User:Thaddeus Kastelanski/Drafts
Why do PI at NSC?
Planetary Industry (PI) is a straightforward method of income generation with minimal investment of skills, ISK, and time. PI activity can be divided into two categories: raw resource extraction and processing raw resources into more advanced products.
The amount of resources available for extraction on a planet is influenced by two factors:
- The parent system's Security Status. A lower Security Status correlates with greater amounts of resources.
- Competing resource extraction on the same planet. More players extracting resources from a given planet correlates with lower amounts of resources.
These two factors might lead to the conclusion that PI is not worth the time or effort, in particular if we focus on conducting PI in High Security (HiSec) space. In HiSec, the higher Security Status alone is sufficient to
These two factors lead to the myth that PI just isn't worth the hassle. That myth comes from people who try to do PI in HiSec. In HiSec, you begin with planets that already have poor resources due to the high Security Status even before you have the unwashed masses sucking each planet dry for anything and everything, so the profit that you make is often really low. NullSec is different because the planets are rich in resources and the local traffic is very low, meaning we can easily turn a great profit for very little effort. Depending on the markets, very simple P0>P2 extraction planets can generate between 3-5M ISK a day. If you are running 5 planets, that is roughly 15-25M ISK or a fully fit T1 Cruiser, per day, for free.
With that in mind, why would anyone not want to do PI in NullSec if they are already living there? You should know that your return will depend on the markets, how often you micromanage your setup and how efficient your planets are. Your mileage will vary!
