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Alcoholic Skunk
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Posted - 2009.06.04 23:06:00 -
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Does anyone use them? Me personally they don't return enough to be worth it. I'd rather have combat drones in there to take care of rats. Just curious. |
Nyvi
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Posted - 2009.06.04 23:11:00 -
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Edited by: Nyvi on 04/06/2009 23:12:47 I use them on my hulk but then I have an orca alt with combat drones to take care of rats. |
Ragedman
Nolite Me Conculcare
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Posted - 2009.06.05 00:37:00 -
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I use them and they work great. Buy an Orca and mine away. Can go to work, school, whatever, and when you come back have a bay full of ore. Just be sure to survey scan the belts first and pick the biggest roids. Mining gang links also work on drones (from have I have conveyed).
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Flockel
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Posted - 2009.06.05 01:33:00 -
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Originally by: Ragedman Mining gang links also work on drones
thats not correct |
Lyn Kishin
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Posted - 2009.06.05 02:02:00 -
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T2 mining drones with interfacing 4 or 5 are well worth it, it's an extra 10-15% on top of the hulks normal yeild, a hulk can tank most empire rats easily, tank a rat spawn and no more will appear, release the mining drones and have at it. |
Gieron
Two toons mining
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Posted - 2009.06.05 09:44:00 -
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I use them when mining in empire. They are well worth it if you have the proper skills. And you can have 5 mining drones and 5 light scout drones, so you don't have to choose.
In 0.0 I prefer to have medium scout drones though.
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Ikserak tai
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Posted - 2009.06.05 14:26:00 -
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Edited by: Ikserak tai on 05/06/2009 14:26:16 5 Miner II drones with Drone Interfacing 4 is the equivalent of .7 of a strip miner, or to put it another way, with drones you get the yield of 3.7 strip miners instead of only 3.
That's a 23% increase in yield, nothing to sniff at.
You do need to get real close to big 'roid, within 3 km, to minimize the drone flight time between your Hulk and the 'roid.
If belt rats show up, this also lets you recall them quickly, then deploy scout drones to get rid of the pesky flies. This works for all 0.5 hi-sec rats and up.
YOU'VE NEVER ROCKED 'TIL YOU'VE UNDOCKED. |
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Chribba
Otherworld Enterprises Otherworld Empire
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Posted - 2009.06.05 14:28:00 -
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Not worth it? It's always worth it unless you can't tank the rats.
If can handle the rats without drones by tanking them how can mining drones not be worth it?
While it might not return a huge percentage increase it does bring in extra.
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Elandiana
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Posted - 2009.06.05 21:45:00 -
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I always go with the combat drones, as the sound of rats pinging my hull tends to clash with whaever I'm trying to listen to in the background - hell, apart from that mining drones all the way. |
Anirae
Celestial Flux Inc
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Posted - 2009.06.06 04:33:00 -
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They're great for W-Space gravi sites, after you clear out the initial wave of rats no more respawn. 3 Hulks and an Orca all with 5x miner IIs. Good times. |
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Clansworth
Farstrider Industries MARS WARFARE CENTRE
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Posted - 2009.06.06 10:15:00 -
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Plus, the updated mining effects look great when you've got a bunch of strips, AND a bunch of mining drones smacking a roid apart.
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Rip Minner
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Posted - 2009.06.06 13:25:00 -
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I use them 5xmining drones 5xlight scouts |
Max Thorus
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Posted - 2009.06.06 13:44:00 -
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I use them all the time, 5 T2s can make up to 312m¦/minute(-flighttime).
And they are the only way, to bring a Hulk over 3000m¦/minute. ;)
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Mr Krosis
The humble Crew
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Posted - 2009.06.08 01:10:00 -
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With Drone Interfacing 5, Mining Drone Op 5, Tech II Mining Drones, and a Drone Mining Augmentor rig, you can get 4 units of highends per drone per trip.
That's an extra ~10m ISK per hour if you're mining good ore.
-- Mr Krosis The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance; it is the illusion of knowledge. |
Miraqu
Caldari
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Posted - 2009.06.08 18:01:00 -
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I never use them.
In 0.0 you always need some warrior / ecm ones to scare small ships or warp out if you fell asleep during mining. |
MeigsYan
Caldari Black Out Horizons
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Posted - 2009.06.08 18:21:00 -
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If I'm mining at the keyboard then I'll use five mining drones and switch out for five light scouts when the rats appear (as others above have mentioned). If I'm sort'a at the keyboard, I'll put out four mining drones and one light scout which with decent drone skills will slowly but surely kill empire sized rats. Master of the (Orca Class) Deep Space Exploration And Mining Vessel "Long Shot" |
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