Mining is extreme
A mining operation in EVE
Mining in EVE Online is an extremely boring and time consuming adventure. If you do things the natural way, by sitting at your keyboard and watching the pretty lasers, it can be down right maddening. As your character sifts through veldspar in some distant system, it can even be a little lonely. Despite these obstacles to enjoyment, if you work under the right circumstances (with a corp or friends for example) mining in EVE is one of in the MMO world. Choreographed movements, hostile encounters, drones, lag, and pirates aplenty all grace the screen and make the EVE form of carebearing a truly unique experience.
Carebearing in games like World of Warcraft have nothing on the roid depletion techniques of capsuleers. Sure, your guild may dominate the AH in fel iron, but that is on an economic level comparable to a lemonade stand run by your neighbors five year old. An entire belt lies waiting, pirates guarding their precious space. A few ships warp in, and the fighting begins. The engagement is quick and the corporation makes short work of the vessels surrounding the ore. Three, four, five, ships, all carrying an assortment of drones, strip miners, and upgrades arrive behind the protection force. Like soldiers, they move towards their target methodically, guided by the orders of their commander. They halt, drop cans, fix targets, deploy drones, and begin the task of tearing apart what little rock the universe has presented for them.
So begins the typical mining operation in EVE. It is a symphony of delicate tones driven by the conductor to produce the maxiumum amount of isk per second. Each detail is scruttinized by the good corporations to ensure maximum profit in minimum time. Haulers retreive the ore on order and constantly buzz around their miner partners. Fighters dot in and out of the fortmation, eager to tackle any threat to the herd. When it is all said and done, the asteroids are depleted and the cans collected, the entire force disappears, and the market managers and industrialists begin their work.
Mining on the screen or in real life, is fascinating and fun.
Mining is extreme—-the poetry thereof | I THINK MINING said this on August 20, 2008 at 5:04 pm |
I usually read a book when I’m in “mining mode” hehe.
I usually tune into EVE Radio or dual box. Unless I’m in a major op, like the above, I rarely mine alone.
I mine alone all the time. It gives me a chance to do other things while still making ISK. Plus, I’m too lazy and nice to be a proper PvPer.