nah, it'll still just be jita.

So according to this article, in theory there will be new trade hubs all over new eden since a lot of people will not be able to get to Jita (or the other 3) as easily.

The only actual fact in that article is this quote:

GÇ£If we can predict the effects of changes we make. Players will be able to (some of you are always smarter than us), and changes that can be predicted are changes that can be addressed, and solved problems are boring. If we can know what the exact consequences will be for changes weGÇÖre making, weGÇÖve already failed.GÇ¥ GÇô CCP Greyscale

Anything else is speculation.

Mr Epeen

Hi Dave!

nah, it'll still just be jita.

This.

The fact you can dock and get anything you want in the same station is just too much convenience to give up. Even if you have to pay more for the goods to be hauled it's worth it.
When buying mods and things there's nothing worse than finding you can't get that one mod to make a ship fit work in a small local market, so buying in bulk and shipping from Jita is just less of a headache.

no.

Jita will absolutely remain as the main trade hub. However new regional and local hubs will pop up.

nah, it'll still just be jita.

I have it on good authority that Hek is Jita's red-headed stepchild.

Aye, I agree that it is a total ginger nut of a system.

FWIW I think it'll take a while for Jita to even remotely lose any of it's draw as the main trade hub. There's already a few lower profile trade hubs that, yes, don't trade in the volume of the main regional hubs, but that do tend to shift a fair amount of trade on a daily basis. To find them, all you need to do is check DOTLAN for where there's a concentration of level 4 agents and you're almost guaranteed to find somewhere with an active market.

I shall look into that. Thanks!

Question, why level 4 agents? o.O Jc

I shall look into that. Thanks!

Question, why level 4 agents? o.O Jc

FREEEEEEEEDOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMMM!!!!!!!!!

Sorry, had to. :)

*kinks* (:

:) haha, we had the chance a couple of weeks ago but bottled it :(

Everybody come to Tash-Murkon! It's a nice shade of blue this time of year.

Everybody come to Tash-Murkon! It's a nice shade of blue this time of year.

Old Man Star is a factional warfare/ lowsec piracy trade hub. You can find many ships and fully fit them at Quafe station and some fittings at the other station as well. Everything, is competitively priced. Add that to your list.

Incorrect!!

Jita is only within 5LY reach of 2 lowsec systems, with MAX skills, that will be perma camped so JF pilots will not use jita with these changes.

Bye Bye jita

Conversely, Rens and Hek may well survive and funily enough they are in range of Amamake so PL are sorted.

From what I can tell, many people will not be able to or will not be willing to make the trip all...the...way...

I didn't say Jita will die. I didn't say "Jita's successors". I said "Jita's grandchildren". Indicating a family enlargement.

I think in the "real world" Jita would become something like a modern commodities exchange, where only the titles to the goods where traded. You wouldn't have to physically transport the goods to and from Jita. Eve doesn't have the infra-structure for that.

CCP could ease the pain somewhat if they got rid of the regional market bounderies or improved the market api.

Maybe we'll see more use of the contract system since it's global.

So according to this article, in theory there will be new trade hubs all over new eden since a lot of people will not be able to get to Jita (or the other 3) as easily.

For those of you who are searching the interwebs and want to know where the major trade hubs are, here is a convenient list that is a WIP(and is updates asap when new info is given). If you have a Trade Hub you want me to put on this list, message me with the title of the fact you want me to add your trade hub suggestion. Please also include why you consider it a trade hub. Thanks! Hope this helps!

First 5 are taken from this website:

Expanded list of trade hubs on my blog.


Hisec Trade hubs:

Jita IV - Moon 4 - Caldari Navy Assembly Plant (Main Caldari Trade Hub, Biggest Trade Hub in game)

Amarr VIII (Oris) - Emperor Family Academy (Main Amarr Trade Hub)

Rens VI - Moon 8 - Brutor Tribe Treasury (Main Minmatar Trade Hub)

Dodixie IX - Moon 20 - Federation Navy Assembly Plant (Main Gallente Trade Hub)

Hek VIII - Moon 12 - Boundless Creation Factory (Major Minmatar Trade Hub)

Tanoo V - Moon 1 - Ammatar Consulate Bureau (Ammatar Region Trade Hub)

Lowsec Trade Hubs:

Old Man Star VIII - Moon 1 - Quafe Company Warehouse (Fw/Piracy Trade hub in Essence)

Nullsec Trade Hubs:

(WIP)

~As for a discussion~

What are your opinions on what trade hubs will likely spring up? (if you have a good system in mind please EVEmail it to me so I can add it to the list)

Opinion on the article?

Opinion on supercaps using stargates?

How will this effect them?

Possible strategy alternatives to blob fleets?

I recognize there are a ton of forum posts about this. But from what I can tell, this will be both an amazing change for those who are tired of the impossible size of nullsec empires, and an enraging handicap for those that maintain those huge empires.

Or they will jump to a ls system closer to home and gate all the way to jita if you are smart you don't get ganked. I used to move dysp to jita with a jf and took the hs route there and back. that was a few years ago though

Incorrect!!

Jita is only within 5LY reach of 2 lowsec systems, with MAX skills, that will be perma camped so JF pilots will not use jita with these changes.

Bye Bye jita

Conversely, Rens and Hek may well survive and funily enough they are in range of Amamake so PL are sorted.

Incorrect!!

Jita is only within 5LY reach of 2 lowsec systems, with MAX skills, that will be perma camped so JF pilots will not use jita with these changes.

Bye Bye jita

Conversely, Rens and Hek may well survive and funily enough they are in range of Amamake so PL are sorted.

Such things as this aren't planned. They happen.

Tash-murkon if i recall has a decently good market going for it, noticed it wasn't on your list

Tash-Murkon is a very broad term lol do you mean the region? The original system? If you want me to add it to the list, I require the station name so I know which you are specifically referencing.

Actually, with the latest industry changes I do believe that ...
... tradehubs will cease to excist within the next years ...
... and people will suddenly smarten up ...
... and start selling locally.

Same reason you rob a bank, that's where the money is.

money = lvl 4 mission whores

lol Hek, the red headed stepchild of Jita.

Regarding the system of Tanoo in Derelik;

Tanoo, while central in derelik, is already quite close to Rens and tends to already compete with Sasta, which is even closer to Rens.

For the South-East Highsec Hub, I would expect Gamis or, maybe, Berta. They are both sufficiently removed from Rens, close to lowsec and 0.0 entry points, and already are generally stocked with market items.

Gamis

1. For a highsec system, it has a L4 Security agent, and it also has an ice belt
2. It is close to two major lowsec and 0.0 entry points - Mifrata to get to Doril in Curse in 5 jumps; and Gomati to get to G-5EN2 in Providence in 4 jumps.
3. It sits next to a lowsec island system with a non-kickout station (for those JF'ing)
4. Its single station has repair, clone, and manufacturing services

For those of you who missed today's announcement regarding the jump changes, they are increasing the new range limit of jump freighters now up to 10 lightyears, making this whole thread pretty much meaningless now as that isn't much of a reduction from current.

We now return you to your normally scheduled delusions.