New poster here!
I have been playing the game since 2016 and arrived soon after starbases were beginning to be phased out. Now i have a question about what will happen.
I understand why starbases are being phased out but sometimes starbases look to be cheaper than an athanor, also would be better for a temporary installation for short stays in wormholes or other such places.
Will a smaller station type be created or what?
Because from what i have seen, your average athanor is around 1bil isk to 2 bil, while a control tower and a storage area with a reprocessing array looked to be around 100m maximum.
So will there be a replacement for starbases or not?
Ah okay, was just curious if anything would be replacing them in the small station range. Because i like the idea of small temporary mining outposts and stuff instead of a full station.
I would not discount the possibility of a closer replacement. All Upwell structures are either medium, large, or extra large size. There is room to introduce āsmallā structures, but I am not aware of any details that they are being developed.
What CCP does will probably depend on the state of the game when they feel theyād have time to implement such a thing. They have an ever changing list of priorities as problems arise and the situation changes.
Quite a few people have expressed interest or concern over the phase out of the POS, and Iām fairly confident that weāll have solid details by the time they decide to put them to bed for good.
Thank you i will look at the fanfest presentations
I understand the commit thing but think about it
If i were starting a small corp, and could not afford a massive investment (1-2 bil) into a āmediumā station, then i would be looking for a smaller station. It would be nice to have a smaller option, even if it is less efficient in terms of reprocessing and stuff.
Be assured, youāre not the only one who feels this way. Those who have a more dedicated nomadic lifestyle have no alternative as of yet. I am not convinced, though, that CCP is not considering some manner of replacement for those needing temporary emplacements for military or industrial purposes. I just believe that, for now, those plans have taken a back seat to other things.
An easy way to balance small Upwell would be limiting their cargo space so they can only process a set amount of wealth/profit, compared to limitless storage in other structures.
In the short term, CCP is focused on achieving feature parity so they can finally get rid of POS and the legacy code it represents. That means weāll likely see a jump bridge replacement (first iteration of player built stargates) next.
Thanks
when i go to a market hub the raitarus and stations such are generally around twice to three times the proper price. so I always estimate based around that these days.
There are going to be replacements for some of the features but there wonāt be a ājack of all tradesā structure, there will be specific things for each role and they will fit in to the āsmallā structure group below citadels which are the āmediumā and ālargeā structure groups, yes i am aware that there are 3 tiers of sizes within the citadels but they are internal group sizings
