Lyavite in Incursions: Difference between revisions

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So the combination of the downside of actually mining the ore, coupled with the fact that you'd have to reduce the efficiency of at least one ship to get someone capable of mining it in the first place, nobody does this anymore. While you could have people warp in and mine for you, the asteroid disappears if you finish the site so you'd have to sit there and keep it open, protecting the miners while additional spawns pop up.

==== Mining drones on someone in the fleet ====

With a full flight of '''Mining Drone II''' drones it is possible to mine enough Lyavite while running to finish the site. It would only take one cycle (60 seconds) of a full flight of tech two mining drones to get enough to finish the site. The problem is getting the drones there and the inconvenience of the additional spawns, plus the fact you sacrifice the ability to use other, more useful drones.

Either you have to fly closer to the asteroid, which is 60 km away, drop off the drones for the mining and risk pulling aggro away from the fleet. Or if you have the skills to send them out that far, get within drone control range, launch the drones and let them slowboat to the asteroid to mine, then slowboat back to you. The trip can take up to two minutes one way, so you're looking at a minimum of 5 minutes doing it that way.

However you decide to do it, there will be additional spawns, the drones may take aggro and get killed, or worse pull aggro away from the main fleet. So while it's possible to do it this way, it's generally frowned upon due to the downsides.

==== Mining the asteroid ====

If you do decide to mine out the asteroid, it will have 75,000 units (90,000 m3) of Lyavite in it, which is 294 full stacks and some leftovers.

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 So the combination of the downside of actually mining the ore, coupled with the fact that you'd have to reduce the efficiency of at least one ship to get someone capable of mining it in the first place, nobody does this anymore. While you could have people warp in and mine for you, the asteroid disappears if you finish the site so you'd have to sit there and keep it open, protecting the miners while additional spawns pop up.
+==== Mining drones on someone in the fleet ====
+With a full flight of '''Mining Drone II''' drones it is possible to mine enough Lyavite while running to finish the site. It would only take one cycle (60 seconds) of a full flight of tech two mining drones to get enough to finish the site. The problem is getting the drones there and the inconvenience of the additional spawns, plus the fact you sacrifice the ability to use other, more useful drones.
+Either you have to fly closer to the asteroid, which is 60 km away, drop off the drones for the mining and risk pulling aggro away from the fleet. Or if you have the skills to send them out that far, get within drone control range, launch the drones and let them slowboat to the asteroid to mine, then slowboat back to you. The trip can take up to two minutes one way, so you're looking at a minimum of 5 minutes doing it that way.
+However you decide to do it, there will be additional spawns, the drones may take aggro and get killed, or worse pull aggro away from the main fleet. So while it's possible to do it this way, it's generally frowned upon due to the downsides.
 ==== Mining the asteroid ====
 If you do decide to mine out the asteroid, it will have 75,000 units (90,000 m3) of Lyavite in it, which is 294 full stacks and some leftovers.