Mining together in a fleet not only makes the activity more fun but also comes with several advantages over mining by yourself. If you're part of any of our allied corporations, you're welcome to join our round-the-clock mining fleets. Here's what you'll get:
High-sec mining is often a target for bumping and ganking, both of which are legitimate gameplay mechanics in Eve. To cope with these activities, refer to the ganking and bumping section.
The fleet system in EVE Online is designed to simplify the coordination of multiple players, enabling the provision of fleet broadcasts and enhancements to fellow fleet members' capabilities. Fleets are versatile and can be formed by any pilot, at any time, for any purpose. They utilize various settings to manage access permissions, ensuring that fleet operations remain secure and organized.
This system is instrumental in executing coordinated maneuvers, sharing critical information through fleet broadcasts, and applying collective bonuses to enhance the performance of all fleet members.
EVE Online's fleet system is structured with several layers to manage large groups of pilots effectively. Understanding this hierarchy is essential for organizing and leading fleets efficiently.
Upon creation, a fleet starts with the bare minimum structure necessary to function:
This hierarchical framework is designed to grant precise command and control capabilities over fleet movements and actions, an essential aspect for navigating the complex and dynamic battlefield of EVE Online.
Boosters in EVE (known as buffers in some MMOS) are players who are flying ships that are capable of fitting and using command burst modules. There are two different types of command bursts: mining and warfare. When loaded with ammunition these modules are able to increase the stats of the other players. In order for the other players to receive the boost two conditions will need to be filled: the players must be in the same fleet and they must be within the range of the command burst.
Command burst modules do not stack. For this reason only the strongest boost of each kind in fleet counts if there are several boosters on the same are of effect
High-sec mining is often a target for bumping and ganking, both of which are legitimate gameplay mechanics in Eve.
Ship bumping in Eve Online occurs when one ship accelerates towards another, causing a collision and pushing the target off course. This can delay a ship's warp entry, prevent it from reaching a destination, or increase the distance from its drones.
This gameplay is often used in high-sec mining fields to prevent miners from extracting ore. The reasons vary, from bullying to strategic denial of resources. Despite its disruptive nature, bumping is a legitimate part of Eve Online.
In Eve Online, suicide ganking involves attacking and destroying mining ships in high-security space without a legal reason. The gankers sacrifice their own ships, knowing they will be swiftly dealt with by CONCORD, the in-game police force. This tactic is often used to disrupt mining operations, steal valuable ore, or simply to harass other players.
Do not respond in local chat: The hostile entities are most often after only one thing, your response. They do it for their fun and may push you hard on local chat to get you to respond to them and provide them salt. Simply close the local chat if you can't resist not responding.
While part of EVE LinkNet you are bound by our general rules. These rules include any toxic or negative toned communications, even against hostile pilots.
LinkNet's mining fleets are designed with a standard setup to ensure ease of access and understanding for all participants. This approach simplifies the process of joining and actively participating in our mining operations, making it straightforward for you to grasp the operational locations and methodologies of the fleet.
In LinkNet's mining fleets, the effectiveness of the boosts you receive is determined by the equipment on the boosting ship and the skill level of the person providing the boost. Most of our official Industry Commanders use a standard boosting fit and possess the highest skill levels for boosting. However, acquiring all the necessary boosting skills can take a considerable amount of time, so some boosters may not have fully maximized their skills yet.
While participating in a LINE Mining fleet, you can expect to receive the following boosts, which enhance your mining efficiency:
These boosts are integral to maximizing the productivity and efficiency of mining operations within the fleet.
There are three primary methods to join a fleet in EVE Online, tailored for LinkNet's standing mining fleet. To join without a direct invitation, you need to meet the criteria set by the fleet boss. Thankfully, all Mining Boosters in LinkNet configure their settings to allow members of community partner corporations access to the fleets.
LinkNet Mining Fleet
or LinkNet Public Mining Fleet
depending on the fleet type we have up.Note that all official LinkNet fleet bosses should have a blue standing icon next to them. This way you can identify that the fleet has been raised by an actual LinkNet member and not by a fraud.
The easiest way for you to see any fleets available for you is to use the fleet finder window. You can only see the fleets that you are able to join by yourself in this window. If the fleet boss has incorrect settings or you are not on their “access list” for some reason there might be a fleet up and you would not see it in here.
Sometimes the mining fleet may be linked in the Eve LinkNet Partners channel MOTD. People may also drag and drop the fleet advert from the fleet finder window to chat channels to create direct links to the fleets. When you click on these links you will automatically join the fleet but only if you meet the set requirements (aka. you would see the fleet yourself on the fleet finder).
The only way for you to join a fleet that you can’t see in the fleet finder is for someone to directly invite you to it. Each player in the fleet is able to invite players directly in to the positions below their own position. The easiest way for a commander to do this is to drag and drop the name of the player from a chat window to the desired position. When you receive a direct invite a pop-up window will appear. You only have 120 seconds to accept this invitation or the invitation expires. The pop-up will remain on your screen until you close it or try to accept it but if the invitation has expired you will not be able to join the fleet.
This section outlines the basics of operating within the standing mining fleet. Adhering to the following procedures ensures eligibility for ship replacements and equitable treatment for all fleet miners.
To join the active mining operation:
Our mining primarily occurs in pre-scheduled moon mining fields:
To enhance the efficiency of our moon mining operations and ensure we keep pace with the extraction schedule, we're introducing specific recommendations for Moon Crystal configurations. It's important to align with these guidelines to optimize our mining efforts but always to follow the recommendations of the fleet when mining:
This approach requires the cooperation and compliance of all fleet members. By working together under the new crystal doctrine, we can achieve a more efficient, safer, and profitable mining operation.
Successfully joining a mining fleet activates new communication channels, specifically a chat and a fleet window, which are essential for coordinating with your fleet and receiving boosts. Here’s how to effectively use these tools:
By following these steps, you can effectively integrate into the fleet’s operations, maximizing your mining output and efficiency with the support of fleet boosts.
Ore compression is a pivotal process in mining operations, significantly enhancing efficiency by reducing the need for frequent trips to stations for cargo offloading. Here’s how to leverage ore compression effectively:
By following these steps, you can maintain a streamlined operation, focusing on mining without the interruption of frequent cargo management. This process not only optimizes your time in the field but also maximizes the efficiency of ore transport and storage.
The standing fleet uses a dedicated voice chat channel on our discord server. When you are mining in the standing fleet you should join the HS Standing Fleet
channel located under the public voice channels.
Voice comms are mainly used to inform you of incoming hostiles and you do not have to talk in there unless you want to.
Miners are frequent targets for gankers, especially in systems with a security status of 0.5 or lower, where moon mining operations are prevalent. To bolster defense against such threats, pre-spawning CONCORD units at mining locations is a strategic countermeasure.
CONCORD plays a pivotal role in high-security space by providing immediate law enforcement response to criminal activities. Here's how their response can be optimized for miner protection:
To effectively utilize CONCORD's protective measures without compromising your security standing, follow these steps:
By adhering to these practices, mining fleets can significantly enhance their security against ganking threats, ensuring a safer and more productive mining operation.
Sometimes you lose your ship and that is perfectly normal in EVE. To try to avoid this you should follow the guidelines we have set in here for the standard mining fleet:
If despite these steps you lose your ship to a very well organized gank, then it is not your fault. In situations like this you can request for SRP.
Mining SRP covers losses for ganks in high sec space at the official mining fleet location for players who are in the mining fleet.
If you have followed all the rules you may apply for SRP on our AUTH in the general mining SRP https://auth.eve-linknet.com/ship-replacement/srp-link/2PITnmQHWhNVL9KP/view-srp-requests/
There are a few places where you can ask for people to raise mining fleets in case there are none online (aka. Visible on the fleet finder). You should always first seek to find fleets within the coalition and only after that fleets that are raised by our allied players.
The ultimately best way to ask mining boosters
to raise fleets is to do it in discord.
Discord is a third party chat and voice program which allows you to contact all those boosters that are not currently online but would otherwise be able to set up a fleet for you!
After registering and authenticating on discord you simply type @booster orca pilot
in the #linknet-general chat channel and ask them if anyone would be able to set up a fleet. Only ask once a while and never spam it in case no one is answering to you.
If you do not want to use discord for some reason or happen to see a Industry Commander online in Eve LinkNet Partners you can try to ask in there for them to raise a fleet. However the disadvantage in this compared to discord is that the players holding the role are not getting a notification for this and the message could easily scroll away. The second downside is that the players might be simply AFK or doing something else on some other accounts.
The goal of our mining fleets is to open up our communities mining services for both our community members and possibly also to the rest of EVE depending on the access level we set on the fleet.
Each day after downtime we will try to set up a mining fleet that would last until the next downtime. The first mining booster to set up to fleet doesn’t have to stay in the fleet for the whole day as the idea is to pass down the boss role when you have to log off.
To raise an official LN Mining fleet you need to hold a mining booster role (or another fleet commander role). After you have been accepted to the group you will be able to setup mining fleets and provide boosts by following the steps in this guide.
If all of the previous requirements are fulfilled you will be automatically added to the booster group. If one of the requirements is not fulfilled at any given time you will be removed from the booster group automatically.
Once you have done the previous steps you will be accepted into the booster group.
Community mining fleet is aimed at helping community miners to get organized and to receive mining boosts. It is open for all community partners.
The EVE LinkNet is a non-profit community program that connects the right players with the right corporations. Come mine with us and connect up with the fellow pilots.<br><br>■ Boosting<br>■ Buyback<br>■ Community<br>■ Ship Replacement
4. Open the advanced settings
5. Set fleet access based on standings (require at least 1.0 standings = blue access)
6. Register the fleet
7. Change MOTD to (copy paste):
Copy and paste the following code as your fleet MOTD and adjust the information according to your fleet (such as mining location):
<font size="14" color="#bfffffff"></font><font size="13" color="#99ffffff">Links & Info:<br>■ Mining: </font><font size="13" color="#ffffe400"><loc><a href="https://wiki.eve-linknet.com/en/community-programs/career-introduction-mining">Intro</a></loc></font><font size="13" color="#99ffffff"> | </font><font size="13" color="#ffffe400"><loc><a href="https://wiki.eve-linknet.com/en/community/doctrines/coalition-doctrines#mining-fleet">Doctrine Fits</a></loc></font><font size="13" color="#99ffffff"> | </font><font size="13" color="#ffffe400"><a href="https://wiki.eve-linknet.com/en/linknet-help-and-guides/mining-fleets">LinkNet Standing Mining Fleet Participation</a><br></font><font size="13" color="#99ffffff">■ Bookmarks: </font><font size="13" color="#ff00a99d"><a href="bookmarkFolder:5734908">LinkNet Public Static Locations</a></font><font size="13" color="#99ffffff"> \Moon Mining (drill/station tethers, etc)<br>■ BuyBack </font><font size="13" color="#ffffe400"><loc><a href="https://wiki.eve-linknet.com/en/community-programs/buyback">Info</a></loc></font><font size="13" color="#99ffffff"> | </font><font size="13" color="#ffffe400"><loc><a href="https://auth.eve-linknet.com/buybackprogram/">Submissio</loc>n</a><br></font><font size="13" color="#99ffffff">■ Moon Schedule @ </font><font size="13" color="#ffffe400"><loc><a href="http://auth.eve-linknet.com/moonmining/extractions">Auth:Extraction</loc>s</a><br></font><font size="13" color="#ffbfbfbf"> - Daily extractions at 1100 and 2300 EVE time<br></font><font size="13" color="#99ffffff">■ </font><font size="13" color="#ffffe400"><a href="https://wiki.eve-linknet.com/en/community-programs/ship-replacement-program">SRP Info</a><br><br></font><font size="13" color="#99ffffff">SRP Highlights:<br>■ Follow the Mining Procedures<br>■ Fly a Doctrine fit<br>■ Keep your active hardeners on<br>■ Pre-spawn CONCORD<br>■ Warp out if you see gankers land on grid<br>■ Do Not AFK undocked<br><br>Tips and Etiquette:<br>■ Use</font><font size="13" color="#ffffe400"><loc><a href="https://wiki.eve-linknet.com/mining_formation.png"> </a><a href="https://wiki.eve-linknet.com/mining_formation_copy.png">'The Donut' formation:</a></loc><br></font><font size="13" color="#99ffffff"> - Booster: Mine from center to outwards<br> - Miner: Mine from outer edge inwards<br>■ Stay within Orca boosting range, but at least 30km away and avoid mining rocks within that range until the end.<br> - at no time should a fleet member be within 10k of an Orca without express permission<br> - If you do not know a boosters given range, ask. This will vary by skill /fit /implants<br><br>HS Operations:<br>■ Oisio | Yria<br>■ </font><font size="13" color="#ff94ccff"><a href="helpPointer:unique_ui_agency_card_41">Ice Belts</a></font><font size="13" color="#99ffffff"> <br>■ FoB: </font><font size="13" color="#ff94ccff"><a href="helpPointer:unique_ui_agency_card_36">Pirate Strongholds</a></font><font size="13" color="#99ffffff"> (</font><font size="13" color="#ffffe400"><loc><a href="http://wiki.eveuniversity.org/Forward_Operating_Base">EVE Uni</a></loc></font><font size="13" color="#99ffffff">)<br> - known to be buggy, check systems you plan to be active in as you enter them<br><br></font><font size="13" color="#ffffe400"><loc><a href="https://wiki.eve-linknet.com/en/community/rules-and-requirements#behaviour-and-communication-rules-bcr">Behaviour and communication rules</a></loc></font><font size="13" color="#ffff0000"> apply for all of our members. No toxic or or banned topics are allowed against any pleyers, friendly or foe. Violations of rules should always be reported to any community CEO.<br><br></font><font size="13" color="#ffff00ff">A L E R T S: You need to have positive Trig standings to mine in KULELEN. Trig have come to the moon ore field; Ships have been lost while mining moon ore. If you do not have positive Trig standings they WILL kill you.</font>
MOTD Updated last on 12th of of March 2023
After copying the text your MOTD should look something like this:
You may also add other information to the MOTD that you see fit.
Operating in the mining fleet depends on how active you want to be as a mining booster. While some boosters like to have active hauling or even practice buying ores at the fields some boosters simply want to AFK boost.
All miners who are on the mining fleets should be on voice comms! This is to alert them for incoming gankers or criminals in space.
To generate the SRP link you need to have the mining booster role. See the guide for creating SRP links: Generating SRP links
If you are about to log out make sure to try to pass down the boss role for another mining booster. This way the same single fleet you created hopefully after downtime will remain up until the next downtime.
This way all players who wish to mine always know what fleet to join and what to do when in the fleet!
Any player with the mining booster role is able to raise coalition fund raising fleets. The income from these fleets will be used to support other coalition programs such as the capital ship program.
To raise a fleet: