Skill Discussions

I was wondering about the "perfect" 0 sec miner.

I suppose it is something like this (?):

Mining Yield Skills:
Mining 5
Astrogeology 5
Exhumer 5
Electronics 5
Mining Upgrades 4 (?)

Drones:
Drone Interfacing 5
Drones 5
Mining Drone Operation 5

Survival:
Mechanic 5
Shield Management 5
Shield Operation 5
Tactical Shield Manipulation 5
Hull Upgrades 5

Refining:
Refining 5
Refinery Efficiency 2 (?)

Crystal skills:
Jaspet Processing
Kernite Processing
Omber Processing
Plagioclase Processing
Pyroxeres Processing
Scordite Processing
Veldspar Processing
etc.

+ Hardeners (?):
Em Shield Compensation
Explosive Shield Compensation
Kinetic Shield Compensation
Thermic Shield Compensation

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Would you add anything to the list
Do you see something that isn't needed

For a new miner just entering 0 sec what skills would you advise
What is the mining yield of a perfect miner (the m3 of 1 laser)

Very good points - TSM V is basically worthless (arguably worse than IV, but not gonna get into that debate, search the forums).

Also, get Refining Efficiency V for potentially refining in less-then-perfect stations.
Metallurgy IV will open up all the T2 ore crystals by opening up the ore processing skills, and you'll want 'em all to IV if your focused on mining.

Add some key Navigation skills too - Spaceship Command, Navigation, Evasive Maneuvering and Warp Drive Operation will all help keep your crappy mining ship more agile, slightly faster, and able to warp across big systems from belt to belt/gate to gate without capping out.

Similarly, train Energy Systems Operation and Energy Management. Those strip miners run on cap just like your warp drive.

I'd skip the shield hardener skills, get Shield Upgrades past IV, and also train Jury Rigging past IV. Then train Shield Rigging past IV (if you're going to use rig slots to tank your miner) or Drone Rigging past IV (if you're going to focus on drone mining yield). And it could potentially help your drones (depending on your mining style) to train Electronic Warfare to IV and train Electronic Warfare Drone Interfacing (increases drone range, but downside is that longer range means more time traveling/less time mining). Scout Drone Operation will also boost your drone range, with the same drawback described above. However, this can be offset by training Drone Navigation (increased drone speed = increased drone mining yield).

When it comes to fitting your ship, don't forget Electronics and Engineering skills. You'll want to check your fit in EFT to see if any other fitting skills are necessary, but those two are pretty big.

Quality of life skills would include Long Range Targeting (increase locking range to ensure you can lock farther than you can mine) Survey (marginally increase the speed of your 'roid scanner, if you use one) and Signature Analysis (marginal increase in the time it takes to lock onto a 'roid). Targeting skills will allow you to have a couple extra rocks pre-locked for when the current ones run out.

Cybernetics will open up access to training implants, as well as implants that can improve other aspects of your ship (navigation/refining/fitting/etc.)

A couple levels of the Trade skill will make sure you don't have a problem selling your ore/minerals. A couple levels in Connections and Social skills will give you higher standings (useful for reducing high sec corp taxes when refining).

For refining:
all the ore processing to 5
refining to 5
refinery efficiency to 5
Cybernetics 5 (for the refining implant)

This'll let you refine in any station at 100% (35% base), less taxes.

Everyone living in 0.0 should train Infomorph Psychology to at least one, probably 2-3 so you can have a highsec clone, an implants clone, and a 0.0 no-implants clone.

If someone is jamming you . . . just laugh.

Flying a barge, if they're jamming you, you can't mine. That's not the significant threat. Them pointing (webbing, scrambling) you is the threat. If a neut/hostile lands a point in null, you will be lucky to go home in your pod.

I can't really comment on the "perfect 0 sec miner" skills other than to say "they look fine to me" because those are better skills than I had (and have) when I was mining in nullsec 2 months ago. Have jump clones. Know where mercoxit spawns (if at all in your region)

Half the skills are character skills (like your list) and the other half are between your (you the player's) ears (hence the gags about "watch local 5"). Be able to tank the rats, watch local and know when it time to bravely advance in the rearward direction to your POS/outpost.