Interesting Mining mechanics

[Rolla 188]

So I've been mining a ton at the sponsor zone lately; and I came across something rather odd. At first I thought the 200m mining cape was just bugged; and maybe this is still the case (with specifically the 3a pick) but it seems there are mining "bonus caps" and if you go over the cape (increase your additional mining speed) it actually slows you down. I ran tests on a bunch of set-ups and below are the results I got. (Galv pick I boosted for every single test; no speed was taken if I received key / onyx; all tested with 27 invy spots)

3a pick naked speeds: 54; 60 ; 63 = 59 sec average

3a pick + 99 cape: 29; 30; 29 = 29.5 sec average (+10% boost)

3a pick + 200m cape: 32; 33; 33 = 32.5 sec average (+20% boost)

3a pick + 99 cape + inf bless: 22; 24; 22 = 23 sec average (+35% boost)

3a pick + 200m cape + inf bless: 32; 33; 32 = 32.5 sec average (+45% boost)

3a pick + 99 cape + inf bless + ancient skilling tome: 12; 14; 13 = 13 sec average (+55% boost)

3a pick + 200m cape + inf bless + ancient skilling tome: 24; 28; 24 = 25 sec average (+65% boost)

galv pick naked: 14; 10; 12 second average

galv pick + 99 cape: 9; 9; 9 = 9 second average

galv pick + 200m cape: 9; 8; 9 = 9 sec average

galv pick + 99 cape + inf blessing: 9; 9; 9 = 9 sec average

galv pick + 200m cape + inf blessing: 9; 9; 9 = 9 second average

galv pick + 99 cape + inf blessing + ancient skiller tome: 8; 9; 8 = 8 second average

galv pick + 200m cape + inf blessing + ancient skiller tome: 8; 8; 8 = 8 second average

dragon pick + 99 cape: 38; 39; 37 = 38 second average

dragon pick + 200m cape: 16; 16; 16 = 16 second average

dragon pick + 99 cape + inf blessing + ancient tome: 18; 15; 17 = 16.5 second average

dragon pick + 200m cape + inf bless + ancient tome: 24; 21; 22 = 22.5 second average

dragon pick + 200m cape + ancient tome: 26; 25; 25 = 25 second average

dragon pick + 200m cape + inf bless: 32; 34; 33 = 33 second average

dragon pick + 99 cape + inf bless: 33; 33; 32 = 32 second average

dragon pick + 99 cape + ancient tome: 24; 26; 26 = 25 second average

 

 

So TL;DR 3a pick is fastest with 99 mining cape + ancient skiller tome + inf blessing. Dragon pick is fastest with just 200m cape; and Galv pick just zooms. I found this all very interesting and figured i'd share.

 

[GIM Harley Q 4]

The fact that you took the time to test all of these setups, time them, and post a forum topic about this really fucking impresses me.
Love to see information such as this.

Figure it's probably smart to post this to bug reports aswell, as i don't think this is the intended effect.

Also, quick question:
Inf blessing?

[Rolla 188]

On 12/3/2021 at 2:35 PM, GIM Harley Q said:

The fact that you took the time to test all of these setups, time them, and post a forum topic about this really fucking impresses me.
Love to see information such as this.

Figure it's probably smart to post this to bug reports aswell, as i don't think this is the intended effect.

Also, quick question:
Inf blessing?

Sorry its meant to be efficiency blessing short handed in my note pad. I have reported it; from what i've gathered there's a speed cap and going over that cap actually harms your speed. Which is why you have to find a set that is right on the money.