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faraaj
4 Horseman
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Posted - 2011.10.25 14:17:00 -
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I have a couple accounts where they are all mining hulks. My question is is it worth the effort to train an Orca to compliment a couple hulks or just get another hulk pilot? It is a long training process, was just wondering. |
Arazel Chainfire
Fury Lords Apex United
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Posted - 2011.10.25 14:22:00 -
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It depends upon if you are using the orca as a booster, or as a replacement for hauling. In my opinion, as soon as you have 2 hulks, you should have an orca as the third for hauling and boosting, because less time for the hulks to travel is more isk for you. Once you get to about 10 or so, you should probably have 2 orca's, 1 boosting and 1 hauling. Depending upon how far you have to haul and how well trained your hulk pilot is, an orca can be kept busy by between 5 and 10 hulks.
-Arazel |
mxzf
Shovel Bros
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Posted - 2011.10.25 14:26:00 -
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The Orca takes about a week to train for if you have a Hulk already (and if you're starting from scratch the Orca might be quicker due to lack of Astrogeology 5).
As for what's more efficient. I believe that the Orca's bonuses outweigh adding the fifth Hulk to your fleet, either that or fourth. When you factor in flight time though, I think it ends up being more like you want to add the Orca after two or three Hulks, depending on how lazy you are and how far away the station is.
If you already have a couple accounts mining in Hulks, I'd say go for the Orca, it just makes your day so much easier to be able to haul over 160k m3 of ore at once. |
Dorian Wylde
Imperial Academy Amarr Empire
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Posted - 2011.10.25 14:50:00 -
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With max skills, 2 hulks + orca mine the same as 3 hulks.
Or so someone who actually did the math on the old forums claimed. |
zatazon
Z's Corp
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Posted - 2011.10.25 18:20:00 -
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An orca with maxed boost skills gives a 56% bonus so with 2 hulks + 1 orca is better than 3 hulks. As you get more hulks it is advantageous to get a second orca to haul so boost is always on. |
Tikera Tissant
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Posted - 2011.10.25 18:58:00 -
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Don't forget that its more than just the boost.
When you mine only with hulks, you also need to go back and forth from the station to dump your load, or if you use jet-can where you also has the risk of losing it if a can-flipper shows up.
An orca with two hulks will be better than 3 hulks mining. |
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