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Yotai
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Posted - 2006.07.07 00:25:00 -
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Edited by: Yotai on 07/07/2006 00:26:59
I'm on my third day of the trial and I constantly see people recommending mining for newcomers to make ISK... However, in my experience, I find combat missions to be MUCH more profitable.
Currently, my mining ship is just a Bantam. Being on trial, I can't train for industrial ships or anything with a significantly larger cargo hold. Should I simply stick to combat missions, or is there another way for me to make mining more efficient?
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AeolusWind
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Posted - 2006.07.07 00:47:00 -
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Some players find mining to be more leisurely, others enjoy the action of combat.
Mining is the best low risk (provided you stay in 1.0-0.5 Concord protected space) money making opportunity around. Combat missions are a bit more risky, and offer a bit more of a reward. It's all a trade off, the trick is finding what works best for you. 
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Kesshi
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Posted - 2006.07.07 00:58:00 -
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^^^
Amen. If something pays 1mil ISK, but isn't fun... I'll go without the ISK for that activity.
Money might buy hookers... but it doesn't necessarily buy happiness.
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Yotai
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Posted - 2006.07.07 00:58:00 -
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So, is that a roundabout way of saying "No, buy the game and get an Industrial ship to make mining worth it"?
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Nexus Hyperium
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Posted - 2006.07.07 01:08:00 -
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As far as I know, correct me if i'm wrong, but industrial ships made horrible miners. They mine very slow and only have enough high slots to fit 1 mining laser. They are mainly used to haul cargo. Mining barges are what more higher lvl miners use, other then that a destroyer with cpu boosters can fit 4 mining lasers and has a decent cargo hold.
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Mik Nostrebor
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Posted - 2006.07.07 01:35:00 -
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 Originally by: Nexus Hyperium
As far as I know, correct me if i'm wrong, but industrial ships made horrible miners. They mine very slow and only have enough high slots to fit 1 mining laser. They are mainly used to haul cargo. Mining barges are what more higher lvl miners use, other then that a destroyer with cpu boosters can fit 4 mining lasers and has a decent cargo hold.
Actually Nexus, the industrial is not used for the mining part but to haul large volumes of mined ore. I use a Battlecruiser to mine with (5 miner II's) and pull more ore than a Retriever with strip miner I's. The idea is to mine into a floating container which is later picked up by the indy and shipped to the local station. This is where the big ISK is. For instance 1 hour of mining Golden Omber with this method in my BC is worth 8-10mill ISK. Not bad considering.
Have a look at the beginner's mining guide I wrote at Linkage.
Hope this helps,
Mik
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Fallorn
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Posted - 2006.07.07 02:13:00 -
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Steps to making money mining. Get into a crusier an osprey since you happen to be caldari. Get mining to lvl 4 so you can use miner 2's. Get you caldari cruiser skill up so you get more per laser in your osprey. Get drones to 4 for starters and mining drones to 3-4 so that you get at least a nother lasers worth a cycle. Now if you can get into a 0.0 corp where you can mine crokite/biskot and you can start making around 10 mill an hour. If you are going to hauler yourself and plan on taking the races industrial to lvl 5 go caldari or mini because their t2 haulers and frieghters are better to gelente and you can put a shield tank on both of them and use the low slots cor stabs/expanders. This is all the advice i can offer.
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Tsanse Kinski
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Posted - 2006.07.07 04:53:00 -
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"Mining for rookies"? 
How much nocxium can be refined out of 100m3 of rookies? Or is it mostly trit and pyerite? Are they a potential source of zydrine?
/me contemplates self-refining...
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Yotai
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Posted - 2006.07.07 11:34:00 -
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Thanks for the link, Mik. Lots of good info there.
For the time being, I'll just stick to combat missions and training my Learning skills and whatnot. In my Bantam, I can make about 23k in one 10 minute mining session. Not bad, but not nearly as good as combat missions. I made over 300k in one I did earlier (level 1 contact) that was full of Guristas. It took me longer to sell all the loot than it did to kill them.
I'll give mining a shot later on once my trial us over or maybe once I can fly an Osprey.
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