NeoSmith
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Posted - 2008.02.04 11:28:00 -
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Our Corp has developed a more "fair"(according to us) mining op payment system.
The system was created with these goals in mind: - Encourage every roles to train up to better yield ships (e.g.: hulk for miner, bigger cargo hold ship for hauler, higher boost for gang booster) - The maxed yield miners or haulers are not discouraged to participate - The time of participation for each member affect the bottom line. (This is the basic formula covered by Michus Danether and Gilgamoth above) - Encourage maximum yield for the mining op.
The Result: A mining op payment system that use both time and yield (approximation using ratio).
Why we added yield into account? To encourage newbie to train up to mining barge and finally exhumers while not discourage hulk pilots to participate.
Here is an example situation to illustrate: 4 miners (2 hulks, 1 retriever, 1 bantam), 1 hauler (Badger II). If all of them spend the same time, let's say 2 hours in the mining op, based on the time-based formula, all miners will get the same pay.. 20% of total pay.
Effects: - It will discourage the Hulk pilots, because their earning will be lower than if all of them are hulk pilots. - While bantam pilot enjoy the same pay as a hulk, this, in effect will not encourage him/her to train up to better mining yield ship. - It's not fair to the hulk pilot because they generate the most yield. - And it will make the mining op not optimal in term of total yield.
Now it will become more interesting with yield taken into account. As the gang commander want to maximize the total yield, he/she will need to find the right combination of roles (and their ship yield).
So we will find a situation where a hulk pilot has the capability to haul in Iteron V and a few newbies currently only flying bantams but also capable of flying Badger Mark I. Using this payment system, the gang commander will clearly choose 2 haulers by the newbies and the hulk pilot mining.
In the above example i showed the miner role. It can be implemented to hauler and other roles too.
This system is still under heavy development as our corp grows. But the above points should point you to the right direction.
Currently our payment system can accommodate Miner, Hauler, Gang Booster roles. The Gang Booster role is in its infant stage, needs experimentation and tweaking to be fair to all and still benefit and encourage everyone participated in the mining op.
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