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Are BPO's worth the investment?
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Xuixien
Solar Winds Security Solutions
#21 - 2012-04-18 15:02:52 UTC
Bugsy VanHalen wrote:
Cassi Watson wrote:
Gatan Hahran wrote:
First of all you should look what the % return per month is on the isk you currently have and work with. Lets call it X%.
Now look at the return you get from using a BPO. It is the amount of ISK you save from not having to buy the copys plus the value of being able to do copys yourself in the time you dont need it for production. Lets call it Y%
If X is bigger than Y you should keep doing with your isk what you do now. If Y is bigger than X then you should invest in the BPO.
If ISK is not really a very limiting factor for you anymore i have to agree with other posters that you should go for the BPO, even if its slightly less profitable.
You will not be so dependant on others and can do some planning ahead.


There is also the standing risk factor of having a tower floating out there. I know a majority of industrialists do there work in WHs simply because low sec towers get rolled all the time. If the money is there I have no issue paying people or even recruiting players to repair my tower. hell I bet noob corp pilots would take a mill an hour to repair pos mods lol.

Again this is why I ask these sort of simple questions because I'm willing to be there are other players wondering the same thing and would hate to invest millions into a project that will just go BOOM.

most research POSes are in high sec. It does not take that long to build up faction standings with the right social skills trained, or you can buy a corp with high enough faction to place towers for about 150 mil.


Social skills do not factor into anchoring a Hi-Sec POS.

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Mike Ant
Worthless Carebears
The Initiative.
#22 - 2012-04-19 17:12:09 UTC
Cassi Watson wrote:


That aspect has always been apparent to me but again jamming it in a station for 3 months to then wait a year to break even on it it? feels a bit of over kill, sure a research pos would speed things up but now you just tacked on fuel costs.

Are research stations out in low sec less populated? can I expect less then 18 days for my BPO to even hit the lab due to the insecurity in the region ?

Id like to expand my library but only if the investment will turn a profit rather then stand as a recoverable expense.


To be honest if your serious about mining/manufacturing then it would be worth it to set up a high sec POS in a system and do your own research. Yes you have to pay for fuel but you dont have to wait 3 months for a cruiser bpo to research and you get a 25% reduction in research time out of the mobile labratories.
Kalea Hashur
Ministry of War
Amarr Empire
#23 - 2012-04-19 20:58:28 UTC
Xuixien wrote:
Social skills do not factor into anchoring a Hi-Sec POS.


Please explain, without having to pay someone to anchor it for you.

Otherwise, Diplomacy at the least is very helpful for a boost in standings.
Oni Xaven
Telex Inc
#24 - 2012-04-19 23:22:19 UTC
The boost from diplomacy doesn't count towards the standing needed to anchor a POS. Its raw standing before skills only
Steve Ronuken
Fuzzwork Enterprises
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#25 - 2012-04-19 23:40:20 UTC
The only standings which count, to anchor a POS, is the /corp/ standing.

As skills don't change what you contribute to the corp standings, it's your raw standings.

Also, this means that the average raw faction standing, though the corp (excluding those with no standing) has to beat the security rating * 10.

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