I want an MB5 mining machine
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"arbitrary" time limit?? .. you mean, as in, operation time defined by controller class?
Mining ROCKS!
What lives at the bottom of a Miner's garden? ... (Agate)
How does it sound when a piano falls down the pit shaft? ... (A Flat Miner)
_ Thank you, I'm here all week
"arbitrary" time limit?? .. you mean, as in, operation time defined by controller class?
Mining ROCKS!
What lives at the bottom of a Miner's garden? ... (Agate)
How does it sound when a piano falls down the pit shaft? ... (A Flat Miner)
_ Thank you, I'm here all week
Think I've been SHAFTED by this comedy show.
To be honest I haven't done this research properly! (I definitely defer) ..
The drones make the mining itself bearable .. but I am really enjoying "the career" ..
Myself I mix with exploring, outside bubble, Asp .. Detailed surface scanning, seeking metallic rings (don't generally bother too much with belts) .. Chilling out with collecting, I have an autohotkey script which holds down the mouse button for primary fire laser (which eases cramp!) another key switches off. Have a regular outpost where I'm friendly enough to get missions, which I only take if I already have the metal "in stock" (I think minerals better on short range trips, or with more than my 32T hold)
I pushed it a bit too hard with unidentified signal sources, so these days the wing of NPC's waiting if I go back to a belt twice, or the interdictions on the way back are quite challenging (KWS must be fitted, lawless space). +1 to the MB4 but the slow turn of the planet, day turning to twilight, is super cool in orbit and I'm finding a nice balance of (ED) "work", "commute", "getting a good deal" on sales, and "just floating here a while"
+1 also on the pun there Cmdr Sandmann (Though I still think miner better ;D)
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Mate, yours are PURE GOLD and you leave me feeling like I really need to get the LEAD out of MINE, before you SCOOP away all the prizes and leaving me feel like an inferior DRONE.
These modules ar differentated on target retrieve distance then maybe?
Mate, yours are PURE GOLD and you leave me feeling like I really need to get the LEAD out of MINE, before you SCOOP away all the prizes and leaving me feel like an inferior DRONE.
Stuck? In a dark dark place?
For 70 days without washing, wishing you had friends with you?
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You two are shocking with those puns.
I remember a mining engineering T-shirt from university - an outline of Australia looking like a big open pit mine with the slogan
"You think Australia's a hole now, wait 'til we're done with it!"
ED has the best mining implementation I've yet seen in a game. Yes, the drones need work, but the basic principles are solid.
Its a tough game balancing the skill required, scaling the entry so early-game players can participate and end-game players can get use out of the mechanic too.
I'm actually doing better in my Anaconda than I was in the Python. Maneuverability is good (yaw is better than the Python at 0 speed), lots of space, 10 collectors and 2 prospectors, mines very fast indeed.
@dc83 - yes, the module descriptions in Outfitting specify the time to life for the collectors. I'm using 3 5A's (3 limpets each, 12:00 timer) and a 1A (10 limpets total).
I remember a mining engineering T-shirt from university - an outline of Australia looking like a big open pit mine with the slogan
"You think Australia's a hole now, wait 'til we're done with it!"
ED has the best mining implementation I've yet seen in a game. Yes, the drones need work, but the basic principles are solid.
Its a tough game balancing the skill required, scaling the entry so early-game players can participate and end-game players can get use out of the mechanic too.
I'm actually doing better in my Anaconda than I was in the Python. Maneuverability is good (yaw is better than the Python at 0 speed), lots of space, 10 collectors and 2 prospectors, mines very fast indeed.
@dc83 - yes, the module descriptions in Outfitting specify the time to life for the collectors. I'm using 3 5A's (3 limpets each, 12:00 timer) and a 1A (10 limpets total).