I ran a quick test and some variations of late game Stingrey MK2 mining builds and in every situation the standard Mining device wins out. The only advantage that Industrial *seems* to have was that you don't need 2-3 of them but even then I think the standards are better for ore per energy/minute/etc.
I even thought they might have an advantage for mining Serizonite but it doesn't look like it there either. So what is the point of the industrial mining device?
On a similar note, I also tested capacitor boosters vs coolant boosters and capacitor boosters in my tests allow for 50% quicker mining of an asteroid.
I don't have any skills in mining speed and only 4 levels in efficiency. Is there a tipping point? Is speed better than efficiency or how does speed work exactly? Do the drill use a fixed amount of energy per cycle or do they use a fixed amount of energy per second?
Thanks
I even thought they might have an advantage for mining Serizonite but it doesn't look like it there either. So what is the point of the industrial mining device?
On a similar note, I also tested capacitor boosters vs coolant boosters and capacitor boosters in my tests allow for 50% quicker mining of an asteroid.
I don't have any skills in mining speed and only 4 levels in efficiency. Is there a tipping point? Is speed better than efficiency or how does speed work exactly? Do the drill use a fixed amount of energy per cycle or do they use a fixed amount of energy per second?
Thanks