# Rebalance of drilling ships.2021 **URL:** \ **Category:** Mining & Extraction\ **Created:** [September 14, 2021, 8:33am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/rebalance-of-drilling-ships-2021/327745 "2021-09-14T08:33:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 98
**Author:** ![Gerard\_Amatin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/gerard_amatin/32/481361_2.png) [@Gerard\_Amatin](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Gerard_Amatin)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2021, 2:09pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/rebalance-of-drilling-ships-2021/327745/98 "2021-10-05T14:09:57Z")
Every barge already has a unique role, for defensive mining, high yield mining and solo mining. Would be a shame if all barges were copies of eachother specialised in a specific type of ore/ice/gas so if I wanted to ice mine and only had one possible ship choice. Boring. I really hope CCP continues their current system, but improves on it. Right now the Covetor and Procurer (as well as their respective Exhumers) have a well defined unique role. Maybe they could improve the role of the Retriever and Mack a bit more, as it doesn’t really stand out right now, I never see a reason to undock one of those. I’ve had an idea before that gives the Retriever a more unique role: [solo-drone-mining-barge-retriever-redesign](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/solo-drone-mining-barge-retriever-redesign/319353). My guess is that CCP also wants unique roles for barges, but unrelated to the type of ore/gas/ice they mine as that would remove player choice for their equipment. Anyone can pick the correct ship for the correct type of mineral: ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/original/4X/6/4/8/648fe5382d17a989ecaa5d949f6f61a9dcf8b8f3.jpeg) It takes more skill for players to do a risk assessment on their current circumstances and pick the ship with a matching unique role with the right balance of yield versus survivability that they need in their situation. --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/rebalance-of-drilling-ships-2021/327745)._