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please do something about mining crystals

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Lance Stratos
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#1 - 2013-10-09 20:39:23 UTC
As it stands right now, T2 Strip miners are useless after you are able to use them. instead you need the skills to use the T1 crystals (20days depending on skill mappings)and to use all T2 variants (which total 60 days of training).

Please look into this somehow. Remove the refining prerequisite or put the T1 crystals into astrogeology.

Or something, anything to make these absurd skills work better! After all, I don't need an EMP ammo skill or Multi-frequency!

Right now there are 2 skill trees for mining: the ship/mods and the ammo.

At Mining 5 you can use the modulated strip miners, but you are better off with the T1 until you can use the ammo.
When you to use the Dark Orche mining crystal you need Refining 5, Refinery efficiency 5, and metallurgy 4 (why this skill which has nothing to do with refining).
Rengerel en Distel
#2 - 2013-10-09 20:46:55 UTC
It's called a time sink. It takes very little time to get into a mining ship making isk. Those skills are to make you invest more time to be able to use the T2 crystals of the better rocks. If you don't like it, stick to your T1s and have a lower yield.

With the increase in shiptoasting, the Report timer needs to be shortened.

Kregan Gadhar
Helion Production Labs
Independent Operators Consortium
#3 - 2013-10-09 21:03:09 UTC
Wait till you realize that the crystals actually weigh more than the module that holds them does.

Figure that one out.