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While each bonus may seem small, when taken together they can make a significant difference: | While each bonus may seem small, when taken together they can make a significant difference: | ||
{{example|A beginning ice miner with very basic skills ({{sk|Mining Barge|I}} and {{sk|Ice Harvesting|I}}) fits | {{example|A beginning ice miner with very basic skills ({{sk|Mining Barge|I}} and {{sk|Ice Harvesting|I}}) fits a [[Covetor]] with two Ice Harvester I modules and goes looking for ice. Once the miner finds a suitable ice field, each of the two modules can mine a block of ice every 2 minutes and 28 seconds. | ||
If | If the miner then spends some time training their Mining Barge and Ice Harvesting skills to level IV, the miner will have lowered their cycle time to 2 minutes and 13 seconds, an improvement of about 12%. Wanting to improve the yield further, the miner can then install two Ice Harvest Upgrade modules on their Covetor (with some training to {{sk|Mining Upgrades|IV}}), which drops the cycle time to 2 minutes. | ||
The miner can then upgrade the ship to a [[Hulk]] (with some training to {{sk|Exhumers|IV}}), and installs an Ice Harvester Accelerator rig for good measure, which brings the cycle time down to 1 minute and 53 seconds. Going for broke, the miner upgrades all the modules to their Tech 2 variants, adds a third Ice Harvest Upgrade II and trains their skills to level V, dropping their cycle time down to 1 minute 17 seconds, for a total reduction of 48%.}} | |||
As mining ice often turns into a race, with large number of miners competing to mine as much ice before the belt is emptied, having short cycle times can be an advantage beyond simply mining more ice in a given period of time. This allows you to beat your competition to those last few pieces of ice in a belt (as, if two miners are attempting to mine the same asteroid with only one unit of ice left, whoever finishes their cycle first gets that block of ice, and the other gets nothing). [[Mining#Survey scanner|Using a survey scanner]] can be very helpful, as you can see how much ice is left in each asteroid. | As mining ice often turns into a race, with large number of miners competing to mine as much ice before the belt is emptied, having short cycle times can be an advantage beyond simply mining more ice in a given period of time. This allows you to beat your competition to those last few pieces of ice in a belt (as, if two miners are attempting to mine the same asteroid with only one unit of ice left, whoever finishes their cycle first gets that block of ice, and the other gets nothing). [[Mining#Survey scanner|Using a survey scanner]] can be very helpful, as you can see how much ice is left in each asteroid. | ||