Ideas for PI improvement

Here are some PI ideas

 The Main PI Window

The needs a dedicated Customs Office button. Just always there next to the set Destination Button.
The Set Destination needs to change to a Warp / Undock button once you have activated it, like the mission buttons do.
The Planets need to show the time left on the shortest extractor running.
IE. Planet IV has 2 Extractors, one has 3 days, the other has 5 hours. The planet will show a countdown timer on the far right with 5 hours remaining.

 The Agency Window

On the planet search, it needs to show the POCO taxes. It can break down the Corp Rate plus the NPC rate (also showing the modified by skill amount.)

When removing factories on the planets, create a Decommission All button.

The slider for Extractor Control Time needs notches for days.
Similar to the D-Scan slider.

When turning on Extractor Heads the Installed Extractors needs an All button.
The All button will turn on as many as the plant has remaining power to allow.

If a planet only has 1 launch pad or storage facility, have routing set to default to that facility.
Allow players to set a facility to default route if there are more than 1 facilities.

New Skills

 Extractor Range

Increase the range of the extractor heads by .05% per lvl
Advanced Extractor Range
Increase the range of the extractor heads by .025% per lvl

 Remote Custom Office Interactions (like remote Reactions & Remote Science and similar to the Remote Scanning skill)

The ability to manage a POCO at range. Allows access to the POCO as if you were in the system, giving the ability to move product on and off the POCO, though for asset security, you will still need to pick up the product in person.
Level 1: allows POCO interactions 1 ly
Level 2: allows POCO interactions 3 ly
Level 3: allows POCO interactions 5 ly
Level 4: allows POCO interactions 7 ly
Level 5: allows POCO interactions 9 ly
Advanced Remote Custom Office Interactions
Level 1: allows POCO interactions 12 ly
Level 2: allows POCO interactions 15 ly
Level 3: allows POCO interactions 18 ly
Level 4: allows POCO interactions 21 ly
Level 5: allows POCO interactions 25 ly
(Note: This could be a per Jumps metric more like Reactions & Remote Science instead of a range like the Remote Scanning.)

 Extractor Management

Reset all extractors on all planets. Adding this skill will show a button on the PI window to reset all extractors. The capsuleer will need to install the upgraded extraction head to be compatible with this technology. (Also affected by the Remote Customs Office Interactions skill.)
Add button to the PI screen
Unlike the current reset, this can reset the extractors before their time has expired.
Level 1: Reset all Extractors one time per 10 days
Level 2: Reset all Extractors one time per 9 days
Level 3: Reset all Extractors one time per 8 days
Level 4: Reset all Extractors one time per 7 days
Level 5: Reset all Extractors one time per 6 days
Advanced Extractor Management
Level 1: Reset all Extractors one time per 5 days
Level 2: Reset all Extractors one time per 4 days
Level 3: Reset all Extractors one time per 3 days
Level 4: Reset all Extractors one time per 2 days
Level 5: Reset all Extractors one time per 1 days

 Link Management

Reduce the power needed to create links on modules on the planet by 2% per lvl
Advanced Link Management
Reduce the power needed to create links on modules on the planet by 1% per lvl

 Planetary Recycling

Since planet are affected by more capsuleers using the planet, the more capsuleers using a recycling program will also have a cumulative benefit as well.
Reduce the rate of resources degrading by 2%
Advanced Planetary Recycling
Reduce the rate of resources degrading by 1%

 Extractor Migration

Extractor heads will migrate towards stronger locations during the extraction time
Heads move .01% of planet distance radius per day per lvl

 Custom Office Routing

Allows the capsuleers to route product to the planet for an additional tax.
IE: The launch pad is full, the product will route up to the POCO automatically.
IE: The launch pad is empty, the product will route down to from the POCO automatically.
The POCO will charge an NPC tax in addition to all other taxes at the POCO for this service.
Level 1: 10%
Level 2: 9%
Level 3: 8%
Level 4: 7%
Level 5: 6%
Advanced Custom Office Routing
Level 1: 5%
Level 2: 4%
Level 3: 3%
Level 4: 2%
Level 5: 1%

These are all just ideas and would need people smarter then me to work them out, but I feel that changes like this would make PI much easier to use, but only the dedicated PI players would invest the skills into using the new features.

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Too lazy to start another thread…

Expedited Transfer window should have a ‘Move All’ button.

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