When I set charges on a core asteroid, I usually set a full charge on a low strength fissure, and the top off the yield with medium to high strength fissures from there. For some reason I don’t understand, the explosion is over charged and I don’t get as many resources. The yield is always in the blue right up until detonation, but then it spikes into the red when it goes off. What am I missing? Are low strength fissures unreliable?
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Newcomer / Intro Deep core mining questions.
- Thread starter Jetpackmaniac
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Looks like it's random. Usually within blue zone I get yields from 9 to 15, most of them 12-13.
BTW. I set two maximum charges into two first available fissures, then additional charges until blue zone properly filled:
1. High strength - half charge
2. Average strength - 1/3 charge
3. Low strength - minimal charge
Usually need 3-4 charges.
BTW. I set two maximum charges into two first available fissures, then additional charges until blue zone properly filled:
1. High strength - half charge
2. Average strength - 1/3 charge
3. Low strength - minimal charge
Usually need 3-4 charges.
No, that's just sensor overload during the explosion. An ongoing topic, ignore that message.
10 to 15 chunks are a good yield, nothing wrong with that.
I deliberately overcharged an asteroid with charges once and I only got 3 chunks out of it.
Ah ok, that explains it, thank you.No, that's just sensor overload during the explosion. An ongoing topic, ignore that message.
10 to 15 chunks are a good yield, nothing wrong with that.
I deliberately overcharged an asteroid with charges once and I only got 3 chunks out of it.
Adding additional context to the number of charges, I've found that fissures on mother lode asteroids in rocky rings behave differently than those in icy rings (that said, been a while since I've been void opal mining). I always start at the lowest strength fissure with the highest charge possible. After that first charge is set I decide which strength fissure works best next. To make it easier I try to pick one that allows me to either full strength or half strength. Typically I can crack a rock with 2 charges in icy rings, but in rocky rings I find the charge strength more variable and might use 2-5 charges.
To validate what the other posters have said, no matter how good you are at hitting the blue line and never go into the red it's random in getting the maximum yield exceeded message. However, again like other have said, the only thing that matters is how many chunks you gets. I think that it's possible fissure strength and charge placement might affect how many resource chunks you get, but that's just a guess and I quite offen get 12-15 chunks without taken in those considerations at all.
To validate what the other posters have said, no matter how good you are at hitting the blue line and never go into the red it's random in getting the maximum yield exceeded message. However, again like other have said, the only thing that matters is how many chunks you gets. I think that it's possible fissure strength and charge placement might affect how many resource chunks you get, but that's just a guess and I quite offen get 12-15 chunks without taken in those considerations at all.