Lestat
Banned
So people can complain that there nothing to do while mining. Then use it to do other things like play on a tablet and such.
Drones coming for powerplay
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How do you mean, do they also have excessive moderation and no freedom to post anything critical?
btw...awesome change, Ron Paul fans would love it as it is supposed to reduce inflation! Or will the money be used to go to war in the sol system?
Reading this post's comments only show how little people know about a miner's job in these kind of games. It's sad not many people had the joy and experience of a large Mining crew sucking entire asteroid belts dry in a few hours just to refine them in a station and earn seriously millions of credits and divide it with the rest of the team.
In EVE, for example, mining is a very much automated and "boring" profession. But while the drones mine and haul the "captain" was doing other tasks. Regulating the industrial works, checking prices in different regions, communicate with the other team members of economical tactics, prepare a skill line-up for the next big ship to fly or hell even just chill and listen to some music once in a while.
If mining, in it's current state, would give me about 1 million per hour I'd say it's cool. But it's not cool because it gives not even 500k an hour especially when you suck at scooping it goes down. So like has been said too many times. Time spent does not net enough Credits compared to other activities...
In EVE, for example, mining is a very much automated and "boring" profession. But while the drones mine and haul the "captain" was doing other tasks. Regulating the industrial works, checking prices in different regions, communicate with the other team members of economical tactics, prepare a skill line-up for the next big ship to fly or hell even just chill and listen to some music once in a while.
If mining, in it's current state, would give me about 1 million per hour I'd say it's cool. But it's not cool because it gives not even 500k an hour especially when you suck at scooping it goes down. So like has been said too many times. Time spent does not net enough Credits compared to other activities...
Lestat
Banned
What are you mining?
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cargo drones being consumable does seem like a strange decision. On the surface of it it is not what I would have chosen, but, we have not seen them in action yet, presumably the devs have so imo the devs are in a far better position to judge.
this is completely false! hell half of the posts on this forum are people whining!.
if excessive moderation is stopping people from swearing or spouting racial hate on a family friendly forum, or making personal digs at people, then you know what.... I am ALL for excessive moderation...... but no freedom to post anything critical?? that is a joke.
If I was a moderator on here with all the shizzle they have to put up with, I would have gone insane.... the devs too, but then at least they get money for it, where as the mods do it for the community. (AFAIK)
this is completely false! hell half of the posts on this forum are people whining!.
if excessive moderation is stopping people from swearing or spouting racial hate on a family friendly forum, or making personal digs at people, then you know what.... I am ALL for excessive moderation...... but no freedom to post anything critical?? that is a joke.
If I was a moderator on here with all the shizzle they have to put up with, I would have gone insane.... the devs too, but then at least they get money for it, where as the mods do it for the community. (AFAIK)
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Michael Brookes
Game Director
As mentioned in the update there is an area collect mode - release the drone and it will collect what it can within a a given radius for its lifetime.
Michael
Surely these things are going to be dirt cheap? If its 1 drone/fragment
You can get a tonne of ore to sell for 800 CR /T it can take ten fragments for a tonne so got to be under 50Cr to make it worthwhile
To collect 10T you could need 100 Drones so you are going to be able to buy A LOT of drones at a time
You can get a tonne of ore to sell for 800 CR /T it can take ten fragments for a tonne so got to be under 50Cr to make it worthwhile
To collect 10T you could need 100 Drones so you are going to be able to buy A LOT of drones at a time
Michael Brookes
Game Director
Yes, but as mentioned above it can collect more than one item. Targeted mode will only collect one item but is much quicker collection.
Michael
Thank you! I see, need to try, can be useful if they will be not too expensive.
Whatever the details are going to be, i seriously doubt that mining drones are going to be a 3mil cr/hour get-rich-quick-scheme. (although i do think, FD want to make mining more attractive from a cr point of view too)
I expect it to be more of a convenience mechanic, an alternative to scooping, but without making scooping obsolete.
Admitted, crystal ball stuff, just like every other theory currently in fashion.
I expect it to be more of a convenience mechanic, an alternative to scooping, but without making scooping obsolete.
Admitted, crystal ball stuff, just like every other theory currently in fashion.
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I hate to speculate but I'm gonna. Is the "new way to interact" going to be planet landings? Or at least walking round on your craft and stations?
I personally am very excited about the possibility of finally initiating a bit more profitable piracy. Right now I can barely pay the bills as there's not much time to scoop the cargo before the security shows up. If I could send out drones to scoop it while I make the hauler drop some more or scoop by myself as well, it would make piracy more like a career in the game instead of a roleplaying thing. No, I don't count murderhobos as pirates even if they claim so.
I would assume the consumable nature of the drones is to add a decision element to the game. If the drones were not consumed they would become a "no brainer" and become essential rather than a choice.
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I saw an idea earlier that looked quite neat. Essentially rather than being consumable each drone could only hold one "canister" or "rock" and not be consumed. At the moment you can buy a cargo rack with X spaces for canisters. For drones you would replace your cargo rack of less than X with a drone rack of less than X spaces.
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So your Cobra might have space a cargo rack holding 32 canisters, but only a drone rack holding 16 canisters. If you pay big bucks you might get a 24 canisters drone rack.
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If a done is destroyed or wears out (they wear out and can get damaged by fire) you lose that cargo canister space until repaired or replaced, so a damaged drone rack might have 16 slots but only 12 available due to damage.
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Thus the decision is ->
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I saw an idea earlier that looked quite neat. Essentially rather than being consumable each drone could only hold one "canister" or "rock" and not be consumed. At the moment you can buy a cargo rack with X spaces for canisters. For drones you would replace your cargo rack of less than X with a drone rack of less than X spaces.
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So your Cobra might have space a cargo rack holding 32 canisters, but only a drone rack holding 16 canisters. If you pay big bucks you might get a 24 canisters drone rack.
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If a done is destroyed or wears out (they wear out and can get damaged by fire) you lose that cargo canister space until repaired or replaced, so a damaged drone rack might have 16 slots but only 12 available due to damage.
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Thus the decision is ->
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standard cargo rack, slower/manual cargo scooping, greater capacity, more damage tolerance, cheaper
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drone rack, fast drone scooping, lower capacity, less robust, more expensive.
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drone rack, fast drone scooping, lower capacity, less robust, more expensive.
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I'm just surprised there aren't different sized modules of drones containing more/less of them. You can then simply target an object and send one of your (available) drones off to collect it. The drone return and can then be re-used again and again and again. In effect you simply dedicate some of your internal space to the drones.
I'm not sure why our actual drones are more like disposable razors, but I'm sure it's been thought out so there's logic/reason behind it
I'm not sure why our actual drones are more like disposable razors, but I'm sure it's been thought out so there's logic/reason behind it
You perfectly summed up pretty much every response ever to every new feature ever in any online game
Really?
They sure seem to let you critizise freely...
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One of the modes was collect all items in range, which could be the 12 or so chunks you get from an asteroid whilst mining
To quote you I wish people would take the time to read fully on what they are commenting on.
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