Dharh
Gallente
Ace Adventure Corp
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Posted - 2010.10.06 20:50:00 -
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Edited by: Dharh on 06/10/2010 20:54:21
IMO research as it pertains to making BPO/BPC should probably be scrapped. Rather id like to see a combination of how PI works and how regular non-PI production works.
Instead of researching for faster BPCs (which wouldn't exist in this system anyway) and more efficient production, a whole set of skills would be added for various types of production. The time sink would be offloaded to skills and for the patient among us, eventually, we could reach the levels current BPO/BPC's provide in a more permanent fashion.
All the data cores and other stuff reserved for invention could be used as direct components for production of T2 items. In other words, you can't make T2 items without 'invention' components (they act as fuel or something like that) which last for x products. Roughly speaking it works out almost exactly the same as invention does now except there is no random chance for failure. If that is a little too easy, just increase number of 'invention' components needed for x runs. Research now basically provides the avenue for fuel to create T2/T3 items.
It could even go so far as being a part of PI where you can create these items using your already created or brand new processors (the prior cost of buying BPO/BPC's would be in building these processors, just like it is now with PI), these new processors could be called T2/T3 Basic/Advanced/Elite Industry Facilities. And/or new Production Plants on empire stations that you buy. You can buy X number of slots on a station, that remain yours, until you 'delete' them to buy a new slot on a different station. And/or POS modules, with a UI sorta similar to PI. A Production Plant module, roughly equivalent to command centers, with the requisite skill and number of processors depending on type of command center you buy and install on your POS.
In some ways this is simpler than the way BPO/BPC's work (which I think suck) and in other ways it adds a customization to production that is currently very lacking.
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