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.

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 agree with the OP,but to make things more interesting I suggest the ability to STEAL whats on the POCO.

I know what you're thinking,"That's evil".Yes,it is,but profitable.Just imagine it,EVE players recruiting DUST corps just to be able to raid POCOs for some sweet loot.This could be like another game mode or a side objective when attacking them,A chance to be a pirate.Now looting the POCO would be as simple as locating the cargo hold,hacking the doors open,then simply calling for your EVE pilot to get you...then holding off the other team till he comes,if the attackers fail to hold long enough or are all killed off at the cargo hold,the defenders just lock the doors and wait and see if they try again.Now,IF you hold off long enough the EVE pilot will come to whisk that precious loot away with you on it or without if you want to continue the raid or not...question is will he make it!?Because ships might be guarding the cargo hold...so they have a dogfight so your EVE buddy could bring his own buddies to the fight depending on the situation.Now there could be multiple cargo holds on the POCO and multiple entrances into the POCO,This sort of "pirate raid mode" is like conquest in bf3 but with a time limit,say 20-30 minutes with a clone count OR 1-2 cargo holds with no time limit and a clone count.The cargo holds will have a sort of health bar to show how much they still have in them.The attacking team could lose by not having a ride home,the clone count goes to zero or the timer runs out before they get all of the cargo.If they do win,well,the defenders bodies are littered on the floor,or they get all the cargo out and escape in style while being chased by other ships or the silence of victory as debris floats in space on the ride back.Rewards for the EVE players would be that sweet booty(not that booty,the pirate kind of booty),or the POCO(for a fee),or both.The dust players would get salvage,A LOT OF IT(like say,the chance to get 50 GEK-38s in ONE match,or maybe even some tanks) and also a minimum 250 ISK on victory and also the payment promised by the EVE player.Now with this,POCOs could be guarded by fleets of ships outside,and mercs on the inside.Bodyguarding and Piracy for POCOs would be new job options for both Dust and Eve players.But I don't know much about POCOs aside from what OP said 'cause I'm just a dust merc so...thoughts?

@ captain africa u are quite wrong in ur post and here is why
1st i do pi so i know what i am talking about now on to why. 1st of all a poco is not a station as no ships may dock at it. 2nd yes u may set a tax rate for the poco u can also set it so the poco can only be accessed by corp or alliance members so no need to even bring in dust players at all. now to why this really fails is bc dust players are only in low or highsec, the best place to do pi is wh or null sec bc u gather more p0 stuff.

@Daedric Lothar ur income is quite low unless u do pi in low sec or something which is a waste. i make about 1.2/1.5 bil a month with for toons in wh space. also u mostly use the barren and temp planets as a production planets u dont gather any pi on the planets so u really cant do much as if i want i could just go to highsec to make p3/p4 stuff. and just a reminder dust players cant go into null or wh space

I LOVE THIS IDEA!!
Please, as soon as you have an own POCO, please please invite your corp and all of your friends inside the POKO, please wear the most expensive gear you have to look really fancy. And please tell us eve players a time and date, so we can come for a ... visit, and try to ignore the battleships, we just want to look fancy as well...

Remember, invite everyone you know, wear the most expensive stuff. Thank you!

This would be an Expansion worthy addition to both EVE and DUST 514:

- Requires Infantry Drones.
- Requires Infantry Drone Shop and Small Clone Lab be added to POCOGÇÖs
- Add Genolution interface to the POCO interface.
- Add DUST Contract Interface to the POCO interface.
- Add POCO Attack and Defence contracts to the Battle Finder for Directors/CEOGÇÖs.
- Add POCO info to PC map.
- Add CIU launcher and CIU to EVE Market. (Requires art and animation.)
- Add interface for activating CIU and setting up DUST Contract.
- Add new reinforce mechanic. * Leave old shoot and replace mechanic in place for EVE players.
- Add mobile CRU. (Requires art and animation.)
- Add POCO interior map as battleground setting. (All that this involves.)
- Add new battle mode with two control points and long acquisition timers.

Including all the development, testing, and debugging involved, this by itself would be enough work to warrant and expansion.

This suggestion does not include DUST mercs owning POCOGÇÖs in its initial iteration. That would come later.

Things to add in future expansions:
- DUST Corp ability to attack, conquer, and own POCOGÇÖs. Would involve contracting an EVE player to place the CIU.
- Add the ability to purchase turrets for the POCO.
- Add the ability for DUST Mercs to use these turrets to shoot at EVE ships.
- Add standings toward other Corporations to DUST for tax purposes.
- Add ability for EVE player to upgrade drone defenders.
- Add ability for EVE player to control Drone defenders through a tactical interface. (One battle with FPS on one side and RTS on the other.)


This is by no means a complete list of what would be involved. But it would be so cool! I think it is worth the work.

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If you want to talk about EVE/DUST interaction can we start a new discussion? This one has kind of run it's course no?

What's the skill multiplier on Thread Necro?

I thought the whole long term idea was for the planets to have to be taken over by a corp using DUST mercs in order to do anything else with it and collect resources from both planet and moons.

If there is anything less planned then the EVE/DUST connection is a joke.

As I stated in another post GÇö there is too much going on in EVE otherwise for DUST to matter unless CCP backpedals and makes planets the only means to gain valuable resources.

Then maybe we'd see fleet battles raging over planets and DUST mercs would matter to EVE.

No...

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