The crits are extra ore. I noticed that I still had ore in my hangar and instantly thought I didn’t finish one, but it was the crit remainder.
May I suggest that everyone save any extra ore or ice blocks. You never know when you’ll get the mining drone bug that leaves you a few units short.
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I’ve almost totally switched to an endurance and pioneer for my Level 4 mining in Null and Lowest.. Mining in Null can be hot so having a utility high with a cloak is wonderful. See probes? Just cloak and let them spin. I have a prospect for Gas injections (I can warp cloaked in it).
One more thing: Save your extra ore / ice. The Endurance does not have the space to take everything back in one trip. Or does it?
Here’s what you do. Mine till you are full or over 10500m3 ore or 19k ice.
Jettison it.
Finish mining. (The ore/ice has to disappear) Top up Both holds from the container.
Dock. With the extra ore you may have enough to finish the mission! This is a fantastic use of all the extra ore/ice you had to mine because of downtime. If you have to go back the endurance is fast.
This is for Nullsec/Low. I would use a barge in hissec.
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Hello everyone!
As of today, February 11th, the critical chance on mission ores has been removed. No more piles of junk ore or littering space with jetcanned leftovers.
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about time 
Genuine sad-face.
Do you have a link, there’s nothing I can see in the blogs.
NVM found it, and it’s just mission ore so we don’t have excess all over the place or having a small hold fill before mining all the roids..
" * Removed the ability to experience critical successes when mining certain mission-specific ores, so that the amount of ore available in the site will once again match the ore required by the missions exactly."
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@Miss_Stardust Do you have a recommendation for a good Pioneer fit & starting area for level 2-3 missions and rep? I’m pretty new to mining and only a couple weeks in to this toon (omega). I have a Pioneer in Jita and another in Rens with jump clones. Just looking for a good path forward now that I’ve completed a lot of the AIR stuff and the new Pioneer epic arc.
Welcome to the game. 
My first recommendation for you as far as pioneer fits go is to check out https://eveworkbench.com/
You can filter it as much as you need so that you can get the fits that will work for you the best at what ever skill level youre at.
My second is to check your agency tab and search for your desired agents from there. Again this can be filtered. Find the level you want as many jumps from what ever trade post system youre in to minimize trouble that may be lurking around ( especially Jita ). Mum’s the word when it comes to traveling around in the game.
Good luck in all your travels.
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Ideally….pick a faction and corp you want to start grinding up the standings, then look further up this thread for some recommendations for good mining mission systems. You want to be running as many Level 2 missions as you can, especially “Unknown Events” as this mission boosts your standings enormously and is very easy in Pioneer.
For your fit, you want three mining lasers in the high slots, ideally EP-Gaussian or Miner IIs. Then two Mining Laser Upgrade IIs in the low slots. Fit an afterburner, a mining chipset, and a tank mod in the mid slots. Make sure you have combat drones. If mining in 0.9 or 1.0 you will not see rats, but 0.8 and lower you will. DO NOT use mining drones for mining missions. Add a salvager or even a couple salvage drones to pull in that little extra ISK (if Omega).
Once you get to Level 4 standings you can use your Pioneer to run the gas huffing missions.
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Current Mining Mission Fleet looks something like this:
[Mackinaw, Strip Miner]
Damage Control II
Mining Laser Upgrade II
Mark I Compact Power Diagnostic System
Multispectrum Shield Hardener II
Multispectrum Shield Hardener II
Compact EM Shield Hardener
Large F-S9 Regolith Compact Shield Extender
Strip Miner I
Strip Miner I
Medium Core Defense Field Extender II
Medium Core Defense Field Extender II
[Mackinaw, Ice Harvester]
Damage Control II
Ice Harvester Upgrade II
Mark I Compact Power Diagnostic System
Multispectrum Shield Hardener II
Multispectrum Shield Hardener II
Compact EM Shield Hardener
Large F-S9 Regolith Compact Shield Extender
Ice Harvester II
Ice Harvester II
Medium Core Defense Field Extender II
Medium Core Defense Field Extender II
[Venture, Gas Cloud Scoop]
Damage Control II
1MN Monopropellant Enduring Afterburner
Multispectrum Shield Hardener II
Medium Shield Extender II
Gas Cloud Scoop II
Core Probe Launcher I
Gas Cloud Scoop II
Small Core Defense Field Extender I
Small Core Defense Field Extender I
Small Core Defense Field Extender I
[Porpoise, Drone Miner]
Damage Control II
Omnidirectional Tracking Enhancer II
Large Shield Extender II
Drone Navigation Computer II
Drone Navigation Computer II
Multispectrum Shield Hardener II
Salvager I
Drone Link Augmentor II
Small Tractor Beam I
Medium S95a Scoped Remote Shield Booster
Medium Drone Mining Augmentor II
Medium Drone Mining Augmentor I
Medium Drone Mining Augmentor II
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Pioneer has become superior to Venture for the gas missions. More tank, more spank, same gas mining rate. It can also run all L1 and L2 ore mission for building up standings. For the ice missions the new Perseverance can be an alternative to the barges or Endurance. Perseverance actually has a 21k m3 ice bay, so it can complete both L4 missions in a single trip.
For gas missions my new go-to is the Venture Consortium Issue with an active shield tank. With Abyssal scoops it can complete Like Drones to a Cloud just as the third wave spawns…around 12.5 minutes vs. nearly 15 minutes with Syndicates.
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@Shriven_Intaki Glad to have you back!
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