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* Maximizing profit or productivity is a quick way for a player new to PI to burn out and disregard the activity altogether. Start small or simple, and let interest or need drive an expanded operation. | * Maximizing profit or productivity is a quick way for a player new to PI to burn out and disregard the activity altogether. Start small or simple, and let interest or need drive an expanded operation. | ||
* If a particular activity requires a capsuleer to be in space, then it can probably be conducted while [[Tethering|tethered]] at a friendly [[Upwell_structures|Citadel]]. If a friendly Citadel is unavailable for tethering, then the next safest option is to be cloaked in space. | * If a particular activity requires a capsuleer to be in space, then it can probably be conducted while [[Tethering|tethered]] at a friendly [[Upwell_structures|Citadel]]. If a friendly Citadel is unavailable for tethering, then the next safest option is to be cloaked in space. | ||
* Have money for export and imoort | |||
===On Alts=== | ===On Alts=== | ||
* If conducting PI on an alt character then endeavor for the alt to have positive standings to locals. For NSC members, this means applying for the alt to be on the [https://forum.eveuniversity.org/viewtopic.php?p=941558#p941558 NSC Pocket-Blues] list or a member of . | * If conducting PI on an alt character then endeavor for the alt to have positive standings to locals. For NSC members, this means applying for the alt to be on the [https://forum.eveuniversity.org/viewtopic.php?p=941558#p941558 NSC Pocket-Blues] list or a member of the Ivy League Alt Alliance. | ||
* If running an operation with multiple alts, stagger each alt's activity to avoid multiple characters sitting idle. For example, one character can collect from a POCO while another is in warp, which is preferred to one idling at a POCO for a few moments. | * If running an operation with multiple alts, stagger each alt's activity to avoid multiple characters sitting idle. For example, one character can collect from a POCO while another is in warp, which is preferred to one idling at a POCO for a few moments. | ||
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The most dangerous activity in PI is moving an Epithal to or from a POCO. | The most dangerous activity in PI is moving an Epithal to or from a POCO. | ||
* POCOs require a capsuleer to be within 2500 meters only while attempting to exchange material between a ship's cargo and POCO storage. | |||
* Shield hardeners are not passive modules. Turn them on, and overheat them if under fire. An Epithal cannot survive for long, but the extra time permits additional threat assessment and potential assistance. | * Shield hardeners are not passive modules. Turn them on, and overheat them if under fire. An Epithal cannot survive for long, but the extra time permits additional threat assessment and potential assistance. | ||
* Before venturing to POCOs to pick up a week's worth of advanced product, confirm via intel channels whether or not there has been any recent activity in the area. | * Before venturing to POCOs to pick up a week's worth of advanced product, confirm via intel channels whether or not there has been any recent activity in the area. | ||
* Materials can be launched to a POCO while mid-warp, in case this is left until the last second. Try not to linger at a POCO for longer than necessary. | * Materials can be launched to a POCO while mid-warp, in case this is left until the last second. Try not to linger at a POCO for longer than necessary. | ||
* There is a delay of several seconds for successive transfers between a POCO and storage on the planet surface. If there are multiple launchpads to retrieve material from, then try to consolidate material into fewer exports with [expedited transfers]. | |||
* For station > poco > station, this won't be a problem, but chunky epithal can bump the poco if you make more than one stop and the poco is in the alignment path as warp speed is attained | * For station > poco > station, this won't be a problem, but chunky epithal can bump the poco if you make more than one stop and the poco is in the alignment path as warp speed is attained | ||
* Use expedited shipping for intraplanet transportation to gather resources in as few launchpads as possible; then, launching while in space takes fewer steps | * Use expedited shipping for intraplanet transportation to gather resources in as few launchpads as possible; then, launching while in space takes fewer steps | ||
* Use bookmarks on pocos, rather than warping to them; bonus points if the bookmark is situated such that you can start aligning as soon as you land, conduct your import or export, then be several seconds closer to warp | * Use bookmarks on pocos, rather than warping to them; bonus points if the bookmark is situated such that you can start aligning as soon as you land, conduct your import or export, then be several seconds closer to warp | ||
* You only need to be at the poco to remove or input material to the poco itself; you can undock in something cheap or tether at a Citadel to conduct the actual import to the planet's surface, if necessary | * You only need to be at the poco to remove or input material to the poco itself; you can undock in something cheap or tether at a Citadel to conduct the actual import to the planet's surface, if necessary | ||