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=== Ships === | === Ships === | ||
There are three types of ships used in mining: a mining ship, a hauler and a mining support ship. In general any ship that has a turret slot is capable of becoming a mining ship. Caldari ships typically make good mining ships because of their CPU capacities but each race has a frigate with mining bonuses and typically players will receive one upon completion of the tutorial mission. Popular mining cruisers include the Caldari Osprey and the Gallente Vexor. Players will then typically move on to Mining Barges and then to Exhumers. A hauler's purpose is to take the ore that has been mined from a mining ship and transport it back to a refining station or to the market. Usually players will use a industrial ship while mining and a freighter when move large quantities of ore/min from station to station (freighters cost upwards of a billion isk to operate and cannot haul ore from space, so most players will use a industrial ship for both purposes). Finally, a mining support ship can either come in the form of a security detail against rats and players looking to steal ore or as a ship designed to provide mining efficiency bonuses. | There are three types of ships used in mining: a mining ship, a hauler and a mining support ship. | ||
*In general any ship that has a turret slot is capable of becoming a mining ship. Caldari ships typically make good mining ships because of their CPU capacities but each race has a frigate with mining bonuses and typically players will receive one upon completion of the tutorial mission. Popular mining cruisers include the Caldari Osprey and the Gallente Vexor. Players will then typically move on to Mining Barges and then to Exhumers. | |||
*A hauler's purpose is to take the ore that has been mined from a mining ship and transport it back to a refining station or to the market. Usually players will use a industrial ship while mining and a freighter when move large quantities of ore/min from station to station (freighters cost upwards of a billion isk to operate and cannot haul ore from space, so most players will use a industrial ship for both purposes). | |||
*Finally, a mining support ship can either come in the form of a security detail against rats and players looking to steal ore or as a ship designed to provide mining efficiency bonuses. The ultimate mining support ship is the [[Orca]]. | |||
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!Ship Type !! Amarr !! Caldari !! Gallente !! Minmatar | |||
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| '''Frigate''' || Tormentor || Bantam || Navitas || Burst | |||
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| '''Cruiser''' || Arbitrator (drones) || Osprey || Vexor (drones) || Scythe | |||
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!Ship Type !! Ship !! Use | |||
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| '''Mining Barge''' || Procurer || useless | |||
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| || Retriever || Best entry level mining barge | |||
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| || Covetor || Same skill set as Hulk, only cheaper with less fitting capability, if possible jump to hulk | |||
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| '''Exhumer''' || Skiff || Specializes in mining Mercoxit | |||
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| || Mackinaw || Specializes in Ice Mining | |||
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| || Hulk || Best all round mining boat | |||
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| '''Support''' || Command Ships || Can fit gang assist modules and provide security | |||
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| '''Industrial Command''' || [[Orca]] ||Bonuses towards gang link modules, has considerable cargo room, can fly in high sec | |||
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| '''Capital Industrial''' || Rorqual || Capital ship, Bonuses towards gang link modules, can compress ore in cargohold vastly increasing capacity | |||
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== Mining == | == Mining == | ||