Something that many players aren’t happy about, “mining residue,” is a new mechanic that adds a chance of destroying a unit of a resource from the source itself (never decreasing the actual yield each cycle) to every module and drone capable of gathering ore, ice, or gas. The waste profile of mining modules and drones have been changed as follows: Tech I Modules – 0% Tech II Modules – 34% ORE Modules – 0% Tech I Drones – 0% Tech II Drones – 34% Augmented Drones – 40% Excavator Drones – 60%. Basically, you can head to an opposing faction’s turf and start destroying the minerals in the system using a Type C mining crystal. The latter is meant to provide players with a new, more aggressive gameplay. The new mining crystals provide new standard increased yield with normal “residue” probability (Type A), further increased yield with more risk of residue (Type B), or negligible yield eroding away enormous quantities of resources (Type C). Starting this week, Tech I and II crystals for each of the new tiers listed above, including Abyssal Ore, have three separate variants (the same goes for the existing moon ore mining crystals). If you’ve been mining until now, you should know that the mining crystals have been completely revamped too.
Complex Ores - Bistot, Arkonor, Spodumain.Variegated Ores - Gneiss, Ochre, Crokite.Coherent Ores - Omber, Kernite, Jaspet, Hemorphite, Hedbergite.Simple Ores - Veldspar, Scordite, Pyroxeres, Plagioclase.It will make it much easier for new players to get into mining and make their way up to Tech II. Instead, they have been replaced by new skills, covering the six new “tiers” all non-moon ore has been reorganized into. That doesn’t mean that there will be more asteroid belts throughout the systems it’s just that the rocks will contain double the amount of resources.Īlso, all standard Ore Reprocessing skills (not including Moon Ore Reprocessing) have been removed completely, and all skill points returned to the players.
#Eve online mining ships update#
More importantly, this week’s update doubles the harvestable resources of every variety in the game. Command and Mining Burst Range/Strength Bonus have been increased too.Īlthough the changes announced previously by CCP included a rebalance of other mining ships like the Venture, Prospect, and Endurance, they have been reverted after consideration of feedback.
The Rorqual is also getting drone buffs all across the board, including maximum velocity bonus, ore mining yield bonus, and ice harvesting time. The Tech II Capital Industrial Core specs are even better for the Rorqual: 150 CPU, 150,000 Power Grid.
The Capital Industrial Core that can be fitted on the Rorqual had its CPU value doubled from 50 to 100, just like the Power Grid, which went from 50,000 to 100,000 after the changes. For example, drone ice harvesting cycle time has been reduced from -10% to just -6% (retains 10% bonus to Drone Ore Mining yield). Moving on to the Rorqual, the capital industrial ship has been revised to increase the effectiveness of boosts while still providing a decent mining yield. If you’re not content with the changes made to the Orca, here is a little secret: CCP confirmed that the industrial ship will be further rebalanced to make it at least slightly better than it was before the changes. On the bright side, an Orca fitted with a Large Industrial Core module can now dish out more than 1k DPS (damage per second) with five Hammerhead II heavy drones. It’s probably the main reason many players complain that the Orca has been nerfed, but this massive ship was never intended to be used as a solo mining ship. Orca has always been a fleet support ship rather than a solo mining vessel, but the new changes make that even more obvious. On the other hand, the Orca can now fit new Large Industrial Core modules, which also act like a Siege module. For example, the mining barges and exhumers received major buffs to make them more tanky and have an increased mining yield. The main takeaway is that all mining ships have been adjusted, some more, some less. Making massive changes to such a complex sandbox ecosystem like EVE Online is a very complex process, which is why another major mechanic that should have been part of the update, compression, has been delayed.
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