The Activity Tracker stopped working 5 years ago. The Devs aren’t fixing jack sh**
No they are for us to discuss here. How did you even get that from what I said. I am discussing the validity of the feature right now for that exact reason. If it needs to be changed because something is unbalanced or not going to function well, then it needs to be changed. Thats exactly why I posted this idea.
Yes and you must sleep and then what? As has been stated already youd just roast them all once a day when the target is sleeping and itd be space spam. Which means the structure would have to be worth less to buy than what the profit itd mine during that period or else noone would do it economically as well.
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Then it may be destroyed in the night. 
We should discuss the price point for a station like this if it did exist to clarify. I am not imagining these things being very expensive and also not incredibly lucrative, until maybe the end of their life cycle when fully upgraded. The game loop would be attempting to protect it long enough for a payout, either from the level 4 mission drop it can create or from it mining enough to cover its cost. It would require active defense, you could mine next to it in an exhumer and then dock if it is attacked and fight as the station.
Gankers would use alts to set up these mining stations, then when you attack it in your battleship, they call in their buddies to gank your battleship into the shadow realm. Next customer. Rinse, repeat.
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You don’t go suspect for attacking it, you only get a kill right on you from the owner.
Note I said gank. Gankers don’t care if you’re suspect or not…
That said they could attempt to alpha you at risk of concord and that is no different than jumping through a gate or undocking for that matter, that can always occur.
There isn’t a single ship in high sec that can’t be ganked in under 15 seconds.
I don’t think this issue would be as wide spread as you suggest. The profit isn’t there.
a green killboard has absolutely nothing to do with profit
Yeah I know. It also costs money, time and resources to do.
Again, do you really think most gankers care about profit? Have you not looked at Zkill? They are in it for the tears.
There will ALWAYS be ganking, I am not worried about that. It is no different than ganking players passing through gates. The loot these stations would drop would not make them any more likely to attack the stations than players. Especially if we decide to add a reinforce timer to them like someone mentioned above, which would likely be a good idea. Once it has been reinforced, only that 1 player can come back and finish it off(as you would expect).
This right here is what it is and then you add a passive isk source to give them income while they do it, nevermind the ideas you had of faction spawns and modules spawning. Wait till you get a juicy blingy BS with an active alt posted in the mini station “defending it”, go gank it and rinse repeat until youre bored or cant find targets.
So much no no no.
Long story short, we’ve already identified several way this will be griefed and exploited, like anything else that is added to the game. Players WILL find a way.
Though I do see your point that people would pad killboards with them, I wonder on what a solution could be for that, as that alone seems like a silly reason not to add something like this. I am imagining them not being that expensive though, so the padding wouldn’t be TOO strong.
seems silly to add something like this
if you want a personal station, put up a POS. Those never went away.
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I mean I guarantee you anything new they EVER add will be griefed and exploited, which has been the case since eve’s inception. Are you suggesting that features should just never be added due to fear of abuse?
They do nothing though. This would actually add unique pve content and potential for pvp.