Best mining method?
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AFAIK there is no focusing it and it just produces all ores in a certain order as each 75k MJ is supplied. I could be wrong and it randomly chooses from them each time it reaches 75k MJ though.
I'd go with none. In my test no color has any noticable increase in AE quartz (it is proportional to amount of glowstone or TE ores for all 16 colors), but I didn't finish this test yet (too little ores to get good results, about 15 stacks per color).
None of my tests seem to have helped it either. Though it's hard to tell if they've had any effect on anything at all really.
I'm too lazy to properly analyze it, but here is output from MCEdit filter I just wrote: http://pastebin.com/6TiJetDD . Each number represent one ore of a given type, lasers should be powered equally and no ore was used. So go with light gray 
(I must have missed it while looking at barrels manually).
Edit: all lasers have 6 of corresponding focuses.
Edit2: I'm still not sure if light gray really has an effect on certus quartz, more testing is needed.
Edit3: So this data seems rather conclusive that following aspects have given effect:
Black: Coal
Light Blue: Diamond
Lime: Emerald
Yellow: Gold
Brown: Iron
Blue: Lapis
White: Nether Quartz
Red: Redstone
Other aspects don't seem to have noticeable effect on ore distribution. It seems that when there is color aspect on a drill, it has some chance to get ore specific for this aspect. If this check "fails", you will get ore from a normal distribution.
(I must have missed it while looking at barrels manually).Edit: all lasers have 6 of corresponding focuses.
Edit2: I'm still not sure if light gray really has an effect on certus quartz, more testing is needed.
Edit3: So this data seems rather conclusive that following aspects have given effect:
Black: Coal
Light Blue: Diamond
Lime: Emerald
Yellow: Gold
Brown: Iron
Blue: Lapis
White: Nether Quartz
Red: Redstone
Other aspects don't seem to have noticeable effect on ore distribution. It seems that when there is color aspect on a drill, it has some chance to get ore specific for this aspect. If this check "fails", you will get ore from a normal distribution.
Maybe I should leave it with no focus. It's annoying to get diamond ore when the last thing I need is more diamonds
I mine using my way OP Enchanted Advanced Diamond Drill with Efficiency and Fortune 3. I also love setting up Quarries at 64x64^2m. Does anyone know where I can start learning Lua? I would love to get more into CC before the server I play on restarts.
http://lua.gts-stolberg.de/en/index.php?uml=1
I mine with my TConstruct pick, powered by my MPS suit.
Oh, here's my system BTW. Combo fission (tesseracted from basement) and now brand spanking new wind power:
Sad thing is: your pick is WAY better than the enchanted drills.
Cue head scratching as people try to figure out how to have IC2 fission reactors tesseract their power. LIKE IT IS NO BIG DEAL.
I don't think it gets uranium at all. I haven't noticed any. But maybe I'm doing it wrong.
Maybe green. IDK. It seems like green would do something...
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Yes, it does get uranium. Check and you'll see
How long do they live on one rod?
Maybe... I don't know how to get them
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Oh. Does that mean that...Maybe green. IDK. It seems like green would do something...
Yes, it does get uranium. Check and you'll see
AS Fission -> lazor -> uranium -> compressor -> fissile fuel rods -> AS Fission...
The only problem is the... freakin' tin cells. I guess it gives tin, too so that's not that bad...
I haven't actually timed it. Feels like somewhere between 20 and 30 mins but I could be wrong.How long do they live on one rod?
Maybe... I don't know how to get them
Oh. Does that mean that...
AS Fission -> lazor -> uranium -> compressor -> fissile fuel rods -> AS Fission...
The only problem is the... freakin' tin cells. I guess it gives tin, too so that's not that bad...
To get pink slimeballs, make a slaughterhouse, have it kill a lot of animals, collect liquid meat and liquid pink slime (the latter is in the unvast minority), get an entire bucket of liquid pink slime, place it in the world, it turns into a pink slime mob, and you kill it for pink slimeballs!
I have lots left over. You only need 4 for 4 prechargers.
I didn't notice the uranium, thanks for pointing that out Liara.
It certainly gives tin, I assume more than uranium. But I'm also fairly sure that going AS Fission -> lazor -> uranium -> compressor -> fissile fuel rods -> AS Fission will not gain energy.
I would wager that it might if you process the uranium properly and have a very good reactor setup.
I wouldn't. But on the other hand I'm losing a lot of energy between the reactor and the lazor.