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Logical Chaos
Very Italian People
The Initiative.
#21 - 2013-07-16 10:09:04 UTC
Tau Cabalander wrote:
Logical Chaos wrote:
I have made this calculation and a Dread Guristas Large is cheaper than a standard Caldari after ~2-3 years.

Think of what you could earn with a regular tower over 2-3 years, using the ISK you saved by buying a cheaper tower. It is called "opportunity cost".

Also, don't anchor what you cannot afford to lose.

FWIW, I had a large Domination (cost 800m). I sold it for 2.4b and bought a large Caldari and more BPO. I now have 3 large Caldari. Having that much ISK floating in space for one POS didn't make sense to me.


My comment was being sarcastic. The payoff of 2-3 years in EVE is a full ****** argument. You can do so much more money with simply using the free ISK (like 2.5+b) for that time.

You could resale BPOs that have been researched etc for a much bigger return than cost savings. Faction towers is only spacebling.
Bugsy VanHalen
Society of lost Souls
#22 - 2013-07-16 14:50:21 UTC
Logical Chaos wrote:
Tau Cabalander wrote:
Logical Chaos wrote:
I have made this calculation and a Dread Guristas Large is cheaper than a standard Caldari after ~2-3 years.

Think of what you could earn with a regular tower over 2-3 years, using the ISK you saved by buying a cheaper tower. It is called "opportunity cost".

Also, don't anchor what you cannot afford to lose.

FWIW, I had a large Domination (cost 800m). I sold it for 2.4b and bought a large Caldari and more BPO. I now have 3 large Caldari. Having that much ISK floating in space for one POS didn't make sense to me.


My comment was being sarcastic. The payoff of 2-3 years in EVE is a full ****** argument. You can do so much more money with simply using the free ISK (like 2.5+b) for that time.

You could resale BPOs that have been researched etc for a much bigger return than cost savings. Faction towers is only spacebling.

Actually the reason faction towers are so insanely expensive is because they were removed from the loot tables a few years ago. now that they have been re-added they will drop in price until they reach a point where they are worth buying.
Omega Flames
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#23 - 2013-07-17 12:41:48 UTC
Bugsy VanHalen wrote:
Logical Chaos wrote:
Tau Cabalander wrote:
Logical Chaos wrote:
I have made this calculation and a Dread Guristas Large is cheaper than a standard Caldari after ~2-3 years.

Think of what you could earn with a regular tower over 2-3 years, using the ISK you saved by buying a cheaper tower. It is called "opportunity cost".

Also, don't anchor what you cannot afford to lose.

FWIW, I had a large Domination (cost 800m). I sold it for 2.4b and bought a large Caldari and more BPO. I now have 3 large Caldari. Having that much ISK floating in space for one POS didn't make sense to me.


My comment was being sarcastic. The payoff of 2-3 years in EVE is a full ****** argument. You can do so much more money with simply using the free ISK (like 2.5+b) for that time.

You could resale BPOs that have been researched etc for a much bigger return than cost savings. Faction towers is only spacebling.

Actually the reason faction towers are so insanely expensive is because they were removed from the loot tables a few years ago. now that they have been re-added they will drop in price until they reach a point where they are worth buying.

IIRC they were still available via the LP store for the pirate factions and high mat cost was also a good chunk of the cost for building one
Krixtal Icefluxor
INLAND EMPIRE Galactic
#24 - 2013-07-17 12:50:29 UTC
Omega Flames wrote:

IIRC they were still available via the LP store for the pirate factions and high mat cost was also a good chunk of the cost for building one



Nope. They were only ever loot drops.

"He has mounted his hind-legs, and blown crass vapidities through the bowel of his neck."  - Ambrose Bierce on Oscar Wilde's Lecture in San Francisco 1882
Krixtal Icefluxor
INLAND EMPIRE Galactic
#25 - 2013-07-17 12:56:05 UTC
Welp, I've been doing more Ice Mining than normal since it is way more profitable than regular ore mining now in High Sec thanks to the Odyssey changes.

I actually acquire all the HW and LO that I need now without buying from the Market, I do my own Low Sec PI, make fuel blocks for the POS and for marketing, and I get my Charters from the Ammatar LP stores.

Technically, my small Caldari POS costs me nothing really. It uses a very tiny portion of what I make.

"He has mounted his hind-legs, and blown crass vapidities through the bowel of his neck."  - Ambrose Bierce on Oscar Wilde's Lecture in San Francisco 1882
Victoria Sin
Doomheim
#26 - 2013-07-17 13:04:45 UTC
Krixtal Icefluxor wrote:

Technically, my small Caldari POS costs me nothing really. It uses a very tiny portion of what I make.


No. Technically it's costing you whatever it costs to run, at current market prices. You are just valuing your time as being worth zero.

Big mistake.
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