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Piugattuk
Litla Sundlaugin
#1 - 2017-05-30 03:35:06 UTC
Just started to build cap ships, I'm halfway done with my first cap build, however, I've noticed how much the cap components are worth, so I am thinking base upon the value of the parts it seems more profitable to build and sell the cap components rather then the ship, am I wrong or what?
Krysenth
Saints Of Havoc
#2 - 2017-05-30 03:56:09 UTC
Number-wise, you likely arent wrong. In actual practice, however, immensely wrong as a whole. Cap parts are what, 10k m3 apiece? The only type of ship that can haul those with any ease is a freighter, which is often used for better things. Not everyone's going to want to buy cap parts because of that.

Remember, cap parts increase value of minerals, and a finished cap ship increases value of the cap parts. Even if you sold the cap ship for the exact same cost of it's composite cap parts, you'd find a buyer for the ship before the individual parts.
Piugattuk
Litla Sundlaugin
#3 - 2017-05-30 04:26:42 UTC
Krysenth wrote:
Number-wise, you likely arent wrong. In actual practice, however, immensely wrong as a whole. Cap parts are what, 10k m3 apiece? The only type of ship that can haul those with any ease is a freighter, which is often used for better things. Not everyone's going to want to buy cap parts because of that.

Remember, cap parts increase value of minerals, and a finished cap ship increases value of the cap parts. Even if you sold the cap ship for the exact same cost of it's composite cap parts, you'd find a buyer for the ship before the individual parts.



Food for thought.

Thanks.
Marcus Tedric
Zebra Corp
Goonswarm Federation
#4 - 2017-06-01 20:20:22 UTC
Piugattuk wrote:
Just started to build cap ships, I'm halfway done with my first cap build, however, I've noticed how much the cap components are worth,........................


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Why not go the whole way? What if you just sold the minerals................................................???

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Messenger Of Truth
Butlerian Crusade
#5 - 2017-06-08 14:46:15 UTC
Piugattuk wrote:
Just started to build cap ships, I'm halfway done with my first cap build, however, I've noticed how much the cap components are worth, so I am thinking base upon the value of the parts it seems more profitable to build and sell the cap components rather then the ship, am I wrong or what?


What volume of capital parts does the market support, and what volume of capital ships does the market support? Maybe you build some of both?

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