Originally by: Salizar Amolkshue

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They don't need to do anything magical to make 0.0 space have the best planets, all they have to do is let the population density work in their favor.

My understanding of what they are doing (which, admittedly, could be wrong) is that each planet will get seeded with various resources, and like asteroid belts, they will get replenished in the next downtime. If that's what they do, then each planet will be worth a set amount of isk each day, based on the amount of raw materials that are seeded in the planet.

In 0.0 you can find a planet that nobody else is on and collect 100% of that money all to yourself.

In Jita, there will be 5,000 people all with extractors on the surface, so on average each person will get only .05% of the planet's worth, which will probably not cover upkeep costs (it's going to cost something to keep things running, right?)

This is self-limiting. Once too many people try to industrialize a planet, nobody will be making any money, so some will give up an leave. Eventually a few will be left in Jita making .01 isk per day on their investment, while the people out in 0.0 or wormhole space will have the planets virtually to themselves, and will make a killing.

Thus CCP doesn't need to seed the planets in wormhole space or in 0.0 any differently than the ones in empire hi-sec. The comments others have made about all of the "good" stuff being mined out in empire space could be used as a crutch to support putting rare minerals out in 0.0, but I really don't think it's necessary. Face it, if moons allowed more than one POS to mine them at a time, and if an r64 moon existed in hi-sec, and if you were allowed to mine it, there would quickly be 5000 POS owners around the moon, and not a single one of them would be making enough isk to cover their fuel costs... As long as the raw materials being seeded is not adjusted for the number of people wanting to use it (fixed supply, variable demand), the hi-sec population density will ensure that people will not be able to strike it rich on the planets unless they head out of the over-populated areas.

-Sal

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