Sorry for the multitude of threads but I find it easiest to start a new one for each question I have. I understand that this game is very different from EVE but durring my time playing EVE I was primarily a Miner. I enjoy the grind and finding a few close friends to run interference while I do so and I was wondering how I would go about getting back into this kind of profession in this game. I need to know things like what kind of ship, modules and how to go about mining in general. The tutorials are good for learning basic combat and ship controls but do little in the way of helping people to learn how to get started in the different career paths
Mining
- Thread starter LoneArcticWolf
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http://elite-dangerous.wikia.com/wiki/Elite:_Dangerous_Wiki
Players guide:
http://hosting.zaonce.net/elite/website/assets/English-PlayersGuidev1.04-INTERACTIVE.pdf
*note, we do not have one for xbox yet.
Players guide:
http://hosting.zaonce.net/elite/website/assets/English-PlayersGuidev1.04-INTERACTIVE.pdf
*note, we do not have one for xbox yet.
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Was kind of hoping for someone who has started to give a few general pointers. Dont have the patience to comb through a 200 page guide to find the two pages i need
Coming from EvE, I'd figured you'd already youtubed everything on ED.
[video=youtube_share;EkU-1SJ_7a4]https://youtu.be/EkU-1SJ_7a4[/video]
[video=youtube_share;EkU-1SJ_7a4]https://youtu.be/EkU-1SJ_7a4[/video]
Been about a year since ive been able to play EVE and I kinda just stumbled upon this game last night lol. Thanks for the help and patience
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Go to Atins, second planet, innermost part of the ring. Mine it.
Go to Jura, 6th planet, innermost part of the ring. Mine it.
Carry limpets = 3/5 your cargo space and the biggest refinery you can afford. Start with a controller that can control 2 collector limpets. Do not target anything, make sure cargo scoop is out, launch limpet, knock rocks off with mining laser. Allocate incoming minerals to refinery bins. Sell.
Short enough for ya?
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I would start off in belt clusters. Pretty nice loot, I think I've seen one pirate and you have the whole place to yourself to get the feel for it
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So you wanna be like Bruce Willis in Armaggon. See if you can find this: -
http://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/techa...rth-£35-trillion-set-to-pass-earth/ar-AAdcNbL
http://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/techa...rth-£35-trillion-set-to-pass-earth/ar-AAdcNbL
Mining isn't the most glamorous trade but it is probably the easiest way to make your millions. I posted this elsewhere but general tips...
Pristine metallic is pretty rare. Some kind folks have been compiling the known ones here http://m.imgur.com/a/vEqgv#
When sellng then you always get a lot more if you take the mining missions. Worth swapping between solo and open to collect the missions you want. It doesn't take long to switch from solo to open or back again.
Sell at high tech stations.
Get allied with all the factions in the station you sell at so that you get access to more of the missions.
About half your cargo capacity of collector drones is usually enough. A bit more in the larger ships.
Tweak your sensor range (I think the default is PgUp PgDn keys) when you're in the asteroid field so that you can see where the next closest asteroid is but not so much that it clutters up the whole radar screen.
Work your way toward the planet so that you don't keep returning to the same, depleted, asteroid.
If you have a fragment targeted when you launch your limpet it will be programmed to collect only that fragment and then self destruct. You can target stuff while the limpets are working without causing them to self destruct.
Avoid mining elongated asteroids that are tumbling and rotating, it will kill your limpets.
If an asteroid is rotating use laser to hit either the extreme edge of the asteroid or hit the point around which the asteroid is turning. This will get the fragments clear of the asteroid and so safe to collect.
Pristine metallic is pretty rare. Some kind folks have been compiling the known ones here http://m.imgur.com/a/vEqgv#
When sellng then you always get a lot more if you take the mining missions. Worth swapping between solo and open to collect the missions you want. It doesn't take long to switch from solo to open or back again.
Sell at high tech stations.
Get allied with all the factions in the station you sell at so that you get access to more of the missions.
About half your cargo capacity of collector drones is usually enough. A bit more in the larger ships.
Tweak your sensor range (I think the default is PgUp PgDn keys) when you're in the asteroid field so that you can see where the next closest asteroid is but not so much that it clutters up the whole radar screen.
Work your way toward the planet so that you don't keep returning to the same, depleted, asteroid.
If you have a fragment targeted when you launch your limpet it will be programmed to collect only that fragment and then self destruct. You can target stuff while the limpets are working without causing them to self destruct.
Avoid mining elongated asteroids that are tumbling and rotating, it will kill your limpets.
If an asteroid is rotating use laser to hit either the extreme edge of the asteroid or hit the point around which the asteroid is turning. This will get the fragments clear of the asteroid and so safe to collect.
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I will note that it appears different systems have different underlying compositions. I.e.: one pristine metallic ring is not the same as all the others. I have found some that drop substantially more painite and others that drop a lot of palladium/platinum. I am in the process of trying to prove this with some statistics.
Short form: don't just mine the first pristine metallic you can get to. Mine one that's full of the chunky goodness.