Will pop back in here for a second. I am with you Brax on being annoyed that missions are so superior to mining in terms of isk / hr... An old buddy of mine used to always say that it had to do both with the risk involved as well as the skill requirements to get good at it that resulted in more money for missions... thats a discussion for another place =D

I do know that mining is far inferior to missions but I do like the fact that I can make decent money without thinking too much and I am one of those sick people who actually enjoy mining =D Its soothingly mindless. As long as I dont run into any of those crazy hulk ganker people then i am good to go.

Even when I get to missioning it will be nice to know that mining is available as a backup.