The Complete Miner's Guide by Halada
26Version 2.2
To use T1 crystals, you will need the skills mentioned above, and the [Metal] Ore
Processing to level 3, for example Omber Processing 3. To use the T2 crystal, you'd need
Omber Processing 4.
Here's a table that shows the different base yield of the lasers depending of the crystals
you will fit in it.
| Laser | Base yield (in m3) | With T1 Crystal (62,5% bonus) | with T2 Crystal (75% bonus) |
| T2 Strips | 360 | 585 | 630 |
| MDCM2 | 120 | 195 | 210 |
For the sake of comparison, remember that the T1 strips have a base yield of 540. So T2
strips actually provide a 16,17% bonus to your yield over the T1 strips ! But it's also
possible to demonstrate this with an example, so here goes !
Say we use our previous Covetor with T2 crystals as an example; let's see what kind of
yield we will get:
360*1.25*1.25*1.05*1.15*1.75 = 1188.63 m3/cycle
Using Omber, it means 1188.63 /0.6 = 1981.05 1981 units of Omber/cycle (per strip)
Since you're fitted with 3 strip miners, you will be getting 5943 units of Omber per cycle,
or 118 860 units of Omber per hour. As we said earlier, this is a 16,17% increase over
our previous Covetor fitted with T1 strips.
5.1 How do I Read my Yield ?
First you should know the EVE-O database is incorrect, so don't expect to understand
how T2 strips work from there. Furthermore, when doing a show info on your T2 strip,
there is a lot of information in there and people are very confused.
To know your current actual yield (including all skills and bonuses you are getting), look
under "Specialty Crystal Mining Amount" (shown in the screenshot by a green
rectangle). Just ignore Mining Amount, it will confuse you and there is no need to make
it more complicated.
This puts an end to our crystals section. As you can see the increase is absolutely worth
it, and it is a good step to take before going on to the Hulk (if you ever do). Plus crystals
can also be used with MDCM2, which fit nicely on a battleship, so if you're an Apoc or
Rokh miner, you can benefit from this.
In any case, I suggest you train for crystals right after you got your Covetor.
To see your actual yield, look under Specialty Crystal Mining Amount