Fulbert
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Posted - 2007.12.09 00:04:00 -
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Edited by: Fulbert on 09/12/2007 00:06:41 If you want to be a miner, you'll enjoy the Halada guide.
Step 1 : mining cruiser
racial Industrial level x to haul your minerals (i'm Gallente, so i'm currently using an Iteron mark III : 11.000m3 with 3 expanded cargohold II)
racial Frigates IV -> racial Cruisers so you can wait the mining barge skills with a mining cruiser
Step 2 : Barges
Mining IV (required AND useful) Science IV (useless - for the moment - but required) Astrogeology IV : useful as much as Mining IV Mining Barges III at this point, you will jump from your mining cruiser directly to the Retriever Mining barge (the Procurer is useless)
With a Retriever, 2 strip miners, Mining & Astrogeology IV, Mining Barges III, you'll have an amazing yield. But you can increase it! Electronics level III and only one Basic Co-Processor(~700k ISK) gives to your Retriever enough CPU to fit a Mining Laser Upgrade I : 5% bonus yield to both strip miners (total CPU needed : 2 strip miners 2*60*1,1 = 132, one Mining upgrade = 30 CPU
You'll need to train Drones skills to defend efficiently your Barge or your Exhumer against rats...
Step 3 : Refining and Manufacturing
So, you'll need to increase dramatically your efficiency : Refining V -> Refinery Efficiency IV (or V!) Production Efficiency V (IMPERATIVE) Then you can start producing stuff with competitive prices, or sell minerals with a comfortable profit
Step 4 : the Covetor
Astrogeology V Mining Barges V = approx. 3 weeks of training.
The covetor costs only ~17m ISK, you'll earn enough money to buy it before you get the required skils.
Step 5 : Exhumers
You'll only need Exhumer III to pilot a Hulk, if you already pilot a Covetor : - Exhumers III - Spaceship command IV
So, between Covetor and Hulk you'll only need to gather money. No such massive skill training like between cruisers and Retriever or Retriever and Hulk. Nevertheless, the Hulk costs 120mil approx... that's a lot of mining (especially with a covetor which cant afford tanking rats below 0,5-0,6).
At this point, you've not trained Mining V. dont forget it, its a rank 1 skill (~5 days of traing for a final 5% bonus to mining yield).
Step 6 : ????
Next... it depends of your corp, the role you wanna play...
Your corp will probably need a Freighter pilot...
You can also train the miner-friendly Leadership skills: Leadership -> Mining Foreman V -> Mining Director
If you focus on Manufacturing, you'll have to train the required skills in Mechanics...
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