Science & Industry

I'd like to know if they are even remotely considering capital mining ships that you can fit strips to or if they are shooting the idea down for good. I know people hate the idea but I love it. :)

I have a question which sound silly but might be worth getting CCP perspective on it. (bare in mind I am a miner)

Why do we need mining at all in Eve ? (I know it is silly but it is good sometime to ask the silly questions because the answers can sometimes be very revealing)

and a second less interesting question...

If you can extract moon goo... why are the same materials not in roid belts at very low level or very low chance ?

ps Zap... any news on you know what ?

Boffles

Well, I'm not a miner as such, but after seeing the new Ore Frig design, I'd be interested to know if they plan on re-modelling the other mining barges to both match the 'ORE' style they have there, and the 'role' they're filling.

i.e. Will the 'tanky' barge actually look the part?

any chance to give the mack a real unique use? the ore bay just saves you swapping to a hauler and will compete with the hulk for most isk or m3/hr.

the skiff has a clearly defined role, the mack's "i haz lots of cargo" isn't unique enough or useful enough for it to be a "no brainer" like the skiff will be.

what will happen to ice and mercoxit bonuses? are we still forced to use ship x for job y thus voiding their entire new mantra for mining ships?

Are they planning on changing the material (especially mineral) costs of any of the barges?

Are they planning on increasing the number of high slots on the procurer and retriever, or will they be boosted some other way?

Q. Are any changes proposed for the Rorqual?

I'd like to see the Rorqual get a buff to capacitor and shield boosting amount (maybe even shield resists) while the Industrial Core is active. It really needs to be a brick factory that is worthwhile to have on-grid rather than hiding in a POS force field, as it has no real offense (a tiny amount of drones, unlike a carrier). The threats against off-grid boosting removal also affect the Rorqual more than any other ship.

Q. Are any new mining vessels (other than the frigate) expected?

There is a real need for a specialized gas harvesting vessel (T3 would make sense), and strangely gas harvesters require turret hardpoints. Miners don't necessarily need ships that mine more than a Hulk, but rather ships that are different, e.g. a mining ship dedicated to drones.

Q. Any hope getting more types of mining drones?

Medium and heavy seem logical. Perhaps limited to the specialized drone mining ship, if necessary.

Q. Any hope of the Orca ever getting one or two utility high-slots added?

Once the gang links are in, there is no room for a tractorbeam or two, and that really is a crime. An extra mid-slot for a scanner would be nice too, as a reasonably tanked Orca needs all the current slots.

according to the devblog it alludes to the idea that the other mining ships will come to within an acceptable margin of the hulk. if this is true, are there going to be changes to the yield modifiers of mining skills, ship bonuses or perhaps new skills?

edit: specifics would be awesome

The OP said he wasn't interested in the little things, but the little things are the main issues I have with mining, so I'll add three things:

(1) The Orca is a mining platform, but its ore bay is tiny compared to its cargo bay. This is kind-of odd.
(2) Mining crystal research copy time is far too long.
(3) Static belts should go. All asteroid belts should be dynamic.

That's all.

I'd like to know if there are any plans to expand mining beyond the current 'Target asteroid, f1, sit back and relax'. While it's all well and good for catching up on your reading, it's pretty much close to passive income which CCP has already said they're not big fans of.

Although Hulkageddon has spiced things up a bit by keeping you on your toes it's still a pretty easy way to make ISK, albeit a small amount.

Personally I like to mine in quiet times when I don't have a lot else going on but can't devote the time to more demanding things if I can't guarantee I won't have to leave quickly. That being said I would like more interaction in the whole mining process beyond the current system as mentioned above.

What that could be I have no idea, I'm hopeless when it comes to designing things.. however I do remember a while back a type of minigame was proposed by another player, where you would have to focus on veins of ore in the asteroid to maximise yield.



Also this, I have dabbled in gas cloud harvesting during my time living in a WH system using a Ferox, but it would be nice to have a ship dedicated to the task.

With the planned changes to the exhumers, will they keep there current hull bonuses...(i.e: Macks bonus to ice mining..ect)...

If they won't be keeping those bonuses, can we expect new ore ships for those roles in the future?

Any chance of a t2 version of the new mining frig, and if so whats the intended purpose it?