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#2 is 169 frames (67.62) so it's actually only one frame away from #1 | ||
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#6 is 163 frames (70.11) from the top this is correct on the chart, mining from the middle of the mineral gives us 168 which is worse #7 is 177-ish frames (64.57) but varies by a frame sometimes (?) #9 is 160 frames (71.43) from the top right corner so it should be prioritized #8 is weird because it's not exactly stable, varies and averages like 65 minerals per minute | ||
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if you want to boost, then fill out the first four >70 min/minute patches and boost patch #8 with the 5th drone make sure to mine from the top right parts of the minerals for patches like #9 and #7 where they mine much slower when not lined up - I think this is why the previous chart is wrong also you can put a pool on the top to boost | ||
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you can boost #1, #7, and #9 #1 you should return cargo as the drone gets the mineral #7 you should make the drone go to the left more before dropping off the minerals to boost, but this will be blocked by other drones and eggs so just do it the first few times if you have the chance #9 you should boost by lining up the drone on the edge of the mineral every time around so start doing this before you put the drone on the slowest patches since you can do both #1 and #9 boost at the same time so since #1 is the easiest boost (and yields the most minerals consistently) you should go 1358 for your split and begin boosting, then 10 and line it up not on the farthest left edge, but one position to the right so it forms a stable path while still mining up and down | ||
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the top #1 does 158 frames sometimes and sometimes 150 using 154 as the average gives 74.21 which is close to the long term mining average, it's a good patch to mine if you line the drone up anyway, so it's not an issue since you'll want to mine it right away #2 is doing 185(61.78) frames sometimes and 180(63.49) frames sometimes, but if you average those you get 62.6 which is my long term mining rate I made the same mistake with right side #6, it fluctuates between 189 (60.49) and 180 (63.49) and long term mines around 62.7 which is right between those values left side #7 should be lined up on the top right corner of the mineral and sometimes it does a boost mining 68 minerals per minute, but goes back to 64 and then boosts again so the average is above 65 | ||
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the white circles are where you would line up the drone, numbers with no manual boost | ||
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Left side minerals total 671 Right side minerals total 691 Top side minerals total 691 the left side also has a harder boost so it's the worst location (for Zerg at least) for standard maps it's left side 610 right side 619 top side 615 you can fix the tenth patch to make it easier to mine and that would make at least 10 patch bases more equal I'm working on a harder to boost (or not worth boosting) version of minerals like so you still need to line the drones up to mine optimally, but you do it once, set and forget | ||
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On August 03 2023 23:44 Crimson)S(hadow wrote: for the bottom right one, i've seen #9 boosted, anyone know how to do it? link to it happening: 6:37:35 - 6:37:38, 00:18 in the in-game timer I tested it, the pulling to the side trick increases the mining from about 70 minerals/min to 75 minerals/min because of automatic boosting I have failed to get a fast pool timing because I didn't do this automatic boost trick https://repmastered.app/game/2KHL_opbwFrQKhQfQgiEepsusxzvygbXNCKhXk8YjBQ here between 2:25 and 4:19 I mined 146 minerals in 114 seconds giving me a mining rate of 76.8 minerals per minute from that patch it stopped boosting after this settling in a slower rate of around 74 minerals/min but notice I had to try several times to get the thing to boost right | ||
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