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Tara Nighthawk
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Posted - 2008.05.17 11:36:00 -
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From EveMon, I am considering using a Catalyst for mining - until I can afford or train for a Barge or Exhumer.
It seems to have 8 Turret Hardpoints and room for one Drone. Does this mean it could run 8 Mining Laser II and one Mining Drone? Would it have the power to run all those? Can I run 3 Mining Laser Upgrades too (or do you only need one of those anyway)?
I can train for one of these in just over an hour. The Barge will take a couple of weeks - not to mention the cost of a Barge 
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Tara Nighthawk
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Posted - 2008.05.17 12:05:00 -
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I thought that might be the sort of problem I would get.
Can either of those be upgraded or boosted? How many Mining Laser II would I get away with? More than my current Frigate?
In other words, is this training and purchase worth the cost?
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Tara Nighthawk
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Posted - 2008.05.17 12:09:00 -
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Sorry - what is an MLU please?
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Tara Nighthawk
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Posted - 2008.05.17 12:20:00 -
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Thanks 
I have level one MLU so far. Working on level 2.
The Osprey seems to be Caldari I think. My Miner is Gallente, so which would be the equivalent Gallente Cruiser please?
I am guessing an Exequror?
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Tara Nighthawk
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Posted - 2008.05.19 12:47:00 -
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Edited by: Tara Nighthawk on 19/05/2008 12:47:45
So far, I have managed to get 2 Mining Laser II and an MLU I to work on a Catalyst, including a CPU upgrade. There is not enough power to run any more. Very wasteful on Turrets.
I also have an Iteron III, but that only runs one Mining Laser II (with MLU I). Huge capacity, but it takes about 2 hours to fill. Mining is dull enough, but that is really boring.
To be honest, I am not sure the Catalyst is much better than some of the Frigates I have, although the capacity is slightly higher. One of the Frigates (Imicus?) has room for 3 Drones, whilst the Catalyst takes only one - and the Iteron none at all.
I am aiming for a Mining Barge - but I need to earn some serious money for that. Unfortunate 'Catch-22' - once I have the Barge I can earn the money I need to buy it, but not until then.
Edit - Is the Exequror a better bet, or just go straight for the Barge?
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Tara Nighthawk
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Posted - 2008.05.19 20:28:00 -
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So - I have tried a number of different Frigates and a Catalyst. Some of these will run 2 Mining Laser I and even 2 x Mining Laser II. One even managed to run 2 x Mining Laser II and 2 x MLU I. However, the Capacitor kept running out of power and offlining one of the lasers - which defeats the object. All of these have very limited Cargo capacity.
The other option is the Iteron III - with only one ML II and one MLU I. Rather slow (a couple of hours to fill), but I made about 650k ISK from that one load. The main issues are that the asteroids keep getting depleted and it is deadly boring.
So I am training towards a Mining Barge - about 12 days to go, plus I only have about 1.2m ISK so far. Lots of time to earn more yet. 
So a few questions about Mining Barges:
1. Which one do I aim for? The cheapest (there more quickly) or one of the others?
2. Do they take Mining Lasers and MLU?
3. What are Strip Miners? Do they work on asteroids or do I need to start on Moons? I hear they are dangerous - I don't fancy spending this long earning the money for a Barge and then getting it destroyed the first time I approach a Moon. 
4. What do I do with my Barge once I get one?
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Tara Nighthawk
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Posted - 2008.05.19 20:56:00 -
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Thanks - that clears things up a little.
Which Strip Miners should I go for?
This is getting expensive. Still, if it was easy it wouldn't be worth the effort.
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Tara Nighthawk
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Posted - 2008.05.19 21:26:00 -
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 Originally by: Lord Haur
4) erm... mine?
I never thought of that - LOL
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Tara Nighthawk
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Posted - 2008.05.20 18:24:00 -
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10 days and 3.5m ISK to go before I can get a Retriever - not counting the cost of the Strip Miners of course.
Many thanks to all and to EveMon for the help with this.
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