10 Tips and tests of a newbie about mining

Hi... first of all I have to say that Im a newbie at EU and so at mining, but was trying some different things and would like to share with you all.

Hope this helps, and sorry about my english.

To introduce you to the mining job I must recommend you to read all guides and posts like this, because there are a lot of info out there and some really interesting theories.


1) The most important feature (I think) about any resource is to discover where is it, right ?, some people say it pop ups in a location and you can find it, others say that it appear when you search, in some "casino software" way. The difference about the two systems is that in the first case (it is under the floor and you find it) you have a little control about how and where to search, but in the second case (it appears or not when you search) is a bad new because we lose control about the minig procedure... this means that we will receive a mining spot if we fit some conditions like: other spots found, mining amount, money returned... and so.

What do I think ?, to be fair, not sure, but I want to think that it is under the floor and we can search and find it.


2) Use 100% of your time, mine for 2 kind of mats instead only 1. As you should probably know, the mining area is equal to 15 seconds running (more or less), so you dont need to put a probe and then other probe, but you can place different probes and bombs to mine for enmatters and ores.

I have tested that you can find enmatters and ores almost side by side.
How do I do ?, I put a probe, walk till it says if there is any or not (7-10 secs) and then put a bomb, so instead walking 15 seconds you can search for 2 differents mats.

Other nice feature of mining 2 mats is a strategyc one, if you meet with other player mining for ores you know that he will have probably cleaned the area, but... you still can mine for enmatters and not lose the travel to that point.


3) Larger deposits sometimes have even better resources. I have read in other forums some players that recommend the "double search", this is to place a bomb and then other bomb, this is a double cost.

I have tested that it works in big deposits, so you get the double, sometimes wont work but in the long run it has resulted profitable for me.


4) Ey!, your skills are raising !... Ive tested or at least have worked to me to keep mining at the same heading I was when I receive any skill msg from the game.


5) Some days better and some days worse, have not tested but have realised that some days and some hours of the day (not the same hours every day) you can obtain bigger deposits and other timelines you find just little spots. Have tried to log and play other day to "refresh" the counter ;) and have changed the way the deposits appeared.


6) The place is the place and the place matters. Yeah... there are resources that almost only appear at a zone and if you move out the probability of getting that resource disappear. So, explore and learn what drop every zone.


7) About mining close to the sea or close to mobs... mmm... have read it in many places, players says that there are good spots close to the sea and mobs because players dont usually mine there. Well, dont think so, maybe in the past, but there are many people mining at the beach and maybe lower close to mobs, but... remember that some spots will be lost if you are too close, so not really sure if it deserve our time. If you are a hunter kill them all and mine, but a newbie like me (or maybe you) prefers to keep safe and save time.


8 Recurring mining points.... oh ! ah ! ... I have located 3 good spots and have checked them day after day in differents hours... no respawn. I have even found a really nice spot and loged out in that place and tried for days to log almost every 4 hours to try to search for a respawn in the area... no !!! no !!!... no mats !!! aggggh !!.

So, does the mining deposits respawn ?, dont know, maybe it respawn some day but seems it can not be tracked by hours or even days in a week, so even if it respawn its of no use if you can not control it.
I ask, what do you think, because I have a notepad with many good spots, should I throw it to the trash ? :(


9) This is a special one, because Ive read some info about players that find mats if they just change the heading. This is something like "I was 20 minutes running north and have not found anything, but changed the heading 40 degrees and started to get some mats".

Well, this link with the previously exposed idea about you find the mats or you search for mats, are it there before we mining or are there when we mine ?. I have tried this situation and found that if you does not have good spots in a way, if you change your heading usually your luck will change, but... I think its like many things in real life. Some times thing just doesnt work and then suddently every thing start to get better, I think that the game place the mats using some kind of algorithm and some days you just walk in empty areas of that mathematic formula, this way if you change your heading you "connect" with other non empty area.

The feeling could be something like "I get spots when I change heading" but I think that you get spots because you moved to a new location *because* you was not finding anything at your heading.


10) Last but not least... so what do you think ?, its mining a job 100% lucky controlled ?, or maybe... just maybe can we make it better day after day ?, can we be more and more experienced ?.

Can we get some peds mining ?. I think (its a newbie thinking) that mining have some opportunities to make it different of other players, many tricks and tips that you can just learn trying and testing.



BUT !!!... what do you think ? any idea or critic is welcome, share you knowledge about mining with us, because we have a new pick and wanna try it ;)