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Ehy man, just so you know, you're a proper second monitor companion, cheers
*flys to a ring to mine*: puts on youtube to watch other people mine
I literally just did that now.
Lmao I'm doing that right now.
*Laughs in overuse of limpets*
Doesn't it make it so much worse though when you see them racking up the money and you're just floating through space mining nothing but Bullshitium?
need a miners guild discord for ED commanders
@@GeoffPG there is, try IMU ( www.reddit.com/r/EliteMiners/comments/7yhlnt/intergalactic_mining_union_dedicated_to_you/ )
The tip about switching out cargo size for more collector limpets depending on how long you like to spend mining is a great one. There's no point having a 500 ton cargo-hold which takes 2 hours to fill if you only like to mine in one hour sessions. Something so simple is yet often overlooked. I always end up picking up at least one or two tips from most of your tutorial vids
If mining only for about an hour is desirable, I would use an Anaconda.
Besides, it has better larger distro which easily powers 5 lasers, maybe even 6 if using weapon focused.
@@attilawiszmeg Hybrid Guardian Distro is a good choice too.
I've been watching your channel since E:D released on PS4 and just realized that I had not yet subscribed. I have now corrected that oversight. Thank you for all the work that you put in to making your content. It was definitely a huge help as I learned the mechanics of this game and still teaches me things I didn't know.
This helped me so much I’ve been playing for a couple weeks grinding combat missions and I ran into another commander who told me to look you up now I’m making a profit mining. Thank you!
Mining with prospectors is an easy mode. I remember times when we had to manually scoop all the cargo and nobody ever heard about scanners. Those were the days...
giving me ptsd man D:
I remember when you had to find companion stars and planets by watching for parallax and star occlusion while flying around blindly in supercruise.
Alrighty grandpa.
and i remember elite.
I remember when your ship was just a triangle, and you shot little square dots at giant rocks.
This type of mining also brings you materials that spawn occasionally from the rock. Core roid mining doesn't give you that. So it's not only easy money, but easy raw mats as well.
Great video, thank you for your support of the community, greatly appreciated!
Been getting really bored of Void mining as of late. Think I'm definitely going to kit out a ship just for this. Thank you so much D2EA!
Been doing the painite run for just over a day, went from 98m to 1.2 billion!
Love the vids man. Great work. Very easy to follow. Literally followed all the steps from "Sidewinder to anaconda" and it worked like a charm. Thanks!
Great video, you just got a sub! I've got 280 hours in elite and I've made almost all my money from combat and passenger gold rushes, just recently decided to get into mining and didn't know where to start, this helped a lot. CHEERS!
Whenever I see one of your guides, I'm sure it's a great guide before I even see it.
You inspired me to go back to playing E:D, I'll try your method.
Just getting back into this game after some bad luck and I’m really digging the whole mining aspect of this game. It’s rather honest work, and I’m making a pretty penny, thanks for the great advice on what to do, love your videos
Great video! The focus on time efficiency and dealing with the fragments' travel vectors is awesome and insightful: Centrifugal force in action! o7
Thank you for this information, I've mined at least 1 billion credits mining Painite since finding your video and making a Mining Cutter just like your gold digger.
My goto spot is Hyades Sector DB-X d1-112, I've lucked out at several other spots but the Hyades Sector always produces for me. I just filled up my Cutter with 512 tons plus 1 ton in the refinery and made 444 million credits.
Planning on getting the cutter, how much empire rank grind does it require?
You'll need to advance to the Empire rank of Duke, a fairly long process to be sure.
But the grind is easy: it's called the Ngallin Run.
You do Courier Data Delivery Missions between Hickam Survey in Ngallin and Mies Van Der Rohe's Claim in Mainani. The two systems are only 4 ly away from each other and there is only one station in each system so it's easy to grab a bunch of missions at each station and just shuttle back and forth.
You need a small or medium ship because they are small stations. I used a Python with a bunch of cargo bays since you might have to do a cargo mission to rank up.
There are plenty of "Empire grind" videos that explain the process, this one is short and to the point:
th-cam.com/video/0YatZYO0RiY/w-d-xo.html
Thank you, lad! I'm fairly new to the game. Got the Anaconda after playing nearly 150 hours. I watch lots of your content and others as well to learn about the game. You ppl shouldn't limit yourselves to a single game. Try filming videos for others too.
Agreed, I can confirm this works, in fact I was rolling back to the station with over 250M, I think just 2 Mining lasers is fine, you do need at least 2 collector controllers, tried it with one and took a LOT longer. I am using a Cutter. Pirates will show up, I had 5 hitting me at the same time, but once you shoot back they will usually run. But allow space for some regular weapons.
Look forward to the build video you mentioned; and any updated small or medium ship build ideas you wanna make!
Thank you for this, much more relaxing than opal hunting. Doing mine in a Anaconda for now.
Amazing guide to riches sir. Because of you we all gonna ride fancy ships now. Guys for starters like me convert a dolphin into miner is super cheap and can help you make asap many millions with this guide.
wow, this guide is amazing!
Thanks a lot man, video was very usefull for me as a newbie in the game. I'm not actually to much attracted buy the mining, but this almost passive type of mining ( in compare with the opal mining ) with a good benefit worth it.
We managed to mine 1 billion credits worth of Painite in one wing session. Thanks DtEA!
I like my python for opal mining, but this video here has finally helped me give my cutter a purpose! Thank you
Thanks Astro! Out at my secret Painite ring in the T-9, right now :)
80T more to unlock Selene Jean!
Thank you! I don't enjoy core mining but always liked the traditional style. Would be good to give my Cutter something to do!
Thanks so much! Im just sitting here at work watching this clock tick ever so slow so i can get home and start building my miner :) 07
Great Guide, thanks alot!!!
hey there, i want to thank you for all your help you give to us.
I use a Cutter with my "golddigger" build. (th-cam.com/video/_CRgVo8NPYc/w-d-xo.html)
Dave between all the builds you made this is the one I like the most . And I know you'd deserve a unique diamond livery ( or emerald , would look really cool) for that Cutter , one off just for you. The only thing I'm missing to make this build .. haha is to decide whether earning first the LML's or Prismatic shields *throws a coin*
Can run the collector limpets on the same trigger as your mining lasers if you like
Tried this out today after getting tired of void opal mining. Mined for 4 hours straight, came back with 460 units of painite in my type-7 and earned about 365 million credits.
A tidy sum, but not that much more profitable than deep core mining considering the extra hassle of having to jump long distances (7-9 jumps for me) between mining spot-selling stations.
OMG that is the BEST ship name! I love it
Great guide cheers.
After testing today I found the Cutter with a lvl 5 overcharged 7A power distributer can run 4 2D mining lasers, much faster rock melting with the 2's.
Good stuff! I think I'll still prefer void opal mining because it does involve a little more variety....but looking at this, it might be a toss-up as to which one I would advise newbies to use. I think the power juggling for the lasers/distributor might end up being more of an issue for someone new not familiar with the outfitting.
This is much easier than core-mining, thanks:)
I'm on vacation, but when I return i am intrigued to try this style of mining operations. Core mining is ok but the returns are not as good. I average about 20-40 mil an hour with a simple python build
@@Mike__S I fly a python too:) That's more than enough.
@@Mike__S Core mining is great, you just gotta choose the right ship. I find an ASP Explorer to be the biggest cargo hold I can tolerate filling with void opals.
Omg thank you I luv you
Mining just got interesting. A ship with a set up for both types of mining should be a cash cow waiting to happen.
I love space in general, my boyfriend bought the game for me four days ago and I have played 50h, I really like it.
I'd love to have the expansion and some joystick
FYI you can also use a Keelback to do this on a (much) smaller scale:
1x Class 5 Cargo Bay
1x Class 5 SLF Hangar (optional, otherwise another cargo bay)
2x Class 2 Fixed Mining Lasers
1x Class 4D Shield
1x Class 3A Collector Limpet
1x Class 2 Refinery (any grade, you only need like 3 bins.)
1x Class 1 Prospector
1x Class 1 DSS Scanner
2x Class 1 Turreted weapons (I recommend MCs, but your choice. Drag Munitions Frag turrets also a good choice.)
I used this to unlock Selene Jean last week. In a regular painite hotspot (not even overlapping) I got 20t in less than 15 minutes. I used 10t to unlock her, then sold her the other 10t and made over 2.3mil credits on it. If I had filled the entire 32t cargo hold, I could've paid for the entire build in a single trip.
So yeah, even if you aren't trying to pay for an A-rated Cutter and don't want to invest in a Type-9, just a cheap little Keelback can give you a couple million any time you need it.
I use a python and a clipper.
Keelback mining for Selene Jean is how it should be done.
I just did two trips with my python and got 200 mil love ur vids :)
Along with "don't forget limpets" also dont forget to fire any crew BEFORE SELLING your haul. "Experts" get 12 percent, so for every 100 million you see on SELL page, you're losing 12 million credits.
You can go into contacts and add the unwanted materials to ignore list, the limpets will still pick up any fragments with Painite and the unwanted material, but the refinery will ONLY process the Painite in the fragment. This makes it so you only get Painite out of your mining session.
Hmm I never did that bu I just assumed that option removed it from your target list. Didn't know it affected Refinery operation. Does i remove it from your target list too? If so, how do you "un-ignore" the material?
@@JohnVanderbeck The material you add to ignore just becomes Greyed out, so you can still access it to remove it from the ignore list.
Great video. Some really useful tips there, thanks!
Where do the mining lances come from though? Don't remember ever seeing them for sale...
It's a powerplay module - elite-dangerous.fandom.com/wiki/Mining_Lance
Great video! Thanks! o7
I went to a metallic pristine ring, 200 limpets on bay, 1 each 20 asteroids has painite, ended up with 70 painite and 0 limpets, there has to be a better way (oh, also the mining tool made me sell painite for 300k instead of the ainara best sell of 700k, so be careful) . I made 500M in 8 hours with void opals from home station to home station
I usually check for highest prices of painite on eddb, then the demand (ideally 500+) and then how far is the closest painite2 hotspot and then I go to that hotspot. Anyway... Surface mining is rather random but there probably is something wrong if you get almost no painite asteroids. idk
@@raddysurrname7944 I will do that the next time, maybe everyone checks the mining tool and goes to the same first planetary ring, that should be the reason for almost no painite asteroids maybe x)
these figures are very best case scenario , this isn't just aimed at you but all the dual hotspot mining , I had a go and was really impressed with all the ore I was getting , but it aint that good really
You should be getting at least 150/hr if you are doing it right. Current max is >400m/hr. Don't follow his build exactly. Use medium mining lasers and get really close to the rock when mining and collecting.
I like this.
I just made 80 million with my type 7. you sir are beautiful. Thank you!
Good guide ty
How do you keep your lasers firing while you dont click the button?
And here I am with like two collector limpets busting their asses to bring all of my worthless minerals back to the ship while you've got a veritable factory line of collectors bringing you stacks of cash. That mining location tool you posted is super handy though, so maybe I'll have better luck at another location.
Great tutorial as always. I swapped the Guardian FSD Booster for a fuel scoop. 2.5hrs for 512 tons (395 million) like clockwork. One odd thing... When I showed up at the ring, The hot-spots were showing up for me without scanning it... Odd as I have never been in that system.
This seems like a really late video for this topic...
Edit: I've changed my mind. You do a much better job explaining the outfitting and how to on this than other folks like Exiguous did back when he did his little bit about it back in... Like May or June.
I could watch that fairly lights string of limpets to and fro all day lol
Excellent guide. I haven’t tried mining yet so this was very useful. Are the guardian modules necessary and could I do this safely smaller scale with an ASP-X?
Bigfat Cat the guardian modules are not necessary but makes it safer. And about the aspx, I guess you could do it but it won’t be nearly as efficient said just got for void opals if you just have an aspx
Noah9111 thanks CMDR :) I can afford a python now, maybe that would be a better place to start.
Nice, I think I will still stick to Void Opal Mining, I find it much more fun.
thanx for sharing 07
Thanks to you and CMDR Exigeous I was able to dual Painite mine to 800 mil in only two loads in my Cutter (which is much less advanced than yours) and obtained Elite status in the process all in under a week! Keep up the great videos!
-CMDR Lazarus_Fox
Why 4 class 1 mining lasers vs. 2 class 2 mining lasers? I've been using 2 class 2 forever. It never occurred to me that perhaps 4 small lasers might be better. I use the other 2 hardpoints for defensive weaponry. With 3x class 5A collector limpet controllers, I get 9 collectors, and the 2 lasers still outpace the limpets. My build is similar except I have a big fuel scoop fitted. I have 256t of cargo available, and I usually buy 175 limpets before embarking on a session. Most times, if the RNG is smiling on me, that's too many limpets. If I jump into a place where the pickings are thin, then it's not enough and I usually turn in when they run out. If a session is really good, I fill up the cargo hold as well as all the bins in the refinery. Another pro tip: If you do head to a system with a full cargo hold and refinery, sell 10 painite units first, let the refinery dump its contents into the cargo hold, then sell the remaining amount. If you sell the 500t of painite, it will impact the sell price, sometimes dramatically. Your last 10 units will be discounted. Conversely, selling the 10 initially won't impact the sell price, so you can get full sale price for everything.
He uses mining lance , it comes only in class 1 but has 2km range
@@josa310 Ah, thanks a bunch. I don't have mining lances ( not much of a power play enthusiast ) Makes perfect sense. Do you know if anyone has any empirical data regarding the 4x class 1 vs. 2x class 2 mining lasers? A very, very long time ago, I did a 2x class 1 vs. 1x class 2 by equipping them on a python in different groups and timing the yield. It was close in time, and I didn't try checking power draw, or make any special note of heat buildup. Truthfully, I wouldn't change to 4x class 1 mining lasers though because I need some defensive weaponry, you know, in case of pirates. I know the mining lances have some defensive capability, but I can't imagine landing any shots on a viper while trying to swing around a cutter or anaconda. its tough enough keeping turrets on them.
@@therealstubot I'm not aware of any empiracal data regarding what you ask.
I personaly use 2x class 2 mining lasers , which i find adequate with 7/9 collector limpets, ( i use type 10 and type 9 for mining ) so i can use the remaining hard points for defensive weaponry
what i know for sure is that 4x class 1 mining lasers use more power than 2x class 2 mining lasers
@@therealstubot Although I prefer void opal mining I did build a Type-9 for painite and gave it a try. I used 2 mining lancers only and had 6 collector limpets. The mining lancers ripped the asteroid faster than the collectors could collect the minerals. Also I only needed 2 pips in each system. The weapons one never lost more than 3 bars by the time the asteroid was empty. Also no need for defense because pirates only appear if
1. You first drop into a system (so don't start mining till they go away).
2. Restart a new instance or start of a session in the rings
3. someone else joins your instance.
as long as you avoid those things you will never need weapons
I also avoid pirates when traveling to a system to sell the painite, by charging my fsd as soon as I see a pirate, even while fuel scooping. They can't get to you quick enough, and rather take some internal heat damage than loose the ship during an interdiction.
@@davidentz7440 I'm not very good at the new mining style. I've tried a few times, but never have successfully gotten a subsurface deposit, or cracked an asteroid open. I make plenty of money doing old style mining, so i'm not that concerned about learning it.
Even fully loaded in my anaconda or cutter, I can evade interdiction about 95% of the time. My tactic when interdicted in the cutter is run, it's silly fast so I can usually get distance and wake out before losing the shield. In the anaconda, I fight. Its too slow to run, and it's tanky enough to put up with a lot of abuse. Its also armed to the teeth. The majority of the time, pilots that interdict are at least deadly ranked and in a Chieftan, FDL or better.
A very common scenario I encounter is I jump into a ring, mine for a while and get next to nothing, like 5t. I stow gear and go to another part of the ring. As you mentioned, of course, when you enter the ring, you get a pirate or two ( although not always, sometimes you'll get another miner ). With a few tons of product in the hold, they attack, and in that case, I always fight them. I would much rather lose my ship and cargo than be extorted like that. Most of the time, the pirates you encounter in ring outside of the resource extraction sites are low level, flying small class ships, so not a big deal. Rarely are they badass opponents. But sometimes you'll get a dangerous ranked pilot in a python and that can be a fight.
But even my exploration ship has weapons, a shield, and point defense. I got ganked early in my elite days coming back from a 30kly exploration run by a pair of sidewinders. Lost a month's worth of data within 100ls from the station. I'm not going down without a fight.
Spent three hours in a "hotspot" and never found a rock actually containing said hotspot mineral. Am I doing something wrong?
No. They are just very low probability sometimes. Just found my first platinum core, took forever spamming the pulse wave scanner flying around.
might be too late to mention this much there's a tiny typo in the desc "
Mining tool shown in viodeo" :)
Hi. Great video. What is the mining guide you used to find double painite spots? Thanks!
ciderdrinker68 you probably already found the answer but if not:
edtools.ddns.net/miner
Hi im a little late to the party, and your videos are really easy to follow thank you for that, my question for you if you are able to get back to me is, the ED tool for double hot spots is that only for PC players or is it across the platforms im on XBOX 1 and im currently in Merope i used the ED tool and it told me there is a double HotSpot nearly 300 LYs away id really hate it if i travelled all that way and there was nothing there as its only for PC players thank you in advance
PC, Xbox & PS4 all share the same universe - tis why you have to have internet connection when you play. So whatever is in the elite universe is the same on all 3. There is just no cross-play, if you play open you'll only meet other Xbox commanders. So the answers is yes if it's there for PC players then it will be there for xbox & ps4 players.
Where can I buy the detailed surface scanner? I cant find it in any station please help
So only use Prospector Limpets...the Wave Scanner is useless here ??
Dear Down to Earth Astronomy
. Can you give as your key bindings for Elite Dangerous. Thank you.
So, do you just not use a fuel scoop, or?
Thanks Dave!!!
You know his name isnt dave m8
Yeah thanks Dave! Good ol' Dave..
@@technoviking2415 What are you talkin about man don't talk about Dave like that..
@@manrightchea name aint DAVVE
@@technoviking2415 No man his name's Dave, my friend Astro told me.
Intresting video, one question though, tried using ED Tools, as you recommended, but several systems that the tool suggested had no painite. Is it because I play with the ps4 or something else.
Hotspots can be depleted by other players
Generally, when you drop into a double hotspot, you never want to jump directly into it, since that area will be mined out by NPCs and players. Try dropping in about 300 km from the map marker and see if that gets you better, unmined roids.
You are making amazing videos about E:D I love to watch them! But... English isn't my native language and sometimes it is very hard to understand You (no offence!), it would be nice to have some subtitles, not only generated by You Tube
It's tempting but the deep core mining with void opals (and my secret tip alexandrite as not many people search for it. Well. Not as many as with opals) is more exciting with blowing up the whole rock
Jan-VGH I think you still make more money void opal mining anyway, depending on the station you sell at I believe
@@___Nobody__ The Void Opals are just way too inconsistent with their prizes even after so many months so I prefer Alexandrite. I don't mind it if it takes a bit longer
I think doing Void Opals and Low Temperature Diamonds at the same spot is way better. I often find hot spots for both that overlap or just find the Diamonds in an Opal hotspot. I guess the reward over time comparison really depends on how lucky you get finding asteroids with the right core materials.
I prefer Void Opals. I use a clipper because it is very fast and pretty maneuverable. If you mine a void opal hotspot that no-one else has mined (on the fringes of the bubble), then a fast ship like the clipper, can search a huge area very quickly and you find way more void opal asteroids that way. I usually make 150-300mil/hr in my secret location :)
@@davidentz7440 I currently have a Krait II for mining but planning to upgrade to a Clipper. Problem: Rank-Grind! I'm not a fan of it and the pain of unlocking the Corvette is still sitting inside me
Doesnt that get a little tight with no fuel scoop?
Get ready for the comments blaming you for making a video saying its getting nerfed now even though its been a thing for a while
i know. :-)
With a full hold what are you earning i have one more cargo rack but might drop it for one more colletor
@@DowntoEarthAstronomy Its bound to happen. When you reveal something that others might have chosen to keep quiet there will always be ripples. Im just glad for once I was ahead of the game and have about 10 billion in storage on my accounts. Be wary Trolls are on the march.
That said Fdev has been aware of these levels of income for quite some time now. I think "guess" that they are ok with the level of income and are adjusting the game to prep Pilots for the staggering overhead of a fleet carrier style ship. SO for now the Credits Doth Flow...
@@JG27Korny at least its not a bug
@@lostphotographs3936 that seems like exactly what they did. After some fiddling on the pts, FCs start out at 5bil base, with an upkeep and extra features costing quite a bit more
just fit 2 medium mining lasers, not even 12 drones can keep up with this
Arrrrghh just as I was about jump out with a hull full and a pirate jumped in immediately in front of me - I promptly ran straight up their tail pipe and lost all shields and a chunk of hull - needless to say I was space dust before I could get outta there :-(
Thx for the tutorial.. but I'll stick with opals, bringing in 800 million per run, is better imo
Opal run tutorial video? Newb here
@@brettreiman3069 there are plenty of opal mining tutorials out here.
my god, 800 mil per run, that must be long boring night .... :D (i am satisfied with my 200 mill per run)
@@GrowerMan takes a few hours.. I mine outside the bubble in a personal pristine ring, with the type9.
I do it now and then, so I can fund my crazy schemes hahaha..
Wesley Larsen you sound like an intergalactic super villain in the making lol
So how long until "they fixed it" ?
Nice option when you want to mine, but too bored to search and crack for void opals.
Avoid fast spinning rocks. Damn the percentage. You can skip that rock or waste time working out an angle. And put your lasers and collectors on the same trigger. Prospectors on the other.
So you don't need to target a fragment to let the limpets get the minerals? Just spam the limpets button and they do all automatically?
Also I don't see "hotspots", why? :o
You only see hotspots when you have the detailed surface scanner equipped.
You need to fire your detailed surface on the ring so it will show you where the hotspots are
@@xrevolution9179 thank you guys!
Tartgeting the fragments is even something you should avoid when firing limpets! If you have a collection target the limpet will only collect that and then disable itself. That means you lose limpets with every collection
How are you getting so much power out of your power plant? 50MW?! Is the cutter that amazing? I'm still slumming i medium ships (Asp Explorer at the moment) but 50MW seems like paradise to me.
Generally the bigger the ship the bigger the powerplant. But keep in mind all of his ships are almost certainly engineered, so don't expect to get 50MW out of a cutters powerplant right away.
Got to get a bigger ship t10 perhaps
Can't you just use a Pulse Wave Analyser to ping these rocks first ? I mean, wouldn't that save on Prospector Limpets and travel time ?
How in hell did you manage to reach 45 LY jump range in the cutter ? Mine is only 24 with FSD lvl 4 engineered
going to get back into the game after a long break, what do i need to do to "scan the rings" so the hotspots show up?
karmapoliceman7 scan the rings with a detailed surface scanner then the hotspots will show up
What is the difference between an A rated class 3 prospector limpit module compared to a class 1 in terms of the amount of goodies you can mine?
Non. Only difference is the number of active limpets you can have.
Why isn't there a fuel scoop in the build? How can you get anywhere to mine without one? And what other item would you sacrifice to put in it's place? This seems like a large oversight.
Just buy some fuel
For you guys that don't play all that one session.. how do you deal with pirates in a Type-9 man, because I like to use 3 mining lasers so should I get rid of one?
Even with good engineering it just feels like it's made out of paper..I would take breaks while I'm mining but then I worry about coming back to pirates..at least with Void Opals I can take the Corvette.
People recommend the Type 9 but how do you fend off pirates because it's too slow to run even with G5 Dirty Drives and Drag Drives.. if you take mining lasers it sucks trying to defend itself.. it's probably the only ship I question actually purchasing.
Money is not an issue for me in ED but still..for a decently expensive ship I can't find a good use for it, I want to use it for this but it sucks defending itself.
no need for defense because pirates only appear if
1. You first drop into a system (so don't start mining till they go away).
2. Restart a new instance or start of a new (log off then log back on hours/days later) session in the rings
3. someone else joins your instance.
as long as you avoid those things you will never need weapons
I also avoid pirates when traveling to a system to sell the painite, by charging my fsd as soon as I see a pirate, even while fuel scooping. They can't get to you quick enough, and rather take some internal heat damage than loose the ship during an interdiction.
Personally I prefer void opal mining and use a clipper for that. Although It does have 2 large multi-canons and 620m/s boost as defense I never really need it. Though sometimes I do kill the pirates just for fun :)
*Sips boomer juice*100 to 250 mil an hour. That's rookie numbers
mining is now only for relaxation
Can someone help, I fly to a ring and scan it (metallic ring) and it shows orange circles but doesn’t say the type of hot spot they are
Are you in analysis mode ? :) /do you have detailed surface scanne (dss) ?
It does hat o m randomly as well and I haven't figured out rhyme or reason. Once I go into the hotspot and drop into normal space, then I suddenly get a target for it which stays around.
Do more mining lasers pull the fragments out faster?
No. Think of it as a type-1 laser with 4X the range that takes the power of a type-2 laser... that generates a lot of heat.
Literally a video about this that was posted months ago. 10/10 original content
The amount of VO that clipped t into the asteroid chunks is rediculous
I've been doing this for a couple of days and made billions form this :D I know I can also mine void opals for a similar profit rate. Is this the best way of making money in elite just now?
Yes
Is this still viable?
1 hr at a hotspot cant see any painite
I tried void opal mining and I couldn't find shit so I'm trying painite mining instead