Let me tell you a story ...

I just warped into the system my agent sent me.

I was supposed to find some rogue drones there. I locked my navigation computer the coordinates and started to approach to the destination. 

Suddenly I spotted the rogue drones on my screen. I increased my speed hiding myself behind a huge veldspar asteroid. I passed by it so close that I almost got some dust on my Slasher's wings. 

I locked my targets and fired my weapons. The 200 mm Autocannons started to burst out their ammuniton. Fusion, proton and titanium sabot salvoes hit the targets one after another. 

One of those rogue drones got blended into the great void with a big explosion. 

Then I locked another target...

• Always keep an eye on the directional scanner. Add a new tab to Overview window. Open your directional scanner, remove the other stuff in the overview window except the ships (right click an object in the scanner window and select remove in the context menu). So when you select the tab you set up, directional scanner will show only the ships in space in that moment. 

• Always check the Killboards. Here is a good site for it : zKillboards. Check the system for the last actions, last kills before jumping there. If there is a kill, check the killer, if he is a PKer add him to your contacts with bad standing so when he is online, there will be a notification. 

• I'm currently using a Retriever with two Modulated Strip Miner II's installed and mining crystal II's on them. Also I use a few mining drones. It suits me well right now. 

Mining Guide for Beginners Par 3

Hi there EVE miners,

I couldn't write this blog for some time..cuz I gave a break to EVE..Now I am back and I will continue ...

Well I re-activated my account, updated the client and logged in...The EVE Online has been improved much as both aestheticaly and functionaly.The developers did a good job out there I think...

The game UI is improved very much. Targeting is easier, giving jobs to drones is easier, exploration is easier, exploration probe management is even easier... I think it is more fun like this...

I will focus on the mining, the rest is up to you to find out.

• When you look at the Overview window (on the right by default) you see the preset tabs as General, Mining and Warp To ..You can add/remove tabs here or modify the existing ones. I like that preset tabs. There is a lot of info on the screen and these tabs group that info and presents to you.

• When you select the Mining tab, you see a list of asteroid belts. You warp to one of them. The list changes and shows the asteroids' names, your distance to each one of them aaannnd -here it comes- it also shows the ore content of the asteroids with a diamond shape. I like that feature very much. It makes the life of a miner easier I think. The bigger the diamond, the more ore inside that asteroid so you don't have to carry a survey scanner with you (well you can have one if you want to). This empties an equipment slot on your ship which you can install a shield for example. 

Mining Guide for Beginners part 2

 Hi there again :)

I am trying to continue this guide as soon as I find time to write...

Now lets continue ...:))

 

12. Try exploration. If you have exploration skills, try exploring around. Scan around for gravimetric signatures as they have less common ore types like Omber, etc. You can fly a Heron (Caldari) or Magnate (Amarr) or another exploration ship. They are nearly the same. I prefer Magnate myself 'cause my main toon is Amarrian.

13. Equip at least two mining lasers (or strip miners) and extract different types of ore at the same time; for example while  one of your mining laser extracts veldspar, the other one may extract scordite, the third one (if there is) may extract dense veldspar. I will talk more about mining lasers later..

14. You may have of course a particular type of ore to extract so choose your mining site accordingly. Don't go low-sec for veldspar ( for tritanium)..!!

15. Learn industrial ship skills too. You will need them soon for carrying your ore from station to another one.

16. Raise your ore processing skills as soon as possible.

17. You can sell your extracted ore in market, or with contract. Watch for a reasonable price. You can go for an immeadiate sell in the market at first but I suggest a long term market sell as your extracted amount of ore increases. I will not talk much about pricing and market strategies here, 'cause I'm not an economy professor :))   But I think you will have a market sense in time.

18. Another way to use your ore is manufacturing and production. It is kinda profitable too. But you have to choose your blueprints wisely. It is a little bit time consuming but yes it is profitable. 

19. Always have your favourite drink with you    :))

20. Start with higher ore load asteroids; for example start with dense veldspar instead of veldspar; or first go for condensed scordite instead of scordite. 

 

21. If you are a solo miner, don't try to wipe a whole asteroid belt out. Well it is kinda boring :))   Take less common ores and leave the veldspar to others...

22. But if you are in a mining group or corp , then clean the area and leave nothing mate :))

 23. I don't do jet-can mining any more. Buy a Retriever instead. It has 22000m3 ore hold capacity. Raise your Mining Barge skill and you will get an ore hold capacity as high as a jettisoned container.

 To be continued ....

Ore Table For EVE Online

A nice ore info page..

http://ore.cerlestes.de/index.html#site:ore

Mining Guide for Beginners part 1

Hi-Sec Mining Guide in EVE Universe

Hey fellow Miners !!!..Welcome ...:)
This is a beginners' guide who wants to carry on with mining in EVE.
You can make lots of ISK with mining while sitting in a mining barge or frigate.
Lets go...

1. Set your overview tabs: Right click on "Default" tab on your overview window and select add tab. Then right click on the new tab, hover on "Load Overview Profile" and select "Mining" here...You can add more tabs like this here..as many as you want ...I personally added Loot and Drones tabs too.
2. Use a Survey scanner. Train the skill as quickly as possible if you don't have it (Electronics lvl 1).
3. Carry mining drones and scout drones on board. Group them in your "Drones Overview" (not in the tab) as mining and combat drones. 
4. Always watch your overview. If an NPC pirate pops up just right click the mining group and order them to return to the drone bay and launch the combat group.
5. Get close to the asteroid you are mining..like 3000-4000 km. Give it to your mining drones. Then select and lock the further asteroids for mining lasers. 
6. Get a mining barge as soon as possible.
7. Venture is a good ship for beginner miners. I will talk about ships more later..
8. Don't trash excess minerals after refining. Choose a home station for yourself and always bring your load there. The excess amount of minerals after refining them stack up in there so everytime you unload there, select "Stack all" on the context menu and stack the same kind of minerals and you will avoid wasting your hardly earned minerals.
9. Get strip miners as soon as possible.
10. First stick in 1.0 or 0.8 sectors. Then go to lower sectors but not lower then 0.6 if you are solo. Scout drones like Acolyte I or Hornet etc are enough to cover your back up to 0.6 security. 
11. Bookmark location of the asteroid you are close to and when you undock, select that location instead of the asteroid belt. 

To be continued....