So here is the thing with the Corp Research, not every corp will use it, it's not meant for every corp, it is not a Newbie Corp tool.

This isn't a digression to X20, x25, x100 issue; this is just how/if Corps will choose to use it in the first place.

Corp research is going to require cooperation within the corp to accomplish. Not all corps are set up this way, in fact, many corps are not. The corps are just places where the individual players hangout because they get some benefits in storage and access to other players and some resources. Generally these corps will have a small cadre of dedicated players, but in general the idea of the entire corp working toward some goal just doesn't work.

To cut to the chase here.

Corps that work together will get corporate research done, while corps that do not won't, regardless of the multiplier.

I point to the aspect of small corps which still, after years of playing, have still not gotten even a single PT'er to 100%. The research change isn't going to make research 'faster', it is just going to make it more directed.

I'll go out on a limb here and say, the people/corps that have currently completed the tree, will do so again regardless of the multiplier. And those who have not, still wouldn't, even at x0; because they essentially have x0 now and didn't.

Its the design of the system...

If Perpetuum were a game where the developers didnt want everyone to have access to all of the prototypes in game they would have made it that way from the onset, by doing "world drops" or similar methods akin to the current artifact system to make the technology very limited and only so much could be produced given the finite amount of prototypes available.

This can be accomplished in future technology by requiring items similar to cortex's but they need to be in very limited quantities in order for the system to be "exciting"

the main problem with perp production as it stands now is that even though its full loot drop its disappointing because you can make everything that drops. I think by adding equipment to the game that is really "rare" (black Mechs, and other tournament items "wall shield hardener", "Indy 500 Frame") it will push more interaction pvp/pve so long as they can be attained ( hardcore grind or rare artifact, etc...)

But these items should definitely be the next tier of stuff not re worked versions of what we already have.

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and even in eve you could just outright BUY many of the BPO's it just took years to make them better through the research system.

now the faction and T2/T3 stuff is a different story

Either that or really take a good look at build times. ...

Why does a Terminal only take 24hours to build ... i think it should be more like 10 to 20 days T1 / 20-40 T2 30 to 60 for T3 ...

why does a MK2 heavy Mech only take ~12 hours to build this should be about 2 days at least.

The system as it is has huge amounts of throughput which drastically under values many items in game ... if thngs took a little longer in time to build then they may have more "value" to players ... jacking up mineral cost of things wont add value in the correct way ... after all time is the most valued commodity ever ...

Funny, I thought we have this dance everytime because everyone

A) has an opinion
B) access to internet
C) is an ***

Any game I've ever played has a player base that cannot understand how the designers left out x, refused to see y, and have no idea why they didn't think of z. Perp is no different.

One thing is clear, regardless of how small the Dev team is, or the health of the game; the Devs here have been far more available here than in EvE.

How many more posts that 'The Devs f***up the game' do I have to read again and again, before you let it go and move on. Do you think CCP or any other company listen to the player base all the time,not even close, developers  do what they think its best with the resources and information they have.

The end result is still always the same unfortunately.