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Booster Cartels....where'd they go?
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The Apothecary
Doomheim
#1 - 2012-05-13 21:22:53 UTC
So I've been having a browse around and I can't find any decent sized corps dedicated to producing boosters. From what I can gather the corps that used to be 'top dogs' such as Es&Whizz and Coreli core seemed to have gone inactive.
(probably due to the amount of work involved vs low turnover / demand etc)
Does anyone really use boosters anymore? I haven't seen many sell orders in forums.

So, anyone know of any? Or is it still very hush hush >.>

(before the troll train, I am producing standards atm and understand what goes into making them etc...)
Reppyk
The Black Shell
#2 - 2012-05-13 22:12:01 UTC
The Apothecary wrote:
So I've been having a browse around and I can't find any decent sized corps dedicated to producing boosters. From what I can gather the corps that used to be 'top dogs' such as Es&Whizz and Coreli core seemed to have gone inactive.
(probably due to the amount of work involved vs low turnover / demand etc)
Does anyone really use boosters anymore? I haven't seen many sell orders in forums.

So, anyone know of any? Or is it still very hush hush >.>

(before the troll train, I am producing standards atm and understand what goes into making them etc...)
A few different people consumes them :
- solo pvpers, mostly in hero active tanks [blue pill/exile]
- well organized groups of roamers [x instinct, quafe zero]
- some dedicated logis [mindflood]
- carriers pilots [mindflood]
- dreads (and titans before the last patch) pilots [drop]
- idiots that trained for caldari capital ships [crash].
Frentix and sooth are the worst drugs I think. Sooth for blasters users ? Meh. Frentix could be cool with pulse+scorchs, if the amarr battleships could lock a bit further.

That's 1% of the EVE pilots. Everyone else is a 1) simple-minded blobber ("too complicate to use" "cant mass prod them') 2) mission runner/miner (ie the price of a booster is not worth the gain) 3) is afraid to take "drugs" because it has drawbacks (and will not go in low to take a non-synth booster).

A few corps are still selling boosters btw, but they dont want too much attention. A drug POS is vulnerable and the margins are thin.

I AM SPACE CAPTAIN REPPYK. BEWARE.

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Kohiko Sun
Stormcrows
#3 - 2012-05-13 22:12:49 UTC
Ess & Whizz is still around and producing. Sometimes you can see one of their young contrabandistas advertising in Jita local between the scam spam, and they still sell to buyers if you contact them directly.
Liliana Rahl
Remote Soviet Industries
Insidious Empire
#4 - 2012-05-13 23:45:57 UTC
I don't get what it is you're looking for. Someone to sell to? A market to cash in on?

Yeah, I'm sure someone will be right along to assist you.