Does the Miners Tool no longer Work!

[Tinkerjetz]

I just took a trip to where I was expecting around 200 K and the arrival price was under 100 K for painite in my python. I checked again and it still says I should expect 200 K. I'm finding mining just seems a lot of work when I can take out my corvette and rack up bounties pretty quick for good loot. Wouldn't mind if it payed properly. Appreciate your thoughts, :)

[ShelLuser]

Pricing information doesn't always have to be correct. Some stations pay better than others.

[Heimdall313]

Demand at a station can reduce your payout. If station has 1000 demand and you show up with more than 25% in cargo hold (250) it cuts the price down, bulk tax.

If you're using Inara's commodities tool, make sure you're on Import (stuff station is buying) price, not Export (stuff station is selling) price.
Check last update time on Inara. If its 3 days old, its useless. 8 hours or less is most reliable.

[JL::Jose-Juan Kenobi]

Always look for the station with the highest demand.
Painite prices were nerfed to the ground, Platinum is more stable and it can be mined very, very fast.

[ScareCrow]

This is why ingame tools and experience plays a big part of the game, and if you only rely on outdated info you will always get these little surprises ;)

[Tanyon]

Yea with a quick glance there are 4 stations all updated within the last 8 hours buying for 180k-210k. I think it's important to check The time stamp of the data you are looking at.

I personally wouldn't even be happy making 200k. Waste of time. I did a run yesterday of Musgravite 625k each.. about 140M.

[Heimdall313]

Originally posted by Darth:

Yea with a quick glance there are 4 stations all updated within the last 8 hours buying for 180k-210k. I think it's important to check The time stamp of the data you are looking at.

I personally wouldn't even be happy making 200k. Waste of time. I did a run yesterday of Musgravite 625k each.. about 140M.

200K isn't awful, if its a carrier you can sell to and get back to mining without even jumping. I sell Platinum at 250K to a carrier with zero jumps rather than selling to a station at 258K and 6 jumps.

Musgravite though, I've seen upwards of 930K or higher at outposts. had a very, very good day in the Keelback a month ago :P

[JL::Jose-Juan Kenobi]

Originally posted by Darth:

Yea with a quick glance there are 4 stations all updated within the last 8 hours buying for 180k-210k. I think it's important to check The time stamp of the data you are looking at.

I personally wouldn't even be happy making 200k. Waste of time. I did a run yesterday of Musgravite 625k each.. about 140M.

I partially agree, with the difference that you can mine platinum way, way faster, and cores are more dependent of RNGeeezus.

If I have just 30min or so of play time, I can just jump in my Clipper or Python, head to the overlap platinum, and fill up 150-190t of Platinum, Osmium, Gold in like 30min, head back to the FC and call it a day.

But, personally, I do prefer the core mining, those explosions never get old, and you can get over 700k for Musgravite fairly often:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2530905788