Anyone got Mining Drones yet?

[envenom]

anyone? they worth it? coz im gonna get em next maybe after navigation

 

[old.Dillinja]

Don't bother, most people on my corp chat say they're useless for what they cost and the trouble of putting them out and taking them in.

 

[envenom]

hm bugger it im gonna do it i like the idea of having pets kinda thing heh

 

[Tom]

They're shit unless you have a big ship and expensive rocks to mine

 

[Embattle]

I flew off from a roid without mine

 

[Scouse]

So how do you use them??? - There's nowt in the manual about it....

 

[envenom]

how do you use most things? right click followed by left click

 

[tris-]

how much does the Drone skill cost? at the mo im saving up for an iteron mk 2 (can get it for 130k) and indi skill. got about 12 omber roid to mine, could do with some Drones to help

 

[Scouse]

I get the idea - but can you give a more detailed run-down?

I mean - it takes about 30-40 seconds to mine a 'roid? Then your cargo bay gets full....

...if a drone is only going to take 10-15 seconds off that, and you have to launch and dock it it hardly seems worth the trouble...

...unless there's an auto-launch and dock feature?

 

[tris-]

180 seconds for my cargo to fill

 

[envenom]

drones sucks for mining the higher ores succh as bistot etc

 

[Scouse]

/scream pathetically

Can anyone tell me the advantages for using them?!!! PLEASE!!

/scream off

 

[Xtro]

mate, I bought one and the corresponding skills to use them last night. I had cash to blow and wanted to see for myself it they are bollocks or not. I'll use it tonight (I mine in safe systems if I'm watching TV so they might be perfect) and let you know.

Hard getting an answer besides "they suck" sometimes I know

 

[envenom]

well there not the best type of pet to control
they takes ages to collect and deposit there ore in your cargo
you have to be within 500m to get them back into your ship so if pirates attack you ur screwed