Vivus Mors
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Posted - 2005.08.09 22:09:00 -
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Well, also keep in mind that the Moros doesnÆt have that all important line in their details as the mining barges do:
ôSpecial Ability: Able to equip Strip Miner and Ice Harvester turrets. 3% better yield for Strip Miners per level.ö
That ôable to equipö very likely works two fold. It of course reduces the CPU needs of the lasers quite a bit to allow their mounting on a barge, but also since no other ship says that, itÆs likely also another layer of limitation so that even if a Dreadnought packs in the Co-Processors for 3,000+ CPU it likely wonÆt be able to fit the Strip Miner or Ice Harvester anyway since it doesnÆt actually say that it can be mounted. Not completely certain till someone tries to plug one in I guess.
That being said however, the Moros is still completely free to mount three Modulated Deep Core Miner 2Æs and use 35 Miner 2 drones for instance (presuming master level in Gallente dreadnought)
Now, those factors in place can translate into:
Miner 2 drone yield: 25m3/min
Mining Drone skill: 25% bonus to yield of mining drones at lv5 (for a 1.25 multiplier)
Yield from 35 miner 2 drones in a perfect rig: 25 * 1.25 * 35 = 1093.75m3/min
Three MDCM2 lasers and Tech 2 crystals with perfect mining skills:
120m3/180 sec * 1.25 * 1.25 * 1.75 = 328.125m3/180 sec
328.125m3/180 sec * 3 lasers = 984.375m3/180 sec
984.375m3/180 sec divided by three minute cycles is approximately 328.125m3/min
after the smoke clears:
328.125m3/min from lasers
1093.75m3/min from drones (1312.5m3/min if all harvesters)
Total: 1421.875m3/min (aprox) (1640.625m3/min if using 35 harvesters)
Covetor, ultimate rig:
1132.03125m3/min from lasers
312.5m3/min from Miner 2 drones (375m3/min if harvester drones)
Total 1444.53125m3/min (aprox) (1507.03125m3/min if using 10 harvesters)
So it quickly boils down to IF the Moros is using and ultimate rig of all harvesters it can out pace the Covetor in itÆs ultimate rig, however, if the Moros is in a more ôpracticalö Miner Drone 2 rig, then it is over taken by the Covetor.
So sometimes yes, the moros is indeed the ultimate mining platform mathematically, and sometimes it is not the ultimate mining platform either by the travel times of the drones adding up over time and thus reducing that efficiency some (even a matter of percent loss in efficiency would make the Moros an incredibly expensive miner that is the same or lesser than a covetor) also the drones themselves directly determine whether or not the Moros is an incredible miner or not. T2 drones being more plausible and replaceable than Harvesters would make them the more likely candidate for use, especially given that the moros would of course have to mine in 0.4 space or lower where harvester use is ôriskyö to say the least.
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