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Mining changed identifid by Serpentinelogic

http://serpentinelogic.wordpress.com/2012/07/29/more-mining-barge-tweaks/

•Tech 1 barges now only require Astrogeology III and Mining Barge I
•Covetor and Hulk lose -500hp from shield, armour and structure (about 20% less effective HP than last build)
•Hulk gets increased yield; one of the +3% bonuses gets buffed to +5%/level
•Procurer gets a massive 4 mid slots (+3 from last build) making it quite tough
•Retriever ore hold goes from 30k to 28k, but more forgiving of those with low barge piloting skills
•Exhumer shields reset to t1 resists + 5% per level (I think – hard to read diffs sometimes)
•Mining crystals reduced to half the volume (inb4 mineral compression….)

•Tech 1 barges now only require Astrogeology III and Mining Barge I

I don't really get that one - when compared to (ie.) BCs, where every ship needs another level of skill - but I guess it kind off makes sense, concidering the different roles the barges now fit.

•Covetor and Hulk lose -500hp from shield, armour and structure (about 20% less effective HP than last build)

A good change when balanced with...

•Hulk gets increased yield; one of the +3% bonuses gets buffed to +5%/level

...that.

•Procurer gets a massive 4 mid slots (+3 from last build) making it quite tough

VERY good change... but leaves the Retreiver the only barge with only 1 mid slot... and it's still lacking in powergrid.
I'd say: Give the retreiver +2 mid slots (3 total) and boost the powergrid on Ret and Mack.

•Retriever ore hold goes from 30k to 28k, but more forgiving of those with low barge piloting skills

That's ok.

•Exhumer shields reset to t1 resists + 5% per level (I think – hard to read diffs sometimes)

Didn't notice that.

•Mining crystals reduced to half the volume (inb4 mineral compression….)

Still too large, but a step into the right direction.

Have the blueprints changed yet? Which barge is setting price point for thier tech?

I was just typing up a post to ask this same question when I saw it had already been asked.

The last I checked, a Covetor was on the order of 30m ISK where a Retriever was less than 10. That difference in hull price will then be further exacerbated by the price of the strip miners, which run almost to 5m each which leads to the Covetor being far more expensive than the other T1 barges even if the hull prices were the same. If anything, the Procuror should be the most expensive hull since it's the cheapest to fit and the Covetor should be slightly cheaper to compensate for the extra expense of the three strip miners and three sets of crystals. All that super technology that it took for ORE to make the strip miner 3x as potent has got to be pretty expensive.

If the tiers in manufacturing cost persist in these larger ships, the effect will be far more pronounced than for the T1 frigates where the cost of the hull is really not a consideration as it is a very small part of the cost of the fitted ship.

New build is up.

What changed?

saving fuel like liquid ozone in cargo in saved fittings

inventory now has a setting (top left) you can check so you don't have to hold in shift to open a new window when clicking the cargo button in space or double clicking on cans/wrecks in space/overview

right clicks for orca fixed

no drone bay right click option for ships that don't have drone bay

oh oops

just the same as it does in space

The build on SiSi has all fixes as of last midnight (GMT) so the right-click and drone bay fixes are not yet in. SiSi is being moved to a release candidate in preparation for the release next week so it will be included in the next update.