After trying longer extraction times, the average across all my planets is that 7 day extraction times produce the equivalent of 2.7 days worth of materials if I was running 24h extraction times. So just over a third the amount of materials. That puts every planet at under 1m isk per day. Across the two characters that's still be over 250m isk a month at almost zero effort.
I did that through necessity (away for a week without Eve access) but it was also a useful exercise. It's clear which planets had seemed good but in fact I was extracting from "nuggets" which have now disappeared, and which planets are genuinely good planets. Nuggets are temporary pockets of resources which don't renew but once they're extracted, they're gone. It definitely takes a few days to see what's what on planets - patience is a virtue when it comes to PI (and Eve generally, really).
There are 4 or 5 planets of my 12 that I'm going to change based on their output so far. That means losing out on having my own supply on a couple of POS fuels, but that's business - my aim to to maximize revenues, not look after my own supply. It's not like I'm in a wormhole - my POS is in high sec where there's no risk attached to hauling POS fuels, and no shortage of sellers either.
This is sort of my experience too... my first lava planet test turned out to be one of those "nuggets," so I'm going to have to try again.
ReplyDeleteI think I'll probably try and find some nice little week long farming programs on some planets near a trade hub, maybe 2 or 3 jumps out. Then just log into those characters once a week to make a little isk and check on the region's prices.
My main will probably do a daily scrape and take strategy, maybe even with a factory planet for P2 or P3... not sure.
Great discussion - I'm working on PI (just learning), and didn't know about the nuggets. It makes me wonder about a couple of my planets, now. Is there an easy way to tell what's a nugget and what's not?
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No easy way right now - I did a forum post though with a suggestion.
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I've found though that they tend to deplete very quickly so you can certainly tell with hindsight....
They and have a high extraction rate, so for materials with an otherwise low concentration on a planet, the nugget may be the only white hotspot you see (you will need to play around with your sliders).
I've also read a couple of forum posts saying that they are perfect circles. In my experience this seems to be true, but because they can appear right next to "normal" hotspots, they can still not be very obvious because then the hotspot just appears extended a bit.
Hope that helps!