Retriever

This page should be updated due to game changes.
Reason: Review for December 2021, Version 19.11 changes.
Attributes updated. Summary and Tactics needs to be looked at.

 

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Retriever

Ship Database▸Mining Barges▸Retriever

Outer Ring Excavations Mining Barges Retriever Class RELATED UNI-WIKI REFERENCES EVE Online Ships Overview EXTERNAL LINKS Retriever on zKillboard Retriever on EVE Workbench Retriever on Janice Retriever on EVE Ref

Every day I climb two mountains; a mountain of ore and a mountain of ISK. – Anonymous miner at a bar in Jita 4-4 The mining barge was designed by ORE to facilitate advancing the mining profession to a new level. Each barge was created to excel at a specific function, the Retriever's being storage. A massive ore hold allows the Retriever to operate for extended periods without requiring as much support as other barges. Mining barges are equipped with electronic subsystems specifically designed to accommodate Strip Mining and Ice Harvesting modules. SHIP BONUSES Mining Barge bonuses (per skill level): 3% bonus to Strip Miner yield 2% reduction in Ice and Gas Harvester duration 5% bonus to ship ore hold capacity Role Bonus: 10% bonus in Strip Miner yield 12.5% reduction in Ice and Gas Harvester duration Required Skills Mining Barge I33m Astrogeology III13h 20m Science IV1d 1h 8m Mining IV1d 1h 8m Industry V5d 22h 13m Mining Frigate III8h 53m Spaceship Command I8m Training Time what's this? 8d 23h 25m 20s Estimated training time only for the listed skills based on zero implants and without neural remaps. Grouping ▪ Variations Mackinaw Mackinaw Exhumers Retriever Class 2 (0/0) 4 3 110 MW 310 tf 130 m/sec 450 m³ Ship Attributes Fittings Powergrid 83 MW CPU 260 tf Capacitor 350 GJ High 2 Launchers 0 Turrets 0 Medium 2 Low 3 Rig 3   medium Calibration 400 Navigation Max Velocity 125 m/sec Inertia Modifier 0.7 Warp Speed 3 AU/s Base Time to Warp 16.98 s what's this? Base Time to Warp is essentially the time needed for this ship to align and accelerate until it reaches 75% of its top speed and goes to warp. The time displayed here is the base calculated time with no account for any warp related skills, modules or any other effects. Drones Drone Capacity 50 m³ Drone Bandwidth 50 Mbit/sec Targeting Max Tgt. Range 40.00 km Max Locked Targets 6 Magnetometric Sensor 9 points Sig. Radius 200 m Scan Res. 550 mm Structure Structure Hitpoints 4,000 HP Mass 17,500,000 kg Volume 150,000 m³ Cargo Capacity 450 m³ Mining Capacity 27,500 m³ Armor Armor Hitpoints 3,000 HP Armor Resistances EM 60 THR 35 KIN 25 EXP 10 Shields Shield Capacity 4,000 HP Shield Resistances EM 0 THR 20 KIN 40 EXP 50

Summary

Of the mining barges, the Retriever has the largest mining hold — Half a jet-can size at 27,500  m³ base — whilst being in the middle for hit points and yield, thus making the Retriever most useful for solo mining by reducing the frequency of trips to unload. Because the Retriever has an ore/mining hold size bonus per level of Mining barge skill the actual size will vary between 28,875 m³ and 34,375 m³. Additionally, the Retriever can fit an adequate tank to survive a suicide gank. cf. http://greedygoblin.blogspot.com/p/why-was-i-ganked.html

Skills

Further information about additional or recommended skills to pilot Retriever for a specific or its common role(s) can be written here.

Tactics

• Suicide ganking is a popular play-style and miners are prime targets; cf. Why Was I Ganked?.
  • Fit enough tank to survive the ganker's DPS long enough for CONCORD to destroy the ganker; as of Rubicon 1.2, this means surviving a Catalyst's 728.2 DPS for 25 seconds—18,205 Void damage—in a 0.5 system
  • Use and keep launched ECM drones
    • This lets gankers know that you are expecting them and implies you are tanked for them; this is deterrence
    • This provides a chance to break the ganker's target lock for 20 seconds
    • One Hobgoblin I is sufficient to destroy NPC pirates, leaving room for four ECM drones or three ECM drones and a salvage drone
    • Setting drones to aggressive lets them engage your aggressor without having to target-lock first (see Using Drones)
  • Fitting expensive meta modules may compel a duo gank due to their high-value loot chance
  • Trade hubs (especially Hek) and ice belt systems are popular hunting grounds for gankers
• Mine aligned to a celestial/station for faster warp-out
  • Warping out when a non-mining ship enters your belt/anomaly is prudent
  • Other mining ships may be scouts for gankers; it is good to know who your neighbours are and put known gankers on your contact list with terrible standing
• If attacked, overload your tank modules
• Mining in a fleet--even with just two miners--provides boosts with the skills Leadership and Mining Foreman
• It is impolite (and diminishes yield) to mine a rock someone else is already mining: when the rock runs out of ore, the first laser to cycle will get the last ore but the other lasers will continue to cycle (up to 3 minutes) and get nothing

Notes

Personally I love this ship. I took a few modules from my venture to decrease the time required to go to warp. - Joran Tegan

Patch History

A long, long time ago...
2024-11-26 Version 22.02 Release 2024-11-26.1 Patch Notes Max Locked Targets improved from 5 to 6

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