Deep Core Mining Questions

[EngineerDoge]

So currently I am mining LT Diamonds and I noticed that even though I am in a hotspot for low temp diamonds, I am getting a lot of deep core roids that have other minerals in it that have hot spots on the ring. So much so that at least 50% 75% of the motherload rocks I find have other minerals in them. Can anyone else confirm the same thing?

My other questions are that do reserve levels effect deep core mining, and do double hotspots effect the rate deep core roids spawn?

[Sam]

As far as I know, when I was going in a hotspot for a specific mineral, I almost always got that one if it had a deep core (like 90 % ?!). So I'm not sure how you get "a lot" of other deep core minerals in a hot spot.

As far as i'm aware, multiple hotspots stacking on each other does NOT influence deep core mining. Either you are in a hot spot or not. It does influence regular laser mining tho, multiple hotspot stacking increase the number of astroid with that specific mineral.

[EngineerDoge]

I ended up selling what I got, which took me around 4 hours to get 75 tons. Not I went to a triple LTD hotspot and now I'm getting 95% of the motherload roids spawning as LTDs.

[slipperyspace]

in one hour you could laser mine about 256 tonne of LTD for a total of $237,761,792 mil
in a wing you could do it quicker as you can get double mining of one rock well if you have 5 in a wing you all can get the same amount out of the same rock.
and when you cash in at a station, every one shares from the percentage total %5

and your 75 roids at the highest price of 1 mil per unit would of got you about $78 mil for 4 hours work

[Sam]

Originally posted by slipperyspace:

in one hour you could laser mine about 256 tonne of LTD for a total of $237,761,792 mil
in a wing you could do it quicker as you can get double mining of one rock well if you have 5 in a wing you all can get the same amount out of the same rock.
and when you cash in at a station, every one shares from the percentage total %5

and your 75 roids at the highest price of 1 mil per unit would of got you about $78 mil for 4 hours work

huh.. there is no way you can mine 256 tonne in only one hour.. thats like saying you can make.. well 250 M an hour, the actual rate is more 30 - 40 M an hour (used to be double). Not sure if you are just lying or have no experience in the game here, but that's false information. Even in wing, no way you can do that, not even close

[slipperyspace]

Originally posted by Sam:

Originally posted by slipperyspace:

in one hour you could laser mine about 256 tonne of LTD for a total of $237,761,792 mil
in a wing you could do it quicker as you can get double mining of one rock well if you have 5 in a wing you all can get the same amount out of the same rock.
and when you cash in at a station, every one shares from the percentage total %5

and your 75 roids at the highest price of 1 mil per unit would of got you about $78 mil for 4 hours work

huh.. there is no way you can mine 256 tonne in only one hour.. thats like saying you can make.. well 250 M an hour, the actual rate is more 30 - 40 M an hour (used to be double). Not sure if you are just lying or have no experience in the game here, but that's false information. Even in wing, no way you can do that, not even close

add me as a friend and i will put my words to the test and show you how to do it.

[slipperyspace]

this is my mining ship a person who dose not know how to mine

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1913148447

[Sam]

Originally posted by slipperyspace:

this is my mining ship a person who dose not know how to mine

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1913148447

thats exactly what I do.. I have like 8 limpet active at all time, 5 laser.. I deplete an astroid right away and all the limpet grab it in one pass, tripple hotspot LTDs. You don't make 256 T an hour, no one does.

[slipperyspace]

Originally posted by Sam:

Originally posted by slipperyspace:

this is my mining ship a person who dose not know how to mine

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1913148447

thats exactly what I do.. I have like 8 limpet active at all time, 5 laser.. I deplete an astroid right away and all the limpet grab it in one pass, tripple hotspot LTDs. You don't make 256 T an hour, no one does.

i have 11 limpets active at one time and 9 mining lasers and i dont lie
my type 10 you can see in the picture no shields

who goes mining with out shields " answer no one , well i do "

[semidomestic]

Originally posted by slipperyspace:

this is my mining ship a person who dose not know how to mine

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1913148447

That has to be the strangest way to deep core mine I have ever witnessed. Even after the rock splits, I've never seen anyone use lasers for LTDs, only the abrasion blaster, and drill for subsurface deposits. I feel I've been educated here.
As to the original question, the pulse wave is about as reliable as an FDEV update. Rocks change color and brightness all the time. It just takes practice to recognize the size and shape of the rock you're looking for. LTDs are usually small round rocks with a popcorn like appearance. If you get close enough to them, use night vision to identify the fissures, then pop a limpet.
And you are correct. Frontier's definition varies wildly from that of Mariam Webster.

[Sam]

Originally posted by semidomestic:

Originally posted by slipperyspace:

this is my mining ship a person who dose not know how to mine

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1913148447

That has to be the strangest way to deep core mine I have ever witnessed. Even after the rock splits, I've never seen anyone use lasers for LTDs, only the abrasion blaster, and drill for subsurface deposits. I feel I've been educated here.
As to the original question, the pulse wave is about as reliable as an FDEV update. Rocks change color and brightness all the time. It just takes practice to recognize the size and shape of the rock you're looking for. LTDs are usually small round rocks with a popcorn like appearance. If you get close enough to them, use night vision to identify the fissures, then pop a limpet.
And you are correct. Frontier's definition varies wildly from that of Mariam Webster.

there are 2 main way to do mining ,deep core mining (where you use charges and blaster) and regular mining laser ;)

[Mio Rin]

A LTD hotspot does not mean that it will only have LTD rocks in it. It just means that there's more of those there compared to other areas of the ring.

[EngineerDoge]

I always wanted to try to LTD mine with BOTH Deep Core Equipment and Regular mining equipment. But to do that I imagine I need a Cutter instead of a Type-9 or my Krait Phantom that I do my deep core in.

[EngineerDoge]

I also tried Double Painite Mining in a Type-9 once, but I was only getting 100 units in like 2 hours, Which I can get that plus more in my Krait Phantom doing Deep Core Mining for LTDs which are more profitable.