Still a step in the right direction, although higher efficiencies are much more desireable, bearing in mind the terminals cannot be locked and that's a good base advantage outpost have.

whats this risk/reward thingy?
does it bring more player into the game? or keep them playing?

but ontopic - what random missing facilities? i thought under the current outpost system every outpost has the everything except the two gamma exclusive facilities.

Beta1 outposts have only 4 facilities each, instead of all 6.

So this is what I currently have in mind for facility points:

Alpha 1 main terminals:
All 0 (no change)

Alpha 1 outposts:
Current: 0~50 (higher on selected facilities)
New:      0~25

Alpha 2 main terminals:
Current: All 50
New:      25~50

Beta main terminals:
Current: All 50
New:      50~100

Beta outposts:
As you know the facilities here can be manually upgraded 3 times each, using a maximum of 10 points at the highest stability (1 point per 10 stability).
Currently the levels are:     0-  50-100-125
This would be changed to: 50-100-125-150
(Meaning even if you don't spend any upgrade points, all the outpost facilities are at 50)

One of the issues I have is the alpha1 outpost remain barely worth it, being off the beaten path and having everything needed on alpha 2s, moving to alpha 2 sounds like a no brainer.

Could we mix it up a little here, aside from industry level. Could we speed up some production lines to alpha1 to level this out a little, maybe add more proto lines for beta only, stuff like that is what I would look for.

edit: another thing would be to give production bonuses to t1-t2 mods on alpha1 and lights, t3 bonuses on alpha2 and assualts, mechs/heavies and t4 bonuses on beta.

Zoom you should be able to max out all facilities in a beta station imo.

We can perhaps do a downgrade option with a cooldown but I don't think being able to max out all of them would be good.

That's a 25 pts increase for a 3 point investment, so with perfect-everything that should bring the value to 300 pts for a max producer at a Beta outpost right?

With spark removal and field terminal tax tied into the Outposts as income, that's a pretty decent incentive to use Beta outposts and allow neutrals to mission in your Outpost sector.

What I would suggest is making the "station income" more clear and concise, right now the only reason I know what percentage I will get back from repairing modules is because 3-4 years ago I asked one of you Devs about it. This should be public information displayed in-game, so people can make a more informed choice on how they're spending their station points, and perhaps spending station points can increase that return percentage? What do you think Zoom?

Another suggestion would be to look into how "station income" is displayed in the corp accounting page. For example, if CIR is allowing people to mission and dock in our station, it would be really great if we saw what facilities were being used - then we could increase the value of those facilities (for example, repair shop) and that way stimulate newbies and random people missioning around our outpost. Breaking down "station income" into a more clearer and concise display of where the money is coming from would be a great step forward.

So percentage-wise, what kind of an increase are you looking at?

P.S.

Adding information to the facility like this:

Repair 125 pts (75% return income)

Or something like that would be a great addition. A lot of people don't know how much you get income-wise from repair/factory/prototyping etc.

Adding income from recycling and refining would be a nice addition and real good incentive to cultivate industrial centers, on top of whats already coming.

I think the numbers are about right. People still won't do industry in the stations though.

Yeah, for the simple reason of the risks getting your stuff locked in.

Yeah everyone knows, doesn't change the facts though.