Changes to Mining in Update 1.1?

PocketWettie · Feb 15, 2015

Anyone know if Pristine Metallic rings have been nerfed?

I was mining pre-1.1 and getting a reasonable hit rate on Palladium and Platinum...now post 1.1 it is primarily Bertrandite, Gallite and Indite, with the very odd Silver or Gold, and rarely Palladium or Platinum.

This is in the same ring and location (as in stopped mining, updated then 7 hours later came back and continued mining).

nosscar · Feb 15, 2015

Sorry, just can't understand why anyone would even do mining, such a grind, earn much more even trading. (another grind yes)

Metalstardust · Feb 15, 2015

Let me check my stats. Number of fragments mined = 0 I wonder why.

Kancro Vantas · Feb 15, 2015

Hmmm I like mining every now and then...but kinda difficult to notice any different. Same spot, different times= different results. Some days are good, some days are bad and so is for spots. Point in case, I have had better luck in common reserves than pristine ones...maybe is me...but it is really, really difficult to identify any change of "chances" in a profession that is based on exactly that: random chances.

So in short, I doubt it....and I would need a precise stats pre-1.1. vs now to notice.

Sergio Smegolia · Feb 15, 2015

If you hate mining so much why even look at a mining thread, let alone feel the need to post such negative comments? Seriously.

Anyways, mining seems to be the black sheep of the E: D family. No changes/improvements since forever. IMHO it needs some love, and quickly. Throw us a bone FD please!

Kandarus · Feb 15, 2015

I just did a mining run for a change of pace. There is still palladium out there but also pirates outside of resource extraction sites in rings now.

The Adder works well but mining does need a dedicated mining vessel and those drone that were mentioned otherwise it's not an activity that will be done by many.

PocketWettie · Feb 15, 2015

I like to mix it up - I use my Type 6 for both Mining and Trading. When one gets boring I switch to other - both are more profitable than what I would like to do (Mercenary/Bounty Hunter) and I actually don't mind Mining.

So I can harvest 88 tonnes of good metals (basically skip anything that isn't Gold, Palladium or Platinum) and although it takes time, it is pure profit. Or on the flip side, sell the Mining Lasers and Refinery and I can trade 104 tonnes of whatever.

As far as chances, they really seemed to have dropped off - generally (on average) 1 in 10 asteroids would have Gold, Palladium or Platinum in at 15%+, often up to 40%. Now I am getting about 1 in 25, and then mainly Gold and around 10%.

I will keep trying though.

Scoob · Feb 15, 2015

I've never even found a Pristine, so I've just done the grind on Metal Rich instead - got a wide spread of stuff, though only a little Silver no Gold, Paladium etc. plus yields per fragment rarely went over 30% - I gave up after about 20 Tonnes - that was my last bit of mining.

Scoob.

metatheurgist · Feb 16, 2015

PocketWettie said:
I like to mix it up - I use my Type 6 for both Mining and Trading. When one gets boring I switch to other - both are more profitable than what I would like to do (Mercenary/Bounty Hunter) and I actually don't mind Mining.

I dunno about that, I'm finding Bounty Hunting about as profitable as mining and it's a lot more fun. The BH instances seem to vary like the mining instances. If I'm just getting sidewinders, it takes a bit more than an hour to get 80K, if I'm getting Cobras, about an hour for 200K, if it's Anacondas, less than an hour for 400K. This is at RES. When mining it usually took me 2 hours to fill my hold for 500K, when I'm lucky, if not, it took longer. Good BH instances seem to occur more than good mining instances.