Xoria asked me to run some tests to find out what mining rates really are and how mining works in reality. If more players did these tests, we'd get a good idea of what is broken and how to fix it... because... yes... things are broken! According to the last dev, everything was "standardized". Ye... it is not.
Run your tests like this:
> use: your fastest optimised mining ship + write which one that is and which loadout
> obviously have the ID for all the bonuses
> only do x4 ores that your ID has
My test results today:
Quote:System: Tau 23
Ore: Niobium
Field: Only active Niobium field, lower left one of the 3
ID: IMG| ID
Bonus: x4
Ship: Annapurna mining freighter. 4 lasers.
2:40 min for 4175 units
2:30 for 4020
1:59 for 4020
2:22 for 3995
2:25 for 4020
HORRIBLE! Had to turn off space dust, backgrounds, everything to minimum to find rocks, and there were hardly anytime more than 2 on 1 screen. Compared to other fields... that's ridiculous.
3:31 for 3850
3:35 for 4020
5:00 for 4179
4:04 for 4020
Quote:Texas, Prem. Scrap. ALG ID, Behemoth, 4 lasers, (x4 bonus?)
Rock count: okay. Contrast is okay for mining.