Changes

By popular demand this Guide is being created.

This guide does not deal with the different mechanics below the 40 skill and adjusting for that. Best to just manually look at your output pile and sort it by ql. Then count how many in the pile are 1.0 (fail, no skillgain) and how many are your skillcap (perfect, no skillgain). Everything in between is gains. Come up with the percentage you are getting skill and it is pretty common sense. Since you gain skill pretty fast in those early levels, rock is really fine to 40.

*First and foremost is to lower the output ql of the mined shards/ore to get in the range below.

*Second is to lengthen the action timer for more skillgain per tick. If you spend the same amount of total time mining it should balance out, but you will deplete a vein quicker which could be an issue if you are limited on them. But in reality you are going for the range, and whatever ql pick that ends up being, so be it.

*Higher QL improves the action Timer

*WOA improves the action Timer

For myself, i mined for skill as I normally just bought iron. So I did most skilling with the 1ql pick (repair often) and moved between vein types as required. At higher skill when you goto marble/silver/gold you end up using around a 30ql pick though to not have too many fails. My speed pick was used on carving out all the rock shards i used for bricks and also carving out space to find the veins. Also you use the speed pick when mining any ore you want at the higher quality since that is your high ql pick.