Kropolar
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Posted - 2005.11.06 11:40:00 -
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Edited by: Kropolar on 06/11/2005 11:45:08
Strathis
Mining in 0.0
To mine in 0.0 space requires you to have heavily tanked Battleships, that's if you want to do it without the rats making you have to warp out, take 3 BS, tank them, fit one for war and the other two for mining, or two for war and one for mining, depending on how confident the fighters are. If they are skilled and the tanks are good, you should be perfectly ok. To haul the ore to a refinery... make a safespot, haul the ore to and from the belt to the safespot for temporary storage, after finishing take the ore to a refinery, bookmarks and a scout recommended as well as some heavy guns for protection. Plan in advance a station you can take them too, remember that a lot of stations are owned by alliances and you won't have access to them, so thats something u need to sort out or alternatively set up a POS in the system you are mining in. Move your safespot every day or so, this is because it can be easily found, and don't leave any of your BS in dead space, not a good idea. Only take the hauler to the belt when there is a full hauler load to remove, this is because the hauler should not be at the gate for a long time incase it dies. Use bookmarks at the belt, one belt should be enough. Ensure your BS are strategically positioned so that if anything warps in the combat BS/s are all mutually supportive.
To combat the rats
Incase you do not know, or are not entirely sure, you will need to ensure you can kill frigates as well as BS rats. When fighting rats it is always a good idea to remove the smaller ones first, so: frigates, cruisers, battleship/s in that order. This is incase things get too much there is less chance of you being scrambled. Don't be scared however, i.e. don't fit heaps of warp core stabilizers, low slots could be used much better than that. Setup depends on the ship and skills involved, but aslong as you have two BS tanked for battle, you should be ok unless a freak spawn comes, like what happened to me the other day when I was having a look round some belts... i.e. 2 x (1.5 mill apoc) 3 x (1 mill HAC) & 6 x (500k Cruiser) ... under such circumstance I strongly recommend you drop what your doing and make a rapid evacuation of the vicinity, unless both combat pilots are extremely uber and confident, but I think if this is the case then you wouldn't be asking for a guide to 0.0 mining? =)
Overview
The combat pilots should ensure their overview displays rats and pirates only. Or you should atleast ensure they are able to see any changes in the situation immediately, i.e. no surprises. The miner should be aware of the rats immediately to, just incase, however he can use overview to display whichever roids u happen to be mining. I recommend you use teamspeak, or some other voice communication since it is much faster and more efficient. Iteron Mark V for hauling, make it as big as possible since the roids are worth a lot in few amounts.
Summary
Be tanked, be careful, be safe, however I should tell you that 0.0 mining is not really all it is *****ed up to be, you will make a lot more than mining Kernite though, but you have to ask yourself if it is worth the hastle? There are more lucrative ways of making isk, if its not for the isk and you just want the enjoyment then go ahead, in any event have fun and if i come into your system... run =)
Hope this helps
Krop
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