Mining. RES or ring ?

Firestarter · Jul 9, 2015

So, I was thinking of giving mining another go. Didn't get anywhere with it before but it looks to be more accessible with the drones.

So I've watched and read a few guides to figure out how to equip the ship and find the best site and they all agree except on one point...

Is the best place to mine in the RES (high intensity or not) or do you just drop out anywhere on the metallic ring?

Some say there's no difference while others swear the high intensity RES has better yields. What do you say? :S

metatheurgist · Jul 9, 2015

You get more fragments per rock at Hi-RES, but then you also spend more time fighting pirates.

zombieapocalypse · Jul 9, 2015

I just drop out in a ring. Nice and peaceful. If it's pristine metallic you'll find lot's of nice rocks to mine.

BillD · Jul 9, 2015

If I am in a real hurry to get some high yield I visit the local hi res site, but try and keep away from the ships. Some times I am left alone other times they find me and I am hounded or have to leave.
I drop into the ring if I want to left alone or have plenty of time. Sometimes even going into rings some ships may spawn when you first enter. I usually deal with them immediately (or flee if its a strong wing) and then you see nothing for hours.

KaizoMK · Jul 9, 2015

How do you find out if the planet is pristine? I've only seen "metallic" or "metal rich" by selecting the planet. When you select it is it called "pristine metallic planet" or do you find it in details elsewhere?

Aute · Jul 9, 2015

you will see "pristine reserves" in planet description

Firestarter · Jul 10, 2015

KaizoMK said:
How do you find out if the planet is pristine? I've only seen "metallic" or "metal rich" by selecting the planet. When you select it is it called "pristine metallic planet" or do you find it in details elsewhere?

The Metallic or Metal Rich description applies to each ring. The pristine description is under the planet's description and applies to all the rings. Took me a while to find it.

lollo1572 · Jul 10, 2015

Well, you can go to "normal Res" and find good asteroids like in Harma A7 A ring (palladium, osmium, silver, gold, platinum....). Have you found painite somewhere??? Please, tell me!!!

http://imgur.com/a/vEqgv#14

vanrael · Jul 10, 2015

Painite is pretty common in High RES. At least for me. I find always 6-12 painite per 2h of mining (5-15km from center of RES marker). Not sure, but is Feels that when being in range of res (where pirates spawns) that's a range of mining bonus.

Slippery Jim DiGriz · Jul 10, 2015

Not been mining for long but when I was in a RES I would have to break off from mining every few minutes to despatch the suicidal pirates who attacked my Python and in the process invariably lose my position so I'd risk working on rocks I'd already cleaned out.

In a ring I never get disturbed by anybody and the yield seems if anything better per hour although probably not better per rock.

As ever YMMV, different ship, different load-out and any number of other criteria will mean your experience is different from mine. Try them both and see which you prefer.

Senex VII · Jul 10, 2015

No one is ever under any obligation to mine in inhabited space. Why not combine mining with a little exploring? You don't have to go far.

shadragon · Jul 10, 2015

Go to Hi-RES. Once in the instance boost away from the beacon at least 100KM and begin mining there. Much more peaceful and I've only had one ghost contact with zero pirate interactions.

Deep space mining has more encounters IMHO.

Goblin King · Jul 10, 2015

Senex VII said:
No one is ever under any obligation to mine in inhabited space. Why not combine mining with a little exploring? You don't have to go far.

This, this is what I agree with, combining exploration and mining can really help if you find one of them can eventually get a bit too much and you want to do something else. Plus it adds a lot more meaning to exploration when scanning a new system and you discover a pristine source.

Philip Coutts · Jul 10, 2015

My advice is to do a bit of exploring and mix it up with mining. Go and find your own asteroid belt or ring and then enjoy the rewards!

Quineloe · Jul 10, 2015

shadragon said:
Go to Hi-RES. Once in the instance boost away from the beacon at least 100KM and begin mining there. Much more peaceful and I've only had one ghost contact with zero pirate interactions.

Deep space mining has more encounters IMHO.

You might as well drop in no mans land then, because if you go further than 20km away, the high RES bonus goes away as well

shadragon · Jul 10, 2015

Quineloe said:
You might as well drop in no mans land then, because if you go further than 20km away, the high RES bonus goes away as well

I've been getting good returns so far. That said, I've been doing more deep space stuff than res mining.

Organic · Jul 11, 2015

Approaching at a shallow angle you can normally drop into the RES between 50- 200km away. I've found plenty of Painite and all metals at that distance. No pirates too!

Zenith · Jul 11, 2015

With the yields I've been seeing in a pristine metallic ring this week, I'd say avoid the Hi-RES and just drop into the ring.
Less time dodging ships means more time actually mining which nicely offsets the bonus for hi-RES mining.
I recently left a 3 hour session with 78t Osmium, 40t Gold. 35t Palladium, 24t Platinum and 14t Painite. If it wasn't for the Abres CG then I'd ditch the Osmium and concentrate on Painite, Platinum and Palladium.

If you pick your metals and vent the crud quickly, you can maintain a reasonable rate.

Firestarter · Jul 11, 2015

Philip Coutts said:
My advice is to do a bit of exploring and mix it up with mining. Go and find your own asteroid belt or ring and then enjoy the rewards!

That's what I've been doing. I'm just on the edge of inhabited space and I'll keep exploring until I hopefully find some pristine metallic rings. I did find pristine metallic asteroid belt and dropped onto that. But there was only about ten asteroid. I mined them and got some rare metals including a couple each of palladium and platinum. It was awkward to mine because of being tricky to know where I'd already been.