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About mining...

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Rynn Vendran
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#1 - 2013-06-05 23:13:25 UTC
So I had a recent mission to manufacture x20 Cap Boosters and didn't have enough of the three different ores I needed to refine. Found the first two pretty easily (VERY easily in fact) but the last one (mexallon) was another story. I jumped around from system to system, hit the Google and even the Eve wikipedia but was still unable to find it... all while working against a ticking clock (trying to get that bonus ISK) and finally just wound up buying the damn Cap Boosters from the market.

I know that this is a game based largely exploration which includes hitting, missing, and trial and erroring, but is there any comprehensive way to maybe scan systems for the ores? I love a challenge, and perhaps this will all come a lot faster once the learning curve has been absorbed a bit more, but if there's any kind of legit assist resource for this particular aspect that I might have missed, hip me to it fellow pilots!

P

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Steve Ronuken
Fuzzwork Enterprises
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#2 - 2013-06-05 23:18:46 UTC  |  Edited by: Steve Ronuken
One option for this:

Buy that mineral from the market.

If you don't have the isk, mine some more of the other ores, sell it, then buy the Mexallon.


It's a hint to all serious manufacturers. You /can't/ mine enough to keep up with your voracious factories.


To answer your question:

Not all systems contain all ores.
http://wiki.eveonline.com/en/wiki/Locations_of_ore_and_ice_in_space is useful (there's a chart version somewhere)

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Rynn Vendran
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#3 - 2013-06-05 23:32:43 UTC  |  Edited by: Rynn Vendran
Steve Ronuken wrote:
One option for this:

To answer your question:

Not all systems contain all ores.
http://wiki.eveonline.com/en/wiki/Locations_of_ore_and_ice_in_space is useful (there's a chart version somewhere)


Awesome! Can't believe I didn't see that chart, it definitely helps. I'll definitely make it a point to put in some quality time for that. And yes, I agree that the market can be a pilot's best friend in a pinch. Thanks for the info!

UPDATE: A couple missions later I was to act as decoy by mining a nearby asteroid so I could lure in and destroy a pirate, and when I come out of warp, guess what the asteroid is... kernite.

*sad trombone*

Lol

_Hey now, hey now now, sing this corrosion to me... _