Pilot Archive
Thread: Petition To Increase Space Mining Efficiency
Stop with the petitions, devs have said they don't care/don't listen to them.
On a positive note - shipwright prices are based on the time it takes them to get the resources. There's nothing stopping you as a pilot from heading out and getting the resources you need for whatever it is you're purchasing. I frequently mine my own rock, then head over to a shipwright friend to have it turned into something useful.
Check the shipwright FAQ for recipies/asteroid locations.
The pub 18 bug that prevent's people from getting there tractor beem, higher efficency mineing laser and the Y-8 mineing ship does.
Attacca wrote:
There's nothing stopping you as a pilot from heading out and getting the resources you need for whatever it is you're purchasing.
Washell wrote:
It doesn't prevent you from buying a tractor beam, cargo hold and a ship chassis from an sw though.
True, but your cargo hold is limited to 1.5k as opposed to 35k on a Y-8. Fighter mineing is far from practical.
Good point. Better to complain about it endlessly than to work to solve your own problems.
Personally, I find starfighter mining to be more efficient anyhow, since I can perform the operation much faster.
Attacca wrote:
Good point. Better to complain about it endlessly than to work to solve your own problems.
Personally, I find starfighter mining to be more efficient anyhow, since I can perform the operation much faster.
Me too... and I don't have to subject my friends to the insane boredom of mining
AzzixxSWG wrote:
Washell wrote:
It doesn't prevent you from buying a tractor beam, cargo hold and a ship chassis from an sw though.
True, but your cargo hold is limited to 1.5k as opposed to 35k on a Y-8. Fighter mineing is far from practical.
POB hold then?
If done right and a bit of luck you can tractor in up to 8 or so small rocks as soon as the medium roid blows up (stay 50-80m behind and spam tractor as soon as you fire the last hit) you should hear the sound and no small roids will appear since they are already in youre hold 
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It takes no time at all to fill up youre hold this way.
Fun to turn, boost, blast and pivot. I've gone to Three lasers just because... I've found you can kill all the asteroid bandits you need, as well, with just mining lasers and WO3 hehe.
CharlieX-DaV wrote:
IMO it takes to long to mine supplies for minerals. This in turns makes Shipwrights charge high prices for the POB stuff because they have to pay their miners large sums. here's a list of things i think would help
1) Higher Quantities per astorid
They recently reduced the amount of ore you get from the chunks, I fear it won't get an increase.
2) No more "chasing" the astorids
If you do it right you won't be chacing the rocks more than 700m from the roid
3) Larger cargo holds
35k cargo hold isn't large enough?
just some ideas, feel free to add some of your and make sure to /sign