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pipo zelvelder

pipo zelvelder
I must be doing something wrong: I do not seem to understand how the prospect drone work. I got prospector limpets, but i can not target the asteroid, so it will not prospect?? How can i prospect an asteroid?

Which key do i use? I thought right and left mouse, but apparantly that is not it? Never understood the fire groups, so could that be it?

Thanx for your help in advance... I looked at some youtube movies but never saw someone prospect so i am not sure how it works if it works. Someone knows a good movie? (which also explains which key to press...)
 

metatheurgist

metatheurgist
You just fire the prospector. It goes where your ship is pointing, helps if you have a weapon sight. It prospects the first rock it hits, unless it bugs and phases through it, which sometimes happens. Lock onto your prospector after it's launched to see the data it provides.
 

CMDR Mr. Boombastic

CMDR Mr. Boombastic
CMDR ChaosWulff has some good tutorial videos.
For fire groups have a look here (fire groups explained after 9 minutes):
[video=youtube_share;oO1E9_sPtvg]https://youtu.be/oO1E9_sPtvg?t=9m12s[/video]

So you'll need keys for each of your weapons/mining lasers/drones. There's no definite answer as depends on your loadout/preference/play style. E.g. you might use :
Fire Group 1 Button 1 for Pulse Lasers,
Fire Group 1 Button 2 for Mining Lasers,
Fire Group 2 Button 1 for Prospector Drones,
Fire Group 2 Button 2 for Collector Drones.

Short video on how to use drones:
[video=youtube_share;xp4vvx5fZe0]https://youtu.be/xp4vvx5fZe0[/video]
 
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Luke3107

Luke3107
Haven't watched the videos myself, but feel it appropriate to add that prospectors have a hidden bonus attached to them.

Any asteroid you attach one to, will net you twice as many fragments. So an un-prospected asteroid that would originally net you 10 fragments, will net you twenty simply by attaching a prospector to it.
 

Luke3107

Luke3107
No problem.

A method I use:
Blast one fragment off an asteroid, select it using your target selector to see what it contains. If it's good, fire your prospector, let it engage, then continue. If not, find another one.

This way, you don't waste limpets on worthless asteroids. But you minimise the lost fragments.

So an asteroid would net you 10, you mine 1, prospect it, and get 18 fragments.
 

Limoncello Lizard

Limoncello Lizard
Luke3107 said:
A method I use:
Blast one fragment off an asteroid, select it using your target selector to see what it contains. If it's good, fire your prospector, let it engage, then continue. If not, find another one.
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That's a good way to do it with the smaller ships. But for larger, slower and less agile ships, such as an Anaconda or Type-9, it's better just to let the prospectors do all the work for you. It takes far more limpets, but these ships have plenty of hull space.
 

Luke3107

Luke3107
Limoncello Lizard said:
That's a good way to do it with the smaller ships. But for larger, slower and less agile ships, such as an Anaconda or Type-9, it's better just to let the prospectors do all the work for you. It takes far more limpets, but these ships have plenty of hull space.
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True. Been tempted to do this in my Python lol
 
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