RES quick explanation, please.

[John Shepard]

I don't consider myself a noob, nor am I an expert. I've packed lots of info in my brain over this game. However, one thing I read over an over from RES is to look for common or above reserves, and ignore depleted ones. Also take into account security.


I was exploring trying to find a good RES near an area and by chance I came upon a system that had a high and hazardous site. Just one of each, but the gas giant said depleted. In this short week + I've never had this good of a run in an RES.


Is this a bug, was it because security was low, or some other factor?

Thank you

 

[vindicator jones]

Low RES
RES
High RES
Hazardous RES

All refer to how dangerous these sites are. Low res means low ranked pirates and lots of security ships.. to Hazardous RES means Higher Ranked Pirates and no Security..

Depleted
Low
Common
Major
Pristine

All refer to the asteroids themselves and how much ore they could possible contain.... Depleted Means hardly anything and Pristine usually means untouched or plentiful..

Also its harder to find pristine locations around the local bubble, you usually have to head outside the bubble or near the boarders to find pristine rings.

Hope that helps.

 

[John Shepard]

Low RES
RES
High RES
Hazardous RES

All refer to how dangerous these sites are. Low res means low ranked pirates and lots of security ships.. to Hazardous RES means Higher Ranked Pirates and no Security..

Depleted
Low
Common
Major
Pristine

All refer to the asteroids themselves and how much ore they could possible contain.... Depleted Means hardly anything and Pristine usually means untouched or plentiful..

Also its harder to find pristine locations around the local bubble, you usually have to head outside the bubble or near the boarders to find pristine rings.

Hope that helps.

Great this entire time I was given the wrong impression by what I have read. Specially since every single time I find anything related to RES, somewhere along the lines the "ignore low and depleted resources sites" appears.


If I may, does this accurately boils it down?

RES, low, RES, RES high, RES hazardous and system security (lower) is the only thing a bounty hunter should be concerned for?

Depleted, Low, Common, Major, Pristine and system security (higher) is what miners shold be concerned for?


If so, does that mean that as a bounty hunter if I find a high, or hazardous site in a low resources or depleted resources ring it still just as viable for bounty hunters as a major reserves ring?

As a bounty hunter then I should only care about RES low/med/high/harz and security of the system then? The rest isn't my concern unless I want to extract actual mineral or metals from the rings?

 

[vindicator jones]

Great this entire time I was given the wrong impression by what I have read. Specially since every single time I find anything related to RES, somewhere along the lines the "ignore low and depleted resources sites" appears.


If I may, does this accurately boils it down?

RES, low, RES, RES high, RES hazardous is the only thing a bounty hunter should be concerned for?

DEpleted, Low, Common, Major, Pristine is what a miner cares for?


If so, does that mean that as a bounty hunter if I find a high, or hazardous site in a low resources or depleted resources ring it still just as viable for bounty hunters as a major reserves ring?

As a bounty hunter then I should only care about RES low/med/high/harz and security of the system then? The rest isn't my concern unless I want to extract actual mineral or metals from the rings?

Well, to make it relatively simple, yes... But really as a miner you do have to take into account security of the system and what type of res site it is, mainly for your own protection. Going into a Hazardous RES zone in a hauler to mine would be utter suicide...

You have to consider not only the quality of the asteroids for mining, but how safe is the system (security level) and what type of RES zone your mining in. Mining in a low security system means there are less patrols in the RES zones.. even if it is a low RES zone..

So to break it down simply you need to consider 3 Aspects when it comes to mining

1.System Security Level - Low securty means there are fewer security patrols Higher Security means there are more security patrols
2.Type of RES site - Low RES means lower grade pirates all the way to High RES which means Higher grade pirates.. The security patrols in these zones is determined by the systems security level. HAZ RES sites have NO security at all.
3.And the quality of the mining site which is Depleted, Low, Common, Major, Pristine etc...

For a bounty hunter, all they need to care about is the level of the RES site, and match that to their current skill level.

I hope that is clear.. lol..

 

[John Shepard]

Well, to make it relatively simple, yes... But really as a miner you do have to take into account security of the system and what type of res site it is, mainly for your own protection. Going into a Hazardous RES zone in a hauler to mine would be utter suicide...

You have to consider not only the quality of the asteroids for mining, but how safe is the system (security level) and what type of RES zone your mining in. Mining in a low security system means there are less patrols in the RES zones.. even if it is a low RES zone..

So to break it down simply you need to consider 3 Aspects when it comes to mining

1.System Security Level - Low securty means there are fewer security patrols Higher Security means there are more security patrols
2.Type of RES site - Low RES means lower grade pirates all the way to High RES which means Higher grade pirates.. The security patrols in these zones is determined by the systems security level. HAZ RES sites have NO security at all.
3.And the quality of the mining site which is Depleted, Low, Common, Major, Pristine etc...

For a bounty hunter, all they need to care about is the level of the RES site, and match that to their current skill level.

I hope that is clear.. lol..

Thank you for the mining input.


Awesome, so as a bounty hunter RES level is what I need to pay attention to.