Hi guys,
I wanted to buy a mining ship that will allow me to both mine deep core and lasers without changing hardpoints or utilities. And since I have about 250 mil to spend (and no rank in either imperial or federation) I'm thinking Python or Type-9 Heavy.
First question is about fuel scoop. I know that when doing dual spot painite mining - sometimes we need more distance between best buyer and planet. But from what I've noticed - the worst part is flying back with cargo. Since, often, when I jump to new system some pirate is showing. So for now I just made another jump as fast as possible to don't give him a chance to interdict me. But if I will be fuel scooping - chances for pirate to show up is greatly magnified. So is it better to just rush to any station to refuel or risk with fuel scooping?
Second question is ship itself. I've been thinking about those builds:
Python:
s.orbis.zone
Type-9 Heavy:
s.orbis.zone
Python has waaaay more shields and I'm guessing is more agile. It is also medium ship which greatly increases places where I can land. But has smaller number of internals, so if I want double collectors - fuel scoop is definetivly out of the question. On the other hand Type-9 has waaaaay more cargo space. Which can be both good and bad. Efficiency-wise it is much better, but it would cause for me to mine for much much longer, which can be boring.
What do you guys suggest?
I wanted to buy a mining ship that will allow me to both mine deep core and lasers without changing hardpoints or utilities. And since I have about 250 mil to spend (and no rank in either imperial or federation) I'm thinking Python or Type-9 Heavy.
First question is about fuel scoop. I know that when doing dual spot painite mining - sometimes we need more distance between best buyer and planet. But from what I've noticed - the worst part is flying back with cargo. Since, often, when I jump to new system some pirate is showing. So for now I just made another jump as fast as possible to don't give him a chance to interdict me. But if I will be fuel scooping - chances for pirate to show up is greatly magnified. So is it better to just rush to any station to refuel or risk with fuel scooping?
Second question is ship itself. I've been thinking about those builds:
Python:
Coriolis EDCD Edition
A ship builder, outfitting and comparison tool for Elite Dangerous

Coriolis EDCD Edition
A ship builder, outfitting and comparison tool for Elite Dangerous

Python has waaaay more shields and I'm guessing is more agile. It is also medium ship which greatly increases places where I can land. But has smaller number of internals, so if I want double collectors - fuel scoop is definetivly out of the question. On the other hand Type-9 has waaaaay more cargo space. Which can be both good and bad. Efficiency-wise it is much better, but it would cause for me to mine for much much longer, which can be boring.
What do you guys suggest?