I want to start playing eve!

[tatanka7th]

OK, I guess I wasn't clear. I'm talking about the mining activity itself, and looking at ISK/hour. If an ore is worth 10 times more than another, but the >ore< takes up 10 times the room, then my ISK per hour won't be any different. If I want to increase my ISK/hour at mining, I can see how to do that by getting bigger/better ships with more/better lasers, but I don't see how I improve my ISK/hour (at least, not by much) by going after rarer ores (other than the top 3 ores, maybe). I thought maybe I was missing something, but I think it's just a case of, it's just those last few super rare ores that are worth more per hour.

[EaTCarbS]

OK, I guess I wasn't clear. I'm talking about the mining activity itself, and looking at ISK/hour. If an ore is worth 10 times more than another, but the >ore< takes up 10 times the room, then my ISK per hour won't be any different. If I want to increase my ISK/hour at mining, I can see how to do that by getting bigger/better ships with more/better lasers, but I don't see how I improve my ISK/hour (at least, not by much) by going after rarer ores (other than the top 3 ores, maybe). I thought maybe I was missing something, but I think it's just a case of, it's just those last few super rare ores that are worth more per hour.

10,000m3 of Bistot yields more minerals from refining than 10,000m3 of Veldspar. Therefore, Bistot is more valuable. You're over-complicating things ^.^