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efhunter Dec 7, 2018 @ 9:05pm
Purpose of Mining Drill MK2?
The only difference on the encyclopedia is that the weapon output & sustained weapon output are 6 MW compared to the MK1's 2 MW.

Is there any reason to buy this for 60k more than an MK1?

EDIT: Also, is there a point in buying mining turrets if I already have a drill/vice versa?
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Originally posted by Akkirah:
Atm the only point to mining drills/Turrets is if you plan to mine with the ship yourself as the AI will mine without one from what ive been reading.

If your using the med miners i suggest 2x defence turrets instead of mining turrets as the miners are too slow to outrun a fighter.
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Akkirah Dec 7, 2018 @ 9:42pm 
Atm the only point to mining drills/Turrets is if you plan to mine with the ship yourself as the AI will mine without one from what ive been reading.

If your using the med miners i suggest 2x defence turrets instead of mining turrets as the miners are too slow to outrun a fighter.
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Invasion_Dec Dec 7, 2018 @ 11:41pm 
Originally posted by OTG Akkirah:
Atm the only point to mining drills/Turrets is if you plan to mine with the ship yourself as the AI will mine without one from what ive been reading.

If your using the med miners i suggest 2x defence turrets instead of mining turrets as the miners are too slow to outrun a fighter.

You saying that miners can do their thing without any drill or turret equipped? I tailed one of my miners and it only used the mining turrets...
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DrSuperGood Dec 7, 2018 @ 11:46pm 
It is possible mining lasers increase mining output when in low attention. They are not needed for auto miners to function but they might make them mine more efficiently.

That said I just go mk1 with 2 mining turrets. Doubt the increase in efficiency is worth the extra cost, especially early on.
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Malkuth Dec 7, 2018 @ 11:56pm 
Originally posted by Invasion:
Originally posted by OTG Akkirah:
Atm the only point to mining drills/Turrets is if you plan to mine with the ship yourself as the AI will mine without one from what ive been reading.

If your using the med miners i suggest 2x defence turrets instead of mining turrets as the miners are too slow to outrun a fighter.

You saying that miners can do their thing without any drill or turret equipped? I tailed one of my miners and it only used the mining turrets...

This is true.. But a small mining drill cost 16K (don't put drills on turrets save those for guns) so your front facing drill is not actually used right now by AI.. Now consider this, the devs decided to change this (the ai does a check to make sure you have it, but still won't use it type deal) and now your 25 Miners are useless without the drill and your spending hours adding one to them all.

I still buy them with them on. 16K is nothing compared to spending 2 hours fixing it later if (and they might not) the devs fix the issue.
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