Hi,

I am considering starting with mining.
Would it be smart to start only with probes until I have build up some skills ?

Dutchie.

how much peds you got to invest to begin with?

Raw brings up a good point... this is not a light or cheap undertaking. Plan to lose a ton before you start breaking even. Also, if you're looking for quick skills then consider CND

As with just about everything in this game your going to have to invest alot of peds (or get really really lucky) before you will start to break even and after that you will have to invest alot more hour before you will start to see a profit.

Also ask the miners in your soc for the best adive ... if you dont have any then ask around until you find some people who can help you.

But yeah the main point as weve allready made is that your going to have to lose alot and then slowly start clawing your way back up.

Thanks all for your advice.

Everything in EU costs PEDs.
Basically I was considering throwing say 100 ped or so to it to see if it returns something.
I know the theory of mining (I read the alice's and nirfu's guides).
Also my soc has a few skilled miners.

I'm not into fast skills, eco is important to me (otherwise I'll never beat Addz to buying a hangar :-) )
Then again after graduating, I'm a little bit done with rifle for a while (and maybe with hunting) so I am looking for other challenges (went on killing snabbies with tt pistol yesterday, but my evade was not nearly good enough to take them unarmored and unfapped without taking breaks after each mob to heal up).

hehehe im going on that crazy 100k sweat gathering think that raw tried to do now as well itll take weeks but i rekon i can stick it out longer than him im at about 6k so far

Addz Wrote:hehehe im going on that crazy 100k sweat gathering think that raw tried to do now as well itll take weeks but i rekon i can stick it out longer than him im at about 6k so far

True. But my assets are outweighing yours right now. Am up to about 850-900 peds

Anyway getting back on track. I know i'm only relatively new to PE(EU? whatever.) I'd suggest 100ped isn;t enough for a mining trip. Unless of course you are very very lucky. Personally I think ore mining is the best long term bet. Simply because of the higher markup some ores have then enmatter. But that's just my opinion.

Hello,

Raw is right about the markup on ores but you also put out twice the PED to drop a bomb rather than a probe. I have found it ballances out. I still have a lot to learn and loose on runs frequently but I am focusing on ores for the long term gain (I hope).

Grounder

I think the most critical thing that you should do when getting started in ore mining is getting a good basic detector and finding an area that has plenty of deposits even if its a tiny area. That way u can mine and skill up a tiny bit over time without spending a whole lot of cash. Once you can max out the better finders, then I would say try to find a better larger area to mine in.

maybe yours is more than mine .... but i have about 450 peds saved up for a hunting trip sometime soon as well so after the hunt the numbers will jump again

They'll jump? How the heck can you say you're gonna be able to hunt at a profit. Using a heatray a and a102 I can't even break even anymore it seems!

Some excellent advise that was given to me by very experienced miners is to NOT up grade to the next finder until you have enough skill to get the same depth (or better) as you had with the old finder.

Ores and Enmatters are very depth dependant so you will not get as many hits or as many higher level ores.

Grounder

If i may ask, why is CND that much better to skill at? I'd rather not have to pay for a trip there and back if I didn't have to. I have a MF-102 maxed, but it seems everything is skilling VERY slowly now, and I don't want to try going to a MF-103 since the depth isn't a deep as the 102's yet.

I'm curious though, what is the current mining tax at CND?

Thanks,
Del