FULL Mining Guide!! Mine Safely And Make ISK!! || EVE Online

[@River313]

Im driving , just listening to the video, haven't played in 12 years, im excited to see the game is still thriving

[@captainbenzie]

Glad you're enjoying!

[@GokouZWAR]

Yea same here. Last played was 2012 according to some evemails where I said was unsubbing. None of my old corps are still in the game. All my old alliances are destroyed and now I’m soloing it in higher as a carebear in alpha. I’m kind of disappointed tho cuz all my assets are stuck in stain and I’m pretty broke all things considered. We’ll see how much I can turn in a few weeks to see if I can go omega or not.

[@chappanya]

dont text and drive pls

[@harmonymax]

@@chappanya texting and driving and listiening is diffrent

[@SiliconS32]

Im sure there's an alliance somewhere out there that can contract your stuff​@@GokouZWAR

[@Naethplays]

You know, im from Argentina, im used to watch videos in other language, but you speak so clearly it makes me so confortably to understand what you say. Thanks for that.

[@captainbenzie]

Thank you! Glad I can help!!

[@stillnessbetween5103]

I know I might sound like an old geezer, but back in the day we used Typhoons for mining with a Mammoth or two to run the cans we filled up to the station and Rifters for guards. It was always an exciting time when you finally skilled up to use new stuff. Tons of fun!!

[@captainbenzie]

Awesome memories! Thanks for sharing!!

[@GeoffHines-ui9rr]

And you'd put a landmark in the container so it wouldn't pop if the cargo ship took all the ore... good times

[@YippeePlopFork]

Ive just come back to Eve after last playing back in 2012 and so much has changed… its like im starting again from scratch in terms of having to re-learn all the little tricks I learned when I was doing mining over a decade ago. Thanks for this, it’s really helpful!

[@captainbenzie]

Glad it helps and welcome home!!

[@jarred7721]

I just started playing EvE and this was exactly what I was looking for. Thank you!

[@goldeneagle256]

if you new to eve and wanna start out with mining, i strongly suggest you get out of high sec and find a good industry null sec corp that can teach you stuff you need to know about the game. what you able to make in high sec are only gonna be pennies and pocketchange in comparison

[@vederianl9723]

You can align to your destination station while mining. Saves you that turn time when running away. Not a big deal in your venture but if its a habit it will help when flying a barge.

[@tecnicraze]

Assuming your ship is stationary, the direction of your ship does not impact your align time.

[@santimazo4037]

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[@santimazo4037]

This*

[@honeybadger9425]

Well more than can you should be getting into the habit of doing that

[@user-uq9se1nx9q]

There is no turn delay in EVE if ship is standing still

[@varagvarag2007]

Mining I sleep, Gas huffing however!!! Very lucrative I would seriously suggest new players look in to getting a venture mining to level 4 and then the gas harvesting skill to level 2. This was you can have 2 gas scoops on your venture and have a spare slot to scan for gas clouds (easiest to find in wormholes, low sec and null sec space). The gas you find is far more lucrative then the vast majority of rocks you will find. Looking forward to the gas huffing video!

[@mohannadmalik5373]

only its expensive for new starters to find enough isk to purchase the skillbook of gas mining.

[@mesiagamer5217]

Raw ore for some reason also far easier to sell for a good amount of Isk more then refined from a first glance.

[@archangel8172]

Honestly you dont scan stuf in a venture. Half the good gas sites are too high lvl, at least for an alpha to be scanned in a venture. What you do is just have a second character go ahead in a scan ship and then follow with the venture through bookmarks. As an alpha you just have to relog.

[@julesthompson6799]

​@@mesiagamer5217 because as alpha and newbro your reprocessing skills aren't as good as others. Also compression.

[@julesthompson6799]

​@@mesiagamer5217mineral haulers are a thing but I think people would rather haul ore?

[@galileo_rs]

Played this game some 20 years ago, amazing to see how familiar it still is.

[@captainbenzie]

It's impressive to think how long this game has lasted!

[@c.b.kansan1700]

I did as well. I was heavy in Dark Age of Camelot at the time, and then the following year, WoW came out. I tried to pick this up, but I was spread waaaaaay too thin. I came back to it about 3 times. Starting over each time. Think I'll give it a more did go this time. But I'll have to take a break for Final Fantasy 14 when the next expansion drops.

[@Maschine_Elf]

It is one of those games that REALLY rewards you for logging in and grinding skills. It does it for you while your logged off/shut down but you can only que 24hrs worth of skill training. Even if you dont play, login, claim the rewards and keep upping your skill levels, when you do come back youll be a beast. ​@@c.b.kansan1700

[@unwantedspirt]

im a full time miner in eve, and salvaging does come in handy as a secondary income along side loot and bounty, while mining, if your mining in a 0.8 system or lower, and if you get in to a 0.5 sec system you have a small chance to get faction loot

[@Meatpiesgaming]

Great guide for noobs like myself, thank you once again for the amazingly detailed and practical content

[@captainbenzie]

Glad you enjoy, and hope it helps!

[@babies_eve]

Thanks for the video! Building that D Scan habit is so hard but so insanely critical.

[@versinussyrin577]

Mining was the thing i did in Echoes as well, no matter what. I also liked building my own ships (my very first stabber was built from nothing, even my retriever as far as i remember) Thats the path i would choose in EO as well, as its more sophisticated there

[@captainbenzie]

Yeah, it's a lot more in depth for sure! But a lot more fun because of it!

[@K1NKYN1NJA]

I'm only 8 minutes I to the video and it's already proven quite useful. Thanks for making it :)

[@captainbenzie]

Glad it was helpful! 🚀

[@koolkevin2357]

Thanks for the DETAILED information - I personally love all of them, So very new and looking for answers to questions - I didn't even know I need, Like D-Scan. So Cool!

[@kazoosc]

my standard Venture fit for early miners .. in the highs > 2 mining lasers .. a salvager .. in the mids > survey scanner .. shield extender .. multispectrum shield hardener .. in the low > mining upgrade .. 2 Hobgoblin drones in the drone bay > the scanner creates a separate window to let you pick the juiciest rocks both by type of ore and how much ore a rock holds. using a scanner also helps you use the overview to keep an eye on local -- rather than switching between tabs > if you need more resistance to survive rats -- add rigs or GTFO warp to a new location > to the good Captain's point about wanting the MWD to "tool across the belt" ... I think pilots would be better served understanding the usefulness of bookmarks combined with warping in and out of the belts. if there's a juicy rock just out of range, bookmark it and warp to it. same for wrecks if you're a salvager

[@captainbenzie]

Agreed about bookmark usage and good fit suggestions!

[@callmebarlow6681]

You can put scan probes in the third hi on a venture, my WH miner is a venture with a scan prope.

[@kennenite2092]

I was just coming here to say this lol

[@CommanderAlistar2013]

For the Rigs I would just put 3x Small Low Friction Nozzle Joints I. If you have Spaceship Command V and Evasive Maneuvers V, these with the Nozzle Joints will give you a 3(2.99) second align time. As you say more tank is not going to help you if you get caught in the first place, these will help you get away 2 seconds faster. For mids I would just use MWD and Survey Scanner. The last slot you could use a sensor booster so that you can lock asteroids from further away than 17Km. Another option would be a Burst Jammer and swap the Survey Scanner for a Cap Battery.

[@captainbenzie]

Excellent ideas!!

[@cooc1237]

Another important module is the warp core stabilizer. It allows you to gain one more warp core strength to get away from attackers. Combined with the natural warp strength of two for a venture, a warp core stab can help you escape almost any attackers.

[@captainbenzie]

True, but proper D-Scan and you shouldn't get caught anyways. I prefer prevention to cure 😊

[@guidodenbroeder935]

I don't think that a Venture can fit a warp core stabilizer as it already has two of those built in.

[@mikedarby4872]

New to Eve, thank you Captain Benzie, excellent instruction.........

[@captainbenzie]

Happy to help and welcome to New Eden!

[@Gruxx42]

Great mining tutorial for new players in EVE Online. I didn't know a lot of this stuff. One thing I would recommend on that mining ship is rather than having 2 mining lasers I would sacrifice one of them to have some kind of weapon just in case of attacks. I know you said there are drones that can attack which I didn't know until I watched this video but having a weapon instead of 2 mining lasers would make me feel a lot safer and is what I do. Yes this means you will mine slower but it offers added protection.

[@reynaldceferinocalapre5323]

You have just earned a subscribe. Started playing this week too and was able to join a friendly corp

[@captainbenzie]

Thank you and glad you've found a corp!!

[@Khorvos]

Wasn't aware you could use agency tab to locate Ore... Learned something today..;)

[@captainbenzie]

Happy to help!

[@LaigledeMeaux]

Looking to get back into the game after years away. I think I stopped shortly after the Venture was first released. I remember originally mining with a Catalyst. I'm thinking about wormholling with exploration and gas mining. I was about to ask what you think of it, then I saw you had a video for just the topic lol. I'll watch that after I'm done with this vid. I'm glad there are still people making content for Eve, so many other KZbinrs that I used to watch have moved on to variety content and they just aren't as fun to watch.

[@captainbenzie]

Glad to help and welcome back! I've got videos on wormhole survival, scanning, gas huffing, exploration etc. hope they help

[@MrFishstxx]

Im brand new to eve and your videos have been so helpful so far! I subbed to the channel. :)

[@captainbenzie]

Glad you're enjoying and thank you for your support!

[@freddodudodo5461]

If you're mining in a more dangerous place, be always aligned at full speed with something to warp on, survey the distance between you and the rock you are mining, and change the target of align to keep the rock in range. Create some safe spots arround the belt if necessary, with a speedy frigate, for example. Survey the D-scan, the local chat open wide (if therre is one). And give horrible standing to some organisation like "CODE" and so on...good luck, fly safe ;)

[@captainbenzie]

Good tips!!

[@jiiaga5017]

The easiest way to find career agents from other nations than your spawn is to open up the agency, go to exploration, cosmic signatures, high sec any distance. If a system is 0.8 or higher and has 10 or more signatures in it, its one of the career agent systems.

[@captainbenzie]

Great tip!

[@gabrielspring4401]

At 4:39 mentioned ice mining - impossible in a venture, as the ice mining lasers are only fittable to expedition frigates and the ice harvesters are only fittable to mining barges or exhumers. Also, training in ice harvesting is possible way before training in expedition frigates - kind of dumb but i guess makes sense if you want to ice harvest in a barge.

[@captainbenzie]

Good tip

[@Ethiross]

I run a nereus hauler with 3 improved cargo 2's and mining upgrade along with scanner, 50mn microwarp drive, enduring armour repairer, a particle bore compact mining laser and medium sheild extender and a savage thingy, only a few mill isk and you can afk for ages with it, just scan and choose biggest most profitable astroid in high sec no freindly fire and you can make easy afk bank

[@Ethiross]

And before you flame me, I'm a alpha clone who started yesterday who hates the idea of joining a corp so...

[@captainbenzie]

No flaming at all but I'd be very wary of going afk, even in Hisec. CODE jumps into your system and that's a slow warping ship that is very easy to catch and gank. Also, I would strongly suggest joining a corp. Mining is a lot more fun when you've got folks keeping you company, and being able to sell in corp, or have folks around to assist with the industrial process helps improve your profits whilst you skill up. EVE is absolutely a social game. Not all corps are going to steal your profits, many of them (like Catskull) want to see you succeed and want to help out or even just provide support. Definitely consider it - trying to solo EVE is like trying to solo social media - possible, but nowhere near as fun! We often run mining/huffing ops and it's great fun to sit in Comms over a pint, chatting and chilling.

[@Ethiross]

@@captainbenzie what is CODE? If you mean the random ai enemies yeah those are easy to deal with just get 2 warrior combat drones (just got em this evening) and 2 things 1. I'm worried that corps only do omega clone stuff and leave me out/ not teach me and 2. I wouldn't know who to join safely, or how Comms would work, in like discord or something?

[@Ethiross]

@@captainbenzie also I agree that skilling up is horrible, I've already got 15 days worth of training in my queue, my main dream in the game would be to one day own my own station thingy and impose taxes and stuff but I got 0 idea how the game works lol and just working through the industry questlines/ mining skordite or veldspar

[@guidodenbroeder935]

@@Ethiross CODE is a player corporation that specializes in killing mining ships.

[@ofoosy]

Haven't played since the Acryophyra expansion. Logged in to my main only to find the last station I docked in, kino. Is in some kind of wormhole space with no gates and no way out for me at the moment! Took up one of my unstarted characters and begun mining to get some cash to pay for some way to get my assets out of kino. Thanks for the guide! Alots changed but the basics are the same. I want my barges and cargo vessels out! Can't forgive them for getting rid of the jukebox though. Lol

[@captainbenzie]

Welcome back! Kino is part of Pochven, which was part of the Triglavian updates. Very cool area if you get to see it Brilliant Reddit post about how to handle this now, someone had your exact issue 2y ago! www.reddit.com/r/Eve/s/Meg6PMnajt

[@ofoosy]

@@captainbenzie Thanks! I was looking at contacting the signal cartel for an evac. The inflation of supplies and ships was good for a laugh too. My mining barge is sure as hell worth a lot more than it was 12 years ago!

[@JapalenoJames]

Great guide, signed up using your referral. Enjoy the rewards brother and thanks for the help.

[@captainbenzie]

Awesome thank you! Glad to be of help!!

[@DaHolli]

On thing that i noticed is that you talked about ice mining on a venture, this is incorrect the only frigate that can ice mine is the Endurance. Great video tho!

[@soulcheese7149]

Particle bore mining laser over Miner 1. Higher yield and usually cheaper.

[@captainbenzie]

I suggest the Laser I simply because you get a load doing the Career Agents.

[@atomant8800]

Nice video! I use the same fit with shield rigs. Good overall little ship.

[@ottomcannick7698]

​@@captainbenzie in echoes its utterly forgettable unless you're an alpha pilot

[@AndriesEllis]

Thanks for this guide! How would you know which drones are most effective against which pirates?

[@captainbenzie]

It's basically learning their resistances. EVE University wiki lists them all

[@sehattonii]

Great Content - I am JUST getting back in (trying LOL) after being out since 2012.

[@captainbenzie]

Welcome home!

[@Peractin]

You can put a probe launcher on the Venture. I just used one a couple of days ago to find some wormholes.

[@captainbenzie]

Yup, great way to go exploring and grab some gas!

[@craigboden9455]

I was glad to find that scanning has been made a lot easier now too lol.

[@craigboden9455]

@@captainbenzie what's your corp benzie? I'm back after a 3 year break and just running through all the starting agency quest things and getting some bank up and some skills going. I'll join if I'm welcome.

[@captainbenzie]

@@craigboden9455 come join us on Discord and make an application there - link is in the video description!

[@craigboden9455]

@@captainbenzie will do matey thanks 👍😁

[@j-heratiochrist9105]

Hey capt I believe you miss spoke about the launcher, you cannot use rockets or whatever, but you can fit a scanner launcher on a venture no problem

[@captainbenzie]

Yes absolutely correct. I was being an idiot

[@guidodenbroeder935]

A festival launcher, too.

[@carlabeiters3933]

Great at explaining things!

[@captainbenzie]

Glad you liked it

[@lloydrasmussen554]

I've only forgotten 8 drones so far, I did manage to go back and find 4 of them.

[@captainbenzie]

Haha nice! I'm WELL over 8 lost drones!!

[@lloydrasmussen554]

@@captainbenzie I only started playing a week ago, I'll catch up.

[@captainbenzie]

@@lloydrasmussen554 Haha, hopefully not! Hopefully you do BETTER than me!

[@7gugts3d4ROBOTufyuguhihimpl9]

I have been looking for a game like this!! I started yesterday😅😅

[@captainbenzie]

Welcome to New Eden!

[@pilzburied]

Venture can be used for moon mining, as well!

[@captainbenzie]

Yup

[@Deepblue466]

I played Eve long ago and I am finding that the new games being release suck so I keep returning to the older games.. Great video lots of good info, thanks for posting it.

[@captainbenzie]

Welcome home!

[@marknthetrails7627]

I liked this discussion. I forget to use the agency tab enough. Question - If you have drones out, does that interfere with someone locking you up or can your drones attack them and cover your escape? Would love to see an example. I'm and alpha that does not fight NPC's or players (quirky personal choice). and yes I love my Venture - working on a 3d print of it w/ working lights...👍✌🖖🥃

[@captainbenzie]

I'd love to see that 3d print!! Your drones won't disrupt them. They'll still be locking YOU and targeting you, they might take a tiny hit of incredibly minor drone damage as you warp away, abandoning your drones to deactivate, but no point to it. All you're doing is abandoning drones. Launch drones when you need to fight NPC's, return them when not in use 😊

[@marknthetrails7627]

@@captainbenzie I will be throwing up a video of how I made it on my channel. I'll send you a nod when I post it. I don't post often.

[@Romkiger]

Totally off topic but I wanna point out that Captain Benzie: head of the "Cat"Skull Academy, is living in the gallente system "Cat" brilliantly done good sir! Gave me a good laugh when I noticed that 🤣

[@YanickGirouard]

Just coming back to EVE (temptatively) after many many years, and I would like to start from scratch because so much has changed since. I have one question regarding your initial advices regarding Career Agent Missions. You say we should complete them all first, but does that also include training the recommended skills too? If so, all of them or just some? I'm not clear on that... Thanks!

[@captainbenzie]

A day one character already has all the skills needed for the Career Agents 😊 But if you use the referral code in the description of the video, you can also get yourself a whopping one million SP to kickstart whatever you decide you want to do.

[@Most1ted]

Wonderful guide. This really helped me out a lot getting started. Are you part of a corp recruiting new members by any chance? I’ve only played for a week but I’m already hooked on the game like crazy.

[@captainbenzie]

Yes we are! Come join Discord below and apply there!

[@Most1ted]

@@captainbenzie Thanks. I sent an application on the discord. Much appreciated.

[@Rockkyy490]

heyy im actually curious do you need to actually buy the omega, because as i want to upgrade my ships and all that stuff its limited by the omega

[@captainbenzie]

I've done a video about what Omega does and when (and how) you should get it.

[@aviramiancovici93]

Yup, the shield is a great rat fender, and kind of a helmet when you get PvP'd - it let's you survive 1 headshot in that 5 sec window - saved my behinds many times in lo/null/w

[@Zinvchan]

Just found this channel and video. They are both life savers. I had one dumb question though. If i just want to be a filthy rock toucher do i need to do the other AIR programs?

[@captainbenzie]

No, but if you want all the free SP that you can earn they're worth doing.

[@lonniefennel4024]

I ran into a minor issue during one of the explorer agent missions. I was meant to go to a specific site and hack it for an item. I accidentally went to the wrong site and found said item. I then went to the correct site and got the correct one but it didn't complete the mission. Of course I made the mistake of abandoning that mission intending to start over. Now the agent says it has been promised to another pilot and come back later. Any idea how I can fix this? It might be note worthy that this is the career agent starter missions.

[@captainbenzie]

Sadly you can't. Best thing to do is find the other Career Agents nearby (every empire has three sets) and do those.

[@evolgenius1150]

Mining is cool bc of how hands off it is. High sec mining is good if you need to do chores.

[@captainbenzie]

And that's how you get destroyed when CODE shows up

[@guidodenbroeder935]

Before you undock, also check that your ore hold is empty :)

[@captainbenzie]

Haha yes, this too!!

[@ChadGatling]

Do you recomend completely finishing all the agents for each of the careers before starting the new one or doing all the first agents then all the second then all the third?

[@captainbenzie]

It doesn't overly matter, but I recommend trying them all!

[@AwoudeX]

1:06 - me: starts wondering if Hisec, Lowsec and Nullsec are the only options??? How about J-space??? very lucrative, especially in a dirt cheap venture

[@captainbenzie]

Wormholes absolutely can be lucrative. Wasn't purposefully leaving out J-Space 🙂

[@8ball2k7]

Also whilst mining and stopped, pre align to the safe point youve got and then you'll be much quicker on hitting warp

[@captainbenzie]

Nope. If you are at zero speed, you are already aligned to everywhere at once. The actual graphics on your ship do not matter because technically FACING doesn't matter. EVEs warp mechanics involve your line of velocity being within 5° of the target, and your velocity to be at 75% of max speed. A ship stationary, no matter it's facing, warps at the same speed

[@EdwardKartov]

Are anti mining corps attacks in safe systems still happening?

[@HoLeeSheett]

yep, Sucks

[@captainbenzie]

Yup. This is EVE Online. There is no such thing as safety, and frankly, it would be boring if it were safe!

[@TerraFindleMan]

Yep. It's becoming a server wide thing. The fact that ccp thinks the structure changes combined with all the corp rules is a good thing apparently. I don't really understand the point of suicide ganks on miners and not just going out on fleet roams but hey. If they want to play that way...

[@jamesjohnson8988]

Hey man, new to Eve been mining. How did you get you’re drones to appear as green. Mine are white and I can’t get them to change

[@captainbenzie]

I'm in a fleet, so friendly ships show as green.

[@psbates]

A friend of mine recently played a bit of EVE Online, but he got upset and rage quit over a few issues. One of those issues was particular to this video's topic. He said he was engaged in a little bit of relaxed mining when someone approached him and said (paraphrasing) that their Corp had claim to the zone and that he had to surrender a portion of what he had mined. Is this a common occurrence? Or was that an NPC that spawned?

[@captainbenzie]

Welcome to EVE, it's a sandbox game so players can do whatever they like. So if someone decides to make a ransom, well, you pay it, or you escape. Miners are helpless, so in unknown areas, take a friend, or be prepared to run quickly.

[@BrutalCalfKick]

I cant find the day one survival guide Thanks for your content.

[@captainbenzie]

Glad you're enjoying it! The Catskull Academy Playlist is here: Learn To Play! - Catskull Academy - EVE Online: kzbin.info/aero/PLweq846y_h9a6R1UBNjp-2TUJthrVcnGq

[@markdavidmadden88]

Just starting out on Eve, I played Echoes a bit but not liking the mobile about it, I like how much more in depth and developed Eve Online is. Would you say Eve Online is suffering from the same issues Echoes is or is Echoes just kind of designed to fail?

[@captainbenzie]

EVE Online is the best it's ever been right now, imho, but Echoes is in a really bad place going from Pay To Win to now becoming "Pay to Even Play In A Meaningful Way"

[@andrewhoney7994]

Back in the day you could mine Kernite in Khanid space, luckily I thought to check today while in a shuttle and not something slow and miney.

[@captainbenzie]

Use the Agency. It'll tell you where your nearest belt containing a certain mineral is

[@tylerwolf7102]

I like mining very lucrative if you mine ice. But Planetary Industry especially t3 and t4 will make you a killer amount of iskies. Reactions are great but can only do in LS

[@captainbenzie]

Industry just confuses me beyond harvesting and basic reprocessing

[@tylerwolf7102]

Give yourself a whole day to learn the routes and links, it won't take you all day but then you will explode with isk. I went from maybe 100m per jita run now I'm at 1-2.4b a jita run, you can even do T4 PI in HS but it has to be a barren planet, more than anything give yourself time with the t1 PI stuff before moving on to t2 and so forth because it does get a bit more complicated as you scale. But use those mined resources to make good isk, with the regular industry you won't be disappointed, also get you some t1 OBP's and train them while you mine to get your materials and Research time as high as it'll go. Plus make sure you get your mining sp high then work on your Simple Ore processing so you get the most tritanium, pyerite and Mexallon when you reprocess.

[@tylerwolf7102]

Just make sure you get the proper Command Structure for you planet, so for me I make Robotics and Mechanical Parts but I need a plasma and an ice planet to get both resources I need. So I get a plasma command structure and a ice command structure and put on coresponding planet while checking overview to make sure I have said planets in system. I need to put out some instructional vids on PI and Market arbitrage. If you see Nivajus Pirkibo buy your stuff I'm flipping it to make more money. Overall PI is wayyy better than mining or anything because it's passive isk, more time for fighting, dying, buying ships and fit, and pve stuff

[@burnouttx2415]

Unless you are fleet mining, LOOSE THE SCANNER in the mid and the MINING UPGRADE in the low slot. It should be PASSIVE resists in the mid and a Damage Control unit in the low. Those modules give you survival EHP if a rat or a player gets a shot on you. The mining upgrade and the scanner are just wastes of time because you get very little benefits especially if you are not maxed in mining skills or not in a fleet.

[@captainbenzie]

If you're paying attention, you should never be getting shot by players or rats, and the scanner allows you to pick a good asteroid to bookmark, rather than drifting to a rock, shooting it for a few cycles only to find it's dry and having to move to the next one. Mining Upgrade is great for when you want to nab a particular type of ore as quickly as possible, hence the fit I chose. If you're intending to be a little more afk or you're not quite as quick on slapping Warp To, then sure, survivability can be a good use of the slots! Different strokes for different folks!

[@guidodenbroeder935]

The odds of getting attacked by another player in highsec are so low that the income gains from using the mining upgrade easily outshine the potential loss. In highsec you should also be able to survive all the rats without a damage control. But the scanner is indeed pretty useless. You are mining too slowly for the size of the rocks to really matter so use the slot for something else. What you may want to do though is to target two different rocks instead of one and target additional asteroids so you can switch quickly when a rock is depleted.

[@burnouttx2415]

@@guidodenbroeder935 Ahhh... must be nice since groups like CODE are not around anymore to wreck your ships just for the hell of it. Just to hear from people who are playing now after CCP watered the game down a bit, never experienced "hulk-a-geddon", or when groups like Goons bum rushed the market by setting it on fire with Burn Jita events.

[@dag_of_the_west5416]

"Safety" alliance is around and does the same stuff Code used to. They don't care to mine veld they only want salt.

[@RetroLooter]

I’m curious if we do mine in a venture as an alpha how far from jita does code travel?

[@captainbenzie]

A fair stretch tbh. Our Hisec system was 15j from Jita in Gallente space and we'd still see them. Accept them as a threat, and just watch local whilst you mine.

[@batbawls]

dinga ding ding da ding ding... da dinga ding ding da ding ding... famous EVE jingle heard in the background

[@captainbenzie]

I'm so confused

[@forthehomies7043]

I started playing Eve a few weeks ago and on Day 1 I was like meh, we'll see how much longer I play this 2 weeks later at 3am: WARP DRIVE ACTIVE

[@captainbenzie]

Lmao! Welcome to New Eden!

[@craigboden9455]

You gone on to eve proper now? Funnily I came back to it myself after 3 years being unable to. So much has changed.

[@captainbenzie]

Yup, EO is, in my opinion, the best it's ever been right now. I've played on and off since 2012 but now I'm fully engaged.

[@titaniummechsx3324]

Decided to do some mining so I can earn enough money to buy a cruiser

[@captainbenzie]

Good luck! I see you trying quite a few things, and I think trying everything is really good!

[@huckgaming2334]

Thanks for the info

[@alpha3305]

Just starting playing the game a week ago. And my first death was in my Venture, mining for Kernite. Thinking I could jet out there in case trouble comes along. Little did I know, that my poor venture was way too weak. Even with shields and armor, my ship was taken out in one shot. Made me sad the entire day. Luckily I came back with a stronger sense of determination. Completely playing free, no thoughts on going omega. Just for fun to improve my cognitive skills with a more critical game than some of the other free stuff I've experienced.

[@captainbenzie]

Make sure you're using D-Scan and watching who's coming and going via Local. As soon as you see trouble, warp out. The Venture is a fast little ship!

[@keldon_champion]

I have a hard time recommending anything for the low slots other than the stabilizer or the laser upgrade because other stuff really won't help, maybe you could fit a stab if you keep getting double scrambled but that is so rare to see people fitted like that and even if you do it won't be often and even a fully T2 fitted venture is pretty cheap so I wouldn't build for the 1% of gankers that purpose built to tackle a venture. I would also like to add the mining orbit vs align thing depends on where you are mining, if you are somewhere that you need to tank belt rats orbit can be better but if you are somewhere that PvP or rats you can't fight are likely mine aligned so you can GTFO.

[@keldon_champion]

@@captainbenzie that's true that stationary aligned doesn't matter, I haven't mined in a venture for quite some time and I am used to the idea of higgs anchor aligned mining (usually called drag mining) in hostile areas, which is something you do in much larger ships like the orca. It involves intentionally dropping your max speed (usually with a higgs anchor rig) to very low so you can actually mine while aligned and moving at 3/4 speed so you will enter warp instantly, the only way to catch a fleet drag mining is if the FC is taking a dump. However this is not something you would ever do in a venture, I probably shouldn't have even mentioned it in a video targeting newbros because this is way beyond the scope of this.

[@josephsantamaria3331]

i actually got a mining laser upgrade 1 and it seems it doesn't work it says that im attempting to activate a passive module I'm wondering how can I make it work.

[@captainbenzie]

Mining Laser Upgrade modules are passive - once fitted, they're already doing the thing they do, no need to do anything else!

[@josephsantamaria3331]

ohhhh i see ty for the information! now i can mine much better for my friend that is new.@@captainbenzie

[@d.e.a.t.h2258]

Will be eventually jumping to eve im done with echoes

[@cpurssey982]

Always line up to the station you're gonna flee to saves time when you need to bug out.

[@captainbenzie]

No it doesn't. If you are not moving, you are aligned to nowhere and everywhere at once, your facing does not matter. I have a video about this coming soon.

[@dutamulia]

Dear Captain Benzie I need your advice. Which career option do not or benefits the least from multiboxing?

[@captainbenzie]

I wouldn't worry about it. The key to having fun in EVE is to stop comparing yourself to other players and instead compare yourself only to yourself. See your own growth. EVE is an MMO, everything is designed to be better in a team, and multiboxing is just a way for some players to make up for their lack of a team. Fake friends to fill the void. That said, probably the most direct answer to your question is Abyssal Deadspaces, especially cruiser ones, since they are impossible to do anything but solo.

[@sneakyfildy]

I don't get what's the thing with Capacitor which says it will run out in a minute, I have to shut down modules to have 'system is stable'

[@captainbenzie]

You might find this video helpful: kzbin.info/www/bejne/npvbhqCnhNZ4ebs Don't worry about your capacitor being unstable if you've got things like shield boosters and MWDs that aren't always on, or if you're doing short burst content. As an example, if you've got three minutes of capacitor and you can finish a fight in two, awesome!

[@MrDarchangelomni]

u can totally fit a probe launcher with 2 mining lasers, to jump in wormholes

[@protocolpalpatine]

Kernite used to spawn in high sec when did that change?

[@captainbenzie]

Quite a while ago, tbh. A lot got moved around and changed.

[@protocolpalpatine]

@captainbenzie I logged on after years of not lastnight lol. Just to check stuff out. I see someone blew up my moon miming station in high sec 😆

[@River313]

So you invite people to your corp ?

[@captainbenzie]

Yes

[@craigcas117]

got a venture on my second mission

[@captainbenzie]

Nice!

[@TheNerdArmory]

While it's probably not smart, how can you afk mine and have your drone auto attack rats that come up to you?

[@captainbenzie]

You can't, and really don't try.

[@CasanOffi]

Out of 15 years experience I can recommend - if you fly solo: don´t fit Mining Laser Upgrades just to push your yield for a hand full of percent. Also don´t fit a Survey Scanner, it´s not worth the hassle. Push your Shield as far as possible. Even if you fly in Highsec. Fit a Damage Control and Shield Hardener+Extender and if you have a free low slot: give your Drones a Damage Upgrade.

[@captainbenzie]

In dangerous security, fitting shield extenders increases your signature radius which can push you from "can't be locked in the time it takes you to warp" to "can be locked". That's why I don't recommend it. If anything, fit your lowslots for faster align to gtfo when trouble arrives.

[@CasanOffi]

@@captainbenzie yes, good advice

[@bavarianwolf3806]

is this still up2date? Wanna start this game and mining seems chill and less pvp ^^

[@captainbenzie]

Yup, but be aware that as a miner you are forever being hunted. That risk of destruction is where an industrialist makes their profit - the trick is making sure it's not YOU who gets destroyed! Learn to survive where others fail.

[@marakuyovimalesh3793]

no warp stab in the low? The best option for huffing, imho

[@captainbenzie]

I mention it in the fitting but this was meant simply as a starting point. In Hisec/Lowsec you should be able to see when it's dangerous and warp out before being locked. In Null or J-Space, it doesn't help versus a Sabre

[@marakuyovimalesh3793]

@@captainbenzie them cloakies don't give much of a warning, the stab is for them

[@nommy8599]

Leaving drones out lets you AFK belt rats. They're disposable - one load of any ore can replace T1 drones 10 times over. Also T2 mining lasers waste some ore, scoped meta ones are good too as they are cheap and no waste.

[@captainbenzie]

Man, I see the letters "AFK" in regards to anything EVE related and I just shiver 😂

[@nommy8599]

@@captainbenzie haha yeah I bet 😁 I just use a cheap for venture and have it going in hisec while I shop or plan fits or routes or just learnt stuff watching vids like this. Might as well... One load of ore can replace it.

[@dakotah4866]

Man I haven't played this game in a long time I really didn't know anything when I first got the game I am so lost

[@captainbenzie]

The new tutorial systems (AIR Career Program etc) are really good for helping new folks out!

[@dakotah4866]

Just getting into it now just doing some cheap carrier jobs got to start somewhere

[@teaguejelinek4038]

Why not mine while already being aligned so that all you need to do is warp ?

[@captainbenzie]

That's not how warping works. If you're stationary, your facing doesn't matter. EVE uses velocity arrows. Park your ship at zero and hit warp. Same time no matter the facing. Facing only matters if you're moving

[@teaguejelinek4038]

​@@captainbenzieok thanks lol I'm really new and don't understand how to avoid killers yet...

[@captainbenzie]

@@teaguejelinek4038 D-Scan and watch local 😅

[@teaguejelinek4038]

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[@Paradigmfusion]

I wonder if people who play Eve and Star citizen even realize just how close that Venture resembles the Drake Vulture?

[@Vatrien]

Both are based on the same ship from Freelancer iirc

[@zeitgeist265]

Can I use mining drones instead

[@Cathrope1]

​@@captainbenzieI have a main and two alts. Main and an Alt mine while the third runs an Orca with combat drones flying

[@joshgriffith7554]

Combat drones are optional mostly useful for killing tiny ai ships in high security unless you are using a bigger ship

[@guidodenbroeder935]

If you have the skill, which requires omega.

[@NPC-nn4qe]

If "industry" is the skeleton and the entire game is the meat, then what of the tendons, blood vessels, nervous system, and skin? ...And hair? Also hair.

[@captainbenzie]

Uh... Blood vessels are the economy, tendons are hauling because they help everything move, and nervous system is the API? UI? Skin is the UI for sure... Hair... SKINS?

[@NPC-nn4qe]

@@captainbenzie Acceptable answer. 💯

[@aloverhoser]

Btw… you were talking about bookmarks… ya forgot to mention you can right click and go all the way down and access any bookmarks for that system too… And that can be used as a system by system inventory of bookmarks…duh…. Lol Good rookie video tho!

[@lukemfriend7267]

You best not start asking me for tips benzie 😉

[@captainbenzie]

😂

[@Th3c0olGuY234]

i have the venture! just now...

[@captainbenzie]

Nice! Fly safe! o7

[@BrokenSoul79x]

28:00 any port in a storm. o7

[@ottomcannick7698]

Unlike eve echoes..... everything has a purpose and usually a niche to operate in

[@ConcussiveSona]

Porpoise 😂

[@cornholio324]

Except idk why but I came back to eve online and my slightly old PC is struggling. When I remember it used to run on almost any PC. What happened? And echos runs really smooth for me in comparison.

[@nebulahawk5895]

"Start having fun" Lol, good guide but I would say the only fun part of mining is when you get to sell the goods, and play your switch/read something while mining

[@captainbenzie]

Done folks really enjoy the act itself, and with friends, it's great!

[@dgrageriot]

#IndustrialLife

[@Cheesedream]

Industrial + ignoring ISK per hour = #happylife

[@peaceofhell1]

Eve's mining is friendly to alpha? Everything beyond entry-level requiring omega. F2p cant mine, if he care about isks at all.

[@captainbenzie]

That only matters if you're trying to play to make Omega rather than just having fun. Profit is profit, focus on your own progress, not comparing yourself to others and you'll have much more fun. You still make profit, you still progress, you train your skills, and have fun. ISK isn't a measure, it's just something you earn to buy new things. If you're not having fun making ISK, you need to find something you DO enjoy. It's a game, after all.

[@peaceofhell1]

@captainbenzie well yeah. The only thing with having fun in venture is the fact, that you are not moving anywhere. If one mining on alpha, the venture is ones highest point.

[@user-uq9se1nx9q]

Cant agree. Alpha player can build good combat ships, even for PVP; can Explore reasonably well; but mining is restricted to the smallest ship and equipment, and has to compete with multi-boxers

[@peaceofhell1]

@@user-uq9se1nx9q it restricted to nothing, basically. Some bs battleship with mining laser or something like that or venture.

[@captainbenzie]

@user-uq9se1nx9q stop thinking of EVE as a competition. It's not. There's no "winning". If you're having fun, that should be all that matters. Grow, learn, enjoy, make stories. Comparison is the Death of joy.

[@nicolasdesjardins9751]

gj buddy

[@captainbenzie]

Thank you!

[@steelymaverick88]

seeing a lot more normal eve online vids lately is he just fed up with echoes? id like to play eve online but its just more convenient to play echoes for me since i can take it with me

[@steelymaverick88]

​@ZywOo thanks for that info im still finding my way in echoes and i love your vids when they come up. My way of life mining in high sec is currently dead so inlook forward to future vids that im sure will help me out like many of your previous ones have xD