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EvilDonkey	Posted - 2004.03.30 19:07:00 - [1] Hey, i want to make a miner but im not sure what race to take or what starting stats. Any help would be good.
EvilDonkey	Posted - 2004.03.30 19:07:00 - [2] Hey, i want to make a miner but im not sure what race to take or what starting stats. Any help would be good.
Hardin	Posted - 2004.03.30 20:03:00 - [3] No race has a particular advantage in mining - it depends on your ship and the skills you train! Gallente have a great cruiser - Thorax - for mining so it may spped you to that shhip to be a Gallente character as you will get their basic flight skills...
Hardin Amarr Silver Snake Enterprise A Few Good Men.	Posted - 2004.03.30 20:03:00 - [4] No race has a particular advantage in mining - it depends on your ship and the skills you train! Gallente have a great cruiser - Thorax - for mining so it may spped you to that shhip to be a Gallente character as you will get their basic flight skills... ------------------------------ CVA - Kicking Arse For The Empire - http://eve-files.com/dl/83607 AMARR VICTOR
EvilDonkey	Posted - 2004.03.30 20:14:00 - [5] Thanks Hardin. Thats all the info i need
EvilDonkey	Posted - 2004.03.30 20:14:00 - [6] Thanks Hardin. Thats all the info i need
Mon Palae	Posted - 2004.03.30 21:36:00 - [7] Edited by: Mon Palae on 30/03/2004 21:40:05 Quote: No race has a particular advantage in mining - it depends on your ship and the skills you train! That should be expanded upon a bit. It is true no race has an advantage skill wise in being miners. But as mentioned the other half of the equation are the ships. Caldari flat out have the worst mining ships in the game. Even with their battleships the best they can do is 4 mining lasers on any ship. Best cruiser for mining might be teh Moa also with 4 turrets for mining lasers but it has a miserably small cargo hold. The Osprey has 3 turrets and a bigger cargo hold. Compare that to the Amarr Apocalypse (battleship) with 8 turrets or most any other battleship with 6 turrets. Cruiser wise you have the Gallente Thorax with 5 turrets a oodles of drones space (drones can mine for you too) or the Amarr Maller also with 5 turrets (bit less drone space than the Thorax). Minmatar are stuck at 4 turrets with the Moa but have more drone space and more cargo. Regardless of which race you choose you can fly any of their ships with some training so you are never really stuck but if you know you want to mine out of the gate then Gallente or Amarr or probably your best choices with Minmatar third and Caldari last.
Mon Palae Gallente Body Count Inc. Mercenary Coalition	Posted - 2004.03.30 21:36:00 - [8] Edited by: Mon Palae on 30/03/2004 21:40:05 Quote: No race has a particular advantage in mining - it depends on your ship and the skills you train! That should be expanded upon a bit. It is true no race has an advantage skill wise in being miners. But as mentioned the other half of the equation are the ships. Caldari flat out have the worst mining ships in the game. Even with their battleships the best they can do is 4 mining lasers on any ship. Best cruiser for mining might be teh Moa also with 4 turrets for mining lasers but it has a miserably small cargo hold. The Osprey has 3 turrets and a bigger cargo hold. Compare that to the Amarr Apocalypse (battleship) with 8 turrets or most any other battleship with 6 turrets. Cruiser wise you have the Gallente Thorax with 5 turrets a oodles of drones space (drones can mine for you too) or the Amarr Maller also with 5 turrets (bit less drone space than the Thorax). Minmatar are stuck at 4 turrets with the Moa but have more drone space and more cargo. Regardless of which race you choose you can fly any of their ships with some training so you are never really stuck but if you know you want to mine out of the gate then Gallente or Amarr or probably your best choices with Minmatar third and Caldari last.
Maridius Secundus	Posted - 2007.04.11 00:57:00 - [9] Ok, first of all if you want to take up mining as a proffession you have GOT to get yourself a mining barge. The best mining ship other then barges and exhumers is proubebly the Apocalypse, but a mere Retriever who costs around 95 mill less has just a tiny bit less ore yeild. (I got this from Heleda's Mining guide so you know im not making this up) In addition the Caldari Osprey is the best mining cruiser symply because of the bonuses it gets and becaus its so cheap. Otherwise it doesnt matter what race you are as long as you have a barge, period.
Stefx	Posted - 2007.04.11 01:10:00 - [10] Originally by: Hardin No race has a particular advantage in mining - it depends on your ship and the skills you train! Gallente have a great cruiser - Thorax - for mining so it may spped you to that shhip to be a Gallente character as you will get their basic flight skills... A thorax for mining? It has a minuscule 265m3 cargo hold.. you'd be drag-dropping every 15 seconds or so to prevent lasers from stopping. No offense but I don't think the thorax is a good mining ship IMO.

Evachece	Posted - 2007.04.11 02:08:00 - [11] Edited by: Evachece on 11/04/2007 02:05:45 Originally by: Mon Palae Edited by: Mon Palae on 30/03/2004 21:40:05 Quote: No race has a particular advantage in mining - it depends on your ship and the skills you train! That should be expanded upon a bit. It is true no race has an advantage skill wise in being miners. But as mentioned the other half of the equation are the ships. Caldari flat out have the worst mining ships in the game. Even with their battleships the best they can do is 4 mining lasers on any ship. Best cruiser for mining might be teh Moa also with 4 turrets for mining lasers but it has a miserably small cargo hold. The Osprey has 3 turrets and a bigger cargo hold. Compare that to the Amarr Apocalypse (battleship) with 8 turrets or most any other battleship with 6 turrets. Cruiser wise you have the Gallente Thorax with 5 turrets a oodles of drones space (drones can mine for you too) or the Amarr Maller also with 5 turrets (bit less drone space than the Thorax). Minmatar are stuck at 4 turrets with the Moa but have more drone space and more cargo. Regardless of which race you choose you can fly any of their ships with some training so you are never really stuck but if you know you want to mine out of the gate then Gallente or Amarr or probably your best choices with Minmatar third and Caldari last. for a mineing battleship the rokh at least matches the ammar apoc, if not exceeds it with its much greater cpu and the ability to tank with mid slots leaving lows for cargo hold expansion and MLU's and for mineing out of the gate the caldari osprey is an excelent mineing cruser untill you get into a mineing barge, where real mineing is done
Elain Reverse Caldari Shokei	Posted - 2007.04.11 03:55:00 - [12] Originally by: Mon Palae Edited by: Mon Palae on 30/03/2004 21:40:05 Quote: No race has a particular advantage in mining - it depends on your ship and the skills you train! That should be expanded upon a bit. It is true no race has an advantage skill wise in being miners. But as mentioned the other half of the equation are the ships. Caldari flat out have the worst mining ships in the game. Even with their battleships the best they can do is 4 mining lasers on any ship. Best cruiser for mining might be teh Moa also with 4 turrets for mining lasers but it has a miserably small cargo hold. The Osprey has 3 turrets and a bigger cargo hold. Compare that to the Amarr Apocalypse (battleship) with 8 turrets or most any other battleship with 6 turrets. Cruiser wise you have the Gallente Thorax with 5 turrets a oodles of drones space (drones can mine for you too) or the Amarr Maller also with 5 turrets (bit less drone space than the Thorax). Minmatar are stuck at 4 turrets with the Moa but have more drone space and more cargo. Regardless of which race you choose you can fly any of their ships with some training so you are never really stuck but if you know you want to mine out of the gate then Gallente or Amarr or probably your best choices with Minmatar third and Caldari last. Eh osprey is one of best mining cruisers with his huge mining bonuses, dronebay for defence and big enough cargohold, it can mine almos as well as medium mining barge. And as for mining in Apoca, Mining barge and exhumers are way to go.
Kermis Caldari BIGGA DAKKA INDUSTREEZ	Posted - 2007.04.11 10:27:00 - [13] Originally by: Mon Palae Edited by: Mon Palae on 30/03/2004 21:40:05 Quote: No race has a particular advantage in mining - it depends on your ship and the skills you train! That should be expanded upon a bit. It is true no race has an advantage skill wise in being miners. But as mentioned the other half of the equation are the ships. Caldari flat out have the worst mining ships in the game. Even with their battleships the best they can do is 4 mining lasers on any ship. Best cruiser for mining might be teh Moa also with 4 turrets for mining lasers but it has a miserably small cargo hold. The Osprey has 3 turrets and a bigger cargo hold. Compare that to the Amarr Apocalypse (battleship) with 8 turrets or most any other battleship with 6 turrets. Cruiser wise you have the Gallente Thorax with 5 turrets a oodles of drones space (drones can mine for you too) or the Amarr Maller also with 5 turrets (bit less drone space than the Thorax). Minmatar are stuck at 4 turrets with the Moa but have more drone space and more cargo. Regardless of which race you choose you can fly any of their ships with some training so you are never really stuck but if you know you want to mine out of the gate then Gallente or Amarr or probably your best choices with Minmatar third and Caldari last. Ehm, can I say NO!? Every race has a pretty much equally good mining frig with the same bonuses. Caldari however has the best cruiser namely the Osprey wtih a HUGE bonus to mining. At cruiser 5, it gets a 100% yield bonus (So instead of 3 lasers, you have effectively 6!) (Though the time it takes to train cruiser from 4 to 5 can probably be better spent on training for a barge if you're serious about mining). It also has a decent cargo space and enough power and cpu to fit some defence (as well as drones), or a MLU. I doubt you can pull ~500m3/m with any other cruiser. Actually, I'm pretty sure you can't! Also, if decide to continue mining in a battleship (For example, if you're not too serious about mining and don't want to spend time on a barge, but want a battleship anyway), the Rokh does a pretty decent job too. In fact, it outmines any other battleship...
New Soi The Arrow Project The ARR0W Project	Posted - 2007.04.11 11:10:00 - [14] Most of you quoted and reacted on posts made 3 years ago. ~Soi ______________________________
Kosmo Kraymer	Posted - 2007.04.11 11:21:00 - [15] What about the Domi? You can get 6 MDCMs on it and a 600m3 cargo minimum. Always good for deep space mining as you can tank most spawns.
Ghan Tylous Caldari The Graduates Ivy League	Posted - 2007.04.11 13:05:00 - [16] Thread necro --- It have always fallen to a few to sacrifice for the good of many Originally by: CCP Sharkbait we are screwed.
Kermis Caldari BIGGA DAKKA INDUSTREEZ	Posted - 2007.04.11 14:46:00 - [17] Woah! I didn't notice that.
Reincarnator Amarr Brute Force Missions inc	Posted - 2007.04.11 17:17:00 - [18] How can you guys do this and not notice Originally by: Hango Please refrain from posting if you have something to contribute. Thank you. -Hango Sig'd
Billy Sastard Amarr Life. Universe. Everything. Astral Wolves	Posted - 2007.04.11 19:16:00 - [19] IBTL? :D Eh, when this post was made, there were no mining barges, and I belive the osprey did not have the nice bonus ;D -=^=-
Yulada Amarr Hedion University	Posted - 2007.04.11 19:25:00 - [20] Edited by: Yulada on 11/04/2007 19:22:42 Halada here... Caldari is arguably THE BEST race for mining. They have the... The best mining BS (Rokh) Arguably the best mining cruiser (Osprey) The best mining frigate (Bantam) I suggest you go read my guide in the Station and Outpost forum (it is often missed, but this is the forum for industry). You will find the guide stickied there. 50 pages in PDF format... should be able to help you out quite a bit (but it's not perfect) ! Edit: Oh wtf... 2004? Dude...

MrTripps Gallente	Posted - 2007.04.11 19:49:00 - [21] Miners = Gal Nothing like solo mining in a Domi in deep 0.0. Your drones can pop the npcs without you even having to turn of the mining lasers. I would not, however, mine in a Thorax. Thats just wrong. I hear a Brutix does a good job though. "Life is nothing but a competition to be the criminal rather than the victim." - Bertrand Russell
Asestorian Minmatar Sebiestor tribe	Posted - 2007.04.11 22:10:00 - [22] Stop seriously replying to this lovely thread made in the wonderful year 2004... What I want to know is how the person who necro'd it found it and then decided to reply? How many pages back on this forum did you go? o_O --- ---
Kermis Caldari BIGGA DAKKA INDUSTREEZ	Posted - 2007.04.11 23:29:00 - [23] Edited by: Kermis on 11/04/2007 23:25:59 Originally by: Asestorian Stop seriously replying to this lovely thread made in the wonderful year 2004... What I want to know is how the person who necro'd it found it and then decided to reply? How many pages back on this forum did you go? o_O He probably found it on Google or something.

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