Getting a bit confused with mining!

[geoschmo]

Originally posted by wilhil:
it costs more maintence, but on the empire status my total mineral goes up, so I was wondering how much am i making?

It shows an increase mineral income, but your net minerals after deductions for maintenance is going down. The ship is costing you more then it's getting you. Not uncomomon with mineral miners on small ships like that. You need a bigger ship with more mineral miner comps, or reduce your empire maint at game setup to make small ship mining break even.

You might find small ship mining for rads or organics worthwhile, but probably not. A lot of people don't use remote mining at all because it's so inefficent.

I think there are some more things about it in the newbie FAQ.