is laser mining worth it? or is core mining worth it (musgravite/LT diamonds) + questions

[Nepu (Soggy Mango)]

hey, still fairly new (made an account november of last year) and im still trying to make good profits from mining, i chose core mining but often end up with either musgravite or some other mineral i feel is not worth it, btw, is LT diamonds sell price (galactic avg to make this easier) nerfed or no?

Q1: is cqc dead? while i want to try it, is it worth the time to check out?

Q2: what makes jameson memorial special? is it the fact it has all 37 ships at hand?

Q3: is the corvette really that bad for pvp combat? i mean its good for pve combat, but is it really that bad?

Q4: what can i do to make a light ship (smol/medium) to jump 50-60 ly? obivious ik but i prefer to have some tips for making a nice long range ship

[Nepu (Soggy Mango)]

still tho the only problem turning me away from elite dangerous is making profits from mining, as the prices are always changing, in the end i want to make good and decent money so i can reach the end game part of elite dangerous

[poop]

引用自 Bravyan：

the minerals you get from core mining need to be sold in systems that want it badly
for musgravite for example the gal. avg. is ~200k but in a system that want it is ~850k
you can use https://eddb.io/commodity so find places to sell... however sometimes depending on how long ago the system was updated it can be wrong

Q1 no idea
Q2 no idea
Q3 no idea

Q4 a guardian FSD booster will get alot of jump range but take time to acquire

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9C9a00-rkQ

wow youre ♥♥♥♥♥♥ pointless man dear lord

[Agony_Aunt]

引用自 Soggy Mango：

so i can reach the end game part of elite dangerous

There is no end game. All you end up doing is getting more expensive ships. You still do the same activities. Just things can become a bit easier/more profitable in bigger ships (not always though).

If you're only focused on reacihing the "end game" have you considered what you will do when you get there?

[St0rmFury]

引用自 Agony_Aunt：

If you're only focused on reaching the "end game" have you considered what you will do when you get there?

Obviously he'll be be aiming for the end end game.

[H1tSc4n]

引用自 Soggy Mango：

still tho the only problem turning me away from elite dangerous is making profits from mining, as the prices are always changing, in the end i want to make good and decent money so i can reach the end game part of elite dangerous

The grind is the game.
Trust me, once you get there... There's not a lot to do.

[Agony_Aunt]

引用自 H1tSc4n：

引用自 Soggy Mango：

still tho the only problem turning me away from elite dangerous is making profits from mining, as the prices are always changing, in the end i want to make good and decent money so i can reach the end game part of elite dangerous

The grind is the game.
Trust me, once you get there... There's not a lot to do.

Amazing how many people continue to play the game for thousands of hours even when they have all ships.

There is lots to do if you enjoy the activities available. BGS, Powerplay (personally hate that), exploration, or just any of the activities you enjoy.

[H1tSc4n]

引用自 Agony_Aunt：

引用自 H1tSc4n：

The grind is the game.
Trust me, once you get there... There's not a lot to do.

Amazing how many people continue to play the game for thousands of hours even when they have all ships.

There is lots to do if you enjoy the activities available. BGS, Powerplay (personally hate that), exploration, or just any of the activities you enjoy.

Yeah but at that point you are playing for the sake of playing, not for doing anything in particular.
Either that or you set your own objectives.

I mean i am one of those people, i've got a lot of money and i have all the ships i wanted. The only ship i want and don't have is the Corvette, but it's not gonna take long before i get it.

[Agony_Aunt]

引用自 H1tSc4n：

引用自 Agony_Aunt：

Amazing how many people continue to play the game for thousands of hours even when they have all ships.

There is lots to do if you enjoy the activities available. BGS, Powerplay (personally hate that), exploration, or just any of the activities you enjoy.

Yeah but at that point you are playing for the sake of playing, not for doing anything in particular.

Somtimes yes. Sometimes its playing to achive objecties, especially when it comes to the BGS or PP.

But sure, some people have spent thousands of hours exploring. You might say that's just playing for the sake of playing.

There are people who play ETS for hundreds or thousands of hours just driving, despite having gained all the money they could possibly ever use. Does that make ETS a bad game?

I played Paladins for a while, just doing deathmatches over and over again. Playing just for the sake of playing. Nothing left for me to unlock.

I don't find playing for the sake of playing a valid criticism. People play because they enjoy the gameplay mechanics offered.

[Anomanony]

For CQC I recommend joining the cqc discord linked here: https://discord.me/elitedangerouscqc
It's good for pinging people to play, also you can just hang out and ask the veterans for tips.
The corvette is a good ship for PVE, wings of corvettes can wreck even the hardest NPCs in about a minute. It's not that good for PVP though.

[Mr Robert House]

1 yes, but not completely, i’m sure someone plays it

2 It has everything, and at a discount

3 From what i hear the FDL can just stay behind it

4 ditch anything you don’t need, A rate the FSD and power plant. Then it’s a matter of engineering and the guardian fsd booster.

[H1tSc4n]

引用自 Agony_Aunt：

引用自 H1tSc4n：

Yeah but at that point you are playing for the sake of playing, not for doing anything in particular.

Somtimes yes. Sometimes its playing to achive objecties, especially when it comes to the BGS or PP.

But sure, some people have spent thousands of hours exploring. You might say that's just playing for the sake of playing.

There are people who play ETS for hundreds or thousands of hours just driving, despite having gained all the money they could possibly ever use. Does that make ETS a bad game?

I played Paladins for a while, just doing deathmatches over and over again. Playing just for the sake of playing. Nothing left for me to unlock.

I don't find playing for the sake of playing a valid criticism. People play because they enjoy the gameplay mechanics offered.

I mean it's not a criticism?
You got awfully defensive but i think we have a misunderstanding, i was clarifying to the OP that once he gets all he wants the "clear objectives" are gone, and from there on he's basically free to do whatever. So yes, the grind is the game. Then most people keep playing after that, but that is very much past endgame. Maybe i worded it poorly but that's what i meant. It's not a criticism or implying that there's nothing to do in elite. If i have a criticism, it's that not everything is as viable as other things. (ex. mining is the most profitable thing to do unless you cheese combat, with other things unfortunately earning much less, with mission board being in a sorry state too)

[Agony_Aunt]

引用自 H1tSc4n：

引用自 Agony_Aunt：

Somtimes yes. Sometimes its playing to achive objecties, especially when it comes to the BGS or PP.

But sure, some people have spent thousands of hours exploring. You might say that's just playing for the sake of playing.

There are people who play ETS for hundreds or thousands of hours just driving, despite having gained all the money they could possibly ever use. Does that make ETS a bad game?

I played Paladins for a while, just doing deathmatches over and over again. Playing just for the sake of playing. Nothing left for me to unlock.

I don't find playing for the sake of playing a valid criticism. People play because they enjoy the gameplay mechanics offered.

I mean it's not a criticism?
You got awfully defensive but i think we have a misunderstanding, i was clarifying to the OP that once he gets all he wants the "clear objectives" are gone, and from there on he's basically free to do whatever. So yes, the grind is the game. Then most people keep playing after that, but that is very much past endgame. Maybe i worded it poorly but that's what i meant. It's not a criticism or implying that there's nothing to do in elite. If i have a criticism, it's that not everything is as viable as other things. (ex. mining is the most profitable thing to do unless you cheese combat, with other things unfortunately earning much less, with mission board being in a sorry state too)

Surely once you have got everything there is no need to grind. You say you're free to do what you want, so no need to grind as well ;)

[Agent Frank Horrigan]

Core mining takes a while. I've been doing it in a musgravite double hotspot and found about 10 cores in about 1 hour. You gotta look for specific shaped rocks and then when you pulse wave scan, you gotta look for a very bright glowing rock. Dont go to very small ones because they are never cores. Once you find a very bright rock, get close to it. Fly around it while scanning again and again. If you are pretty close and it is still glowing very bright then you found one. You will be able to see cracks (fissures) on the rock. Pop a prospector and blow it up. A nice tip is that if you turn on night vision, a core will glitch a bit out and have a lot of black on it and it makes it a bit easier to find one. The best ships to do core mining in is the python or the imperial clipper.

[H1tSc4n]

引用自 Agony_Aunt：

引用自 H1tSc4n：

I mean it's not a criticism?
You got awfully defensive but i think we have a misunderstanding, i was clarifying to the OP that once he gets all he wants the "clear objectives" are gone, and from there on he's basically free to do whatever. So yes, the grind is the game. Then most people keep playing after that, but that is very much past endgame. Maybe i worded it poorly but that's what i meant. It's not a criticism or implying that there's nothing to do in elite. If i have a criticism, it's that not everything is as viable as other things. (ex. mining is the most profitable thing to do unless you cheese combat, with other things unfortunately earning much less, with mission board being in a sorry state too)

Surely once you have got everything there is no need to grind. You say you're free to do what you want, so no need to grind as well ;)

In fact i don't grind that much? I mostly do whatever i want?
That was my point after all.

[Nepu (Soggy Mango)]

so yeah i have been looking at asteroids (cores) and i looked for ones with cracks, however 9 times out of 10 i may either enter the optimum yield range or exceed the range, so disarm all seismic charges to avoid dying in the blast, but once i do that the fissures are no longer available to target, any tips to avoid me failing this over and over?