Author Topic: EVE mining suggestions  (Read 293 times)

I like the cargo of the gallente iteron cargo vessles

Im going to subscribe to EVE tommorow most likely

ive been atracted to mining stuff

so i looked at the cargo cap of the iteron 1 and said “wow”
ive bought it already and just need to get another 150k or so to buy a gallente industry skills book

i did the math
my nivitas with two cargo expander 1s yields around 14k per hual on my favored ore (i mine in the belt of boruynes)
my iteron with expanders has around 375m3 capacity which is 14-18k per hual

the iteron has 3000m3 and my cargo expanders will boost it by 100+

do the math and i could pay off the 400k i used to get all i needed for the iteron within a half hour or less

now that my finnances are in order, (object if theyre not please) i was wondering what an optomized loadout for the iterons 1-5 would be
currently i have 2 guassian mining lasers and wish to find something better to suit my massive cargo hold

Gaussian's are good but the CL-5 excavation pulse or whatever the forget it's called is better I think.
But miner IIs are the best, until you get a barge with strips.

I too do some mining here and there. Your best bet it to start training for a retriever. Takes about a week or two, and it's well worth it. It has around a 3256m3 cargo hold and you can make something like 60-200k isk per 3 minutes mining, then you have to haul it back which adds a few more minutes on (half hour or so if you add it up).
All in all mining and industry are the real money makers in eve, once you really get some high quality gear. With mission running coming in second and everything else after that. If you can get into industry (it takes a long time to actually become effective at it) you can really start bring in the isk.