Ozram^^ Lol. Perhaps we should ask Artie if it would be too difficult to implement a friendly + Rep system to comments here.

BeachwalkerI tried mining for the first time last night in my Asp Explorer. Spent 8 hours going from rock to rock. All I ended up with was 50 tons of minerals and metals, just over 400k. I had a 4 bin refinery and was wasting quite a bit. Ideally, you need something much bigger to make it worthwhile.
It did give me a break from missions and trading, but I won't be doing it too often.

JacknyfeUKI have a AspX setup for mining. 7 bin refinery, 1 prospector and 2 collector limpets. I tend to fire a prospector and let it analyse the asteroid. I know you can shoot a chunk off but I prefer to use the limpet. I also tend to dump the lower value chunks as they come into the refinery so I only keep the more valuable ore. With 96 tonnes in the cargo hold I usually load 40 limpets which I have found should last until I am full.

I seem to be making about 1 - 1.3 million per hour.

Ben

BeachwalkerThanks for the feedback. I think I know where I went wrong.
I was mining in a metal rich ring. After watching a few video tutorials I may give it another go with a different setup.
Will have to keep doing it till I get it right.

James Hussar

William Lordland

Jack Dekerdt

William LordlandHi,

Why when I am approching a station, my engines get turbo without any action from me ?
Note I have a X55 RHINO Hotas, but I don't observe this kind of behavior in other games.
So I don't think that it is a default of the joystick or throttle

Thanks

Interesting. I use the X55 and do not observe this issue. I do use controlled engine, thrusters, boost, to maneuver about with more precision and at times it seems like i am travelling fast  as I approach the station, a much larger object. Is it possible it is just that illusion for you or are you forgetting to reduce engines as you maybe go to thrusters and boost as you approach the slot? Just some things to check.

Thank you for your answer.

No I am absolutely sure that it is an unexpecting effect.
It is exactly as if I sould have press the "turbo" command.
But I am sure I didn't press it because it is configured on the "E" button on the throttle.
For those who know the X55 throttle it is situated on the right throttle, in a place where I can't press it by mistake.

But in spite of everything the reaction is that the turbo start...
Very difficult when you are approching a landspace .. !!!

To be sure I will change the setup and remove the action "turbo" for a moment...
I will see if the phenomenon disappear

William

I experience something similar, when approaching an in-system destination in supercruise. As I get almost close enough to begin slowing down, the ship accelerates without my having touched the controls at all. It feels as though it had been straining against resistance and suddenly that resistance is gone - like climbing out of the gravity well of a planet, but there wasn't one.

I have an X52 pro, FWIW.

I notice this more when exploring or mapping a system than I do when just casually supercruising point to point and dropping out of SC.

James HussarI go back and forth on mining. It gets boring after a while, but then once I do some trading and bounty hunting, I start to miss the zen of it. A few mining runs in a pristine ring, away from a RES, is a whole lot like fishing - doesn't really matter what you catch because just the process is pretty relaxing. Throw in the occasional "bite" and the experience is pretty darn gratifying.