Painite - Where for art thou?
- Thread starter shadragon
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I found enough to complete the mission of painite. 4 t I think. Try high intensity maybe?
Deadlock989
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"Wherefore" means "why", not "where". HTH KTHX
Take alot of Prospector drones and be methodical and lucky. In my 140 ton cargo bay i take 130 drones and just prospect for the really good stuff at first.
When I head to pristine metallic rings I only mine painite, platinum, palladium, gold and to a lesser extent osmium. Painite makes up around 10-15% of an average haul (I have 96T cargo space); on a very good haul around 20-25%. I don't bother with prospectors - I analyse the first one or two fragments that I shoot off and if it's junk I quickly move on to the next rock. Takes me about an hour to fill my hold.
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Its official i have found a lower life form than the Grammar Police, it's the Olde English Police. Or should i say Middle English to be proper.
Maybe the question is wherefore art thou a pain to find, Painite?
I suppose a rock by any other name may be just as hard to find.
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that is what I do too. not wasting limpets on prospect, shoot a little at the rock, check contacts, and only then decide if to open the cargo door. only refine high-end metals and painite. on about 140T cargo I make a bit more then 2M.
I hear Delkar 7 is nice this time of year....
once I mined around 10 tons of painite from a single rock
I did this with my cargo hatch closed if I have collector drones active. Then if what I see isn't what I want I move on. Saves me manually venting.
yeh, and it is always funny to hear limpets bump themselves at the closed hatch..
Deadlock989
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Well your missing Panite this way, three metals can be in a Asteroid and the make up of each chunk can have one, two or all three in it.
It's also painfully slow, Prospectors have up to 7km range and can be shot off while moving between clusters of rocks. They are dirt cheap and should be treated as disposable. I will mentally mark a good Asteroid that a Prospector has found then shoot off another Prospector off whilst I move in to mine the good rock. Then when the Collectors are catching up start moving towards the next good Asteroid. Very efficient and fast.
ahhh cool. Nice tip.
About Painite, I generally get about 3-5 tons in a load of 100 Tons. I mine at Pristine Metal ring, but not at a RES, just a random spot in the Ring. I'm still not convinced that mining at RES actually gives you better/more resources. I have never seen this...yet.
Cradle2Grave
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"Wherefore art thou ..." actually means "Why are you" (as in 'Why are you Romeo').
It does not mean, "Where are you?".
Thank you.
It does not mean, "Where are you?".
Thank you.