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[[File:Ice_belt.jpg|300px|thumb|right|A ice belt, full of lovely frozen stuff.]] | [[File:Ice_belt.jpg|300px|thumb|right|A ice belt, full of lovely frozen stuff.]] | ||
'''Ice harvesting''' is the process of mining ice fields (commonly called "ice belts"). This mined ice can then [[refining|refined]] and used to fuel capital ship [[jump drive]]s, manufacture fuel for [[POS|player-owned starbases (POS)]], and light [[cyno|cynosural fields]]. Ice mining can only be done with specialized modules (ice miners and ice mining lasers) which can only be fit to [[ORE Basic Ship and Skill Guide|Mining Barges and Exhumers]] or [[Frigate#Expedition Frigates|Expedition Frigates]]. Unlike [[Mining|ore mining]], ice miners mine one block of ice (with a volume of 1000 m<sup>3</sup>) per cycle; as it's not possible to increase this yield, the only way to mine ice more efficiently is to decrease the ice miners' cycle times. | '''Ice harvesting''' is the process of mining ice fields (commonly called "ice belts"). This mined ice can then [[refining|refined]] and used to fuel capital ship [[jump drive]]s, manufacture fuel for [[POS|player-owned starbases (POS)]], and light [[cyno|cynosural fields]]. Ice mining can only be done with specialized modules (ice miners and ice mining lasers) which can only be fit to [[ORE Basic Ship and Skill Guide|Mining Barges and Exhumers]] or [[Frigate#Expedition Frigates|Expedition Frigates]]. Unlike [[Mining|ore mining]], ice miners mine one block of ice (with a volume of 1000 m<sup>3</sup>) per cycle; as it's not possible to increase this yield, the only way to mine ice more efficiently is to decrease the ice miners' cycle times. | ||
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She then upgrades her ship to a [[Hulk]] (with some training to {{sk|Exhumers|IV}}), and installs an Ice Harvester Accelerator rig for good measure, which brings her cycle time down to 1 minute and 53 seconds. Going for broke, she upgrades all her modules to their Tech 2 variants, adds a third Ice Harvest Upgrade II and trains her skills to level V, dropping her cycle time down to 1 minute 17 seconds, for a total reduction of 48%.}} | She then upgrades her ship to a [[Hulk]] (with some training to {{sk|Exhumers|IV}}), and installs an Ice Harvester Accelerator rig for good measure, which brings her cycle time down to 1 minute and 53 seconds. Going for broke, she upgrades all her modules to their Tech 2 variants, adds a third Ice Harvest Upgrade II and trains her skills to level V, dropping her 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. | ||
==Tactics== | |||
Because of the popularity of systems that contain ice anomalies, they have become targets of regular and perpetual ganking activities. Ice miners shoul In particular the following tactics may be useful: | |||
* Ensure that once you warp in to a site, you start your ship moving away from the warp in point. This is where gankers are likely to appear. | |||
* Use [[bookmarks]] to your advantage. Sensible use of safe spots can make ice mining much safer. | |||
* Make sure you are always moving. Gankers may be tempted by still ships, which may be an indication that the pilot of not at their keyboard. | |||
* Try to be aligned at all times, ideally to your safe spot. Provided you are moving at 75% of your maximum speed you will be able to warp off almost immediately if a ganker appears. | |||
* If you know the names or corporations of local gankers, set them as "terrible" standing in your contacts list. This will ensure that they stand out in local. | |||
== See also == | == See also == | ||
*[http://forum.eveuniversity.org/viewtopic.php?f=45&t=70477 A Newbro's Guide to Ice Mining] | *[http://forum.eveuniversity.org/viewtopic.php?f=45&t=70477 A Newbro's Guide to Ice Mining] | ||
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