Princess Jodi
Vendetta Underground
Rule of Three
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Posted - 2007.07.19 22:03:00 -
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Mining is fine as it is. The whole thing with the new modules has been recognized by CCP and will be nerfed someday, so I won't be spending half a bill each for modules needed to outmine a Hulk.
Now, I am very sympathetic to miners, being an industralist at heart myself. All I can say - and this is my personal experience talking - is that you're in the wrong corp and the wrong space.
Come to the Drone Regions. We have finally had our asteroids fixed, and just yesterday we were discussing how the proper application of force in the recent conflicts have netted us a secure environment for mining and industry. This discussion was going on while we had small mining ops going on in 5 different systems. Not one hostile within 25 jumps of our location. Some were tanking a few rats for a group of miners, others were ninja-mining until a spawn showed up. Every single one of us was mining nothing but Ark and Bistrot and Crok. We had local open, but monitoring the alliance and intel channels showed us that there were no hostiles to worry about.
In fact, the asteroids are so virgin out here that you can mine whatever you want for as long as you want, and at worst have to jump 2 systems to hit a refinery. There are POS's everywhere and Freighters to haul to refineries. The market is so barren that even T1 Rockets will sell for 5x Empire price and people will be glad to pay.
As far as a Corp, you do things together - not solo. So a basic setup is a Dominx who tanks (Usually an afk alt or else someone mining with drones a bit). A few haulers, dependant on the amount of ore volume and the distance to a station/pos. Then as many miners as you can get. There is no 'Guard' - you watch channels or keep in contact with ratters in the incomming systems. My standard formula is one share for each main character, plus a half-share for each alt they run. It does not matter what roles you play - they all pay the same. This is our way of helping the newer players, paying someone to Tank the rats for us, and spreading the wealth. Mins are pooled and split. Frequently, people will buy your share because they want to build.
So: Dont' worry about the Roch-outmining-Hulk thing. No need to change mining. Just change your tactics.
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