Laser drill.
New (new) ship teased - Type-11 Prospector
- Thread starter Rubbernuke
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Hi 
Coincidentally that was one of my first thoughts..
I'm also wondering if the new kind of mining is restricted to asteroids, or does that encompass something else. It might mean something new in respect of the mining tool we've been shown, so that probably means it is restricted to the usual asteroids. There again, 'new' could be a hint at some other new mining features we generally don't know about yet, which doesn't involve them at all....not very likely but...
In any event, I'm not keen on the orange / yellow paint jobs, didn't much like it on the T8, so I guess I'll be paying for some other colour scheme for Arx eventually.
As for a ship kit...no integrated spoiler!...please!
Jack
Coincidentally that was one of my first thoughts..
I'm also wondering if the new kind of mining is restricted to asteroids, or does that encompass something else. It might mean something new in respect of the mining tool we've been shown, so that probably means it is restricted to the usual asteroids. There again, 'new' could be a hint at some other new mining features we generally don't know about yet, which doesn't involve them at all....not very likely but...
In any event, I'm not keen on the orange / yellow paint jobs, didn't much like it on the T8, so I guess I'll be paying for some other colour scheme for Arx eventually.
As for a ship kit...no integrated spoiler!...please!
Jack
I think the laser does deep core extraction without destroying the roid.
I dont know who this is really for though if it's a medium ship. What nobody ever said ever: 'i wish i could return to a station and come back here more frequently'
I dont know who this is really for though if it's a medium ship. What nobody ever said ever: 'i wish i could return to a station and come back here more frequently'
The ship looks cool, but, to Frontier's credit, there are already medium (and large) ships that actually make very solid miners, that can either fill quickly and loop (for efficiency nerds) or loiter for bulk (I like big
So, like you, I am not sure who this is for. Potentially the ~7 people who seem to be oblivious to the realisation that just about any ship can be a dedicated miner.. who knows.
Don't have an issue with a bespoke hardpoint for a new drill type, if that drill also comes in a size 3 module as well. But I don't like to assume as that tends to lead to all manner of conspiracy theories, and I prefer to stick to facts - of which we have SFA for.
A new ship that's aligned to mining, for a new mining loop, does sort of sound right up Frontier's alley. We will see what they have cooking, soon enough.
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Hopefully, whatever it is, the activity is difficult to do to reduce repetitiveness. Cuz blowing up roids takes longer (between finding good roids) per more valuable chunk but it's not harder and so is actually less fun than shooting roids. The dead time between really kills the activity.
I said it. I used to mine in the big ships, but doing constant mining until getting hundreds of tons takes a good while, and I'll usually want to take a break - but i'm not leaving my ship unattended for more than a few seconds (especially near RES, where I tend to mine, about 20km out, because NPCs sometimes wander) and you can't relog because it immediately spawns pirate NPCs (dumb mechanic, but it is what it is). So i prefer my mining ships to be in the 200t range.
Both my mining ships (laser and core) are sub-200 tons.
That's a givenI can just see it now, someone will turn it into a pirate ship
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I hope that they let me change out that hard point for a huge multicannon. I'm sorry I just want to see it in action.
Maybe.
Or was it mentioned that what we see here is maybe the first restricted hardpoint in the game?
The new hard point will be for SHIP SALVAGE. imo
This could be for the floating hulls of ships that just blew up, or abandoned space hulks that are discovered.
This could be for the floating hulls of ships that just blew up, or abandoned space hulks that are discovered.
My guess is that the module can only be fitted to the Type 11 and it only has one large slot, so if you want to use that slot for something else, go right ahead, but lose out on the main selling point of the ship.
Nope, they said its for mining.
That's a type of mining though.
Not really. By that token a business that strips cars for parts is mining.
This is how people get into trouble. xD
Frontier holds up a brick, everyone can see it's a brick, but for some reason, the forum fervently believes it's not a brick, and then will get very upset when it turns out, yes, it was indeed a brick - how very dare they!
Every time.
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I'm still going to use it as a passenger ship. Try stopping me!
If that new gun drills through shields & hull efficiently, very likely...I can just see it now, someone will turn it into a pirate ship