I'm new to ED and gaming for that matter. I've been playing for about a week now and I have started to mine. Yesterday I made about 26mil CR mining with a Cobra III, small payload forces you to leave before NPC Pirated get interested. But I was wondering, the hot spot I'm in it seems I have to search and search for the core deposits I'm after. So it got me wondering if an area gets mined out? I tend to find a core deposit of VO, LTD, etc typically in 30-45 mins of searching. Is this normal, or is my deposit about mined out?
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Newcomer / Intro Ring Mining....
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Cores can be depleted - if a core is mined by one player, it stays mined for XX days. Cores are also persistent across instances.
However, asteroid rings are huge, and hotspots only slightly less so. But a single hotspot increases the chances of finding a core only slightly - double or triple overlapping hotspots are better.
But you may be running afoul of another bug that was introduced with the last patch: the PWS seems to work backwards, see the corresponding threads over in Dangerous Discussion and the PC subforum.
However, asteroid rings are huge, and hotspots only slightly less so. But a single hotspot increases the chances of finding a core only slightly - double or triple overlapping hotspots are better.
But you may be running afoul of another bug that was introduced with the last patch: the PWS seems to work backwards, see the corresponding threads over in Dangerous Discussion and the PC subforum.
There is also a phenomenan known as a "notspot" which occurs when, even if there is a listed hotspot of something, there are, in fact, no traces of said material.
Not nice.
I'm not sure if this is being worked on either.
Not nice.
I'm not sure if this is being worked on either.
Writing where exactly did you mine (which system, body, ring and hotspot) would greatly help us to help you.
If you are in "depleted" system, no advice can help you out because all rocks will be poor with material.
You want to mine only in "pristine" system. How to check? Open system map, in upper left select that option with lines (left of bookmark icon). Hover mouse over body with rings, see on panel left something like "Pristine reserves", "Common reserves" etc.
Yes a I imagine a location would be helpful. I have moved on and just headed out to explore and found better rings to mine. I believe the area I was in was LHS 116 I don't remember which planet I was at though. Thank you all for your advice here!
It seems that as of 2 days ago seismic charge launchers have been either removed or replaced by some other kind of sub terrain missile. The description sounds like a seismic charge, but does not function as such. There are no 3 separate size charge notations. The missile just spins as it is launched and explodes immediately when testing in open space. What is the deal?
Seismic charge launchers are still there and still work properly. Maybe you got confused with the the sub-surface displacement missile launcher as that is what it sounds like from your description of its behaviour.
Sub-surface Displacement Missile
Allows recovery of sub-surface deposits from asteroids (requires refinery). — In-Game Description The Sub-surface Displacement Missile is a hardpoint module used in mining. It launches specialized missiles that can dig deep into an asteroid to reach Sub-Surface Deposits. A HUD element displays...
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Seismic Charge Launcher
Allows recovery of deep core material deposits from asteroids (requires refinery).In-Game Description The Seismic Charge Launcher is a hardpoint module used in mining. It uses specialized munitions called seismic charge warheads, which can be fired into Fissures on certain asteroids. A...
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Seismic charge launchers are still there and still work properly. Maybe you got confused with the the sub-surface displacement missile launcher as that is what it sounds like from your description of its behaviour.
Sub-surface Displacement Missile
Allows recovery of sub-surface deposits from asteroids (requires refinery). — In-Game Description The Sub-surface Displacement Missile is a hardpoint module used in mining. It launches specialized missiles that can dig deep into an asteroid to reach Sub-Surface Deposits. A HUD element displays...
Seismic Charge Launcher
Allows recovery of deep core material deposits from asteroids (requires refinery).In-Game Description The Seismic Charge Launcher is a hardpoint module used in mining. It uses specialized munitions called seismic charge warheads, which can be fired into Fissures on certain asteroids. A...
Not confused per se. It seems that seismic launcher will not fit on my Asp Explorer class 1 hardpoint, although abrasion blaster will.
... because Seismic Charge Launchers only come in class 2 size (a repeated complaint / suggestion for change elsewhere on these fora). Whereas SSDM come in 1 and 2.