Player Features and Ideas Discussion

I feel kind of bad opening a topic for such a niche issue, but here it is.

First I must specify that I am a null-sec, multi boxing miner. I don't do afk mining, but I like when things line up nicely:

Currently, the hulk has 8500 m3 of ore hold.

With a set of T2 mining crystals and max rorqual boosts, you get enough room to hold 2 full cycles, which is perfectly fine. I feel like this was designed on purpose and that's ok.

But it seems like it didn't really take into accounts mining drones.

Within this 2 cycles duration and with a set of 5 mining drones, you mine just over 8500 m3 (something silly like 8550 m3), causing your strip miners to stop, forcing you to drag and drop every cycle instead of two.

At least this is the case with exhumer lvl 4 and T1 drones standing right next to an asteroid. I'm sure it is also the case with exhumer lvl 5 and T2 drones.

Mining drones, and mining in general, don't get much love, and this doesn't concern many people, but I feel like a slight buff to the hulk ore hold up to 9000 m3 or even more, would make them more attractive, and solve what seems to be an oversight in the ship design in the first place.

Thanks for reading and for any input you may have.

I totally agree.
Hulk ore hold has been nerfed too small over the years.
I would suggest hold to be big enough for 3 cycles (incl drones).

Stop using the things that are in the games (hulk, mining drones) doesn't strike me as something that would be pertinent.

Maybe i shouldn't have suggested 9000m3 or more. I would be perfectly glad with 8650, as long as it can hold at least 2 full cycles.

It's not about fitting my playstyle, it's about things making sense and lining up the way they should. A mismatch of 50m3 is just sad.

You seem very angry. I don't have any trouble keeping up with the cycles. Never said I did, too. Everything else I already answered.

Because it's a shame it can't hold 2 full cycles with max efficiency setup, and only by 50 m3. If the design goal was 1 cycle, then put the hold at 4500m3.
But the design goal was 2 cycles, so make it between 8600 and 9000.

I disagree, i think every ship should offer the chance to be used fully. I wouldn't even mind a slight reduction in yield instead of a ore hold buff to fix this problem.

Nice troll. Please move along.

Although you make a fairpoint, this is not a thread about buffing the hulk ore significantly, but make a slight tweak for it to have a ore capacity that makes sense considering its current yield.

Thank you good sir, for explaining things better than I do. This is very much my point.

I can also fit it with civilian miners and make the problem go away. Your point is invalid, i think you can figure it out by yourself. Moving on.