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Orca and Miner II

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Crystalline Entity
Black Dragon PHP
#1 - 2016-08-17 11:57:59 UTC
Hey,

This isn't a bug so much but rather a suggestion for a text update. I have a relatively new friend to the game who I learnt was plowing towards an Orca. He solo mines at the moment (yes, I have explained that this is an awful thing to be doing in this rich player driven universe) and wanted to get an Orca so that he could use it to mine with.

I explained that it was a gang booster ship and couldn't use strip miners, pointing to the mining barge/exhumer bonus of -99.9% to strip miner fittings easily enough. He accepted this. Then I looked at the miner II just out of interest.

There is nothing to demonstrate that a miner II won't ft on an Orca. It says it has 3 high slots and the miner II says it takes a high slot. There was no way I could show him ingame that the miner II wouldn't fit on an Orca. I went on EFT and tested just to be sure myself and of course it didn't fit.

Perhaps update the miner II description to say that it requires a turret slot as well as a high slot?

Cheers

CE
MicDeath Titan
No Mans Corp
#2 - 2016-08-17 12:52:18 UTC
Turret slots. Orca lacks said turret slots.
Crystalline Entity
Black Dragon PHP
#3 - 2016-08-17 13:35:08 UTC
Yes I know this,

My point is there is nothing in the description of the miner II to say that it requires a turret slot. It just says high slot!

I am thinking of newer players here (like my friend)