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Is there a use for unrefined ore in the game other than refining it? Must refined ore be produced by refining unrefined ore? If not, then all you've noticed is

Is there a use for unrefined ore in the game other than refining it? Must refined ore be produced by refining unrefined ore? If not, then all you've noticed is that ore refining is a crappy choice of career. If so, then I think you found an arbitrage opportunity -- buy up refined ore and wait for the price to rise, assuming the market is pricing unrefined ore properly.

Retric 17y ago
That's almost correct. The amount of stuff you get from refining ore increases as your skill in refining increases. The price imbalance is created by people with high skill buying up the raw ore, refining it, and selling the result.
- njharman 17y ago
  Nope. The imbalance comes from there being sources of refined ore other than ore. Namely: 1) Recycling ships and modules. Which can be got from loot, blowing up players, or pirated from other players. 2) Scamming, pirating, ore/refined/ships/modules. Also, imbalance comes from regional supply/demand.
  - Retric 17y ago
    You are mistaken. There is also station effecency, and market effecency, but from: http://www.eve-wiki.net/index.php?title=Refining http://www.eve-wiki.net/index.php?title=Refining Player efficiency Players have an efficiency rating that starts at 37.5% and is modified by the skills Refining and Refinery Efficiency, as well as by any specialized skill for refining that particular material. Refining provides a 2% improvement in the player's efficiency rating per rank. Refinery Efficiency adds a 4% per rank improvement. Each class of ore (Omber, Kernite, Veldspar) has a skill that improves the player factor by 5%/rank. Reprocessing ships, modules, and other items falls under the Scrapmetal Processing skill, which provides a similiar bonus. The resulting rating is calculated by: Net Player Efficiency = 0.375 (1 + 0.02* Refining skill rank) * (1 + 0.04* Refinery efficiency rank) * (1 + 0.05* specific skill rank) * Also: Station taxes NPC stations will take a share of the proceeds amounting to 5% of the resulting minerals. This tax will be reduced by your standing with the corporation running the station. At a standing of about 6.7, the amount taxed will be zero. So, if you really want to compete, you need to max the market skills, 3 refining skills, and have a standing of 6.7. But, in 6 months you can make other people wonder why it's worth more to sell the ore than refine it themselves. PS: There are also a few stations where ore price is increased becaue of a quest.

Retric 17y ago

That's almost correct. The amount of stuff you get from refining ore increases as your skill in refining increases. The price imbalance is created by people with high skill buying up the raw ore, refining it, and selling the result.

njharman 17y ago
Nope. The imbalance comes from there being sources of refined ore other than ore. Namely: 1) Recycling ships and modules. Which can be got from loot, blowing up players, or pirated from other players. 2) Scamming, pirating, ore/refined/ships/modules. Also, imbalance comes from regional supply/demand.
- Retric 17y ago
  You are mistaken. There is also station effecency, and market effecency, but from: http://www.eve-wiki.net/index.php?title=Refining http://www.eve-wiki.net/index.php?title=Refining Player efficiency Players have an efficiency rating that starts at 37.5% and is modified by the skills Refining and Refinery Efficiency, as well as by any specialized skill for refining that particular material. Refining provides a 2% improvement in the player's efficiency rating per rank. Refinery Efficiency adds a 4% per rank improvement. Each class of ore (Omber, Kernite, Veldspar) has a skill that improves the player factor by 5%/rank. Reprocessing ships, modules, and other items falls under the Scrapmetal Processing skill, which provides a similiar bonus. The resulting rating is calculated by: Net Player Efficiency = 0.375 (1 + 0.02* Refining skill rank) * (1 + 0.04* Refinery efficiency rank) * (1 + 0.05* specific skill rank) * Also: Station taxes NPC stations will take a share of the proceeds amounting to 5% of the resulting minerals. This tax will be reduced by your standing with the corporation running the station. At a standing of about 6.7, the amount taxed will be zero. So, if you really want to compete, you need to max the market skills, 3 refining skills, and have a standing of 6.7. But, in 6 months you can make other people wonder why it's worth more to sell the ore than refine it themselves. PS: There are also a few stations where ore price is increased becaue of a quest.