Yeah. If you ever run a build with multiple prospectors, it sucks when you fire the first one at a far roid and the second one at a nearer roid. A ping helps prevent that.
Question about mining
- Thread starter lysan
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I'm currently trying to mine 40t of Osmium. I want two of the pre engineered mining lasers (it's just a goal I've set myself and I'm enjoying the T8). Any tips? Small yields everywhere I've been.
First and most obviously, mine in pristine metallic rings. I'm sure you know, I'm just trying to be thorough. Just pick a random spot, no hot spots.
Mine the small yields. They add up. I mine anything over 10% for osmium. You're only after 40 tons. If you bypass 40 asteroids with osmium to mine 3 high-yield ones, you'll have 12 tons of Osmium when you could have been done.
Use your pulse wave analyzer, check the yellow asteroids. Every surface deposit or fragment from a subsurface deposit is close to a ton by itself.
Be patient. In the time it took me to pick up 62 tons of platinum to participate in the recent community goal, I picked up only 19 tons of osmium (and 33 tons of palladium, for reference--that was in a platinum hot spot, though; the ratios might have been better elsewhere). I think I spent two hours, but it might have been 3. I didn't keep track.
Mine the small yields. They add up. I mine anything over 10% for osmium. You're only after 40 tons. If you bypass 40 asteroids with osmium to mine 3 high-yield ones, you'll have 12 tons of Osmium when you could have been done.
Use your pulse wave analyzer, check the yellow asteroids. Every surface deposit or fragment from a subsurface deposit is close to a ton by itself.
Be patient. In the time it took me to pick up 62 tons of platinum to participate in the recent community goal, I picked up only 19 tons of osmium (and 33 tons of palladium, for reference--that was in a platinum hot spot, though; the ratios might have been better elsewhere). I think I spent two hours, but it might have been 3. I didn't keep track.
I went team mining with my brother last night. After 4 hours on the day I posted this I got 4 units mining pristine metallic. When I went mining with my bro, I got 22 units. Frustrating as all hell. I was hoping there'd have been some improvement since I stopped playing about 5 years ago.
Cheers for the reply!
This Reddit thread is basically all the mining info in one spot. If you want to mine for merits check out meritminer.
Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/EliteMiners/comments/os2ldn/psa_the_current_state_of_mining_and_other_useful/
Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/EliteMiners/comments/os2ldn/psa_the_current_state_of_mining_and_other_useful/