Dafydd ab'Rhys
Caldari
Quantum Horizons
Art of War Alliance
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Posted - 2011.08.19 06:33:00 -
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Hi all
As someone who has trained their mining skills to near ôGod-likeö (using HaladaÆs definition), I have invested some time in the area.
What I am thinking (and a lot of these concepts have been mentioned here before) is
MINERALS
1. High sec roids only produce Trit; Pye; Mex & base ice products
2. Low sec roids produce Iso; Noxc & Stront
3. Null Sec produce Zyr, Mega and Morphite
BELTS
In High sec, Static Veld roids only, to give beginners something to start on. All other roids & Ice need to be found via exploration
All belts can be depleted
YIELDS
Highsec û base yield Highsec roids
Lowsec û base yield Lowsec roids & +50% yield Highsec roids
NullSec - base yield Nullsec roids; +50% Lowsec roids & +100% yield Highsec roids
I have had no experience in using bots, so I am unsure if having non-static belts would stop them.
You could also have the normal non-static belts be the mining equivalent to anomalies so they can be found just using the onboard scanner; and then have signature grav sites that have roids from the category above (including higher yield versions (ie +50%, +100% & +200% respectively) of the Nullsec belt for Nullsec Grav sigs
Now we also have moon Goo and gas mining as well. I would keep gas mining as is but develop a gas mining ship (maybe a second T2 Procurer like the skiff).
I would also try to have some way of Ninja mining moons to provide some extra moon goo out there that may reduce the strangle hold of large alliances. Maybe a T2 mining Frigate, that is designed to cloak, approach a moon, locking (& decloaking) onto the moon with a special moon mining laser and mining the moon for a limited amount (due to hold size). If a moon can only provide a set amount (and I donÆt have any real experience in moon mining POSes) , then a POS array might have its yield reduced by the amount that is Ninja mined
(imagine a flock of cloaked T2 bantams swooping down on an enemy alliance Tech moons, Draining them dry. Even if they get popped, they have still dealt a blow to the finances of the enemy alliance)
Just some ideas.
Dafydd
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