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Miner Ships
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Dazs Haagen
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
#1 - 2016-07-13 00:43:13 UTC
What is the absolute best miner ship in the game used for mining right now?
Mephiztopheleze
Laphroaig Inc.
#2 - 2016-07-13 00:50:25 UTC  |  Edited by: Mephiztopheleze
The Venture.

Fit with T2 Gas Harvesters in a high class Wormhole or 0.0 Gas site.......

(i'm actually serious about this).

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Ralph King-Griffin
New Eden Tech Support
#3 - 2016-07-13 00:52:41 UTC
Deoends what you are after

There are three type of mining barge

The one that mines the most

The one that mines the fastest

The one that dosent get ganked

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ergherhdfgh
Imperial Academy
Amarr Empire
#4 - 2016-07-13 01:22:54 UTC
Eve is a game about trade-offs and hard decisions. Pretty much everything in Eve has a situation where it is ideal and other situations where it is at an extreme disadvantage.

So as the saying goes the best ship in Eve is friendship and that is true pretty much across the board.

Now if you were to give some idea of how you planned on using the ship we could offer more specific advice.

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Memphis Baas
#5 - 2016-07-13 01:24:28 UTC
Depends on your definition of "best."

Are you looking for maximum yield, maximum defenses against pirates, the ability to go into dangerous areas with cov-ops cloak, best (cheapest) price?

As mentioned in the posts above, there are several mining ships, and each is intended for a different style of play.

It's actually a recurring theme within EVE; all the ships have a purpose, which is why you see people still flying the most basic of frigates even though they're veterans and the game's been out for 10 years.
Sonya Corvinus
Grant Village
#6 - 2016-07-13 13:56:32 UTC
Mephiztopheleze wrote:
The Venture.

Fit with T2 Gas Harvesters in a high class Wormhole or 0.0 Gas site.......

(i'm actually serious about this).


I'd second this. You can get 1 million ISK/cycle of your gas harvesters for a ship that costs maybe 9 million to replace.
Pandora Carrollon
Provi Rapid Response
#7 - 2016-07-13 14:33:42 UTC
Yup, 'best' needs to be defined before anyone can give you decent advice.

Ships are purpose built to need. There is no all around 'best' ship for anything. There are ship builds that can handle everything mediocre-like, and you get that performance. There is only a 'best' when you define what you are trying to do.

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Dirty Forum Alt
Forum Alts Anonymous
#8 - 2016-07-13 14:38:51 UTC
Ah the universal answer to every single question any new player has ever asked or will ever ask in EVE:

"It depends..."

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Memphis Baas
#9 - 2016-07-13 15:46:57 UTC  |  Edited by: Memphis Baas
Fine.

"Hulk" is the answer. Go for it.

Or "Venture", per Mephistopheleze.
Iria Ahrens
Space Perverts and Forum Pirates
#10 - 2016-07-13 19:20:53 UTC  |  Edited by: Iria Ahrens
I dunno. There has to be something to be said for the Veldnaught.

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Dirty Forum Alt
Forum Alts Anonymous
#11 - 2016-07-13 19:22:03 UTC
Iria Ahrens wrote:
I dunno. There has to be something to be said for the Veldnaught.

Well it is certainly the most *valuable* mining ship in high sec... I suppose that could make it the best?

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Iria Ahrens
Space Perverts and Forum Pirates
#12 - 2016-07-13 20:11:13 UTC  |  Edited by: Iria Ahrens
OP. The problem here is that EVE is not a progression game, it is an options game. It is like being asked to choose the best and the options are "shovel" "apple" "car" "raft" So the eve players are like, "What are you trying to do?" If you are hungry the apple is probably best, if you're going for resale value, a car is probably best...

Mining boats are not about simply more. Some are better for mining certian things. Some have better defenses. Some are better at mining undetected or getting through gate camps safely. Are you mining solo or in a group. If in a group what role do you wish to play, one guy basically buffs the other miners with links and other options...

The Veldnaut is the most renouned mining ship, and probably the juciest target. It is the -est at a few other things too.

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Bumblefck
Kerensky Initiatives
#13 - 2016-07-13 21:11:49 UTC
Anything that mines the hulls of other ships is, IMO (and this is only my O), vastly preferable to any asteroid-violating craft. Give it a try, you may like it :)

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Jonah Gravenstein
Machiavellian Space Bastards
#14 - 2016-07-13 21:17:11 UTC
Bumblefck wrote:
Anything that mines the hulls of other ships is, IMO (and this is only my O), vastly preferable to any asteroid-violating craft. Give it a try, you may like it :)
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Bumblefck
Kerensky Initiatives
#15 - 2016-07-13 21:21:04 UTC
Jonah Gravenstein wrote:
Bumblefck wrote:
Anything that mines the hulls of other ships is, IMO (and this is only my O), vastly preferable to any asteroid-violating craft. Give it a try, you may like it :)
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Pandora Carrollon
Provi Rapid Response
#16 - 2016-07-13 23:10:25 UTC
Bumblefck wrote:

Q: How do you find a Minmatar ship in a junkyard?


A: You don't; you just throw your arms up, shake your head, and walk away.


You need to change your Q: to "How do tell a starship junkyard and a Minimitar Fleet base apart?"

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Jonah Gravenstein
Machiavellian Space Bastards
#17 - 2016-07-13 23:53:44 UTC  |  Edited by: Jonah Gravenstein
Pandora Carrollon wrote:
Bumblefck wrote:

Q: How do you find a Minmatar ship in a junkyard?


A: You don't; you just throw your arms up, shake your head, and walk away.


You need to change your Q: to "How do tell a starship junkyard and a Minimitar Fleet base apart?"
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ergherhdfgh
Imperial Academy
Amarr Empire
#18 - 2016-07-14 00:45:38 UTC
Bumblefck wrote:
vastly preferable to any asteroid-violating craft.

Listen! What happened between me and that veldspar asteroid was 100% consentual and I swear to Bob that I thought she was old enough.

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Ralph King-Griffin
New Eden Tech Support
#19 - 2016-07-14 01:19:13 UTC
Pandora Carrollon wrote:
Bumblefck wrote:

Q: How do you find a Minmatar ship in a junkyard?


A: You don't; you just throw your arms up, shake your head, and walk away.


You need to change your Q: to "How do tell a starship junkyard and a Minimitar Fleet base apart?"

you shout "for the empire!" and wait for the artillery fire.

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Cherri Minoa
Serendipity Technologies Inc
#20 - 2016-07-14 08:41:29 UTC  |  Edited by: Cherri Minoa
As everyone says, there is no "right" answer except the one that's right for you.

However, I'll give you an answer which may be right or wrong and you can decide.

This what I fly when I want to do some mining, and if you train up for this (or a T1 fit equivalent) I don't think you'll go far wrong:

[Procurer]

[High]
1 x Strip Miner / Ice Harvester

[Mid]
Adaptive Invulnerability Field II
Adaptive Invulnerability Field II
EM Ward Field II
Medium Shield Extender II

[Low]
Damage Control II
Mining Laser Upgrade II

[Rigs]
Medium Anti-EM Screen Reinforcer I
Medium Anti-Thermal Screen Reinforcer I
Medium Core Defense Field Extender I

[Drones]
Hornet EC-300 x5
Acolyte II x5

The good stuff about that ship...

- it has a massive battlecrusier size tank ( I get 67,764hp with my skills )
- it is relatively cheap, so it is not usually worth the effort of a ganker to kill it, and it is not a massive loss if it does die
- it will tank virtually any rats
- the combat drones will kill rats, the ECM drones give you a chance to escape hostile pilots

The negative...

- it doesn't have the highest yield ... but if you factor in the replacement cost of squishy high yield ships that is not so important

But, the best advice ever is ... test all the stuff and find what works for you.

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