Ahaz Darkfall
Division One Trade and Aquisition
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Posted - 2013.01.02 15:08:00 -
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Van Kuzco wrote:I posted this in my other thread but I think it deserves its own.
Are nanofactories actually worth less than coolant even though coolant takes a ton less upkeep?
Calculations:
Nanofactories - 760,000isk * 24 hours * 30 days * 3 factory planets = 1.64 billion.
I use 2 accounts to run this so 1.64 billion/2 accounts = 820 million per account
Coolant (on a single planet)
4 basic p0->p1 factories requiring 12,000 p0 each (24,000 p0 total) per hour (easy in a wormhole) which feed into 2 advanced p1-p2 factories. This (should?) run for 24/7, producing 10 units of coolant per hour.
Calculations:
Coolant - 9,500isk * 10 units per hour * 24 hours * 30 days * 5 p0-p2 planets * 3 characters = 1.03 billion per account
Or is my math wrong somewhere?
That all depends on where you are doing the PI. I will not say your math is wrong, but you are missing an important factor. 820 mil of Nanofactories is only a small fraction m3 wise that the coolant will be. If you are running factory planets 1 jump from Jita then hauling is not a big deal. But if you are deep in null sec isk/m3 is far more important than maximizing your isk.hour output.
Sure based on your math, you can make 18% more isk in the same amount of time, but if coolant requires 5 hauling loads to every one load of nanofactories is the extra logistics needed really worth the small increase in profits? If you calculate your isk per load hauled to market the nanofactories come out way ahead. Many P4 are made in deep null or W-space for this very reason. Maximizing isk/load is far more important. Sometimes P2 mats are worth 20-30% more than the P4 you could make in the same amount of time. But it is worth zero isk if you can not get it to market. Or you can look at it from the time you spend hauling. If you need to spend 5 hours a week hauling P2 mats to market or 1 hour a week hauling P4 mats. Is the 20% profit increase worth spending 500% more time hauling? If you are one jump from Jita sure, logistics is no problem. But if you are in a wormhole with only a small window 1-2 times a month to haul stuff out you want to fit as much isk/m3 as you can. |