Wait half of the people in this thread are talking about hunting. Isn’t this a mining thread, or do you shoot mining claims or something in this update?
Problem there is not much to chip 
Skills have really low impact like Prospecting, Surveying and Mineral Sense. There will be several unlocks too > Integrity Analysis and Thermal Drilling are some of the new unlocks I got.
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You shoot rocks, also you have hit/dmg and looter proffesions
Heck me, I actually just thought everyone was group-thinking away from the original topic :laugh: So mining = hunting with rock as mob model, got it.
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It is a combination of both hunting and mining: You laser the space rocks while CTD each 10 minutes, relogging and floating around like an idiot while waiting for the death trigger.
While waiting on the death trigger you should remember the encouraging words from a certain uber “just keep shooting”, “adapt or die” and so on. I wonder if he is somewhere in space lasering low texture space rocks with 50% loot return due to 70% eff laser and a new low looter level.
when I see all these players super happy to shoot at a virtual stone
I wonder how we managed to get there. :geek::geek:
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Don’t forget we are also happy when we pick dung on the ground!
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Evolution at its finest.
I did a mistake above. I said general skills. The only contribution you get is from Mineral Sense, Prospecting and Surveying and trust me is very very low. There are also 2 unlocks at level 20.
Do you mean the laser miner lvls? Seems hit and dam are exactly the same. Do you mean those get an unlock each?
How about looter level (fragmentation I think)? Anyone got previous skill that help, and might there be an unlck at lvl30 as with other looter profs?
My returns so far have been below what I’d expect longer term, given a now 95% maxed tt ‘weap’ at 70% eff, but with the horrible looter skill we mostly all have… Adding 2% returns via the looter as a first aim won’t do the trick so far.
I knwo why you got such trash returns, just tried space mining right now. Don’t blame the guys in this thread, they just stated the most likely reason that would be the culprit normally, but this is a new mechanic.
When you go out and hunt asteroids, there’s different types and different levels of asteroids.
This is level I C-type asteroid, that’s the message you get - [COLOR=rgb(97, 189, 109)][System]: [COLOR=rgb(84, 172, 210)]You inflicted 16.7 points of damage - the word system is colored green as usual, the rest in bluish-gray, livid color. That’s normal damage here.
- [COLOR=rgb(97, 189, 109)][System]: [COLOR=rgb(250, 197, 28)]You inflicted 1.9 points of damage. Target resisted some additional damage - L2 F-type asteroid here, the message is yellow. As you can see the asteroid resisted some of the damage, which means that the PED used to deal that damage will not yield any return and in theory will go towards the bonus lootpool for everyone else.
I was using basic mining laser from TT, my return was absolutely normal, got some multis as well. When you see that the target is resisting, don’t shoot it with the laser you got, pick an easier target. I guess that higher level mining lasers will be able to shoot higher level asteroids more efficiently.
Do either seem to be HP skills?
No i made some points and my hp didnt move much, think it moved from stamina lol. Imo if we get unlocks at 30-40-50 might be hp skills tho. Tomorrow some will hit level 30 lets see if are any unlocks
Wait what? stamina 
???
Ya i finished some quests sorry not space related
It would be Misses that won’t yield any return and instead go to the bonus loot pool. Resistance is different from Misses and Resistance is a thing that is also on Spina mobs. They resist certain attack types and diminish the damage dealt. I believe MA said that in Unreal Engine 5 all mobs will have Resistance.
So it would seem that Space Mining Asteroids also has Resistance implemented. Maybe we will get a scanner to equip on ships to scan asteroids and see their Resistance.
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2 new skills unlock.: Integrity Analysis & Thermal drilling
Got both @ lvl 20
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Next unlock should be at 40.