Mining station vs mining ship

[Firemad]

Ok I found that if you have less mining station then the AI will build more mining ship and vice versa.

Let's say I do everything manual then when do you build mining station ? when it's very far with more abundance ressource to minimise the station maintenance cost ?

What your thought ?

[Taurec]

Mining stations can store more resources and extract raw materials much faster, plus they can defend themselves (Which of course depends on the design) and also help to support territorial claims.
Besides, where you have a mining station, no one else can build one. So you can prevent anyone else from getting hold of these resources.

Especially at the beginning of the game, the speed and range of the mining ships is rather low. The range of construction ships is greater and so you can also get to places where the mining ships cannot even go.

I occupy all planets with important raw materials, especially in border areas, with mining stations. The mining ships can get around the asteroids, where a station is often not even worthwhile.

I also use mining stations partly as fortifications. At least as long as I can't build proper defensive forts. Even if they can't withstand a fleet, they can at least buy me a little time to react to an attack.

[Mr. Wiggles]

You want to build as many as possible, you can't go wrong. Btw, they are paid for and maintained by the private economy, and the privates will make a net profit anyway out of them thanks to the expansion of your freighter fleet and hauling of resources. Maybe your mining ship can go mine the resources from your trading partners when you buy mining rights there, Im not sure.

I'd say that a planet with deposits and a sizeable population is the only thing better than a mining station.

[Firemad]

For asteroid ? mining ship or it's depend of the abundance ?

[Supply Slut]

Mining ships are great for smaller deposits that don’t justify a mining station. Or if they are out of range of your constructors, I usually boost the fuel range for mining ships to get those further out resources before my supply chain can get a construction ship over there.

But ultimately you want mining bases most of the time: private economy pays for them, and once you build more of them private economy also pays your starbases to build more freighters, boosting your cash. They also extract resources much faster and can store more, meanings it overall much more efficient.

Really mining ships are only useful for filling gaps when mining stations can’t be placed.

[Mr. Wiggles]

Originally posted by Firemad:

For asteroid ? mining ship or it's depend of the abundance ?

Im not sure what you mean, sorry....If I got it right mining stations are very useful to mine asteroid belts, you only need to build one and it will mine all the asteroids in its radio!
I do not think it is worth it to build a mining station near a single asteroid with a 3% abundance of steel, tho

[Firemad]

Originally posted by Mr. Wiggles:

Originally posted by Firemad:

For asteroid ? mining ship or it's depend of the abundance ?

Im not sure what you mean, sorry....If I got it right mining stations are very useful to mine asteroid belts, you only need to build one and it will mine all the asteroids in its radio!
I do not think it is worth it to build a mining station near a single asteroid with a 3% abundance of steel, tho

I mean at start of the game at my homeworld. They are near the starport.

[Mr. Wiggles]

Originally posted by Firemad:

Originally posted by Mr. Wiggles:

Im not sure what you mean, sorry....If I got it right mining stations are very useful to mine asteroid belts, you only need to build one and it will mine all the asteroids in its radio!
I do not think it is worth it to build a mining station near a single asteroid with a 3% abundance of steel, tho

I mean at start of the game at my homeworld. They are near the starport.

Build a mining station if there is a cluster of asteroids with deposits. If you hover an existing mining station it should show you its mining range

[Firemad]

Originally posted by Mr. Wiggles:

Originally posted by Firemad:

I mean at start of the game at my homeworld. They are near the starport.

Build a mining station if there is a cluster of asteroids with deposits. If you hover an existing mining station it should show you its mining range

Ok! I builded a mining station for each asteroid... lol jesus