
I think the 3 best AFK things to do is

1. Research agents.
2. Planetary manufacturing (not Mining)
3. T2 Manufacturing.

With those 3 things going you can log in once a day, update prices and once a week start new manufacturing runs and change out the materials in your planets. Then once a month you can haul all your data-cores to market.
Derath Ellecon
University of Caille
Gallente Federation
#10 - 2012-02-21 00:16:10 UTC
Find a nice C1wh. Do PI run the sites. I've been doing that for the last 5 months. Do some PI. I make about 2.2bil a month on the PI and average a out 500mil a week on the sites. I probably have time to play an hour or so every other day if I am lucky.
Gritchee
X-com Industries inc.
#11 - 2012-02-21 12:54:27 UTC
Thanks for all the inputs.

Research agents: I got 5 lvl4 research agent setup on my 2 alts already. So thats one good thing I don't have to worry about.

PI: I've been doing PI for about a year and stopped recently because I'm fed up of that clickfest. Altho 2 week cycles in a WH could be a good idea.
Lady Ayeipsia
BlueWaffe
#12 - 2012-02-21 15:39:46 UTC
For researched bpos....

Here's the rub.... A cruiser bpo with say an me level of 50 will cost maybe 50 mil on contract, sell at a slow rate, take about 60 days to research, and net you only about 10-20 mil profit, not including fuel costs. Basically, given the isk you already have, not worth it.

can you log in and autopilot for say an hour a day? If so, them maybe trading. What I mean is, find an out of the way market. You want to look for a market that is not in the same region as a major hub, and boarders nul sec. Stock that market with harder to find items. For example, I am selling cyno field generators at over double jita priced in a system near null. People are lazy. I can sell 20+ in a month, for a profit of over a mil each. No risk of my pos being attacked, and just passive income.

I can sell other items too. I travel to jita once a month, pick up rigs, cynos, and other items I know will sell, then just run the orders. It would work well for you, but you need to find your spot.
Vladimir Smugdog
#13 - 2012-02-21 17:51:27 UTC
Bath Sheeba wrote:
Really you are better off investing that money in someone you trust.


lmao
Bath Sheeba
Another Success Story
#14 - 2012-02-21 21:06:57 UTC
Vladimir Smugdog wrote:
Bath Sheeba wrote:
Really you are better off investing that money in someone you trust.


lmao


Not sure what is so funny about that?
Note: I did not say me, I did not say say someone you trust in game.
I was more thinking RL friend there.....
Gritchee
X-com Industries inc.
#15 - 2012-02-22 00:25:51 UTC
Lady Ayeipsia wrote:
For researched bpos....

Here's the rub.... A cruiser bpo with say an me level of 50 will cost maybe 50 mil on contract, sell at a slow rate, take about 60 days to research, and net you only about 10-20 mil profit, not including fuel costs. Basically, given the isk you already have, not worth it.

can you log in and autopilot for say an hour a day? If so, them maybe trading. What I mean is, find an out of the way market. You want to look for a market that is not in the same region as a major hub, and boarders nul sec. Stock that market with harder to find items. For example, I am selling cyno field generators at over double jita priced in a system near null. People are lazy. I can sell 20+ in a month, for a profit of over a mil each. No risk of my pos being attacked, and just passive income.

I can sell other items too. I travel to jita once a month, pick up rigs, cynos, and other items I know will sell, then just run the orders. It would work well for you, but you need to find your spot.


Thanks for your post, I will look into this. Trading might do it for me.