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So I was getting a little burned out of trading and pirate killing missions so decided it was time for a change of pace....... so it was either exploration or mining.
I should have gone for exploration as I do not have much money for respeccing and I already have an explorer asp,........ so obviously I chose mining!
So now I have a decked out mining python. A lot of 1sts for me as not only have I never used drones, I also have never used turreted weapons and indeed have never shot anything in my python (I have not had it long and just been trading in it untill now).
by the end of it I had a million credits left, with an insurance rebuy of just shy of 4 million.... Again, I should have parked it up and gone out in another ship to get some money in... but no, He who dares and all that!
So off I flew. I did not want to go too far on my 1st go as was finding the ropes so went to leesti (in mobius! with no insurance I aint going near open right now!!!).
So I arrived, and realised I had no ammo for my drones (quick google and i learn that limpets are not ammo and are cargo, which is bought from the munitions "shop" (at this point I was very glad I did not head off into the deep without any practice)
So back i go, get geared up, and then back again to the ring..... where i get attacked.... arm weapons, and my entire ship shuts down.... AGH!!!! I forgot to balance my power after converting from my trade ship.
Power back on I ran away to supercruise and gathered myself. (luckily, knowing i sometimes make mistakes, I ALWAYS have my shields at higher priority than other stuff, so even tho i lost engines, life support and weapons, my shields stayed up!)
power balanced and back again...... 3rd time lucky I hoped...........
And it was!. The mining at leesti is terrible and I do not reccomend it at all but it allowed me to find the ropes. I am not sure i will bother wasting limpets on prospectors in future but they work ok, but the collectors are fantastic and really speed things up..... whilst it maybe wont rival trading, I imagine if I get in a good mining site with 30% chunks of decent metals I think it will bring in enough money to be worth while.
Also my 2 class 3 turreted burst lasers took care of a few cobras etc that decided to attack me. I did not even need to halt mining. In truth I am not sure the python is the best ship for this. I may respec my asp for this job and then get a diamond back explorer to go exploring (to be honest in truth, for PvE the asp really can be the catch all ship of elite dangerous for everything outside of heavy trading but my mission is to have every ship in the game, each one specced out for its own role.
but as i said, if you got this far... in short, mining is quite enjoyable now imo, and whilst long term I hope we get even more too it, such as depositing mining machines on the larger asteroids and then collecting them like a fisherman collecting lobster pots, but for now, its well worth a look imo, esp if you tried it in 1.0 and decided it was not for you.
I should have gone for exploration as I do not have much money for respeccing and I already have an explorer asp,........ so obviously I chose mining!
So now I have a decked out mining python. A lot of 1sts for me as not only have I never used drones, I also have never used turreted weapons and indeed have never shot anything in my python (I have not had it long and just been trading in it untill now).
by the end of it I had a million credits left, with an insurance rebuy of just shy of 4 million.... Again, I should have parked it up and gone out in another ship to get some money in... but no, He who dares and all that!
So off I flew. I did not want to go too far on my 1st go as was finding the ropes so went to leesti (in mobius! with no insurance I aint going near open right now!!!).
So I arrived, and realised I had no ammo for my drones (quick google and i learn that limpets are not ammo and are cargo, which is bought from the munitions "shop" (at this point I was very glad I did not head off into the deep without any practice)
So back i go, get geared up, and then back again to the ring..... where i get attacked.... arm weapons, and my entire ship shuts down.... AGH!!!! I forgot to balance my power after converting from my trade ship.
Power back on I ran away to supercruise and gathered myself. (luckily, knowing i sometimes make mistakes, I ALWAYS have my shields at higher priority than other stuff, so even tho i lost engines, life support and weapons, my shields stayed up!)
power balanced and back again...... 3rd time lucky I hoped...........
And it was!. The mining at leesti is terrible and I do not reccomend it at all but it allowed me to find the ropes. I am not sure i will bother wasting limpets on prospectors in future but they work ok, but the collectors are fantastic and really speed things up..... whilst it maybe wont rival trading, I imagine if I get in a good mining site with 30% chunks of decent metals I think it will bring in enough money to be worth while.
Also my 2 class 3 turreted burst lasers took care of a few cobras etc that decided to attack me. I did not even need to halt mining. In truth I am not sure the python is the best ship for this. I may respec my asp for this job and then get a diamond back explorer to go exploring (to be honest in truth, for PvE the asp really can be the catch all ship of elite dangerous for everything outside of heavy trading but my mission is to have every ship in the game, each one specced out for its own role.
but as i said, if you got this far... in short, mining is quite enjoyable now imo, and whilst long term I hope we get even more too it, such as depositing mining machines on the larger asteroids and then collecting them like a fisherman collecting lobster pots, but for now, its well worth a look imo, esp if you tried it in 1.0 and decided it was not for you.
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