Wormholes

Hi everyone,

I've been trying solo (read: me and a ton of alts) wormhole life recently, and absolutely love it. Cloaky stalking my hole and neighboring connections is thrilling. I'm one of those crazies who "actually likes eve" so I find every aspect fun - prepping PVP fits, running spreadsheets on gas mining, thinking through the psychology of what I leave around the POS, etc.

I'm wondering if people have any industry tips. Logistics aren't simple (my hole has no direct K-space connection), and I've noticed a few things would be much easier if I'd worked through some industry numbers before hauling things directly. POS ECM batteries, for example, can be quickly constructed out of a tiny volume of materials relative to the amount of space they take in an industrial! And of course, creating POS fuel in the hole doesn't save much space, but the ability to make runs using the Miasmos (compressed ice) and Epithal (PI product components) significantly reduces the risk and/or skill requirements.

Does anybody else have any logistical/industry tips for somebody just getting to know the space?

Thanks!

Start gas reactions, but keep it small. You can fit a basic gas reaction in a large pos and keep the pos functional. If you want to make this easy and casual, don't react high end gasses, do low end ones. They are less m3, less hauling, reacts for longer as they take up less m3 for the silo's. You don't need a reaction farm, and you don't need to dedicate a pos for doing mass reactions.

Keep it simple, keep it a side job. You can set a basic one up 3 silos, one small silo, and the reactor, to run for a week without refilling it every damn day.

Generally true. Check markets if you're actually importing the stuff. Personally, I use reactors to make it smaller to haul out, with the price increase just being an ancillary benefit.

You lose out on profit, but you trade money for m3. The m3 shrinkage is enormous.

What would take a freighter you could haul in a frigate.

That'd be a 3 billion isk frigate though. Didn't run the numbers but it's a huge m3 reduction.

I actually picked a hole based on terrible PI, on the theory it would deter attackers by making it look unattractive.

I don't even have 5 planets

If you haven't yet, skill into deep space transports. They hold a massive amount of volume in their fleet hangers(60k m3), can tank 50k+ EHP and have 2 points of stability built in. It makes logistics so much easier.

Depending on what industry your doing exactly, you're better off in highsec.
Gas reactions are the only thing worth doing in wspace.
Manufacturing, yeah you'll either need a massive mining fleet or haul in minerals from highsec. Same with t2 complex reactions.
Researching almost worthless bpo's can be done. Start researching cap bpo's & you'll quickly realize how bad an idea that is in wspace.

One more thing, you can't manafacture pos modules at a pos. All that is done in stations.

First, get out of the hole you are in and find one you can do PI in, or go be a nomad in a shattered system.

Use a carrier for ship storage instead of a SMA. If you are in a C4 or lower, build a carrier. Once you have a carrier, you can build fighters. You get a little bit of added value and some mineral compression. Plus you don't have to worry about losing fighters.

Use a small POS with minimal defenses. Small POS = less fuel to haul. If someone wants to burn you down, they won't care what how big your POS is or how many defenses it has, so keep it as disposable as possible. Don't anchor an SMA or CHA, that just gives them a reason to burn you down. People will still reinforce you just for fun, so keep 24 hours of stront in the tower. They won't hang around for 24 hours and lose their connection home just to burn down a worthless POS.

Have an alt logged off at a safe spot in an orca or freighter, and keep anything and everything of value on him. And only log him in when you have no K162's and your static hasn't been activated. Store a spare POS or two on this guy in case the worst happens.

Since you are just starting out, I was going to advice you to not go with a large POS but you seem to have already set shop. My strategy is to move my valuables to highsec asap so my CHA & SMA doesn't fill up with too much stuff. This way, I can just log off in haulers and my ratting ship denying my siegers everything but POS mod kills. In most cases, you'll have to **** people off to warrant them evicting you but other reasons aren't improbable.

Obviously, you can step up to a large when you are commited to living in wh space.

Thanks for the advice!

A few follow up questions on logging off, if you don't mind:

(1) Is the reason not to log off in the pos the risk of bubbles/destroyed POS before you return? That makes sense, I just want to make sure I understand the mechanic in play. I suppose logging off elsewhere also delays intel to anybody watching the POS for activity?

(2) If the system allows, would a deep safe (off d-scan from all celestials) be preferred, or one very close to the POS for quick warping in if necessary?

(3) Is there an exception for alts meant to man POS guns who can't fly, or else aren't flying, interdiction nullified vessels?

Thanks again for the tips!