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XXLeganzaZZ

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Hi there,

I am an old player, and after a break I have decided to start playing again. In my time you could mine only for ores or en matter, but not for both in the same time.

I am curious, are there any theories to support mining just for 1 resource at one time, or doing it for both?

All opinions are welcomed, and thanks in advance...
 
XXLeganzaZZ said:
Hi there,

I am an old player, and after a break I have decided to start playing again. In my time you could mine only for ores or en matter, but not for both in the same time.

I am curious, are there any theories to support mining just for 1 resource at one time, or doing it for both?

All opinions are welcomed, and thanks in advance...
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There is no special magic that happens if you mine one or both. Mine for what you think will give you the best markup, that's all.
 
ZPF said:
There is no special magic that happens if you mine one or both. Mine for what you think will give you the best markup, that's all.
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Thank you, my question was asked more because I have noticed some things:

When I mined for both resources, it had happened more than once to find a claim (let's say ore) and then drop another probe nearby, and found a new claim of a different type (let's say en) right next to the old claim.

Considering the fact that both claims were in the coverage area of the finder, shouldn't I have founded both with the same probe?

So you can see, that my problem is with the fact that I don't feel that mining for both resources is the best way to get the best TT return.

I will probably do also some tests while mining for ores/en separately and both at the same time to see how can I get the best results.

Also skill wise, I have the feeling (not based on actual facts yet) that I will get more skills when mining for just one resource at the time.

Thanks again for your reply.
 
My experience is that when ever I double drop, I pretty much only hit enmats. So instead of 10 probes to find enmats, I wind up using 30. I no longer double drop.
 
XXLeganzaZZ said:
Thank you, my question was asked more because I have noticed some things:

When I mined for both resources, it had happened more than once to find a claim (let's say ore) and then drop another probe nearby, and found a new claim of a different type (let's say en) right next to the old claim.

Considering the fact that both claims were in the coverage area of the finder, shouldn't I have founded both with the same probe?

So you can see, that my problem is with the fact that I don't feel that mining for both resources is the best way to get the best TT return.

I will probably do also some tests while mining for ores/en separately and both at the same time to see how can I get the best results.

Also skill wise, I have the feeling (not based on actual facts yet) that I will get more skills when mining for just one resource at the time.

Thanks again for your reply.
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TT return should not be affected. Do you use LBML? I recommend you do some tests with the TT finder (low probe cost) and confirm that double dropping twice in the same spot is finding you new claims. I ran this test a long time ago and my conclusion was no.
 
I have mined for both at the same time and also for just one type at a time. Over the long haul (1,000 drops min), my hit rate was virtually the same. A long while ago, i even double hoffed on one drop (never happened again...). I know there are some miners (one of the mining logs states it, but I'd have to search it out) who triple mine (ores, enmatter, treasure) with no issues. Only reason I don't do it all the time is I am not too fond of oil and few other enmats. I use an F105 a lot and although I seem to find most (except for the rarest of rares) ores, I seem to hit a lot of oil with it.
 
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