What mechanic was in the broadcast that give this indication? The big power blocks are not going to care if a few systems are crap, its all going to be part of the floodplain and there will always be a renter willing to till the fields.
The current borders are defined by the ability to project military force, not how hard a POS is to fuel. Its not like the new structure will require more fuel blocks to be flown about, only if the new drill are being used is any additional resource transport required at all.
Its probably in the EOFY budget already.
The current capitals could turn in to garbage, but only from a farming perspective. The strategic positioning and market mechanic will be unaffected, so this assertion seems irrelevant from a military perspective.
Even in the day of passive moon ore not every moon had a drill because, will, an R4 is not worth mining, even if you get a structure to do it. Would not be surprised if its more profitable to simply trade the ice/lava fuel than anything that comes out of a shitty moon.
Barrier to entry is less, but economics will still apply. Only a fool would spend more in operating the structure than what it produces in value.
Small groups were in wormholes, better more PvP focused groups kicked them out. That was EVE working as intended. There was a streamer about 3 years a go who tried to one man a wormhole and people were telling him he could not defend the thing on his own. Damn fool would not listen. Though really, what do wormholes have to do with Null? WH life is about blue loot, not rocks in space.
Why lobby the CSM, when you can just become a CCP employee?
No, which was why jump fatigue was a thing, but then the big null groups complained and space is back to being small again.
You first over the wall then.
Based on what fact? No numbers on M^3 per hour, no numbers on cost of the drill. The drill only has to mine more than it costs to build and run and there is no way its going to cost the same as a properly fit Rorqual with reinforcement times that have been listed.
One system with dad drills is going to make more than no drills at all.
Each one of what? The drills? Drill fuel is transportable, and ‘power’ from IHUB 2.0 is not required.
If its just a game, why not undock in all your ships and self destruct?
Being crushed like the worthless impediments they are…
True, but now they can just roll in, take all the moon goo like honey from the hive, while the small group gets to pay for it all.
Really? Where in the stream did it show that anyone had to do anything to keep iHUB 2.0 running? Even if it needs fuel blocks, what’s one more when people have like a hundred already?