People who write "discuss" or "change my mind" - should be publicly flogged.
(Or am I the only one that finds it grating?)
What do you want me to do, discuss your point or change your mind?
People who write "discuss" or "change my mind" - should be publicly flogged.
(Or am I the only one that finds it grating?)
He wants you to flog him, obviously.What do you want me to do, discuss your point or change your mind?
Each missile hitting a SSD should release like 6 fragments.
Currently getting 1-2 tops makes it a hassle, one that is not worthy to lose time with.
Especially when finding a rotating asteroid
The most effective method is to combine laser and SSD mining.
I never quite understood why there was such disparity between mining types and why we weren’t pushed towards a reward for utterly stripping each rock of everything it contained (should it contain all three types of deposit - not that I’m suggesting every rock should contain all three.)
In terms of gameplay Cores and SSD are entertaining enough for me
No, you’re right. It’s not quite the subject of the thread but when comparing effort between activities and reward then entertainment (though entirely subjective) plays a part. However, derailing wasn’t my intention. Sub surface mining is something I quite enjoy, despite the current poor returns, but the whole of the mining experience seems a little ‘off’ to me.there are such rocks, but a such rock has a really low yield of laser fragments, a really low yield of SSD fragments (1 per rocked, only 3-4 rockets per SSD)
The entertainment value is not quite the subject of this thread.
I regard SSD mining as heavier than Core mining, since you have to fire multiple rockets (between 3 and 8) at each SSD (between 1 and 4) most of the time at a spinning asteroid - with pathetic yields reported at time spend and ammo used.
While cracking a core requires 2-3 deep charges at most and the net result is usually around 12-16 tons.
Compare the effort?
And the ammo spent?
I mostly mine bromellite to sell players on my carrier these days and I use this method. I'm pretty happy with SSDs, but wouldn't mind if they gave just a bit more. Also, small displacement missile launcher runs out of ammo way too fast. Alas, poor T7. Medium is fine.The most effective method is to combine laser and SSD mining. You use your scanner to look for glowing rocks and preferentially shoot them, if they're available. If they then have SSDs, you simultaneously mine them AND laser mine the asteroid.
They could do with the small getting a full reload instead of half, Tungsten is not an easy raw to replace, surface or occasionally metallic rings are the only place I have found itI mostly mine bromellite to sell players on my carrier these days and I use this method. I'm pretty happy with SSDs, but wouldn't mind if they gave just a bit more. Also, small displacement missile launcher runs out of ammo way too fast. Alas, poor T7. Medium is fine.
I do enjoy ssd mining, but frankly - a minigame for each missile that in turns provide 1 mostly 2 fragments?
It gets tedious really fast
The problem i see is the fact that SSD are so much more common than Cores. And boosting SSD will render cores even more useless than they are now
I still remember the slow rotating EGG with 4 SSD - iirc i was using like 25+ rockets per instance, with around 75-80 tons yield (or was it more?) - that was the equivalent of 5 cores.
Hard to balance the two while still keeping laser mining in the loop
A typical rock in an icy belt gives ~7.5 tons, a typical SSD deposit gives about 6 tons.
Yes, but in what time they give that?
With 3 mining lasers and proper positioning you get those 7.5 really fast using lasers
A typical SSD might give 6t assuming you dont fumble a minigame - i usually dont... but only usually.
I did some tests during the bromellite CG.
Pure lasering won by far. Really far
That is just nonsense. Most 'roids have a spin so it takes time to target and extract ssd - laser mining ignores (or even exploits) the spin.
Not really a good test, try in a Tritium hotspot where good laser rocks are a lot harder to find.Yes, but in what time they give that?
With 3 mining lasers and proper positioning you get those 7.5 really fast using lasers
A typical SSD might give 6t assuming you dont fumble a minigame - i usually dont... but only usually.
I did some tests during the bromellite CG.
Pure lasering won by far. Really far