Rosenkranz
Caldari The Aussie Connection Corp
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Posted - 2007.03.22 02:03:00 -
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To the OP, very well thought out post.
The UI suggestions are great, though I'd suggest taking it a bit further.
One, make it built into the ships with mining bonuses with a hitch. The hitch being that the smaller ships have simpler mining UI
So a bantam or osprey might have just a simple cycle timer. A mining barge might have the cycle timer and the asteroid health bar. An exumer might have the timer, the health bar, and an auto-shutoff when the asteroid is done (rather than waiting until the cycle is complete)
Changing the ships though.... dunno
No one is going to mine in a bantam or osprey or even a barge for very long. Any serious miner is going to be gunning for a exhumer no matter what
A hulk with 2 local cargo expanders has almost 15000m3 of cargo, that's easily 3 cycles, so about 10 minutes of doing nothing but watching your drones fly around. A mackinaw with 2 locals has 8000m3 and that's 2 ice cycles, so about 15 minutes uninterrupted mining.
As far as the need for haulers, mission runners have the problem too. You finish the mission (say level 4) then have to either switch ships and go get the loot salvage (which eats up time) or have a hauler/salvager on hand to clear areas of loot/salvage while you're clearing the next area.
As far as making as much isk/hr as mission runners, that's about to change with mission levels about to be reworked. As a miner, i'm flying 600mil worth of equipment but i'm running no risks in hi-sec. I not aware of what a hulk could carry worth the suicide gank required to kill it before concord shows up. So as long as I don't get stupid and sick my drones on an ore thief, I'm untouchable.
But, every time i take my raven into a level 4 solo, I'm seriously risking over 150mil worth of ship and equipment. All it takes is one aggro too many in combination with one scrambler too many and it was all in vain for a mission worth maybe 10mil. All it takes is one screw up or bad run to obliterate a couple days worth of missions (assuming casual play)
Meanwhile in the same about of playtime I can mine enough to build a couple of ravens and poof, I've managed a tidy sum.
To be honest though missions or mining, I end up making about the same profits and I've been playing for over a year now, so I've got a clue on this.
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