Invention ??

[One in Ten]

having been given the site addy - and having had a builder/research for awhile - can anyone explain the fundamentals of invention ?? - i have used my bpo's for production ( all t1 stuff) - is invention the poor mans way into t2 stuff or what ?? - any help would be appreciated - thnx folks........ 1in10.......

[Soler2k]

Well I've never got into invention tbh, but I think these days invention is the only way into T2 stuff other than buying BP's from other players.

You need to spend a fair bit in isk on skills and theres not a huge chance of getting a BPC so all in all it seems like to much hassle to me so I'm giving it a miss for now.

Thats about all I know really mate sorry

[Reuben Snjente]

Well, be ready for a lot of frustration & then joy. Invention is all about risk vs reward.
You can get all the best T2 gear you want, but you need loads of science skills, T1 BPO copies, relevant datacores (from research agents) some datasheets sometimes - oh and a shed full of luck.
Once you have a T2 BPC (you cannot invent a BPO ) which is usually 10 run for mos & 5 run for ships you then have to build it using T2 construction components.
So, what you need:
- Science skills
- T1 BPO to make copies from, or just buy them
- Laboratory copy slots (POS)
- Datacores from research agents
- Laboratory invention slots (POS)
- T2 construction components

And this is only scratching the surface, I could talk about moon mining & reactions, NPC trade goods, the different faction R&D agents, cosmos complexes.
It took us nearly 5 months to get it all figured out but now we can build anything & all it costs us is time, ice mining & mineral mining plus the NPC trade goods.

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