Originally by: Alfred Stanlipreis

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Originally by: Teasel

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The T2 hauler classes (blockade runner and deepspace transport) are the ships to shift the premium goods in, that's what they are there for. POS mods, Bs' and craploads of veld are really what freighters are about moving .

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There speaks a man who hasn't a clue about the need for bulk cargo shipping or the values thereof...

e.g. A freighterload of advanced reactions materials can easily be worth 3-4 Bn isk, maybe more. At a max of around 10k/unit for the pricy stuff it may not be "premium goods" but ship it in these volumes and that mounts up real fast. And yes, serious T2 builders do need it in those sorts of quantities, and regularly.

And since moving that one freighterload in deepspace transports would take something like 30 trips - and note this is a weekly requirement, not a one-off - that's simply not a realistic alternative.

And of course that's just the supply side - on the sales side you then need to move dozens of assorted T2 frigates, cruisers, dictors and exhumers to a sales hub (because that's where they sell in the volumes you produce) - and again, that's simply not practical except in freighters.

T2 transports are just not a realistic solution to the freighter problem. And saying they are simply shows you don't understand the problem.

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