With the max reprocessing rate for any item that is not ore or ice dropping to 55%(with Scrapmetal Processing trained at 5), we needed to find other ways to favor compression or else null-security industry would simply stop functioning.

At the time we discovered the exploit in early December, there were 232 reactors running in the bugged state. Those were installed at 178 POS complexes owned by seven corporations. The scale of the operations differed quite a bit, with one corporation running 81 bugged reactors and another with 3 reactors active.

I could be wrong, but I'd be guessing that currently, 2% of Trit supply is reprocessed rat drops, 75% highsec miners, and 23% miners in other space.

If supply drops 2%, I can see that causing a price change, but not a big one.

Good luck with your speculation, I will remain deeply invested in Rattlesnakes instead.

I dunno Sabriz, NPC drops if you look at the piles of trit in mining systems vs ratting systems is pretty even and I'd say there is more in ratting then mining because the ratters build ammo and things that ratters just dont need. I also live in 0.0 and using 1 mining toon, my guys who rat and get the loot can outdo me in lowend minerals so much so I buy from them and mostly get highends. I do strip the belts clean.

Mission drops have been almost worthless since they got nerfed two or three times in the last couple of years. Taking tips from Block? I don't think it worked out for him either.



Should've dumped the rattlers at 480 :p.

Not sure how your analysis holds up when you consider that they are increasing the amount of minerals you receive when you reprocess. The net effect will be zero or somewhere close to it.

A character that has perfect skills/standings who reprocesses at a 50% station with all skills maxed but without the 4% implant will have 2.8% less reprocessed minerals than currently.

someone with perfect skills, implant and standings refining at a fully upgraded Minmatar outpost will receive 14.4% more reprocessed minerals than currently

that 4% implant is 300 million or so.

It's not exactly a huge roadblock.

What is actually required for it to enter the economy?

If I knew the implant's name I'd research it, but is it an LP item? Rare drop? Both?

I think there is some merit in what the OP says. My experience in null was that most people who need minerals rat rather than mine. Ratting gives you money + loot to refine for minerals and ratting in null was much more profitable than mining. Plus with ratting you have a chance at a good drop now and then that could be worth hundreds of millions.
Not saying it will be a big increase but when it goes live I would bet we see some upward movement in price. At the very least due to peoples inability to read the actual change log and just freak out.

Zainou 'Beancounter' Refining RX-804

Stuff

There might be a bit of a bump in mineral prices, but I doubt it will be spectacular. You did miss something though, but I'll leave it to you to wonder what, cos I'm mean.

Some stuff was left out on prupose.

Bottom line, trit is for sure not going to go down unless they introduce changes to mining beyond the batch sizes and mineral yields.

Personally, I'm looking forward to more ore in compressed form moving around highsec in freighters.

This is the best and most true post you have ever made on these fine forums.

Freighter full of compressed glazed hedbergite please....