Does anyone use their Python for mining?
I want to go back to doing some mining (I know it is not very profitable, but it is quite relaxing) - I've traded my way up to an Anaconda and want to take a break from trading for a bit.
I was going to outfit my Type 7 as a mining dredge, but remembering how many pirates used to show up when I mined with my sidewinder then Cobra, I thought that a decent combat ship would allow me to claim some bounties into the bargain. Esp as NPC pirates seem to scale with combat rank, I should be looking at getting interrupted by Clippers, Pythons, Dropships and Anacondas - if recent interdictions while trading are anything to go by.
I would keep all my large weapons, fit a class 2 mining laser in one of the medium hardpoint slots, fit a 10-bin 4A refinery, and keep my 5A shield cell bank.
I know a good system with pristine metallic asteroids (that also has an outpost), so any cargo space I can't fill I could just stock up on other metals and jump to the nearest system to trade.
Any thoughts? Running costs might be the only concern I guess.
P.S. Excited to see where Painite turns up in 1.2!
I want to go back to doing some mining (I know it is not very profitable, but it is quite relaxing) - I've traded my way up to an Anaconda and want to take a break from trading for a bit.
I was going to outfit my Type 7 as a mining dredge, but remembering how many pirates used to show up when I mined with my sidewinder then Cobra, I thought that a decent combat ship would allow me to claim some bounties into the bargain. Esp as NPC pirates seem to scale with combat rank, I should be looking at getting interrupted by Clippers, Pythons, Dropships and Anacondas - if recent interdictions while trading are anything to go by.
I would keep all my large weapons, fit a class 2 mining laser in one of the medium hardpoint slots, fit a 10-bin 4A refinery, and keep my 5A shield cell bank.
I know a good system with pristine metallic asteroids (that also has an outpost), so any cargo space I can't fill I could just stock up on other metals and jump to the nearest system to trade.
Any thoughts? Running costs might be the only concern I guess.
P.S. Excited to see where Painite turns up in 1.2!
