My calculations seem to suggest based on pre panic mineral prices mining in highsec should still be almost as profitable as before.
But I could be wrong. I don’t think miners have much to worry about. However small scale producers will be hit hard by the lack of high end minerals and the upcoming change to structures.
Those who can will just farm structures and put all but the biggest producers out of business forcing people to either join bigger groups or pay the high taxes and system index cost from the structures that remain.
But then manufacturing in npc stations could become a thing again.
Can just use NPC station as you said and buy in trade hubs or if null really don’t export make use of reprocessing cheap mission loot. Since they are small scale quantity that way will be enough.
Mineral income from refining items to increase. Dunno though reading it again could be not what I thought. As always ccp’s grasp of the English language leaving things vague at best
I ‘think’ that is saying they expect more people to make use of the existing mechanics to get minerals out of items, given what else it is grouped with. That would be the grammatically correct interpretation.
Why would I need to buy plex to pay for pew pew ships.
I can earn pew pew ships in game ‘without’ having to grind on a time-frame. It just means if I don’t earn isk this month I don’t have pew pew ships this month (Assuming I’m doing pew pew with no SRP anyway and don’t already own the ships).
The time-frame grind of ‘this much isk per month’ is about plexing your accounts.
I would consider FW (Faction Warfare) where there are often standing fleets and you can come and go even if your schedule is random and it’s good Frigate and Destroyer fun! Just crash into everything and it’s a good way to learn
