New excuse to explore local space

drkaii

drkaii
Just in case people have missed the bandwagon, mining is now pretty awesome. Reason I say that here is because it's awesome for explorers too (it always has been, but now at least the mining aspect itself is good).

Local space is packed with tens of thousands of systems which explorers usually ignore for various reasons including wanting to go far, wanting to find unfound stuff, wanting to make money etc.

Well, if a part of you always regretted that it's pretty time wasting to explore local space, you now have an excuse.

One part of mining involves finding rings with pristine reserves. There are a lot already revealed in local space so you can just explore the map and find one, or you could even go to all of those systems where the system data is unavailable and try and find pristine reserves there. That's exploring, through and through. Then you can settle on one you find particularly interesting/pretty, spend a while mining there, and then move on to another. And it isn't time wasting because you get to make a fair profit now doing it.

It's also good because
a) it breaks the routine of exploring, giving you good reason to stop in systems and try something different and a bit more challenging
b) you have more ship choices as jump range is less important


For all those that never even considered mining (like me) or never considered that it could actually be fun (like me), feel free to check my thread linked in the first sentence of this post, where I try and explain why it's actually and unexpectedly really fun :)
 
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Murishani

Murishani
awesome, Id be interested to know more, I wanted to do mining but when I tried it pre-drones I ran the other direction screaming.
 

Engadine

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Murishani said:
awesome, Id be interested to know more, I wanted to do mining but when I tried it pre-drones I ran the other direction screaming.
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Haha......

Same here, I think I tried it for all of 5 mins and just didn't see the appeal.

Hopefully with the Drones doing the fetching it'll be more enjoyable. I'll certainly have a look at trying a bit of Mining/Exploring at some time in the future.
 

b0rg9

b0rg9
I'm between explorations currently hanging out in local space attempting to better round myself in the game. I've been tooling around in a Cobra fitted with best gimbaled beams and turreted cannons you can put on it -- and for the last few days have just been wandering around hauling stuff place-to-place *hoping* to get interdicted rather than trying to avoid it. So far only one taker that stayed around. The other inderdicted then ran. I'm afraid my combat rank of Harmless may be around for a while (not like I really care that much).

Anyway, to my point -- Exploration is the main reason I bought into this game. I could traverse the galaxy for months and not tire of it at this point. However, I don't want to exclude myself from other aspects of the game without giving them a chance.

The one career I *did* have written off in my mind (until reading your linked post) was mining. I couldn't see the appeal even enough to give it a try. But now I'm going to go try it for a bit.

I like my credits but I'm certainly no credit hoarder like some people play. So the last few days just regular low-quantity trading for peanuts and the hopes of some PvE combat have been fine. If I go out for mining and spend more time figuring it out than making mad cash then that will be entertaining as well.

Thanks for the post and repped!:cool:
 

drkaii

drkaii
Murishani said:
awesome, Id be interested to know more, I wanted to do mining but when I tried it pre-drones I ran the other direction screaming.
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Same with me :D

b0rg9 said:
I'm between explorations currently hanging out in local space attempting to better round myself in the game. I've been tooling around in a Cobra fitted with best gimbaled beams and turreted cannons you can put on it -- and for the last few days have just been wandering around hauling stuff place-to-place *hoping* to get interdicted rather than trying to avoid it. So far only one taker that stayed around. The other inderdicted then ran. I'm afraid my combat rank of Harmless may be around for a while (not like I really care that much).

Anyway, to my point -- Exploration is the main reason I bought into this game. I could traverse the galaxy for months and not tire of it at this point. However, I don't want to exclude myself from other aspects of the game without giving them a chance.

The one career I *did* have written off in my mind (until reading your linked post) was mining. I couldn't see the appeal even enough to give it a try. But now I'm going to go try it for a bit.

I like my credits but I'm certainly no credit hoarder like some people play. So the last few days just regular low-quantity trading for peanuts and the hopes of some PvE combat have been fine. If I go out for mining and spend more time figuring it out than making mad cash then that will be entertaining as well.

Thanks for the post and repped!:cool:
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I'm also a pure explorer at heart. Same as you I could do only that and be happy. Was thinking of heading out again, and probably will do soon, but this mining+exploring thing will probably take a bit of my time.

I'll probably make the last Deep Space Survey video about being an explorer-miner and that will make the best ending to that exploration series :)

You've got a cobra, it's a really great miner. Glad I've helped inspire you a bit :)
 
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Patau82

Patau82
making my way home only 1kly to go, hoping to give it a try when I get back. wish I was already kitted out keep finding metallic and metal rich rings :)
oh yeah, New Yembo might be a good spot to mine last time I was there I saw around 30 resource extraction sites ;)
 
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drkaii

drkaii
Patau82 said:
making my way home only 1kly to go, hoping to give it a try when I get back. wish I was already kitted out keep finding metallic and metal rich rings :)
oh yeah, New Yembo might be a good spot to mine last time I was there I saw around 30 resource extraction sites ;)
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Telling us where it is kinda takes the "exploration" aspect away don't ya think? :p
 

Dommarraa

Dommarraa
If you do go mining, don't sell your unique metals on the market (panite etc) carry them around till you see a chunky paying mission for them.
 

TruffleSnout

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My whole character idea was as a prospector. The plan was to take a ship outfitted for both mining and exploration, and do my exploring until I found the Pristine Metallic Grail, then mine carp out of it.

Then I did mining for about 5 minutes. Actually, it wasn't 5 minutes of mining. It was 30 seconds of mining and 4 1/2 minutes of scooping/missing/scooping/cussing/scooping.

I'm going to dust off the prospector idea again now that the drones are here.
 

NVNM

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Sounds interesting. How would you outfit a Miner-Explorer type ship then, just stuff it full of both types of equipment and ignore jump range entirely?
 

TruffleSnout

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Yeah, pretty much. I'd only go with 1 type 1 mining laser. No need for more. Out there it's not like a Pirate's going to try and sneak up on you, so you can take your sweet time. I also would only take a 2-bin refinery and reject everything except platinum/paladium. Probably do 4 bin now with Painite being mineable.

That idea works for an Asp or bigger. If you're exploring in something smaller you'd have a few more tradeoffs to make. Shield might need to go, probably have to lose the AFMU(s), and maybe even ditch the Detailed Surface Scanner (you can still scan a planet by targeting it - and that should tell you the ring type - you just don't get as much info or money for it).
 

drkaii

drkaii
NVNM said:
Sounds interesting. How would you outfit a Miner-Explorer type ship then, just stuff it full of both types of equipment and ignore jump range entirely?
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Hard to answer that, you really have to find your own. A well outfitted cobra or clipper for mining will still have a jump range of more than 20ly which is enough for "local" exploring. My clipper is pretty much A-grade, and good weapons - only thing lacking is shields, which are only B6. I'd also like A scanners and life support (my mate died because he ran out of oxygen after escaping a fight and getting interdicted just before the starport...)
 

NVNM

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I had hoped to start mining on the side in my Cobra, but I suppose I'll have to upgrade a bit before it becomes efficient then.
 

drkaii

drkaii
Of course you can go in a cobra. It's pretty ideal for mining at that price range. Good hold, good jump range, space for defence modules :)
FYI I am mining a pristine metallic only 80ly from Sol right now. Add me in game and come join me :) - CMDR Dr. Kaii
 
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domaq

domaq
I've used this build in the past, minus the collector/prospector controllers.
http://www.edshipyard.com/#/L=70g,0_g01Q0Ga0_gmpWH9WH9W,2-7_7_7_6u6Q8S8I,0AA5Vk0a67Pc05U02M2UI
Jump range isn't very important but survivability is when mining in metal-rich or pristine areas (especially RES). Just based on what I've read, the prospector limpets aren't necessary for anyone who has shot at a chunk of rock before. They would replace mining lasers. I can attest to the fact that Med mining lasers are much more effective than the Small ones. I put a 5A collector controller to give you plenty of time for them to collect before dying.
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If you do go out with drones, remember they will take up cargo space and "die" after a set amount of time. Mining will not be a one-for-one trade in your cargo between drone and 1t of refined material.
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I also like at least 8 bins but you could reduce that as well.
 
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