Since the new Hive Queen mining beam can only be equipped to a capship and now you can switch turrets; I think it would be wise to make the Hive Queen mining beam a turret instead of large port.

+1 Keep the grid the same though.

-1 would make mining too easy

How exactly will this make mining 'too easy'?

Er... Inevitable have you noticed that the Qbeam is 160cu? So you're sacrificing 160cu of ore per trip just so you can weaponize your ship while traveling? That doesn't make sense at all.

And also the point made by We all float. If grid power is same, it's not like you can use many other weapons on a goli cell atleast

Sid, it actually makes perfect sense. Some ores have a percentage of 1% or less in roids, so what you perceive is nonsensical is actual smart and well thought out.

Check your cargo menu in game. It is possible to auto jet ores not wanted.

I'm confused how does sacrificing 160cu make mining easier?

Exactly my point. How does it make mining easier. And WAF, I know how to autojettison

-1

id much rather have my turrets available than my primary weapon, though in its current form we are ?2 grid short of putting on three basic 4grid turrets for a goliath which is a bit of a nuisance. (thats a whole other post i guess)

while i understand i could have the best of both worlds cos the beam could be removed and replaced with a weapon.. in the event that i require a turret in its place i certainly wouldnt want to disable that turret and my shields to put it back on. moving to a station > being prone, for the sake of a less useful primary weapon.

Why not make it tradable via a mission for a turret variant? Maybe some kind of small manu mission requiring some minimal supplies for the conversion.