Why do you assume there is a fleet all the time?
There is not.
I still use a Hulk.
Mackinaw has 100m3 more and can have all mining crystals in cargo.
There is no reason for the Hulk not having enough cargo for that.

God that fit asking to be ganked. Seriously you need Invulnablity Feild or two, and a survey scanner. Maybe even fit a shield booster in case of emergency. And no shield rigs? You're more defenseless than a new born baby.

Yup, that is why I would not use it.
I use a tank fit, especially since I am in 0.0.
But does not matter, I bought a macki and it can hold all the crystals I need while only losing about 150m3 yield per minute.
To be honest, I still want that change since I see no reason why the mack should be able to carry a wide variety of crystals while the Hulk is not.

i agree with this, if i had to agree with anything.

ccp say they like choices, so a cargo hold big enough for *exactly* three of each type of crystal (minus one, as they will already be in the strips) plus 25m3 spare so you can swap crystals due to the bad coding is the no brainer.
your choice is then have crystals for every ore, so you're prepared for every situation, or alternatively sacrifice some types of ore in order to carry reloads.

it's a choice, ccp like choices, right?

that's not really a choice.

that's "i need crystals, i shall bring them. then i will need to go out of my way to change them because if i'm mining anywhere that's not high sec i won't have enough room for enough types of crystal"

there's really no choice in the matter, you either have the sufficient crystals or you don't due to the low cargo limit not because of what you put in said cargo bay. you're not making the choice, the choice is thrust upon you. not to mention unless you recycle all part-damaged crystals at the end of the day there's always a need for replacements.

just for the record though; i really don't care, i'm just playing devils advocate here.

but outside of high sec jetcan mining is perfectly viable.

truth be told i find the hulk fine but i honestly see no reason why more space for crystals would be such an issue. they don't have a problem with the skiff or mackinaw carrying a full compliment of crystals so why would it be such an issue for the hulk? or do they think tedium makes mining more interesting?

anyway that really has nothing to do with the fact that giving more cargo space would/wouldn't break the game. as i said, there's really no reason not to give the hulk more cargo space, it just removes tedium from the game.

Well considering since the new freight containers were introduced there is no need to jetcan mine with actual jetcans. A freight container, while no more secure than a jetcan holds far more, up to 250,000m3, and will never despawn. At least the freight cans I have had sitting at a safe spot since the patch a few months ago have not popped yet.

True you need to drop them off in the belt with another ship, but the enormous freight container is only 2500m3 packaged. And can be jettisoned from a packaged state. I have tested this. So you only need a ship with 2500m3 cargo to drop off a can that will hold 250,000m3. It will not pop after 1-2 hours like a jetcan. and you will spend some time to fill it. Although you then need a freighter to scoop it, any hauler can pick up ore from the can.

These freight containers can be strategically placed through the belt just like GSC's. Only down side is they can not be locked, so are no more secure than jetcans.

again, all it does is add tedium. there's really no reason to add tedium to the game.