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Zifrian
Solar Nexus.
Ethereal Dawn
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Posted - 2011.01.02 15:18:00 -
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Easier and cheaper to buy.
I thought about doing this as well but even if you buy a BPC pack on contracts, you still won't come out ahead. I'm going to build a jump freighter and I still will buy the T1 freighter.
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Zifrian
Solar Nexus.
Ethereal Dawn
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Posted - 2011.01.05 20:14:00 -
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Jane, bpc packs exist because your thinking isn't correct and people capitalize on that.
Let's use your example but with two different paths. One, is the path you described. The result is 50 mil and a freighter worth 700mil. Total assets = 750mil.
I'll take the other path. For sake of argument, let's assume we both mine exactly the same minerals in the same unit of time. First, I save the 150mil on the pack and mine the, let's say 600 mil on minerals (the margin on profit for freighters isn't this big though). I sell them on the market. Now I have 800mil. I buy the same freighter for 700mill and my total assets = 800mil. 50 more than you.
None of this takes into account the building time of the freighter either. If you build it and I buy it, I can get to work trading and making a return on my investment now, while you have to wait a few weeks.
To throw another log on, assume you mine exactly the materials you need for the freighter, which includes low profit per time unit ores and I only mine those ores that give me the highest profit. My ability to get to 700mil is now faster than you and I get my freighter even earlier.
In short, buy a freighter. 
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Zifrian
Solar Nexus.
Ethereal Dawn
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Posted - 2011.01.07 00:37:00 -
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 Originally by: Tellenta
This is based on the errant conclusion that mineral cost = ship cost. At most I would place the freighter around 500-600 mill in minerals (depending on whether you're willing to hop regions).
I'm not sure it's "errant" but just an assumption that I left out. Basically, all things being equal. Assume I could get the same bp packs another could for the same price. Furthermore, hopping regions to get minerals for a freighter probably would require....wait for it....a freighter :p
I ran some numbers and used 200 ME on each cap blueprint and 3 ME on the Obelisk, basically ideal conditions. Even with decent mineral prices you still about break even. Maybe, maybe save 10-20mil if you could buy the mats on the market through buy orders (this isn't the argument at hand though because in the example I talked about mining). So the time and PITA argument really is the major factor I guess.
I suggest buying cap ships unless you are interested in going into cap production. Freighters are cap ships.
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