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Originally Posted by Wizerud  I can't see it approach that of a hulk although it may give a coveter a run for its money. It only has four high slots (three turret points) and obviously no modulated strip miner capacity.
Plus it costs about 10x more. |
Since I'm 3 hours from finishing Mining Barge V, I felt compelled to do the math.
Assuming 'maxed' bonuses (Mining V, Astrogeo V, Mining Foreman V, Exhumers V).
Hulk with three t2 strips + t2 crystals nets 94,728.1 m3 / hour. (360 * 1.75 * 1.25 * 1.25 * 1.15 * 1.15 * 1.10 * (1.05 ^ 2) * 3 * 20)
Moros with three Miner II & seven (7) mining upgrades nets 26119.3 m3 / hour. (60 * 1.25 * 1.25 * 1.10 * (1.05 ^ 7) * 3 * 60)
The retriever I'm flying now (Mining Foreman IV, Barge IV, tech1 strips) nets 40824 m3 / hour.
A similarly maxed t2 drone will net 3750 m3 / hour not counting flight time. 5 drones is then 18750 m3 / hour for the Barges/Exhumers and 56250 m3 / hour for the Moros (Dreadnought IV -> 200% bonus).
113,478 m3 / hour for the Hulk
97,200 m3 / hour for the Covetor (same as Hulk sans Exhumer bonus + 1 mining upgrade)
82,369 m3 / hour for the Moros
59,574 m3 / hour for my 5mil ISK Retriever
The major flaw here is the efficiency of mining drones. I've never used them personally so I can't theorize on how much they're hurt by travel time, et al.