Newcomer / Intro Marking asteroid positions?

Balin

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I read somewhere (I think in some sort of mining guide) that core asteroids respawn every so often (maybe every 20-30 minutes?) and that it's possible somehow to mark their positions so you can return to the respawned asteroid.

Does anyone know if this is true and, if so, how it is done?

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Dommarraa

Dommarraa
There are many and varying opinions on respawn rate, so most people are talking horse-doo, but never heard anyone crazy enough to say its in minutes.
It has to be at least a few hours (as seen on the Mining Announcement Webcasts), but I would put my money on many days if not weeks.

I dont see how its worthwhile, there are plenty of roids of all sorts to fill your hold, and phaffing about doing this would just slow you down.
 

A C Ender

A C Ender
Dommarraa said:
There are many and varying opinions on respawn rate, so most people are talking horse-doo, but never heard anyone crazy enough to say its in minutes.
It has to be at least a few hours (as seen on the Mining Announcement Webcasts), but I would put my money on many days if not weeks.

I dont see how its worthwhile, there are plenty of roids of all sorts to fill your hold, and phaffing about doing this would just slow you down.
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It's worthwhile. It's not uncommon in the mining community, many beginner guides mention that one thing to decide on is if you want to map or not.

Here's another guide:
https://www.reddit.com/r/EliteMiners/comments/aflfq7
Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/EliteMiners/comments/aflfq7/highspeed_core_asteroid_mapping/
 

Para Handy

Para Handy
A C Ender said:
I heard that core asteroids are every 6 days. It's referred to as "mapping" afaik.

https://www.reddit.com/r/EliteMiners/comments/5hi20o
Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/EliteMiners/comments/5hi20o/how_to_map_asteroids_tutorial/?utm_source=amp&utm_medium=&utm_content=post_body
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A C Ender said:
It's worthwhile. It's not uncommon in the mining community, many beginner guides mention that one thing to decide on is if you want to map or not.

Here's another guide:
https://www.reddit.com/r/EliteMiners/comments/aflfq7
Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/EliteMiners/comments/aflfq7/highspeed_core_asteroid_mapping/
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I am trying to think of something that is more useless, time-wasting and daft to do in the game ....

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Nope, I give up, this definitely takes the biscuit.
 

Krieger

Krieger
The respawn time of core asteroids is at least a few days. Leningrad Orbital in PSPF-LF 2 hovers just a few kilometers above a ring and very close to it is a core asteroid. I visit the place regularly for missions or the nearby RESs and once the asteroid is cracked the dust cloud stays visible for a few days.
 

A C Ender

A C Ender
Para Handy said:
I am trying to think of something that is more useless, time-wasting and daft to do in the game ....

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Nope, I give up, this definitely takes the biscuit.
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You may not see the point, but that doesn't mean that it's pointless. It seems widespread between the miners chasing maximum efficiency and profit/hr.
 

Para Handy

Para Handy
A C Ender said:
You may not see the point, but that doesn't mean that it's pointless. It seems widespread between the miners chasing maximum efficiency and profit/hr.
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Did you even bother to read those reditty-thingies you posted? They are out of date and actually are archived threads - one from 2 years ago and one 9 months ago.

With the abundance of multi-hotspot sites this "mapping" is a complete waste of time. Max profit / hr is from strip-mining double-painite hotspots, even more "efficient" and profitable than explody-mining VOs.

Seriously, if you want to sit making screenshots and drawing maps, lists and diagrams of asteroids - you fill your boots, whatever floats your boat. Personally if I want to rack up a billion credits in a night - it is strip-mining double-painite hotspots.
 

A C Ender

A C Ender
Para Handy said:
Did you even bother to read those reditty-thingies you posted? They are out of date and actually are archived threads - one from 2 years ago and one 9 months ago.

With the abundance of multi-hotspot sites this "mapping" is a complete waste of time. Max profit / hr is from strip-mining double-painite hotspots, even more "efficient" and profitable than explody-mining VOs.

Seriously, if you want to sit making screenshots and drawing maps, lists and diagrams of asteroids - you fill your boots, whatever floats your boat. Personally if I want to rack up a billion credits in a night - it is strip-mining double-painite hotspots.
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This is from 3 days ago here:

"One more advantage for laser Painite mining — the asteroids respawn with the same % of Painite but new visual models in 2 hours. Hence, these rings can be mapped for the high yield rocks."

Doesn't sound outdated to me.

metatheurgist said:
Yeah, I had a look at the mapping techniques and I thought that's more work than I want to put in for a game.
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MaxG10 said:
horses for courses.... personally, I could not be bothered with mapping either...
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I haven't bothered mapping either, as for the moment I like hunting cores. I can see the fun in both making and executing maps however, and I can definitely see the real benefit of knowing which asteroid will have a (high) yield.
 

Para Handy

Para Handy
A C Ender said:
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I haven't bothered mapping either, as for the moment I like hunting cores. I can see the fun in both making and executing maps however, and I can definitely see the real benefit of knowing which asteroid will have a (high) yield.
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Come back and tell us how much you enjoyed it and how valuable you found the experience after you have done it then.

Two quotes from your latest link:

"One more advantage for laser Painite mining — the asteroids respawn with the same % of Painite but new visual models in 2 hours. Hence, these rings can be mapped for the high yield rocks." So not only do you have to work out exactly where to return to, the asteroid shapes are different so your screenshots are useless.

and

"Nobody except a small few are napping cores." (I assume they meant mapping).


Again I say - load of work for absolutely minimal gain.
 
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A C Ender

A C Ender
Para Handy said:
Come back and tell us how much you enjoyed it and how valuable you found the experience after you have done it then.
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Why the hostility?

The OP asked about respawn rates and how to return to the same asteroids, which I initially responded to.

Since you started question the use, I have just provided evidence that mapping have happened, is still happening, and can still be beneficial. What I do is irrelevant for the success or not of mapping.
 
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A C Ender

A C Ender
Para Handy said:
"Nobody except a small few are napping cores." (I assume they meant mapping).


Again I say - load of work for absolutely minimal gain.
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Here's the full quote, you omitted the second sentence:

"Nobody except a small few are napping cores. The maps in the overlapping hotspots are for laser mining."

"The maps in the overlapping hotspots are for laser mining."
 

Para Handy

Para Handy
A C Ender said:
Why the hostility?

The OP asked about respawn rates and how to return to the same asteroids, which I initially responded to.

Since you started question the use, I have just provided evidence that mapping have happened, is still happening, and can still be beneficial. What I do is irrelevant for the success or not of mapping.
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Oh dear... There is no hostility being shown by me, if you read that into my remark then that is your issue, sorry if you think I am "getting at" you.

My original post was in response to your two posts, advocating and linking to mapping - that response of mine was basically - gosh that looks boring (attempted to be presented in a light-hearted fashion). To which you slapped me down and posited that the activity was widespread. I then pointed out that what you posted was out of date and your response was a thread where one person mentioned mapping positively (?) and one other negatively (for differing modes).

Since this is the Newcomer's sub-forum I feel it is important not to give inaccurate or misleading information. Therefore your proselytization of mapping asteroids whist not even having done it needed to be pointed out. That is all.

I still think it looks boring and far more trouble than it is worth. Once you have done it you can come back and tell me how wrong I am.

One final point - since this is the Newcomers forum I will not be continuing to discourse this subject. I have made my position clear - take it, leave it, disagree, whatever - I don't care.
 

MaxG10

MaxG10
<...whistles Tango, orders three pints, the old shape of a white bearded Cmdr looking down from 1.92m height with his somewhat massive appearance approaches table....>

Sooooo, you can do it if you so wish, it is possible, however, with the enormous abundance of painite rocks in double spots, you nearly can shoot blindfold and hit painite, the effort going into mapping is a fun exercise to see how that works while it should not be expected that it is more efiicient than stripmining double painites, it ain't.

Would that be right?

<...places one pint in front of Para, one in front of Ace, smiles at both, empties his in one go, in 2.4 seconds to be precise, and finishes with a astonishingly resounding head-turner, an unblievable loud BUUUURRRP... turns around on the spot and leaves pub laughing out loud...>

;)
 
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