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Best Alpha ship for mining?
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Razer Aluega
Doomheim
#1 - 2017-03-02 10:14:43 UTC
Well. Title explains all. Big smile

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Ijon-Tichy
Ze One Man Show
#2 - 2017-03-02 11:51:15 UTC  |  Edited by: Ijon-Tichy
Razer Aluega
Doomheim
#3 - 2017-03-02 13:42:50 UTC
Ijon-Tichy wrote:
Venture.

Also EVE is a lot of reading third party sites and/or watching youtube...

http://wiki.eveuniversity.org/Main_Page
https://www.thealphasguide.com/
https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=501235
https://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/5cr7dm/eve_online_new_player_alpha_clone_guide/


Thanks a lot!

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erg cz
Federal Jegerouns
#4 - 2017-03-02 16:08:20 UTC
Ijon-Tichy wrote:
Venture.



Only if you afk mining. If you can launch MTU and do jetison very often - its a Gnosis. Mix of mining upgrades and cargohold expanders in low slots. 5 mining lasers + 2 mining laser upgrades still gives you more m3 / minute and you still have 2300 m3 cargohold buffer. 5 drones is better defense as well.

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Owen Levanth
Sagittarius Unlimited Exploration
#5 - 2017-03-02 19:13:45 UTC
erg cz wrote:
Ijon-Tichy wrote:
Venture.



Only if you afk mining. If you can launch MTU and do jetison very often - its a Gnosis. Mix of mining upgrades and cargohold expanders in low slots. 5 mining lasers + 2 mining laser upgrades still gives you more m3 / minute and you still have 2300 m3 cargohold buffer. 5 drones is better defense as well.


Compared to the Venture, this seems like a pointless waste of time and money. Also it physically hurts me to see a good ship like the Gnosis abused like this.
Chainsaw Plankton
FaDoyToy
#6 - 2017-03-03 01:58:57 UTC
Owen Levanth wrote:
Compared to the Venture, this seems like a pointless waste of time and money. Also it physically hurts me to see a good ship like the Gnosis abused like this.

when it comes to mining yield is king, also the gnosis can fit an alright buffer and has decent drones to defend vs npc rats. If you are playing in a group more yield makes sense and you can just keep giving the ore to your hauler so your cargo isn't a big limitation.

imo it is defiantly a better idea to not mine at all, but that is another conversation.

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elitatwo
Zansha Expansion
#7 - 2017-03-03 09:13:15 UTC
The Endurance - oh wait you said alpha Sad

Nevermind.

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Serendipity Lost
Repo Industries
#8 - 2017-03-03 13:13:34 UTC
Paid subscription and a skiff. If you're limiting yourself to alpha - the odds of a happy ending are pretty slim.

Use the alpha clone to get a hang of the game. If you like it - pay the man and enjoy the other 95% of the game.
Owen Levanth
Sagittarius Unlimited Exploration
#9 - 2017-03-03 18:00:37 UTC
Chainsaw Plankton wrote:
Owen Levanth wrote:
Compared to the Venture, this seems like a pointless waste of time and money. Also it physically hurts me to see a good ship like the Gnosis abused like this.

when it comes to mining yield is king, also the gnosis can fit an alright buffer and has decent drones to defend vs npc rats. If you are playing in a group more yield makes sense and you can just keep giving the ore to your hauler so your cargo isn't a big limitation.

imo it is defiantly a better idea to not mine at all, but that is another conversation.


More like mining yield is the Crimson King, in my opinion. If you have fun flying around in a mining-Gnosis, knock yourself out. Most Alphas won't have the money to spend on something absurd like that, though. It's bad advice when the Venture is perfectly fine.