I'm not sure it would be worth it. EVE players only make like100-150 million a month from PI per character, the poco makes a percentage of that. So if the tax is like 10% adn 3 players are making like 150 mill a month, that poco is like 45M a month revenue . Given that it cost us 80M per district I'm not sure the funding would be there. Mostly PI in EVE is a way to make some ISK on the side when you are bored more then an active career.

My math may be off because I don't mess with Pocos in space. I weighed the option and found Carrier belt ratting to be much more profitable.

I'm not sure it would be worth it. EVE players only make like100-150 million a month from PI per character, the poco makes a percentage of that. So if the tax is like 10% adn 3 players are making like 150 mill a month, that poco is like 45M a month revenue . Given that it cost us 80M per district I'm not sure the funding would be there. Mostly PI in EVE is a way to make some ISK on the side when you are bored more then an active career.

My math may be off because I don't mess with Pocos in space. I weighed the option and found Carrier belt ratting to be much more profitable.

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In the end i was able to produce a net income of 17mil per day per char. Or 510 mil a month. That was with the price structure of 2.5 years ago. I guess there has been some inflation going on...

Your Info is wrong ....on nul sec and worm holes you can make a lot more , I personally have a few planet's in a wormhole and believe me with a few characters on them you can make a billion on them in a month.

Also remember your attacking the POCO so there is no additional charges as in a land grab. Your not attacking the planet or any districts on them. If you don't lose to much in clones you can make a nice profit. Its a nice once off money spinner not something you now have to defend either.

POCOs in Dust... No sir just no.

The OP puts forward some really good points but id rather CCP bring in some fresh ideas/mechanics rather than a reskin/rehash of some old models. They currently have this other game out that's doing really well that caters to all your needs currently.

POCOs in Dust... No sir just no.

The OP puts forward some really good points but id rather CCP bring in some fresh ideas/mechanics rather than a reskin/rehash of some old models. They currently have this other game out that's doing really well that caters to all your needs currently.

I weighed the option and found Carrier belt ratting to be much more profitable.

Standby, post incoming. This is taking some time to write. Looking numbers up in DB even. O_O

Hope you are happy.

At least there will be no vehicles to run me over in the POCO or a single tank to stomp everyone, so signed

Player Owned Customs Office (POCO) is the answer to many current challenges in Dust .

To Dusties unfamiliar to what a POCO is , it is a space station above a planet , Eve players use this space station as a link to move resources (PI) from the planet into space and then to respective markets . Every planet can have one POCO anchored to it .The owner of this POCO sets a tax rate so everything you move through this space station from the planet you have to pay x amount of tax on the total value of shipment.

Ownership of this little feature can make or break the viability for everyone farming on the planet and is well worth fighting for. In high sec Concord own these stations so its a no go zone but as far as low GÇô sec , nul GÇô sec and wormholes go ..... its player owned.

If Eve players had to start putting contracts out for defending or attacking these POKOS , suddenly there will be a HUGE platform for additional interaction namely:

This will give the opportunity for the big block Dust alliances to have additional stream of revenue and action.

It will allow the medium and small Dust Corps to also get involved and make extra ISK.

Due to the fact that there are so many planets being used for PI there will be more than enough action for everyone.

I really like the fact that you as an Eve player can have a whole Dust corp on your pay role ...and donGÇÖt have to be a super power to make use of the Dust Corporations.

Its not complicated, the Dust corp attacking the POCO and winning the match takes over the station and hand ownership over to new owner for a fee.

A nice change if we could have a map/structure resembling a space station and fighting in it.

Add additional game play where an Eve pilot have to collect DUST players in a ship from the MCC and deliver them to the POCO ( Its not a long trip ). So there is a chance that the whole squad and Eve pilot can get blown up by other Eve pilots or the defender.

Not that many extra features to be implemented except for an additional map to really make this a reality.

So seeing as you have sunken this idea, any word on what true grit is working on now? Aside from the current monitoring of PC in molten Heath.

SoxFour's post is great.
It's depressing that we can't have much content for ages, though...

That's not really true, but at the same time not really what this team does. We take content that the other teams have made (maps, game modes, and such) and create the things like planetary conquest that let you access that content. So when reading things I say keep that in mind. The art and level design guys are always working on new content. :D