LTC Vuvovich
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Posted - 2017.03.23 04:23:18 -
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Hello Everyone,
My optimism upon reading this blog on Refineries could only be described as a 'mixed bag' ... maybe good and maybe not. What I fear most is that the structure will not even come CLOSE to fulfilling it's greatest potential. So with that having been said... I'd like to make a few suggestions in earnest.
1. The new Upwell Refinery Structure should have the capability of producing system wide mining bonuses (like Rorquals and Orcas used to do).
a. One possible benefit this could have obviously, is eliminating but not replacing 3 different 'boosting' vessels ( namely Rorquals, Orcas, and Porpoises). This would be extremely beneficial to Corporations/Alliances that routinely conduct larger scale mining ops and it would almost certainly streamline things logistically speaking for sure.
b. Lets say for instance a Medium Refinery is given mining bonuses commensurate with Orcas and a Large Refinery is likened to Rorqual bonuses. Both can be achieved through the proper creation and utilization of M-Standup and L-Standup refinery modules. As these new structures are intended to be geared toward the Industrial way of life... they should already include reprocessing and compression as standard features much like the automatic transmission is put in nearly every car and truck that is built on the planet Earth.
c. If the new refinery structure is going to be of any real use to miners in the same manner by which I am suggesting... it must also have the capability of handling Fleet/Wing/Squad command structures. The 'new' refinery structure should include a newly devised Standup module that would receive and re-transmit signals from the Mining Foreman Mindlink implant set and I believe this 'new' Standup module should give the structure owner the ability to allow or disallow this role/permission much the same way access to the station is granted.
2. Create a 'new' Mining Industrial Ship to haul what the Rorqual, Orca, and Porpoise does now. The only class of ships in the Eve Items Database that has not had a major overhaul or revamp are the Industrials. Give it some decent cargo capacity - somewhere between what Freighters and Jump Freighters haul but with a tad more speed outright or by use of low slots or both...!!! : )
3. I hope CCP that you will seriously consider making the new refinery structure WORTHY of its POTENTIAL, its ownership and subsequent deployments. Citadels are a dime a dozen... seems like everybody has one so what. A structure devised like what I am suggesting would be a crown's jewel in any Corporation's or Alliance 's portfolio... give the damn thing some real gusto, give it something really worthy of being both attacked and defended, but it needs its drawbacks as well. I would not recommend making them so easily available. A structure such as this... should require some pretty heavy duty operating costs to go along with it. |