So, having spent much of my Elite career bounty hunting around the bubble in various combat ships I've been looking for different things to do in order to mix it up a little. I'd spent a bit of time a while back using a Clipper to trade my way from a Vulture to a FDL so didn't really want to be doing too much of that again - very much a 'means to an end' gameplay for me, my attention span can't really cope with the monotony. Once I'd A graded my FdL and made a few more millions I decided that I'd trade it in and go for the Anaconda to try the big ship experience. I'd heard about the Robigo thing, so part chopped the FdL in for an Asp, made my way out there and did a few missions in order to make the last bit of cash I needed to get a D rated Anaconda. As much as I enjoyed the cat and mouse experience it still didn't really light my fire since the NPCs were woefully inadequate at catching or stopping me. That said it made me some good coin, and I got my basic Anaconda. I've done a little more trading, but grew weary so decided to arm it and take it to a RES. Whilst not the best specced and I have to be careful what and how many I engage, it's still fairly good at taking out NPC's. So I figured why not sacrifice a little bit of internal space for limpets, and the two medium hard points for mining lasers? Put pulse turrets on the other hard points and I should theoretically be able to mine without having to worry too much...
So on with the build:
http://coriolis.io/outfit/anaconda/...8ZlA=.EwBhrEEYdztjeYbCiIA=?bn=Mining Anaconda
I found myself a metallic ring with pristine reserves and headed for the outskirts of a High Res area. Since I've never mined before it took me a little while to get my head around using the limpets to pick stuff up, but it wasn't long before I was burning up asteroids. Eventually I moved a little closer to the combat area - it wasn't long before I saw an NPC pirate start a cargo scan. I just ignored it, wondering what would happen. Sure enough, he lit me up. I just ignored the barrage, chucked 4 pips to shields and two to weapons and carried on. Eventually it started to take its toll, so I turned around to take a look - it was an Elite Clipper haha! Eventually the 5-0 turned up to assist and between my turrets, a bit of movement around the 'roid to minimise the incoming fire taken the Clipper was popped and I got a tasty 100k bonus. I carried on with this for an hour before having to call it a night and ended up with about 50t in gold, 20t in palladium and similar amounts of platinum/other minerals, not to mention a whole heap of bounty vouchers. Very enjoyable to do something a bit different, whilst still having a bit of combat mixed in. Perhaps when I get some upgrades I'll risk it in a Haz Res. I really wish I'd done mining a bit earlier - pays to get out your comfort zone now and then.
So on with the build:
http://coriolis.io/outfit/anaconda/...8ZlA=.EwBhrEEYdztjeYbCiIA=?bn=Mining Anaconda
I found myself a metallic ring with pristine reserves and headed for the outskirts of a High Res area. Since I've never mined before it took me a little while to get my head around using the limpets to pick stuff up, but it wasn't long before I was burning up asteroids. Eventually I moved a little closer to the combat area - it wasn't long before I saw an NPC pirate start a cargo scan. I just ignored it, wondering what would happen. Sure enough, he lit me up. I just ignored the barrage, chucked 4 pips to shields and two to weapons and carried on. Eventually it started to take its toll, so I turned around to take a look - it was an Elite Clipper haha! Eventually the 5-0 turned up to assist and between my turrets, a bit of movement around the 'roid to minimise the incoming fire taken the Clipper was popped and I got a tasty 100k bonus. I carried on with this for an hour before having to call it a night and ended up with about 50t in gold, 20t in palladium and similar amounts of platinum/other minerals, not to mention a whole heap of bounty vouchers. Very enjoyable to do something a bit different, whilst still having a bit of combat mixed in. Perhaps when I get some upgrades I'll risk it in a Haz Res. I really wish I'd done mining a bit earlier - pays to get out your comfort zone now and then.