Identifying valuable planets: Difference between revisions

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So now it is time to shop for a suitable planet. You have read up on what is made out of what on the [[Planetary Industry]] page, and you have decided to make something. Now you need to find one or more planets that will keep your assembly line going. As you can expect, the abundance of resources is affected by the Security Status, but this is not the only consideration. If you wanted to make make a whole product chain on one planet, you need to look at the mix too.

There are about 42 thousand planets in the EVE universe, and some are Oceanic, some Lava, some Temperate. Some are located in high security, some in low, some in null security, and some in wormholes. With such a range of choice, how do you pick the 1-6 planets that you want to commit your capital to?

Several variables come into play in making this decision:

# Whether you need a specific product for your goal, or are maximizing profit from resource extraction

# The abundance of the product you need for the goal

# The relative abundance of the multiple products you need to achieve the goal

= Resource Abundance by Sec Status =

As with [[Ore_Details|Mining]], better yields can be found in lower security. Looking at this effect alone lets us focus on one of the several variables you need to look at.

~~However, to~~ start off, let us make this simple and look at the abundance of something that will always require more than one planet, which means you can focus on just the one resource. Lava planets are the only source of Felsmic Magma, which is processed into Silicon. ~~Here~~ is a ~~survey~~ of various lava planets of different security levels.

To start off, let us make this simple and look at the abundance of something that will always require more than one planet, which means you can focus on just the one resource. Lava planets are the only source of Felsmic Magma, which is processed into Silicon. Below is a sampling of various lava planets of different security levels.

In High Sec, you will note that Loggutur II and Aldrat I are singularly poor examples of Lava planets, having pretty much no Felsmic Magma at all, while Vullat IV is a rather good Lava Planet, having deposits that rival alot of lower security systems in the High Sec class. In any case though, you are not very likely to find any Lava Planets with huge supplies of Felsmic Magma, but if you look around, you can find some fairly decent ones.

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(I can only conjecture that Wormholes are similar to 0.0, and likely the higher the class, the better.)

This survey suggests that the effect of security status on abundance is less linear security status, and more simply where it falls into the three classes of High Sec, Low Sec, and Null Sec.

'''Note:''' these distributions were collected on Singularity server on 2010 May 9, so they might not be valid when Tyranis goes live on Tranquility.

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== Temperate ==

Temperate planets are the only place you can find Autotrophs, from which you can make Industrial Fibers. As you can see, we do have a bit of variation, but our prospects seem better for these than Felsmic Magma, particularly since Temperate planets are somewhat more common than Lava planets.

So that we are not limiting the conversation to just one planet type, let us see if this effect bears out for another type of planet. Temperate planets are the only place you can find Autotrophs, from which you can make Industrial Fibers. As you can see, we do have a bit of variation, but our prospects seem better for these than Felsmic Magma, particularly since Temperate planets are somewhat more common than Lava planets.

Orvolle IV is not a very good planet at all, but Orvolle V, Hardbako VI, Aldrat VIII or Eygfe III would be good places to setup for High Sec Industrial Fiber production.

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 So now it is time to shop for a suitable planet.   You have read up on what is made out of what on the [[Planetary Industry]] page, and you have decided to make something.  Now you need to find one or more planets that will keep your assembly line going.  As you can expect, the abundance of resources is affected by the Security Status, but this is not the only consideration.   If you wanted to make make a whole product chain on one planet, you need to look at the mix too.
+There are about 42 thousand planets in the EVE universe, and some are Oceanic, some Lava, some Temperate.   Some are located in high security, some in low, some in null security, and some in wormholes.  With such a range of choice, how do you pick the 1-6 planets that you want to commit your capital to?
+Several variables come into play in making this decision:
+# Whether you need a specific product for your goal, or are maximizing profit from resource extraction
+# The abundance of the product you need for the goal
+# The relative abundance of the multiple products you need to achieve the goal
 = Resource Abundance by Sec Status =
+As with [[Ore_Details|Mining]], better yields can be found in lower security.  Looking at this effect alone lets us focus on one of the several variables you need to look at.
-However, to start off, let us make this simple and look at the abundance of something that will always require more than one planet, which means you can focus on just the one resource.  Lava planets are the only source of Felsmic Magma, which is processed into Silicon.  Here is a survey of various lava planets of different security levels.
+To start off, let us make this simple and look at the abundance of something that will always require more than one planet, which means you can focus on just the one resource.  Lava planets are the only source of Felsmic Magma, which is processed into Silicon.  Below is a sampling of various lava planets of different security levels.
 In High Sec, you will note that Loggutur II and Aldrat I are singularly poor examples of Lava planets, having pretty much no Felsmic Magma at all, while Vullat IV is a rather good Lava Planet, having deposits that rival alot of lower security systems in the High Sec class.  In any case though, you are not very likely to find any Lava Planets with huge supplies of Felsmic Magma, but if you look around, you can find some fairly decent ones.
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 (I can only conjecture that Wormholes are similar to 0.0, and likely the higher the class, the better.)
+This survey suggests that the effect of security status on abundance is less linear security status, and more simply where it falls into the three classes of High Sec, Low Sec, and Null Sec.
 '''Note:''' these distributions were collected on Singularity server on 2010 May 9, so they might not be valid when Tyranis goes live on Tranquility.
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 == Temperate ==
-Temperate planets are the only place you can find Autotrophs, from which you can make Industrial Fibers.  As you can see, we do have a bit of variation, but our prospects seem better for these than Felsmic Magma, particularly since Temperate planets are somewhat more common than Lava planets.
+So that we are not limiting the conversation to just one planet type, let us see if this effect bears out for another type of planet.  Temperate planets are the only place you can find Autotrophs, from which you can make Industrial Fibers.  As you can see, we do have a bit of variation, but our prospects seem better for these than Felsmic Magma, particularly since Temperate planets are somewhat more common than Lava planets.
 Orvolle IV is not a very good planet at all, but Orvolle V, Hardbako VI, Aldrat VIII or Eygfe III would be good places to setup for High Sec Industrial Fiber production.