Subdolus Venator
State War Academy
Caldari State
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Posted - 2012.03.20 14:06:00 -
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Mokanor Lenak wrote:
A simple miner will fit a very small tank with rigs and mids max, and even than will mosly not survive a gank. Reason is that using the mining upgrades will eat at your power, which will limit your tank anyway.
Its all about cost efficiency. Chancing a gank over making extra 5mil isk an hour, a miner will risk it, because its worth it in the long run.
^This.^
Your rig and plan are ingenious, Herr Wilkus, but if I find myself on the recieving end of your guns I'm going to shrug, dust off a spare hull, and get right back to paying the bills. I might even send you a nice note of congratulations for a quality gank - I really appreciate a well-executed gank. But don't expect me to up my tank - I don't bother with tanking when I'm mining.
The economics of mining means that I can easily afford to replace my inexpensive hulls at a rate of twice, even three times a day (when I mine, my mining alt flies Retrievers for a reason!) whilst turning a profit (albeit a sharply-reduced one), so why should I bother adding more stuff I will certainly lose sooner or later? Indeed, why bother up-skilling my alt past the point of basic profitability? Mining is all about long-term efficiency, not flash; Bare minimum functionality and persistence are what pay the bills.
So - Pop my hull. Pod me, too. Have fun at it. But don't expect to have any more than local impact. Oh, and you'll lose ISK on my low-end wreckage.
OTOH, that means your program of miner darwinism is probably safe. Certainly, there's no real economic need for CCP to nerf what you're doing. The only real reason there might be a nerf is that those miners whom have not internalized the rule of "don't fly what you can't afford to lose" and whom have not yet come to terms with the inevitability of ganks may cry enough to force CCP's hand.
Carry on smartly.
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Oh, on the other hand... clumsily-exectuded ganks will be mocked mercilessly. Even if it means return visits.
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Subdolus Venator
State War Academy
Caldari State
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Posted - 2012.03.20 16:21:00 -
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kiki mo wrote:Subdolus Venator wrote:OTOH, that means your program of miner darwinism is probably safe. Certainly, there's no real economic need for CCP to nerf what you're doing. The only real reason there might be a nerf is that those miners whom have not internalized the rule of "don't fly what you can't afford to lose" and whom have not yet come to terms with the inevitability of ganks may cry enough to force CCP's hand.. Decent reply overall...and I think you've identified the reason there will be a nerf Fair point - I do hope you're mistaken, though.
And thank you. 
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