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Palatine Keepstar

Don't be silly

So if I were building widgets that require 100k tritanium in an EC in nulsec with a T1 rig, the total materials required would be: 100k * (1-.01) * (1-.02*2.1) = 94842 tritanium, a 5.158% ME reduction?

Or would it be 100k * (1 - (.01 + .02 * 2.1)) = 94800, a 5.52% reduction?

From what you said I think the former is correct.

Also, still WTB Large capital component and capital ship rigs.

How many XL ECs do you think will be built? No ask, how many of those groups building them do you think have salvage stockpiles for building the rigs they want?

It's not like someone building an XL EC and then wanting to T2 rig it is just going to go buy the salvage off sell orders in Jita...

Many have been saving up T2 salvage - To build rigs people will buy, I don't believe there is any group has enough T2 salvage tucked away to start building T2 rigs for Citadels and EC's.
If they have, it still doesn't help anyone who hasn't been stockpiling it for a couple of years.

Can you honestly see someone fitting a 100bil+ rig to such an easily destroyed structure as an EC? One rig costs more than the entire structure.

Just remembered, I had a friend living in a WH for a few years, he stockpiled all his T2 salvage, had a ton of the stuff (it was to be his titan fund). Thing is he hasn't played for over a year.,,. And, likely won't be back..

People don't buy T2 BPO's to make money selling the product.
They buy the T2 BPO to make a little profit on manufacturing for 6 months, then make the big profit selling the T2 BPO on when they realise that the ROI will be 50 years plus to the next sucker who thinks T2 BPO are awesome.
The main people profiting from T2 BPO's are the groups that got them all in the original lotteries and have sat on them the entire time.

That is very different from a destructible structure, where you have to select via permanent (titan priced) rigs what it's bonused towards, and end up stuck with it even if the market moves.

Towers with supers in build, die quite often because other groups don't want XXX group to have another super (and it's fun blowing them up).
An Xlarge EC, where you will eventually by default be able to see what is being built in it, is not going to be any harder to kill than a large tower (or two or three). If some of these groups decide - Your towers are going to die - They are going to die no matter how much of a defense you can put up.

The only groups (and there is only a few) who could successfully build and defend these new XLEC's, are the same ones who can and will destroy anyone else's.
CCP is releasing a new line of structures for the large elite/ist groups to use, not that it is "large groups" who build these things, it is a few individuals from within the largest, most powerful groups. Alliances don't go out and build manufacturing structures, small groups from within them do.
I'm not sure there would be one alliance in the game, who will spend upwards of 100bil, so 10 guys (or 1 guy with 9 alts) from that alliance can make isk building supers..

T2 BPO's - Are collector items for the rich and idle, buying a T2 BPO is not an investment you make to build for the market and get rich. Just like a super cap EC, they won't show a profit for many years. Although, the BPO is probably a much better investment - It can't be blown up and you can take it with you if/when you get pushed out of your space.

Too much rig fragmentation, this make Raitaru almost useless, as prices will be reduced to the optimal production cost (2.4% to 4% reduction).

First, thanks for these changes. They are a big help!

Azbel needs more CPU/PWR Grid. I can't get a full fit on it with all services.

I'd like to see fighters on the Raitaru and more EHP across the board.

First, that's huge compared to hisec (90% & 110%). Second, that's not much difference between nulsec and lowsec in comparison (i.e. hisec being 1.7x rather than 1x would have been more sensible).

I'm really disappointed that industry in hisec is being nerfed so hard. Like many others, I was expecting a hisec EC to be at least on par with hisec starbases, especially given that EC are so much more vulnerable, expensive (it looks like 8b-10b for an Azbel setup that is still inferior to a hisec starbase), and less functional.

More risk (more expensive structure & fittings), less reward (lower industry bonuses). Seems wrong.