If that's your gig don't let me stop you but if you're trying to mine for any level of efficiency that's the worst thing you can do.
Type-9 or Type-10 for mining?
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I do my mining in a Type-9.
With 720 tons of cargo space, I can literally mine all day, and when I come in full, let's just say the bills all get paid.
With 720 tons of cargo space, I can literally mine all day, and when I come in full, let's just say the bills all get paid.
Parked up close to the first asteroid for limpet-collector efficienty, it's a bad thing to have a second asteroid in my sights for the mining lasers while I wait for the collectors to do their thing? I naturally move close to the second asteroid when the limpets are done with the first asteroid.
Anaconda
This, honestly.
By the time you properly outfit a T10 for mining, you might have a tiny bit more cargo than an Anaconda, but considerably worse shielding. A fair amount of the armor that the T10 is famous for is likely taken up by cargo slots and gear.
A plain Anaconda can get nearly triple the shielding, with a generator two sizes smaller, and the same amount of shield boosters. It has plenty of firepower for defense, and the ability to apply it more effectively.
Compared to the T10, the T9 takes a hit both defensively and offensively, but two class 8 cargo slots make up for it, especially when engineers get involved.
Of course this is for strip mining. If you’re hunting cores, a fast medium for seeking out rocks is sometimes better.
At the end of the day, whatever you feel comfortable flying is what you should use. You’re gonna be a billionaire soon anyway, if you aren’t already.
I 've lost my Coriolis builds unfortunately, but having mined both with the T9 and T10, i much prefer the T10. Better maneuverability, better defense and offense. Better style too. I 've kept the T10 for traditional mining, and use the T9 as a hauler (when not using the trader Cutter for that).
Yes because a single medium mining laser is 3 times faster than the small ones.
Plus, I'm not sure how your limpets are collecting that slowly tbh since my 12 keep up with 5 medium lasers.
Whatever floats your boat. I can make hundreds of millions per hour mining if I want to. If this is too little for you, too bad.
Im gonna need a video then because as it stands now I have spent hours looking to improve my mining rates and I can't find one video that exceeds what I'm doing.
And im honestly asking for links or any other information. Ive been min-maxxing my mining for funsies and unmapped im exceeding 360 million per hour.
Not "402 million in 69 minutes and calling it 400 million an hour" (that's 349.56 million per hour) but actually >360m per 60 minutes.
I use an Anaconda for core mining, it's agile and fast enough I can hop between core asteroids, and get the job done, it's large enough to hold more ore than I can be bothered to mine, and able to defend itself all the way to sell it, and also jump further.
depends on whether or not ur gonna log out mid-mining...
I don't have to prove anything to you. I'm happy with my mining rates, and this sounds suspiciously like you're inviting to an e-peen comparing session. You mine in your way, I mine in my own way. End of discussion.
K bro.
I stated that im looking for information. If you think that means im looking for a contest that's on your own insecurities.
I eventually settled on one of my Cutters. It doesn't matter who wins or loses but how good you look playing the game. o7
I eventually settled on one of my Cutters. It doesn't matter who wins or loses but how good you look playing the game. o7
Shame the cutter looks terrible then.
It really all comes down to how much survivability means to you and how you think you can cope with situations with a 1300MJ shield + no maneuverability which is what you will have in a T9. T9 cant be missed so you got zero evasion and need to be really on your game to survive a non-consensual PvP encounter. And it is one of those situations as Captain Picard says to Mr. Data : "One can commit no mistakes and sill lose.". Upshot is it is much the better miner than the T10 for PAININTE MINING only. I would never even attempt to try a T9(or even a T10) as a core miner, they just wont work(or be miserable beyond belief).
My T9 Painite Mining build is here : https://s.orbis.zone/510g
T10 is a very survivable ship, even in a mining configuration and aught have no trouble surviving. Shield is good, can be boosted up by those 8 utility slots(7 for the shield, 1 for PD(on front)). Can be tanked really well, works with armored power plant. It is a combat ship not a mining ship. Recently made/fixed a T10 mining build for someone and its here : https://s.orbis.zone/510h, comments about it here : https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/my-new-type-10-minuet-miner.529204/post-8136198
Very similar post to a recently asked/answered question, you might get some good ideas looking through that thread.
Question between T9/T10 is just survivability vs mining ability. Need to make a decision where on that scale is best for your style of play/situations you will likely encounter.
Reading again you currently using a Corvette? That is an amazing mining ship especially for Core Mining. There are some benefits to the T9 for Painite mining but I would just forget the T10 in the case you got an already built Corvette and just use that for when you might think you would need the T10. I put together a really sweet Corvette (Core Only)mining build here that I hope to make soon : https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/my-new-type-10-minuet-miner.529204/page-2#post-8137112
CMDR Gavin786
Went Painite mining today, left the seismic charge launcher and abrasion blaster home and immediately regretted it, so many Painite cores! 
So I was stuck surface mining and picked up 116 tons in a couple of hours, only took 250 limpets with me 
, when I ran out of limpets I sold my Painite, made over 78,000,000. Not bad for my first try at Painite surface mining but, what I learned mining deep-core VO will serve me well on my next outing. Just purchased another SCL and AB, 500 limpets, still got 5 mining lasers and ready for the morning 
. o7
So I was stuck surface mining and picked up 116 tons in a couple of hours, only took 250 limpets with me , when I ran out of limpets I sold my Painite, made over 78,000,000. Not bad for my first try at Painite surface mining but, what I learned mining deep-core VO will serve me well on my next outing. Just purchased another SCL and AB, 500 limpets, still got 5 mining lasers and ready for the morning . o7
Only 116T and you went through 250 limpets, oh those poor mistreated minions, I am surprised they didn't rise up and destroy you! Hell I get 136T on my Krait (128T cargo plus 8 in the refinery) and I leave with 80-90 limpets and normally have to jettison 10 - 20, and that is just surface mining lolWent Painite mining today, left the seismic charge launcher and abrasion blaster home and immediately regretted it, so many Painite cores!
I have one question to all people using the Cutter for mining.
How the hell do you stop it without crashing into the asteroid everytime? Do you use engineered thrusters?
How the hell do you stop it without crashing into the asteroid everytime? Do you use engineered thrusters?