Syndori
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Posted - 2009.05.05 01:56:00 -
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Originally by: Somsri Gamegon Edited by: Somsri Gamegon on 26/04/2009 01:45:53 To reply to the topic question - and in near-utter ignorance of any sophisticated economic theory or principle - I'm a miner.
In my mining ops, I use: an Osprey with two Miner II lasers, two standard missile turrets, a cargo expander, a mining upgrade and a shield recharger; A Badger with a 150 mm hybrid turret and a cargo expander; and two (soon to be four) Giant Secure Containers. I don't recall as I sit here the precise cost to me of those items, but on the close order of 8.5 mIsk - I know, pennies to all the high-fliers out there.
I usually mine about three hours a day, four to five days a week and fill four GSC loads of velspar or scordite. I mine in .7 space since I'm not well-enough armed or partnered to go much lower yet. I usually go to the same 'roid belt and set up my GSC's in a line, anchor them, then bring in the Osprey and fill them up. When I had two GSC's, my goal was to fill each twice; with four I'll fill each once. Not laziness, but competition from other miners, some of whom use barges. I'm not complaining; that's life in EVE.
Now to get to the value part. I'd like to realize my mid-range goal before I get too much older (in real life) and that is to have a mining set-up to mine ice and sell it to player corps for their stations. Maybe not realistic, but I'll figure that out as I get closer. So, I refine the ore at my NPC corp station in the system where I mine it at 90.5% with 4.xx% tax (not a secret; I just don't remember as I sit here what tax is.) When I'm done, I sell it using the "advanced" tab on the market button for the regional average price in my region. Why? Because I have found that by setting it at that price, it's all gone the next (real world) day when I come back. So far anyway. As of last night, that was roughly 4.15 ISK per unit of trit and 3.something per pyrites; sometimes, I have a lot of scordite, you know?
For me, pricing and valuation isn't about maximizing profit; it's about advancing toward my goals .. or at least, toward the financial where-with-all to reach the next one (that mining barge and associated gear; about 12 mISK) in a steady and enjoyable way. I take time to role play, shoot the occasional Guristas who fires on me, think about where I'm going in EVE and if I want to go there, think about routes through Empie space to lower-sec systems with 'roids and ice and whether I ought to turn 3 Sisters Mining, Proprietary into 3 Sisters Mining, Inc. and train up two alts for trade and maybe manufacturing; find a suitably low-sec system and build a POS and mine and refine and ... ah, the dream of a cozy little house and a white picket fence, eh!
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My setup is basically the same as yours, except I jetcan mine with a Retriever. The price that I sell at changes depending on how much ore I have. If I only have 200k units of trit, I'll sell to the highest buy order. However, if I have a few million units, I'll usually sell it at 2% below regional average. Granted, I'm too impatient most of the time and sell my ore as soon as I can get back to the station with a load, so my goal of a hulk and a nice w-space or 0.0 POS is looking pretty impossible right now .
However, if I end up taking a Frigate out to 0.0 to see what I can get away with, I end up replacing the ship and mining lasers on it by mining and building the ship myself. It's horribly inefficient, but I figure ~10 minutes worth of mining and a difference of 500k to replace a ship isn't too bad of a tradeoff.
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