Meytal
School of Applied Knowledge
Caldari State
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Posted - 2014.06.25 15:39:00 -
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Icarus Able wrote:Hauling it in is also a lot easier as its slightly smaller so you can bring in more with less time.
Before Crius, hauling all of the mats in to produce fuel blocks is less efficient than hauling in the fuel blocks themselves. After Crius, this changes.
Elmonky wrote:Depends on your BPO and what state of research it has had.
This, mostly.
We can't tell you, partly because output on planets is neither consistent over time, nor consistent system to system. It depends on many factors that are more appropriate to discuss in other forums than this one.
Look at your blueprints, see what you need of each mat. Calculate the cost of acquiring each of the materials and how much you could make by selling the materials, both of those depending on your patience (Jita Sell price vs Jita Buy price). That is how much each of those materials are worth. To be safe, lowball your estimates: use Jita Sell to acquire product and Jita Buy to sell product. Isotopes will be your largest expense and most hauling-intensive aspect of the process, though their volume is dropping by one-third when Crius comes.
Experimentally determine your planetary output over the course of a couple of weeks; use your actual system and not estimates from hisec or lowsec, since PI in W-space is better than both of those. Reduce your numbers by at least 25% to account for non-optimal extraction and shared resources. Reduce by a higher percentage if a number of people will be sharing the planets.
This will give you your cost to manufacture the fuel blocks.
First, compare that to the price for buying them to determine if it's worth it to manufacture them in the first place.
Then experimentally determine the same numbers as above using other, more profitable PI products if you see any. You can make your own spreadsheet to determine this, or use any of the numerous ones out there that Google knows about.
Compare the effective ISK/hr from the PI mats to the effective ISK/hr of whatever other mats you would produce. You can then make your decision based on those numbers and the cost of the fuel blocks on the market.
(This process applies to just about all research and industry)
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