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Can POCOs actually be 'player-owned'?
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Solitudinem Aeternus
Multiverse Trading
#1 - 2016-11-20 10:17:49 UTC  |  Edited by: Solitudinem Aeternus
I did put some effort into trying to find this out before posting here. Originally, when these things first came out, they could only be corporate owned. However, I know some changes to game mechanics were made since then, and I couldn't find a 'latest greatest' definitive answer on it.

Can these things actually be owned by a 'player' (e.g. someone not in a corp, and not owning or using a corp)? And and when I say 'owned' I mean no tricks or gimmicks, i.e. can a player buy the thing, haul it out to some planet, stock it with whatever it needs, turn it on, etc?

I'd like the answer to be 'yes.' However if the answer is 'no,' I'd suggest calling these things COCOs (corporate owned customs offices) rather than POCOs. Would eliminate some confusion if nothing else.
Keno Skir
#2 - 2016-11-20 10:19:35 UTC
No. Start a corp and anchor your POCO.

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Mark Marconi
Ministry of War
Amarr Empire
#3 - 2016-11-20 10:20:04 UTC
Solitudinem Aeternus wrote:
I did put some effort into trying to find this out before posting here. Originally, when these things first came out, they could only be corporate owned. However, I know some changes to game mechanics were made since then, and I couldn't find a 'latest greatest' definitive answer on it.

Can these things actually be owned by a 'player' (e.g. someone not in a corp, and not owning or using a corp)? And and when I say 'owned' I mean no tricks or gimmicks, i.e. can the a player buy the thing, haul it out to some planet, stock it with whatever it needs, turn it on, etc?

I'd like the answer to be 'yes.' However if the answer is 'no,' I'd suggest calling these things COCOs (corporate owned customs offices) rather than POCOs.

No they have to be owned by a player corp.

That way if they are in Hi-Sec you can be war decced and have them destroyed.

The CSM gets in the way of CCP communicating properly with the players of this game.

After all we are not just players, we are customers.

Time for the CSM to be disbanded.
Solitudinem Aeternus
Multiverse Trading
#4 - 2016-11-20 10:20:08 UTC
Keno Skir wrote:
No. Start a corp and anchor your POCO.


Good enough kind sir - thanks.
Solitudinem Aeternus
Multiverse Trading
#5 - 2016-11-20 10:21:53 UTC
Mark Marconi wrote:

No they have to be owned by a player corp.

That way if they are in Hi-Sec you can be war decced and have them destroyed.


Well that brings up another interesting question. Say you wanted to destroy one as a lone player. Can you war dec a corp as a lone player? If not, can you just attack one of these things as a lone player without war deccing? Just curious is all.
Mark Marconi
Ministry of War
Amarr Empire
#6 - 2016-11-20 10:30:02 UTC
Solitudinem Aeternus wrote:
Mark Marconi wrote:

No they have to be owned by a player corp.

That way if they are in Hi-Sec you can be war decced and have them destroyed.


Well that brings up another interesting question. Say you wanted to destroy one as a lone player. Can you war dec a corp as a lone player? If not, can you just attack one of these things as a lone player without war deccing? Just curious is all.

No you need to be the CEO of a corp to war dec, where as if you just attack one in Hi-sec concord will splat you for being naughty. Of course in lo, null and wormholes you can just attack them.

The CSM gets in the way of CCP communicating properly with the players of this game.

After all we are not just players, we are customers.

Time for the CSM to be disbanded.
Keno Skir
#7 - 2016-11-20 11:28:54 UTC
Solitudinem Aeternus wrote:
Mark Marconi wrote:

No they have to be owned by a player corp.

That way if they are in Hi-Sec you can be war decced and have them destroyed.


Well that brings up another interesting question. Say you wanted to destroy one as a lone player. Can you war dec a corp as a lone player? If not, can you just attack one of these things as a lone player without war deccing? Just curious is all.


No, but it's so easy for you to make a 1 man corp (like couple mil ISK) that there's no need for any changes. If you want a POCO or to remove someone elses, make a corp.

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