When enough ore is floating in containers to make a hauling trip worthwhile, you can then switch to an industrial ship with a much larger cargo capacity and collect your ore in one or two trips. Every time your cargo hold fills up, you can dump it into this temporary container. A popular alternative strategy involves jettisoning your ore into space, which places it in a large temporary container with a maximum capacity of 27,500m3. A basic strategy, commonly referred to as as ninja-mining, involves docking every time your cargo-hold fills to offload your ore immediately. When mining solo, a player has to periodically dock and offload his mined ore.
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Mining barges can also field a full set of five mining drones and have the added advantage of being able to fit ice harvesters to mine ice asteroids. As mining is usually considered a very boring activity, it's very desirable to be able to leave your ship unattended for several minutes in the background while you do other things. That means the ship can be left completely unattended for around five minutes before its cargo hold will need to be emptied. If you've got a little ISK to spare for two tech 2 cargo expanders and three medium tech 1 cargohold optimisation rigs, a Retriever can hold almost 5,000m3 of ore. The smaller Procurer is outclassed by most cruisers, and the training time required to pilot a Retriever is roughly the same as that required to get into a cruiser.Īlthough it's possible to mine around the same amount as you'd get in a Retriever using a specialised mining cruiser like the Osprey or Scythe, the Retriever has the invaluable benefit of having a massive cargo hold. Today, the Retriever medium-sized mining barge should be treated as the entry-level ship for mining. Before the introduction of mining barges many years ago, mining had to be done in cruisers and battleships designed for combat. This is largely a throwback to the days when standard mining lasers were the only way to mine. Technically, any ship with turret hardpoints can fit a couple of standard mining lasers and start hoovering up rocks like they're made of solid gold (which in the case of Omber might just be true). I look at the entry-level ship requirements for efficient mining and popular strategies for both solo and group mining. In this week's EVE Evolved, I give a run-down of the basics of mining for new players. Mining as a group is usually a more efficient use of the time of each player in the group and can make a great bonding experience for a corporation. On the other end of the scale, corporations and alliances will sometimes run large co-operative mining operations for war funds or personal profit. Busy EVE players will often set themselves up to mine solo while reading a good book or watching TV. Mining can be a good way to make some extra ISK during a lull in corp activity or while you're busy doing other things. In all the time that the EVE Evolved column has been running, it struck me that I had never really written a guide for mining. Mining is a very low-activity process that can be done at the same time as other tasks, much in the same way that hauling items for trade or running courier missions can be done in the background. Sitting down to clear out a few asteroid belts or put a dent in a massive ice asteroid can be a very relaxing way to make ISK. Although it's not everyone's cup of tea, mining is one of EVE Online's oldest and most easily accessible professions.
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