Pilot Archive
Thread: Huge probplem with mineing after Hot Fix patch
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AzzixxSWG
Thu Jul 28, 2005 5:41 am
#1
They (developers)just can't not screw something up that was working perfectly finewhen they make patches. I'll keep this very short, very simple.
I know exactly how to mine fast and efficiently and I am very experienced at this gig. Prior to the patch I have been able to mine 10k-15k of anything per hour. Last night I couldnt even get 4k in 1 hour of anything.Thismakes an allready impractical past time unrealistic to do.
psikobunny
Thu Jul 28, 2005 6:02 am
#2
Keeping it short and simple doesn't really cut it in this case I'm afraid. Explain what is wrong with mining and why it's going so much slower now.
AzzixxSWG
Thu Jul 28, 2005 6:09 am
#3
psikobunny wrote:
Keeping it short and simple doesn't really cut it in this case I'm afraid. Explain what is wrong with mining and why it's going so much slower now.
I have no idea why it's slower. My only guess is they reduced the amount of resorces you get out of the small chunks. I had a pilot sweeping up the astroid bandits so I didn't have to deal with the increased bandit spawn from publish 20.
miodac
Thu Jul 28, 2005 6:26 am
#4
If you dont know the factors influencing how much you can mine and hence cannot comment on what has changed, you cant be much of an expert miner.
Joint_Maker
Thu Jul 28, 2005 6:33 am
#5
AzzixxSWG wrote:
They (developers)just can't not screw something up that was working perfectly finewhen they make patches. I'll keep this very short, very simple.
I know exactly how to mine fast and efficiently and I am very experienced at this gig. Prior to the patch I have been able to mine 10k-15k of anything per hour. Last night I couldnt even get 4k in 1 hour of anything.Thismakes an allready impractical past time unrealistic to do.
Well, every pilot I know was or is able to make 1.5k in 10-20 mins. That gives more or less the 4k per hour your are gaining now.
So, either you were using a non-so-legal tactic to mine or everyone else dont know how to mine...
Now that your tactic has been... "fixed" (? 
) you could explain how you were making 10-15k per hour?
) you could explain how you were making 10-15k per hour?
AzzixxSWG
Thu Jul 28, 2005 6:41 am
#6
1.5k in 20 minutes? I would have given up this hobbie long ago. I knotices the mass majority of people are clueless about mineing. I can (used to) fill a 1.5k hold in less than 5 minutes, I had to upgrade to a much bigger hold. Below is (was)the secret to success. So I'm guessing I need to raise the price from 35cpu to something higher to reduce the demand or atleast make mineral orders much more reasonable.
Y-8 space mineing
Pre requisits:
- 2 accounts 2 computers (someone has to be in the top turret at all times, I can't imagine an actual player wanting to do this)
Equip your Y-8 like this:
- Top turret is the tractor beem
- fixed forward gun is your Y-8 elite mineing laser
- rear mounted wapon you can do with as you please, its mostly useless
- droid progrms: Reactor OL4, Cap OL4, Engine OL 3, Weapon OL 3, Shield shunt 4
- Cargo hold, bigger is better
When you launch:
- 2nd account get in 1 of the 2 opperations chair and run the 4 overloads.
- after over loads are complete move the 2nd account to the upper turret
- Toggle the Tractor beem on with the 2nd account (doing it from the pilot seat will only turn on an imaginary tractor beem that does nothing)
- While looking in first person view pilots chair adjust the tractor beem so that half of the beem runs down the middle-left strutt in the forward window. This approxamatly intersects your reticle's cross hair at 50m-150m from target rock.
- Once the beem is aimed the pilot needs to zoom out to external view. You cant see jack from the interior view.
- use the laser on the big rock to break of a chunk
- Target the chunk and match its speed.
- Optimal distance to target is 50m-150m. if it's farther than 180m, just turn around and break off another chunk. dont bother chaceing anything.
- Aim the beem at the center of rotation, Put the white flashlight on the green lead indicator.
- Tap the chunk with the laser and SLURP 90-100% of the chunk instanly pops in your hold. Most of the time I do not bother picking up the small potatos the splatter around. but if you must you will be at the same speed as the little rocks for EZ pickup with the beem.
If I were to do this in a fighter, I would use auto follow instead of matching target speed. A fighter is better able to adjust speed than the Y-8 and autofollow puts you in the most optomal distance and aimed at the center of rotation.
Croll
Fri Jul 29, 2005 12:06 am
#7
Rates of mining aside I say sticky this! Finally a viable method of mining with the "mining" ship.
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