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Abadayos
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Posted - 2015.05.13 10:21:53 -
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So I'll start off by first saying I'm a returning player that had to stop playing a few weeks before the cirrus update went and changed industry.I used to run a large pos with 3 characters doing invention and manufacturing.
Now with the changes with slots and the variable costs related to how many people are doing industrial activity in the system, I am wondering if it is even worth while not using a PoS and just finding a quiet, relatively close, system to my main trade routes. Or is it still worth using your own PoS even with the fuel taken into account etc?
I am talking generally as there are always products to make that will turn a profit regardless of fuel costs.
Pretty much asking, are PoS's still needed for an industry inclined player or can you get by without the headache of War Decs, fuel runs etc?
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Abadayos
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Posted - 2015.05.13 11:48:57 -
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so you get stung with the index tax, which I assumed anyways, byut do you avoid the 10% station tax?
Also is tehre any real reason for a PoS to be anything but a small for most small group indi corps? Assuming if in HS your going to simply pull up sticks if you get war decced. |
Abadayos
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Posted - 2015.05.17 04:34:30 -
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Eric Raeder wrote:
And then there's the hauling. This is a problem because you can't just plop a POS down anywhere you like in highsec. I doubt you can find an unused highsec moon anywhere within 10 jumps of Jita. Which means you're probably going to have to wardec somebody and blow up their offline tower to get a spot. That's an iffy proposition, in many cases you can get away with few consequences, in others somebody is going to get righteously pissed and you'll have a vendetta on your hands. Constant wardecs by pissed off players can play merry hob with an industrial operation. The bottom line is, using a POS is generally going to mean you have to operate farther from a market hub than you would if you stuck to an NPC station. Hauling goods to market and raw materials back sucks a lot of time, and time is ISK.
Mind you, my strategy does not apply to all types of manufacturing, or even most of them. But it works for me. For my operation a POS would be a ridiculous waste.
I just want to point out that I have found in the past 5 days over 15 free moons scattered within 5 jumps of Jita and that wasn't doing any serious looking, just spending an hour or two jetting around in a cov-ops. Moons are more free now than ever before because people can't be bothered witht he headache of a PoS and are willing to pay the station costs to avoid those headaches.
Also your comment about hauling is true, I used to run 2 large PoS's in HS and the micro management moving crap from point A to point B then to market ate a decent amount of time, even using fast transport ships or cov ops for the smaller stuff. |
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