Odyssey Dreadnought Blueprint Change
Posted: June 4, 2013 Filed under: eveonline, industry, ships | Tags: dreadnought, naglfar, phoenix Leave a comment »As part of CCP Fozzie’s ship rebalancing efforts, he is removing the ideology of split-weapon systems. Ships like the Typhoon, Phoenix, and Naglfar, which historically had two weapon systems, are being phased out in favor of a single weapon type.
The change for the Phoenix and Naglfar were noted in the Odyssey patches notes as no longer requiring Capital Components which went into construction of the second weapon group.
The Phoenix no longer requires Capital Turret Hardpoints in its construction.
The Naglfar no longer requires Capital Launcher Hardpoints in its construction.
Odyssey Patch Notes
My interperation of these notes was that the build requirements were being removed. Today however, I found that they have shifted to the primary weapon group.
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I did not see the post in S&I detailing the shift of build requirements per Fozzie.
Here’s a screenshot of the Naglfar Blueprint post-Odyssey for verification. As always, adjust your build sheets and database tables.
Odyssey Blueprint Icon Change
Posted: June 4, 2013 Filed under: eveonline, industry, screenshot, ships 2 Comments »Blueprint icons got a polish in the Odyssey update.
I still want an easy way to see the ME/PE of a Blueprint from the Inventory window. Perhaps this could be added to the tooltip.
Moros Rigging Before Odyssey
Posted: June 1, 2013 Filed under: ships | Tags: moros, odyssey, tech 2 5 Comments »Capital sized rigs are coming in the Odyssey expansion next week and they are going to cost much more than the current Large sized versions. For capital pilots that were thinking about possibly putting Tech 2 rigs on their ships, you be rigging your pre-Odyssey hull now.
I was reading over the list of changes this afternoon and almost forgot to purchase and install my own set of rigs in my Moros before the Tuesday patch. When I got home I quickly put Hybrid Weapon Rigging in the queue, and thankfully it will finish before the patch hits. I also have the extra 50,000 SP available to apply in-case I can’t make the window before patch downtime.
I looked over the GoonSwarm doctrine to pick which rigs to use. It seems that the goal with the Moros is pure DPS and to not use Trimarks to increase tank.
Jump Freighter Industry Collaboration
Posted: May 30, 2013 Filed under: industry, ships | Tags: anshar, obelisk 2 Comments »Successful invasion campaigns are run by competent FCs that have logistical backbones with access to intelligence. This dynamic can also be said about large-scale industrial projects; combining the talents from multiple pools can produce very profitable results. Liquid ISK, assets, production management, market intelligence, and a dash of luck are all needed to have great results with industry.
Over time I’ve been running copy jobs on my Obelisk BPO and performing invention jobs on the side. This collection has been growing and has caused an itch that needed to be scratched. I wanted to see these items get produced.
Lockefox @HLIBIndustry and I have been talking about a collaborative project for a few months and we finally got around to narrowing down the scope and details of the collaborative operation.
We combined my assets with Lockefox’s production management and market analysis skills in order to combine our efforts to produce multiple Jump Freighters. Within a few days Lockefox had worked out a four month production timeline stretching from the end of April until August. Not small-scale by any means as we were placing multi-billion amounts of materials into a month long production timeline.
The three Obelisk BPCs were put into invention to net more Anshar runs, but the Invention Fairy said ‘hello no’ with three failures coming in for each invention job. Overall invention success rate for Anshar jobs is coming in at 16.7%.
More updates will come as we run through the production process. Lockefox got the initial project post out yesterday so also watch his blog for updates.
Item Price Stability
Posted: May 17, 2013 Filed under: industry, market, ships | Tags: abaddon, archon, chimera, hulk, ishtar, maelstrom, nidhoggur, orca, PLEX, rokh, tengu, thanatos, veldspar 8 Comments »I leave for two weeks and you all accidentally the market. I was not able the participate in the Odyssey speculation, but I am enjoying catching up on it.
The wild swings that we are seeing in the Moon and Ice markets due to Odyssey adjustments made me reflect on the stability of the items that I trade.
I used my historical database to come up with a report to provide quantitative insight to help give values to the items that I instinctively know are high risk. Here is a snapshot of the lower and upper items listed in my Stability Report that covers three years of trading sorted by standard deviation (σ).
Here are some general observations about the items listed:
- Basic minerals, ammo, and modules are the most stable.
- Capital modules weigh in somewhere in the middle.
- Tech2 ships fill the upper band of the report.
- Tech3 hulls and associated Subsystems are randomly spread over the middle band.
- Certain battleships are high on the report because their popularity has changed over time due to shifting fleet doctrines.
- The Procurer BPO was an item that I speculated on heavily during the last patch, which netted very positive results.
- Capital ships are subject to large swings due to mineral price changes.
A tenant of becoming a good trader is minimizing your risk while trying to maximize your rewards. My advice for new traders is to work with more stable items as shown in the shaded green area of my report; they are subject to less swing and therefore will help minimize risk. As your ISK resources grow, you can move into riskier items that will [hopefully] yield larger returns.
