Mining Ring Quality

[spam]

Rings come in various qualities from pristine to depleted. The top two are Pristine and Major. How much better is pristine than major, assuming both have hot spots?

[Tex]

Higher yields the better the quality, pristine will have the best yields, though, im not sure by how much, could be another 10%.

[♥ Beepy ♥]

Originally posted by spam:

Rings come in various qualities from pristine to depleted. The top two are Pristine and Major. How much better is pristine than major, assuming both have hot spots?

If it's not pristine then I completely ignore it tbh.

[St0rmFury]

Join the core miners, ring reserves don't matter to us!

[spam]

Originally posted by Tex:

Higher yields the better the quality, pristine will have the best yields, though, im not sure by how much, could be another 10%.

Well, that's the question actually, how much better is pristine? Has anyone measured it?

Originally posted by ♥ Beepy ♥:

If it's not pristine then I completely ignore it tbh.

I've just switched from core mining, but so far all I've been doing is pristine, hence the question. I'm finding mining to be the easiest way to earn merits, but there are a lot more opportunities for Major metallic rings than Pristine metallic rings.

Originally posted by St0rmFury:

Join the core miners, ring reserves don't matter to us!

I previously concentrated on core mining. After trying laser mining the last couple of days, I've found that laser mining platinum feels about 1 1/2 to 2 times better at generating credits & merits (albeit in a larger ship). I should have switched years ago.


Also, is the class of the ring a measure of how many asteroids are in a given volume, or a measure of what mineral concentrations you will find in the asteroids? I've read both in different posts but they seemed to be mostly people guessing rather than testing.