Pre-Patch Industry Costs are Wild

Industry costs leading into Tuesday's industry patch, titled a "significant indusry update" by CCP, are unexpectedly high. I had previously written two articles for Imperium.news about the expected climb in prices post-patch, but we are seeing those prices today. Between broken Estimated Item Value (EIV) affecting job costs and market volatility driving mineral and commodity prices up, we are seeing manufacturing job costs at more than twice what they should reasonably be. Market prices for an Orca have climbed 40%+, pre-patch. As your CSM candidate, I strongly feel that industrialists…