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Before we go any further, you should know wow gold that strips can only be fitted on Mining Barges or Exhumers. People are often confused with the cycle time and wonder what the actual benefit of having a longer cycle is.
The biggest advantage is actually much more practical than it is beneficial... simply put, most of the time, the cargo of your ship will be filled after every cycle, which means if you're using the jetcan mining technique (which you should).
You’ll be emptying your cargo every minute... which means you'll be doing it 60 times per hour instead of 20 if you're using strip miners. It might not look like a lot now, but it DOES make a difference at the end, believe me.
We could divide the barge's yield by three to bring it to 60 seconds, or bring both of them on a per hour ratio, but this is not precise because of the way EVE truncates the number of units of ore you get per cycle. For example, if the cycle stops after 30 seconds, you will get 50% of what you normally get for a full cycle.
For now don't be alarmed about the crystals, they will be covered in another section. It's a nice reference to have for those who are confused about how to calculate your actual ISK/hour rate (more on that in another section).
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