Revenant Major Update Patch Notes: Mercenary Dens, Industry, And Taxes

I woke up this morning to find when CCP Games labels something as major, they are not joking around. Today's Revenant Major Update for EVE Online features quite a few topics that deserve their own posts. The first in the series will feature industry topics, including one not mentioned in the news article.

The developers gave a brief description of the changes in the introductory news article:

Industrial Overhaul

Manufacturing capital ships and Tech I battleships is now cheaper, reducing the resource strain and making fleet deployments more feasible. Lower costs mean less risk when bringing these hulls to battle, reinforcing their role in fleet warfare.

One item not mentioned explicitly outside the patch notes is the rise of the sales tax from 4% to 7.5%. Sales taxes are automatically deducted after an item is sold, but are mitigated by the Accounting skill. For each level of Accounting learned, the sales tax is reduced by 11%, meaning at level 5, the sales tax is only 3.4%. For those who sell PLEX to fund their PvP habit, I'd advise training Accounting to 5 if the skill is not already at that level.

Mercenary Dens received the following changes during downtime today:

• Mercenary Dens base Infomorph generation has been lowered from 80-115 (avg 100) to 65-100 (avg 82.5).
  
  
• MTOs now only give 350 bonus infomorphs instead of 500 when completing a MTO for a max development mercenary den.
  
  
• Existing MTOs which have already been generated will still give 500 bonus Infomorphs.
  
  
• The Development levels of Mercenary Dens have been decreased to the following:
• Development 1, 5%.
• Development 2, 10%.
• Development 4, 15%.
• Development 5, 20%.

Tech 1 Dread production just became less resource intensive. The following reductions should show up on all blueprints.

Revelation:

• Capital Propulsion Engines required have been reduced from 5 to 4.
• Capital Armor Plates required have been reduced from 5 to 4.
• Capital Ship Maintenance Bays required have been reduced from 5 to 4.
• Capital Turret Hardpoints required have been reduced from 20 to 15.
• Capital Siege Array required have been reduced from 20 to 15.

Phoenix:

• Capital Propulsion Engines required have been reduced from 5 to 4.
• Capital Shield Emitters required have been reduced from 5 to 4.
• Capital Ship Maintenance Bays required have been reduced from 5 to 4.
• Capital Turret Hardpoints required have been reduced from 20 to 15.
• Capital Siege Array required have been reduced from 20 to 15.

Moros:

• Capital Sensor Clustes required have been reduced from 4 to 3.
• Capital Armor Plates required have been reduced from 4 to 3.
• Capital Propulsion Engines required have been reduced from 5 to 4.
• Capital Ship Maintenance Bays required have been reduced from 5 to 4.
• Capital Turret Hardpoints required have been reduced from 20 to 15.
• Capital Siege Array required have been reduced from 20 to 15.

Naglfar:

• Capital Shield Emitters required have been reduced from 4 to 3.
• Capital Computer Systems required have been reduced from 4 to 3.
• Capital Propulsion Engines required have been reduced from 5 to 4.
• Capital Ship Maintenance Bays required have been reduced from 5 to 4.
• Capital Turret Hardpoints required have been reduced from 20 to 15.
• Capital Siege Array required have been reduced from 20 to 15.

Tech 1 battleships also received a 25% decrease to input materials.

• Tritanium required has been reduced from 8,000,000 to 5,200,000.
• Pyerite required has been reduced from 4,000,000 to 2,600,000.
• Mexallon required has been reduced from 600,000 to 390,000.
• Isogen required has been reduced from 200,000 to 130,000.
• Nocxium required has been reduced from 24,000 to 15,600.
• Zydrine required has been reduced from 6,000 to 3,900.
• Megacyte required has been reduced from 3,000 to 1,950.
• Auto-Integrity Presevation Seals required has been reduced from 200 to 150.
• Life Support Backup Unit required has been reduced from 100 to 75.

In addition, the tech 2 Scorpion also received a 25% decrease to input materials.

• Tritanium required has been reduced from 6,000,000 to 3,900,000.
• Pyerite required has been reduced from 3,000,000 to 1,950,000.
• Mexallon required has been reduced from 450,000 to 292,500.
• Isogen required has been reduced from 150,000 to 97,500.
• Nocxium required has been reduced from 18,000 to 11,700.
• Zydrine required has been reduced from 4,500 to 2,925
• Megacyte required has been reduced from 2,250 to 1,463.
• Auto-Integrity Presevation Seals required has been reduced from 150 to 112.
• Life Support Backup Unit required has been reduced from 75 to 56.

All capital ships, not just dreads, also receive a manufacturing buff as the input materials for Capital Components also decreased by 25%.

Finally, two additional updates I couldn't categorize.

• Combat Battlecruisers and Attack Battlecruisers have had their reprocessed materials updated to the same inputs as the blueprint, so they will now have more accurate (higher) insurance payouts.
  
  
• The Estimated Item Value for multiple items in the game in the manufacturing cost breakdown should now more accurately reflect the value of the finished product.