Invention

Hurrah & dibi-di-doo! I have so far managed to produce 3 Jaguar-class Assault Frigate BPC's with 3 runs each and a Wolf-class Assault Frigate BPC with 9 runs in it. Invention 4TW! Or what? Having done some market analysis on the prices of the stuff needed for T2 production, I have come to the conclusion that in order to make any profit one must manufacture the components too, so the component BPO's (abt. 5M isk each) have to be purchased and studied too. For example, the Jaguar BPC I got from invention requires the following components (amount):

Deflection Shield Emitter (56) à 39,000 isk = 2,184,000 isk

Construction Blocks (56) à 470 isk = 26,320 isk

Electrolytic Capacitor Unit (42) à 15,074 isk = 633,108 isk

Fernite Carbide Comp. Armor Plate (56) à 10,800 isk = 604,800 isk

Nanomechanical Microprocessor (28) à 12,184 isk = 341,152 isk

Laser Sensor Cluster (28) à 30,000 isk = 840,000 isk

Nuclear Reactor Unit (56) à 150,000 isk = 8,400,000 isk (!)

Plasma Thruster (42) à 41,000 isk = 1,722,000 isk

R.A.M Starship tech (4) à 30,000 isk = 120,000 isk

TOTAL = 14,871,380 isk

Market price of a Jaguar = 12,000,000 isk

The above calculation does not even count in the price of the small amounts of various normal minerals that are needed for manufacturing, (Morphite among others) nor the costs of the invention itself i.e. datacores, decryptors, data interfaces and Rifters used as a meta-item etc. Of course these prices are Domain market prices, so some reduction may be possible if stuff is bought from Jita or Rens.

I have to say, this really calls for a proper cost-efficiency calculation on my part. If I can't reduce the price of those components enough, it's best I just keep on buying my ships from market as a regular Joe. Damn, what a downer... no sudden riches in invention, it seems.