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A comparison of the Porpoise to the current boosted mining barge.
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Thomas Lot
London Elektricity
#1 - 2016-10-16 15:06:53 UTC
I am working in nul under a fully boosted rorqual system. Using a Prospect with T2 mining crystals and max skills. I am pulling very close to 2500 m3/min ore. In the dev blog covering the introduction of the mining boost changes, the Porpoise is said to be able to achieve comparable mining rate of a mining barge. Maybe the developers are referring to a raw, unboosted mining barge with no Orca or Rorqual support.

This is not really a fair comparison. The mining drones are not going to be affected by the boost mechanics and therefore will only achieve about half the mining rate of a mining barge under boosted operations. Factor in the pitifully slow movement of mining drones and that number decreases to as much as a fourth of the yield of a barge.

Many dedicated miners may be very disappointed with this aspect of the Ascension mining mechanic.
Arronicus
State War Academy
Caldari State
#2 - 2016-10-16 23:55:50 UTC
Thomas Lot wrote:
. Using a Prospect with T2 mining crystals and max skills.


Surely you mean a procurer?

as for the yield, the figures on mining yield dont take into account drone flight speed or time, and so yes, to answer your speculations, you'll still mine far faster in a barge, than in a porpoise or orca. To that end though, I dont think ccp intends for the porpoise or orca to replace mining barges, and so the mining yield shouldnt be seen as that, but rather to replace the '2 barges or 1 barge + 1 booster' meta. now, you'll always want a booster over another barge, because that booster will be boosting all the other miners, AND pulling part of the yield of one.
Thomas Lot
London Elektricity
#3 - 2016-10-17 03:45:26 UTC
I'm sorry, yes. Mistaken name. Procurer.