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Vera Veta
University of Caille Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2014.09.06 08:52:00 -
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I'm just coming back to the game and am planning on just staying in highsec while I get my bearings.
How bad has the ganking gotten?
I only have a few million ISK, will I be better off getting a Skiff, just to be safe? ( nothing worse than losing something I can barely afford to replace). Please suggest a ship.
Where should I mine and what ores ?
What should I know that I probably don't?
Thanks in advance for your help. |
Attivol
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Posted - 2014.09.06 11:39:00 -
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Use this to find a safe place to mine
Use this to decide what to mine
As for ships, if you can afford one Skiff then you can afford several Retrievers, so I would go with that until you can afford several Mackinaws. |
Tolkaz Khamsi
Empire Reclamation Services
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Posted - 2014.09.06 13:35:00 -
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Vera Veta wrote:I'm just coming back to the game and am planning on just staying in highsec while I get my bearings.
How bad has the ganking gotten?
I only have a few million ISK, will I be better off getting a Skiff, just to be safe? ( nothing worse than losing something I can barely afford to replace). Please suggest a ship.
Where should I mine and what ores ?
What should I know that I probably don't?
Thanks in advance for your help.
Mine Veld or Scord. Veld is the best ISK/hour ore in the game, whether you're a noob or not. But all hisec ores with the exception of Omber are good to mine. Lots of miners chase Pyroxeres and Kernite these days, but they're bulkier ores -- I recommend just sticking to Veld and Scord. It's all over the place, and you can mine all you want in .9 systems not far from trade hubs to reduce your hauling logistics.
Stay in .9 systems and use mining drones to improve your yield. Sell the ore raw or compress it; don't try to refine it.
As you skill up and gain more ISK, invest in a Highwall mining implant. It pays off over time.
For the ship -- a Venture is fine at first until you can afford a Retriever. You don't need an Exhumer-class barge in hisec; it's a waste of ISK.
As for ganking - it almost never happens once you get out of the heavily-populated areas and the pipelines to Jita. Head out into Amarr space space or Minmatar space and you won't be bothered. If you get bumped, just orbit the roids instead of sitting immobile - otherwise, don't fret about the bumpers. They can't do anything other than annoy you in hisec. If they make themselves too annoying, just move to a different system.
Later on, I recommend getting a POS and setting up a compression array. Also, train up the Gallente industrial skill because you're going to want a Miasmos hauler for your compressed ore (it has a huge ore bay; you'd have needed a freighter to carry that much more before).
Good luck! |
Tolkaz Khamsi
Empire Reclamation Services
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Posted - 2014.09.06 13:56:00 -
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If you've been out of the game for a long time, there have been a lot of changes to ships and other stuff - I should have mentioned that.
1. You don't mine with mining frigates/cruisers any more. You use a new ORE mining ship called the Venture. It's got a big ore bay (5000m3) and can carry two light drones. It's got bonuses for both mining and gas harvesting, and it makes a great (and cheap!) mining ship. I use it all the time, even though I'm skilled to fly barges and exhumers. For small-scale ops, it's great. It's also got a +2 bonus to warp core strength, so you can GTFO if someone tries to scram you.
2. The Gallente industrial hauler lineup was altered to make each Iteron model specific to some kind of hauling. You're going to be interested in the Miasmos, which has ~50,000m3 ore bay (which can carry *a lot* of compressed ore!) and the Nereus, which is a straight cargo hauler. Whatever race your toon is, train up Gallente industrial and buy a Miasmos. Be careful, though -- a Miasmos full of compressed ore makes a tasty (and paper-thin) gank-target.
3. The Venture (and its T2 companion the Prospect) are new-ish ships meant to replace the old mining frigates/cruisers. It's a great, cheap, fast ship which I recommend highly -- and not just if you're a noob. If you have a combat alt that's skint for ISK to PVP with, you can train into a Venture in about a day and do some mining to pad your bank account, or you can live off the land a bit in remote systems. Some people use the Venture for its gas-harvesting bonus, but I doubt you'll be doing that in hisec.
4. The ORE mining barges and exhumers went through a "tiercide" process not long ago. Now, they are role-based. All of the barges have roughly the same m3 yield (regardless of the number of strip miners) -- the difference is in the size of their ore bays and their bonuses. The Procurer/Skiff is meant to be a tanky, hard-to-kill nugget for mining in hostile spaces; the Retreiver/Mackinaw has a huge ore bay; the Covetor/Hulk has a long range on the mining lasers and a bonus to cycle time. All carry a bonus for ice mining, though most miners use a Procurer for hisec ice mining. Most solo hisec miners gravitate to a Retriever, while gangs seem to prefer Covetors with Orca support. No barge is "better" than any of the others in an absolute sense, unlike before: now, it just depends on what you want to do. Given your description, I think you should think about a Retriever.
5. Gravimetric signatures have been removed from the game. You'll now see ore sites sometimes spawn as anomalies. You can get some nice Hedbergite, Jaspet, and Kernite spawns in hisec if you pay attention. The lower-security the space is, the better the spawn...but the tougher the rats. Fit accordingly. You see Kernite and Omber spawns, but they're rather pointless as you can mine all the Kernite you want in Amarr space in .7 or below systems, and Omber sucks anyway.
6. The bumping and ganking threat is overstated. Get out of the most crowded parts of Caldari or Gallente space, and you won't have any problems. Amarr space has the best rocks anyway: Veld, Scord, Pyrox, and Kernite.
Mining is still boring and a hassle in terms of logistics, but that's always been true. In terms of ISK/hour reward, though, it's a great time to be a miner. Get out there and bust some rocks!
P.S. - Let me stress this: ignore Omber. It's the worst ore in the game, by far. Ignore it, disdain it, don't waste your time on it. It's horrible. |
Erik Sokarad
Republic University Minmatar Republic
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Posted - 2014.09.06 15:04:00 -
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a funny side-note about omber- while omber is the worst isk/m3 of all the ore, it is actually a very good ore to refine, because the price tends to be low relative to its mineral value.
the best way to make ISK from mining is from L4 mining missions (beacuse of LP). the 2nd-best way to make ISK From mining in highsec is to mine the ore anomolies. these may contain lowsec ore, which has a very high value. always check your scanner for anomolies when mining. after that, its a question of whats the most popular. any ore that is needed by a 'war materials' storyline can be sold for more there.
you may also want to consider ice mining. while there is higher risk involved in it, ice pays rather well per block. there are just more ice-gankers, who may choose to gank your tanky ship even if they loose isk to do it. procurer is your safest bet for ice due to lower ship cost. |
Tolkaz Khamsi
Empire Reclamation Services
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Posted - 2014.09.06 15:35:00 -
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Erik Sokarad wrote:the best way to make ISK from mining is from L4 mining missions (beacuse of LP). the 2nd-best way to make ISK From mining in highsec is to mine the ore anomolies. these may contain lowsec ore, which has a very high value. always check your scanner for anomolies when mining. after that, its a question of whats the most popular. any ore that is needed by a 'war materials' storyline can be sold for more there.
L4 mining missions are *awful* compared to L4 security missions (and they require Gas Mining skills, which many miners probably didn't bother to skill up). Mining missions in general are terrible; it's rarely worth doing them if you can do other mission types instead. Even courier missions -- though they technically pay less -- are preferable if all you want to do is grind standings.
And mining anoms is only worth it if you can bring sufficient scale to the operation. For solo miners and even small gangs, even good anoms are rarely worth mining out if you take the logistics hassles into account. The best anom ores are the hebergite/jaspet spawns, and frankly, you can do a better ISK/hr op in a good .5 Kernite belt. By far. Staging your mining op for an anom requires getting your barges and haulers in place (and make sure you have enough tank/drones to fend off the rats); staging your ore into a POS (if you have one) or a station; and then arranging your haulers to get the ore to market. It's a hassle, and it takes a lot of time. It can be worth it, but you need scale to make it pay off. Orca support helps a lot.
Also, the above assumes you get to the anom before someone else mines it out. You may find yourself staging a huge anom op only to find the field has been mined out before you can get set up.
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Tolkaz Khamsi
Empire Reclamation Services
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Posted - 2014.09.06 15:49:00 -
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Mission-mining can be fun, though. I used to run Level 1 combat missions all the time just so I could get the "Break Their Will" mission. That site has a huge amount of Scordite in it, and once you clear the rats out of it you can farm it for a week and then complete the mission right before it expires. There are lots of missions like that. It's one of the mining meta-game elements that many miners don't think about.
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Shiloh Templeton
Center for Advanced Studies Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2014.09.08 01:04:00 -
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I'm a fan of the skiff if you're already skilled for exhumers. It's very fast, has incredible tank, has drones bonus and a 15K hold. It will give you the confidence to mine in .5-.7 systems. That said, I probably wouldn't train past a Procurer unless I didn't want to do anything buy mine.
One you get an isk reserve you can get a retriever/mackinaw to use when you feel like the system is safe. I used to see a lot more ganking around Dodixie than Amarr.
An Orca boost will make a big difference in yield if you can make friends with one in local (or offer a tip). |
Elinarien
Center for Advanced Studies Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2014.09.08 10:25:00 -
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Vera Veta wrote:I'm just coming back to the game and am planning on just staying in highsec while I get my bearings.
How bad has the ganking gotten?
I only have a few million ISK, will I be better off getting a Skiff, just to be safe? ( nothing worse than losing something I can barely afford to replace). Please suggest a ship.
Where should I mine and what ores ?
What should I know that I probably don't?
Thanks in advance for your help.
If you are truly worried about ganking, use a venture and stick to 0.9 or 1.0 systems. A cargo full of veldspar in a venture will net you around 800k isk yet the venture itself can be picked up for around 400k isk and t1 fitted for say 100k more. That is very affordable and means that with one cargo load you have your costs covered and in profit after that. Can't really go wrong as a starting point.
From there, go with a procurer. It can be fitted with a tank decent enough to make ganking unlikely in 0.7 or above systems. At 22m for a hull and fittings, it's cost effective. |
mup Deninard
mupcorp
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Posted - 2014.09.08 13:27:00 -
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i am surprised to see people mostly only suggest using barges. while it is true they are cheaper to use and loose it will always be better to use an exhumer. if you are worried about ganking and you are afk then skiff is your only option. you can use it anywhere in hisec and i have never seen one ganked (not saying they don't just never seen it). when it comes to mining then ice is the best and the skiff is great for this (check amarr space at the mo it is not too crowded and the ice is a good price). someone said that the mining speed of the exhumers is not so different but that is not my experience. the hulk is a beast and mines much faster than a skiff but has to jet can or have orca support. the mac feels a bit weird now since the changes and i rarely use it but than huge bay is great for solo mining. if you use anything other than skiff/proc don't afk. unless you have the ability to compress then prioritise ice mining. always ask for boosts miners usually do, i always do. |
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Elinarien
Center for Advanced Studies Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2014.09.08 13:38:00 -
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mup Deninard wrote:i am surprised to see people mostly only suggest using barges. while it is true they are cheaper to use and loose it will always be better to use an exhumer. if you are worried about ganking and you are afk then skiff is your only option. you can use it anywhere in hisec and i have never seen one ganked (not saying they don't just never seen it). when it comes to mining then ice is the best and the skiff is great for this (check amarr space at the mo it is not too crowded and the ice is a good price). someone said that the mining speed of the exhumers is not so different but that is not my experience. the hulk is a beast and mines much faster than a skiff but has to jet can or have orca support. the mac feels a bit weird now since the changes and i rarely use it but than huge bay is great for solo mining. if you use anything other than skiff/proc don't afk. unless you have the ability to compress then prioritise ice mining. always ask for boosts miners usually do, i always do.
If someone:
- has been away from the game for a while
- is concerned about ganking
- only has a few million isk
- has to ask advice on which ores to mine
then why on earth are you suggesting a 200M+ isk investment? |
Tolkaz Khamsi
Empire Reclamation Services
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Posted - 2014.09.08 14:24:00 -
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Elinarien wrote:If someone:
- has been away from the game for a while
- is concerned about ganking
- only has a few million isk
- has to ask advice on which ores to mine
then why on earth are you suggesting a 200M+ isk investment?
This.
Exhumers are a waste of ISK IMO, unless you have a sufficiently large mining organization with Orca support etc. and can make good use of the (slightly) increased cycle-time that exhumers give you over barges. In my experience, exhumers don't gain you much for hisec mining. The extra tank is great if you're in nullsec and have to tank tough belt rats, but hisec miners aren't going to survive a determined gank by going with an exhumer -- all you're going to do is give the gankers a more expensive killmail.
That being said: absolutely do use T2 strips + crystals. The increased yield is definitely worth it. If you're in a .9 system and don't have to worry about rats, or have combat support, then use mining drones as well.
As I've said before, the danger of ganking in hisec is very overstated. Get out of Caldari/Gallente space and you'll be fine. I've run Retrievers all day in .5 systems bordering on nullsec, and I've never been bothered. If you're getting bumped, just orbit the rocks instead of sitting still, or just move on to some other system. If you're really paranoid and belong to a mining corp, station a couple of combat pilots to fly CAP while you're mining. If you factor in the occasional gank as a cost of doing business, losing a barge once in a while is no big deal. It can even liven up a boring mining op to see some ganker get Concordokken when he blows up your defenseless barge. Smart miners will have a spare Retriever waiting at the POS, so gank is going to cost you about five minutes to re-ship and get back to the belt.
If you've got 200M ISK to throw around, invest in a POS and a compression array, not an Exhumer.
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mup Deninard
mupcorp
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Posted - 2014.09.08 15:21:00 -
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for me exhumers have always been worth it. i have very limited time and so any increase in yield is a bonus. the skiff is far better than the proc for ice mining (10% faster, bigger bay). if you are in a system where you are not being ganked then i would again upgrade from a retty to a mac for the same reasons as before. i would agree with the guy earlier who said ganking is overstated as i have seen a lot less of it over the last few months (gallente space). to the point i have seen a lot more macs in the belts and even the odd hulk. i don't know if it's the higher plex price or people getting bored who knows. obviously if money is an issue use a barge but aim for that exhumer. |
Nico Laitanen
Federal Navy Academy Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2014.09.09 04:26:00 -
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Is the Rokh still a viable option for mining? 8 miner IIs and slots for tank. I used this years ago, but not sure about it after the changes. |
Elena Thiesant
Sun Micro Systems
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Posted - 2014.09.09 10:22:00 -
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Not really. It has no bonuses and a tiny cargo bay. Get a barge, procurer if you want cheap and hard as hell to gank |
Steve Ronuken
Fuzzwork Enterprises Vote Steve Ronuken for CSM
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Posted - 2014.09.09 11:39:00 -
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Consider selling the raw ore. Check if the refined minerals are worth less than the ore. This is more likely now, due to the removal of mineral compression by means of modules. Most applicable to low end ore, like Veldspar.
Compressed ore is generally better than the raw ore, but requires more investment to get started on. Woo! CSM 9! http://fuzzwork.enterprises/ Twitter: @fuzzysteve on Twitter |
Dave Stark
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Posted - 2014.09.09 11:48:00 -
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Steve Ronuken wrote:Consider selling the raw ore. Check if the refined minerals are worth less than the ore. This is more likely now, due to the removal of mineral compression by means of modules. Most applicable to low end ore, like Veldspar.
Compressed ore is generally better than the raw ore, but requires more investment to get started on.
the investment for compression is trivial, finding somewhere to put a pos up though is another matter. |
Tau Cabalander
Retirement Retreat Working Stiffs
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Posted - 2014.09.09 11:49:00 -
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How to mine with a bullseye on your back Need help with starting the game. Suicide ganks
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Tolkaz Khamsi
Empire Reclamation Services
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Posted - 2014.09.09 12:58:00 -
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Dave Stark wrote:Steve Ronuken wrote:Consider selling the raw ore. Check if the refined minerals are worth less than the ore. This is more likely now, due to the removal of mineral compression by means of modules. Most applicable to low end ore, like Veldspar.
Compressed ore is generally better than the raw ore, but requires more investment to get started on. the investment for compression is trivial, finding somewhere to put a pos up though is another matter.
Changes to POS anchoring removes that barrier. Standings are no longer needed, and you can anchor anywhere in hisec space, up to and including 1.0 systems. And the price of a small tower has crashed all the way to ~70M ISK, so getting started with a tower, fuel, charters, and a compression array will still set you back less than 150M ISK or so. Not trivial, but not all that much either. Less than you'd pay for a Mackinaw, at any rate. |
Gallali Egidall
Sebiestor Tribe Minmatar Republic
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Posted - 2014.09.11 01:49:00 -
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Vera Veta wrote:I'm just coming back to the game and am planning on just staying in highsec while I get my bearings.
How bad has the ganking gotten?
I only have a few million ISK, will I be better off getting a Skiff, just to be safe? ( nothing worse than losing something I can barely afford to replace). Please suggest a ship. Where should I mine and what ores ?
What should I know that I probably don't?
Thanks in advance for your help.
A skiff costs more than "only a few million isk", it might help to clarify a bit :D. Assuming you mean it literally and have less than oh...10 million, I'd suggest starting in venture and mining up to a procurer, then a retriever, and the considering your options.
If you have 100 million or so, you could start with a retriever and a procurer. It all depends on how much cash you have.
In any case, after you've boostrapped your way back into a couple mining boats, then you'll need to decide if you want to stick with mining or start missioning, station trading, etc. for your isk. Mine your way into your next ship (or maybe that ship plus 1 spare). Then go forth and conquer Eve.
A lot of things have changed including the way meta modules are named, ore holds, the way skills are applied, the different barge/exhumers tiers, etc. The first order of business is to actually look over your character and their skills and try to sort out what you can and can't do. A _LOT_ of skills have been split and renamed over the past couple of years and there were also free skill points given out for downtimes and other issues.
A few pointers in no particular order.
1) all mining ships have separate "ore bays" that only hold ore. Make sure to look at your ship and find the ore bay. Many a new miner has freaked out when their lasers shut off and their hold was empty.
2) Ice/Ore capacity is no longer increased by rigs (because of the aforementioned ore bay). That means you can afford to slot defensive rigs (to plug resist holes for example, or to toughen your shield tank).
3) Veldspar and scordite are always in demand.
4) Refining has been nerfed hard. Ore compression is the new refining. Unless you set up your own POS you're not going to be able to compress in high sec. Don't bother with a POS until you're sure you're sticking with mining.
5) Back-end systems are usually safer than systems right around trade hubs. Ammatar space is quite nice (has Amarr minerals, isn't hella far from Jita, lost a bunch of ice fields so it's not so interesting for gankers ). On the other side of the map, Dumkirnir and around there is nice (IIRC, Hek is the nearest trade hub). It's near the eUni HQ in Aldrat. There's a couple nice mining systems down short pipes, (a few with no stations which are fine in a mack/retriever). It's busy enough to sell ore but quiet enough to feel remote.
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Andrew Indy
Four Pillar Production Headshot Gaming
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Posted - 2014.09.11 08:46:00 -
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Just remember that you don't have to run your POS 24/7 if you are just refining. Smalls don't take long to online and offline so just store your ore in station for a few weeks and then anchor the POS, online it and refine then take it down again.
Fueling a PS cost hundreds of millions per month (when run 24/7)which is very hard to make but from just refining.
PS. Exhumers are worth the train and SP, Ganking is fairly uncommon and the extra tank, ore bay, drones and yield pay for them selves in not that long.
Tank - No dying to belt rats if you forget your drones and go AFK. Ore bay - Less traveling, more mining. Drones - Have a full set of mining and dps drones use the mining drones all the time and just pop the DPS drones if needed More yield - More isk. |
Shiloh Templeton
Center for Advanced Studies Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2014.09.11 15:39:00 -
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Tolkaz Khamsi wrote:Exhumers are a waste of ISK IMO They can also be a waste of Skillpoints if you end up finding something in Eve that you'd rather do.
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Sarah Jaxson
The Copernicus Institute
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Posted - 2014.09.14 05:30:00 -
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Find yourself a good mining / industrial corp. most will have fleet boosters and a POS already for you to use other than that get a procurer until you have some Isk reserves and then get a skiff. Fittings will depend on if you're mining ice or ore. |
Spooky Monkey
Brutor Tribe Minmatar Republic
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Posted - 2014.09.20 18:28:00 -
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Tolkaz Khamsi wrote:If you've been out of the game for a long time, there have been a lot of changes to ships and other stuff - I should have mentioned that.
1. You don't mine with mining frigates/cruisers any more. You use a new ORE mining ship called the Venture. It's got a big ore bay (5000m3) and can carry two light drones. It's got bonuses for both mining and gas harvesting, and it makes a great (and cheap!) mining ship. I use it all the time, even though I'm skilled to fly barges and exhumers. For small-scale ops, it's great. It's also got a +2 bonus to warp core strength, so you can GTFO if someone tries to scram you.
3. The Venture (and its T2 companion the Prospect) are new-ish ships meant to replace the old mining frigates/cruisers. It's a great, cheap, fast ship which I recommend highly -- and not just if you're a noob. If you have a combat alt that's skint for ISK to PVP with, you can train into a Venture in about a day and do some mining to pad your bank account, or you can live off the land a bit in remote systems. Some people use the Venture for its gas-harvesting bonus, but I doubt you'll be doing that in hisec.
4. The ORE mining barges and exhumers went through a "tiercide" process not long ago. Now, they are role-based. All of the barges have roughly the same m3 yield (regardless of the number of strip miners) -- the difference is in the size of their ore bays and their bonuses. The Procurer/Skiff is meant to be a tanky, hard-to-kill nugget for mining in hostile spaces; the Retreiver/Mackinaw has a huge ore bay; the Covetor/Hulk has a long range on the mining lasers and a bonus to cycle time. All carry a bonus for ice mining, though most miners use a Procurer for hisec ice mining. Most solo hisec miners gravitate to a Retriever, while gangs seem to prefer Covetors with Orca support. No barge is "better" than any of the others in an absolute sense, unlike before: now, it just depends on what you want to do. Given your description, I think you should think about a Retriever.
Venture is better for mining veld then a Hulk? (back after a very long break as well) |
Steve Ronuken
Fuzzwork Enterprises Vote Steve Ronuken for CSM
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Posted - 2014.09.20 22:07:00 -
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No, the venture is not better for mining anything than a hulk.
(it is, however, great at gas sucking. Beats most things hands down) Woo! CSM 9! http://fuzzwork.enterprises/ Twitter: @fuzzysteve on Twitter |
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