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WonderBacon
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Posted - 2006.11.08 16:43:00 -
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hey i was just wondering what a good layout of skills i should have for the mining drones. i have drones 4, shooting for drones 5, mining drones 1 right now. i want to get drone interfacing up cuase it gives 20% right? but anyways give me some comments, also what kinna ship u think i should get. im leaning toward the osprey for its boni.
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Mudkest
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Posted - 2006.11.08 17:46:00 -
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if you're serious about mining get a retriever or covetor(skip prcurer, retriever only takes a few days longer to get into at most) retriever should be able to to fly one in 2-3 weeks, depending on your skills/abilities. industry5 will take a large part of the trianing, well over half of the training time.
or get a battleship/battlecruiser, but not sure if its a lot faster, but it definetly costs a lot more in case of the battleship(retriever should cost oyu around 10M, battleship 8-10 times more) upside is it's easier to mine in low sec with a battleship when with a mining barge(but more risky too)
for the mining drones, drone interfacing 4 or 5 and mining drone operation 5 so you can use t2 mining drones.
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Arte
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Posted - 2006.11.08 17:58:00 -
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I suggest Mining Drones V as this is a (relatively) low rank skill which should take you between 8 and 12 days depending on your attributes. This will enable you to use T2 mining drones which are a marked improvement over their T1 counterparts.
Drone interfacing is good for the extra 20% per level although it's a higher rank (rank V) skill so I suggest you get it level 3 initially, then work on mining drones V and then work up DI if you feel like it.
As for ships, the osprey is good for the bonus and is best for mining at cruiser level. If you're set on a mining career then look at the Dominix in the short term, if you can afford it, or Barges in the long run. Skip the Procurer and go straight for the retriever if you do, but with reasonable skills the Dominix will out mine it (including drones) and offers better protection, the covetor is the best T1 barge which will outstrip any ship with the exception of T2 barges.
A much more detailed breakdown of mining is in Halada's Mining Guide
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Gobo
Gallente The Scope
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Posted - 2006.11.08 22:45:00 -
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Originally by: Arte
Drone interfacing is good for the extra 20% per level although it's a higher rank (rank V) skill so I suggest you get it level 3 initially, then work on mining drones V and then work up DI if you feel like it.
I read that "Drone interfacing" only effect mining drones up to level 4, I'm not sure if its true but its worth finding out because "drone interfacing" from 4->5 took me 30 days ________________________________________________
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Dahak2150
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Posted - 2006.11.09 02:41:00 -
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Originally by: Gobo
Originally by: Arte
Drone interfacing is good for the extra 20% per level although it's a higher rank (rank V) skill so I suggest you get it level 3 initially, then work on mining drones V and then work up DI if you feel like it.
I read that "Drone interfacing" only effect mining drones up to level 4, I'm not sure if its true but its worth finding out because "drone interfacing" from 4->5 took me 30 days
It affects them, it's just that with high end ores (the really big ones) the extra 20% doesn't increase the number of units a drone can lift, just not quite large enough an improvement. ---------- My sig is boring. |
KillerOfMacros
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Posted - 2006.11.09 03:08:00 -
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It has to do with the weights of the ore. Crokite is 16 m3 per unit, while ochre is only 8 and veld of course is .1.
What this means is that with mining drones 5 (tech 2 drones) and interfacing 3 each drone is able to carry 25*1.25*1.6 = 50 m3 per cycle. This means you'll pull 3 units of crokite or 6 units of ochr or 500 units of Veld.
If you have interfacing 4, 25*1.25*1.8 = 56.25 m3 per cycle. You would still pull 3 units of crokite or now 7 units of oche and of course 562 units of veld (thats per drone).
So while you see on the high end ores the interfacing level may not be a good idea, but on the lower value ores it adds up quick.
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WonderBacon
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Posted - 2006.11.09 16:28:00 -
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well im not gonna work drone interfaceing to level 5 till i absolutely need it for another skill. just a few more days then ill have mining 5. then ill be on my way to the retriever to actually do some real mining
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KillerOfMacros
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Posted - 2006.11.10 01:44:00 -
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And your retreiver will still get out mined by a domi, apoc and a few other BS's.
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Malena
Perpetual Dawn
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Posted - 2006.11.10 02:52:00 -
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What's a Mining Done?
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Inairin
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Posted - 2006.11.10 19:29:00 -
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Originally by: Malena What's a Mining Done?
something with 1(or is it 3?) hp
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