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Looking to Start Mining in Low-Sec
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Etro Vaille
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
#21 - 2014-01-03 23:41:37 UTC
Domo 2020 wrote:
Kousaka Otsu Shigure wrote:
Venture into a WH, look for Gas sites. I think theres a thread somewhere here that says that one site was enough isk for a PLEX~ at that time.


I have tried this and found a few gas sites in wormholes, but I haven't had a PLX worth of success, it will keep trying!


A bit farther down the rabbit hole...

I would recommend learning up a bit more on Wormholes and Exploration. You will find probing skills invaluable for both and it gives you the ability to not get in the same ol routine because you can go to work running sites in your exploration ship or work on siphoning gas until the rats spawn.

The higher class wormholes have the more valuable gases and require you to be a bit more on your toes, but as far as mining in LowSec goes...

I would not do it in a Barge or Exhumer as it is just asking for trouble.
El 1974
Green Visstick High
#22 - 2014-01-03 23:57:54 UTC
I use a blockade runner and an unrigged T1 mining barge, which allows me to move my ship to an empty system. Use a salvage drone to remove npc wrecks so pirates cannot find your bookmarks after you have warped off.
Domo 2020
Asylum Misfits
Brave Collective
#23 - 2014-01-04 06:44:43 UTC  |  Edited by: Domo 2020
Etro Vaille wrote:
Domo 2020 wrote:
Kousaka Otsu Shigure wrote:
Venture into a WH, look for Gas sites. I think theres a thread somewhere here that says that one site was enough isk for a PLEX~ at that time.


I have tried this and found a few gas sites in wormholes, but I haven't had a PLX worth of success, it will keep trying!


A bit farther down the rabbit hole...

I would recommend learning up a bit more on Wormholes and Exploration. You will find probing skills invaluable for both and it gives you the ability to not get in the same ol routine because you can go to work running sites in your exploration ship or work on siphoning gas until the rats spawn.

The higher class wormholes have the more valuable gases and require you to be a bit more on your toes, but as far as mining in LowSec goes...

I would not do it in a Barge or Exhumer as it is just asking for trouble.



Funny story,

I was in a worm hole, and warped to a mining belt. I mined and was expecting the frigats to spawn. I can get out easily once they do. Well to my surprise, a BS spawned and warp scrambled me.

I lost my procuror!

No worries I'll warp with my drake and take the bugger out. The Drake I kept out 39km to keep out of its warp scrambled range. That bad mother Sleeper got me to 25% shields before I could get his armor to 50%.

I didn't lose my Drake but it taught me to avoid the exceptional belts. I'll keep to the crappy belts which still have all the minerals I need.

Edited below here for other thoughts

I have noticed there is a key word choice in the description of the any of the resource sites that tells me exactly which resource is in it.

I did find a site with gas that sells for something-thousands isk per gas unit.
Etro Vaille
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
#24 - 2014-01-04 09:33:57 UTC
One thing that may potentially save you is a mobile depot and warp stabs. If you get into a sticky situation throw it out and change lows to stabs and collect it back up...

They are also useful in that you can switch probe launchers and such without having to change(gimp) your ship.
Ice Eagle
#25 - 2014-01-05 03:55:00 UTC
i tend to agree. for me its highsec mining for safety and 0.0 for fun and profit. lowsec mining is just to much stopping and starting for my liking.
in 0.0 you know without a doubt who is your friend and who is trying to kill you lol. and you have a local.

there are many rental corps in 0.0 that don't require voice comms if that's whats turned you off.

but as pings go. i normally make the following ones.
mining pings - at least 30km from the belt warp in point to avoid being tackled by ceptors
hauler pings - 2,000km from the belt inline with either a station or in my case a pos. this to reduce the chance that a long warp will put your hauler in the belt the same time as a hostile.
safe spot - in between planets, best spot would be somewhere the dscan will only reach you from 1 celestial
Kaivar Lancer
Doomheim
#26 - 2014-01-12 06:34:33 UTC
Low sec mining is kinda fun. I understand the thrill of mining under hostile conditions.

When a name pops up in local, look them up on eve-kill. If they have a history of ganking, dock up or warp to a safe spot. But many low sec locals are also indys or explorers. Use your contact list to classify them. After awhile, you get to know who's hostile and who isn;t.

But yeah, gas mining is also very good isk.
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