Large Mine what size asteroid

Palladin888 · Post by **Palladin888** » Fri, 16. Jul 10, 03:36

So i am planing to buy a large ore and silicon mine. What is the advisable yield for the asteroid to base such mines on?

Allan F · Post by **Allan F** » Fri, 16. Jul 10, 03:37

As big as possible. Not below 26.

Palladin888 · Post by **Palladin888** » Fri, 16. Jul 10, 04:03

WHats big though. Largest i foundso far is a 70 yeild silicon roid...I ploped a large min on it.

The largest ore i have found is 58ish

Solomon Short · Post by **Solomon Short** » Fri, 16. Jul 10, 04:46

There's 2 things to consider here, Duration of Production Cycle, & Output per Production Cycle.

Asteroid yield is inversely proportional to Cycle Duration (i.e. Higher Yeild = Shorter Cycle).

Mine Size determines Cyclic Production (i.e. M produces less per Cycle than L).

The general consensus of the boards seems to be that it is wasteful to place mines on Asteroids of <26 yeild (as the previous poster) mentioned, though going lower just means they take longer to "break-even".

Also, using M mines is inherently less economical, except for placement on Asteroids you wish to permanent remove from the map (Place mine, Self Destruct Mine, Asteroid permanently gone, no respawn), as they produce less than an L mine each cycle (remember cycle length is the same), & can't be removed. So L mines cost more to start with, but are pretty much all you should use.

NUKLEAR-SLUG · Post by **NUKLEAR-SLUG** » Fri, 16. Jul 10, 05:19

You should only ever really use L size as you can't upgrade from an M but in terms of yields ignore any advice to avoid lower than 26. Provided you're making use of the production then any yield is of value. 26 just happens to be a convenient figure for balancing complexes but you can just as easily tie two yield 13 together to get a 26, the output will be the same.

jlehtone · Post by **jlehtone** » Fri, 16. Jul 10, 18:43

The lowest yield that I accept for scale L Mines is 0.

If there was no other reason to despise the plot in these games, then the X3R plot forcing one to build a mere scale M Mine was enough a reason.

DreamsofanEagle · Post by **DreamsofanEagle** » Fri, 16. Jul 10, 20:30

there is no good reason for not using say a 25 or so yeild, or for that matter even lower roids. Just because there are some high yeild roids in other sectors, it can make it difficult to exploit those, micromanagment wise, thus negating your efforts. What point is having a 70 yeild roid sitting halfway across the galaxy if you can't keep it stocked or products flowing into your complex.

Micromanagement can realyl suck sometimes.

Palladin888 · Post by **Palladin888** » Fri, 16. Jul 10, 20:43

SO far i have ploped a large mine of a 70 yeild roid in asteroid belt the only jump sector in the Terran area.

There are some other good roids in the deeper unknown sectors in the back of the Terran area but I'm probably not going to use them cause JUMP drives do not work back there.

Reimu Hakurei · Post by **Reimu Hakurei** » Fri, 16. Jul 10, 21:01

Palladin888 wrote:SO far i have ploped a large mine of a 70 yeild roid in asteroid belt the only jump sector in the Terran area.

There are some other good roids in the deeper unknown sectors in the back of the Terran area but I'm probably not going to use them cause JUMP drives do not work back there.

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Large Mine what size asteroid

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