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Yaris San
#1 - 2012-01-08 04:00:19 UTC
"Allows a captain to better maintain its drones. 20% bonus to drone damage, drone mining yield per level. "

Does this mean that for each level my drones can 'carry' 20% more when it returns to my ship or that the drone's cargo hold 'fills up' 20% faster?

To ask another way, does this skill increase the amount my drone can carry or decrease the duration of a cycle?

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Brock Nelson
#2 - 2012-01-08 04:05:33 UTC
Does it make a difference if its referring to either drone capacity or cycle time? In the end, you still get 20% more

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Yaris San
#3 - 2012-01-08 04:13:42 UTC
Brock Nelson wrote:
Does it make a difference if its referring to either drone capacity or cycle time? In the end, you still get 20% more


My thinking is that if the cycle is faster, then the drones make more trips back and therefore travel time is a bigger factor. I should park closer to the roid.

If the cargo hold is increased, then the drones make fewer trips back to the ship, and how close I park is a little less important.

In the end I guess its all the same.

"All this has happened before, and all this will happen again."

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Cindy Marco
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#4 - 2012-01-08 04:43:26 UTC
Its a 20% bonus to "mining amount" in the drone stats. The cycle time doesn't change. Mining drones don't really have a cargo bay. They operate one cycle at a time, and anything they get they bring to you immediately, then head back for another round.

Keep in mind if your mining high ends that Drone Interfacing 4 & 5 won't do anything if you have mining drone operation 5. Unless your rig for it, but imo they are a waste of CPU.
Ruziel
Twilight Military Industrial Complex
#5 - 2012-01-08 07:39:21 UTC
Cindy Marco wrote:
Its a 20% bonus to "mining amount" in the drone stats. The cycle time doesn't change. Mining drones don't really have a cargo bay. They operate one cycle at a time, and anything they get they bring to you immediately, then head back for another round.


This is correct
Yaris San
#6 - 2012-01-08 14:00:02 UTC
Cindy Marco wrote:
Keep in mind if your mining high ends that Drone Interfacing 4 & 5 won't do anything if you have mining drone operation 5. Unless your rig for it, but imo they are a waste of CPU.


Thank you for your reply.

I do have drone operation at 5. I mine in a Hulk in .5 -. 7 space. I won't see any benefit from training Drone Interfacing to 5? I currently have DI at 4.

"All this has happened before, and all this will happen again."

So say we all.
Cindy Marco
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#7 - 2012-01-08 18:46:32 UTC
Yaris San wrote:
Cindy Marco wrote:
Keep in mind if your mining high ends that Drone Interfacing 4 & 5 won't do anything if you have mining drone operation 5. Unless your rig for it, but imo they are a waste of CPU.


Thank you for your reply.

I do have drone operation at 5. I mine in a Hulk in .5 -. 7 space. I won't see any benefit from training Drone Interfacing to 5? I currently have DI at 4.


In empire space it will make a difference, on the high ends in null sec it doesn't because the ores are too big.

Base mining for T2 mining drones is 25m3

ABCs With Mining drones V (req for T2) :
DI 3 : 25*1.25*1.6 = 50 m3 50/16 = 3.1 = 3 ore/cycle
DI 4 : 25*1.25*1.8 = 56.25 m3 56.25/16 = 3.5 = 3 ore/cycle
DI 5 : 25*1.25*2.0 = 62.5 m3 62.5/16 = 3.9 = 3 ore/cycle

Kernite With Mining drones V (req for T2) :
DI 3 : 25*1.25*1.6 = 50 m3 50/1.2 = 41.6 = 41 ore/cycle
DI 4 : 25*1.25*1.8 = 56.25 m3 56.25/1.2 = 46.8 = 46 ore/cycle
DI 5 : 25*1.25*2.0 = 62.5 m3 62.5/1.2 = 52.1 = 52 ore/cycle
Jason McCoy
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
#8 - 2012-01-10 18:17:00 UTC
Also remember drone interfacing 5 is also good for your defense drones for the rats that spawn. Its a great skill to train, dont think twice about it.
Kale Eledar
Venerated Industries
#9 - 2012-01-11 06:35:53 UTC
Especially if you ever want to:

fly drone based ships
pvp
use a carrier

Drone interfacing essentially results in the equivalent damage of an extra drone for each level, I believe. It's one of those long-term skills that are good to have at level 5. You won't want to mine forever! Bear

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Professor Alphane
Les Corsaires Diable
#10 - 2012-01-11 08:44:52 UTC
Yaris San wrote:
Brock Nelson wrote:
Does it make a difference if its referring to either drone capacity or cycle time? In the end, you still get 20% more


My thinking is that if the cycle is faster, then the drones make more trips back and therefore travel time is a bigger factor. I should park closer to the roid.

If the cargo hold is increased, then the drones make fewer trips back to the ship, and how close I park is a little less important.

In the end I guess its all the same.



If mining lasers don't suffer fallof (ie it doesn't matter what distance you use them from ) and I don't think they do, In theory your always best of sitting as close to 0km from the roid your mining.

To explain, the drones will orbit the roid while mining , so wherever they are on there orbit when they finish there cycle they are equadistant to you. If you sit at 10 km and a drone orbits at 5 km and happens to finish it cycle on the opposite side of the roid form you it then has 15 km to travel, rather than the 5 km if you where hugging the roid. In practice not sure those couple of seconds make much diffrence as is often the case with theories Roll

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Velicitia
XS Tech
#11 - 2012-01-11 13:42:46 UTC
Professor Alphane wrote:
Yaris San wrote:
Brock Nelson wrote:
Does it make a difference if its referring to either drone capacity or cycle time? In the end, you still get 20% more


My thinking is that if the cycle is faster, then the drones make more trips back and therefore travel time is a bigger factor. I should park closer to the roid.

If the cargo hold is increased, then the drones make fewer trips back to the ship, and how close I park is a little less important.

In the end I guess its all the same.



If mining lasers don't suffer fallof (ie it doesn't matter what distance you use them from ) and I don't think they do, In theory your always best of sitting as close to 0km from the roid your mining.

To explain, the drones will orbit the roid while mining , so wherever they are on there orbit when they finish there cycle they are equadistant to you. If you sit at 10 km and a drone orbits at 5 km and happens to finish it cycle on the opposite side of the roid form you it then has 15 km to travel, rather than the 5 km if you where hugging the roid. In practice not sure those couple of seconds make much diffrence as is often the case with theories Roll



Less time travelling (for the drones) = more M3/min

However, assuming you're in a barge/exhumer, sitting anywhere closer than ~5KM is a bad idea.

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