the christmas presents, there was the remap, the fuel blocks (blocks or bpos) or other things ( iirc ammo, a destoyer [??] , AUR ....).

doubtful that they still have a impact though

1) The fuel block changeover. Originally, it was supposed to happen within 2 weeks of Crucible's launch. This cause a lot of panic buying by POS owners who needed to manufacturing fuel blocks quickly. Speculators also got in on the action and drove the prices up sharply across a lot of fuel components.

When CCP delayed the switch until Jan 24th, a lot of the demand pressure evaporated.

2) POCOs were originally supposed to be a required element of Low/Null/W space PI. CCP's original plan (back in early November) was that they were going to wipe out all existing Low/Null/W space customs offices on day 1, requiring players to quickly construct POCOs to replace. This would have had a huge shock to supply, plus a very large and very urgent demand for any and all products used in POCO construction. Naturally, fear and speculation took effect and people stocked up massive quantities.

Again, CCP changed the rollout schedule, letting existing NPC COs stay in place until destroyed. So all of that expected demand pressure never materialized.

3) Prices always rise around an expansion as speculators and market movers attempt to profit from uncertainty / changes. Prices always fall between major expansions.

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So what we're seeing right now is an over-supply of the market because of all the panic buying and speculation during Nov/Dec. Plus we're getting into that normal period of low-demand in the middle of the 6-month expansion cycle.

Last year, prices fell to about 40-43k ISK/u for Robotics. But with the new P3 export tariffs, I expect them to stop at around 45-48k ISK/u.

In the meantime, I'm stocking up - because they (based on last October) should have resulted in 80k ISK/u Robotics due to the tariff changes. People will eventually stop making them at a loss, which will dry up supply and start another market cycle.