Mars Theran
Tribal Liberation Force
Minmatar Republic
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Posted - 2012.11.27 03:45:00 -
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Mining is dread boring; that is all.
..actually, I was mining in a Frigate on a new character last night and rather enjoyed the change to blue lasers. Maybe some were always blue; haven't seen anyone strip mine in awhile.
But, to address your perfectly legitimate question, you wqere mining on new mining toons who probably suffered from not only your lack of fidelity, but their own lack of skills. To top that off, you were also running an Orca, and you probably weren't using a Mining Leadership character and boosting them overmuch. Possibly not even using mining links; you didn't mention.
One Leadership skill I hardly trained, though I know I should. It is useful.
Then, there is the fact that you were scooping cans to an Orca and micro-managing that on top of the miners, and mining in a Highsec system where the roids were likely of limited yield. If you want to be sure you are mining effectively, bring a Survey Scanner on at least one ship and spread out your lasers on different Roids. Much less cycle management that way.
More time to D-Scan or watch local, some might say. Personally, I call it less hassle; I'd rather D-Scan. Short-term, Surveying is slightly annoying but necessary.
Next, we have to consider what you are mining. I'll let someone else tell you what to mine as I have no idea anymore. Generally, never did.
Honestly, better done in a group than alone, but alone on multiple accounts, you might want to consider that copy-cut program or whatever that mirrors your actions to other clients. Again, I'm sure somebody else can fill you in; I wouldn't even know what to google.
I couldn't tolerate mining High-ends in a Wormhole for long; imagine how I'd do with Low-ends in Highsec.
Next. Mine with the right ship. Tank yes, and cargo capacity if you want to cut down your micromanagement. MLUs if you feel you can fit them without risking a gank, and make sure they are either Simple Tech 1s or Tech 2s; the others are just adding to your potential loss and more reason to gank your ships as they are horribly expensive.
Ship bonuses. Skill bonuses. Leadership Bonuses. Gang-link Bonuses. These all matter and make a difference.
Consider also, calculating what it would take to gank your mining barge with any given fit, then applying that to a cost to gank factor vs. potential gain for those interested.
..and then there are the Bumpers. Pay the 10 million ISK protection, (iirc from that other thread), if you don't feel like continuously reacquiring your roids and realigning your ship.
You've made the investment; might as well try it out for awhile. Me? I hate the noise, and the effect and color of Strip Miners as I remember them. Add to that the tedium and--to me--relatively poor quality of time investment, and I'm not generally up for it.
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