If at all. I think the current state is the state it will remain in, if we're talking about mining.
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If at all. I think the current state is the state it will remain in, if we're talking about mining.
Even if they fixed the hotspots, does it matter? Price of LTD's has dropped so drastically that it's not even worth it anymore. Add to that the fact that most worthy minerals are a b...h to gather, mining is now not an option to make good cash. I guess that was their plan from the beginning.
So they should either revert back to "EGG" patch and just remove that one rock or stop playing with it. Just leave it be. Every new patch royally f....s up everything.
So they should either revert back to "EGG" patch and just remove that one rock or stop playing with it. Just leave it be. Every new patch royally f....s up everything.
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I've had two mining sessions since Patch 4, yesterday at a tritium hotspot, today at what are labeled as LTD hotspots -- coulda fooled me.
3 hours for this?
The Rocket Tea hotspot yesterday gave me around 24T of LTD, including 2 SSDs and a core, some mediocre % intrinsic as well.
Today's two LTD hotspots had zero cores between them. 0, nada, zilch. Maybe half a dozen SSDs, the only thing that saved the day's work. Intrinsic percentages were abysmal, the majority being less than 10% with maybe seven or so above 10% and only one above 20%. Oh, yeah, also 2 LTD SDs, first time I've seen those outside of busted cores but they're not much to fuss about.
Is this any way to make a livin'? Nope.
3 hours for this?
The Rocket Tea hotspot yesterday gave me around 24T of LTD, including 2 SSDs and a core, some mediocre % intrinsic as well.
Today's two LTD hotspots had zero cores between them. 0, nada, zilch. Maybe half a dozen SSDs, the only thing that saved the day's work. Intrinsic percentages were abysmal, the majority being less than 10% with maybe seven or so above 10% and only one above 20%. Oh, yeah, also 2 LTD SDs, first time I've seen those outside of busted cores but they're not much to fuss about.
Is this any way to make a livin'? Nope.
Seems Lady Luck was smiling on me tonight. Visited a single tritium hotspot in a pristine ring. 2.25 hours from firing the first limpet and this is my haul:
There are 10 Tritium in the hoppers too.
wasn't FDev supposed to put a cap on how many carriers can get into a system? as of this writing there are OVER 60 FC's in HIP 36601. just a hunch but I bet that's why everybody is getting orange sindwinder out there...
If you own an FC in that system, MOVE. there are commanders stuck on the planet because of the carrier lag.
If you own an FC in that system, MOVE. there are commanders stuck on the planet because of the carrier lag.
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I've submitted a ticket on this in the issue tracker, and others are reporting the same behaviour. I spent 4 hours in a VO hotspot that has always been a strong producer for me and in that time I expended 192 limpets and found exactly 2 VO asteroids. My total haul was 31 tons of VO and then 100+ tons of tritium and LTD. In that same hotspot, I used to be able to fill a 200T python in 60-90 minutes or so. 4 hours for 31 tons is absolutely ridiculously low. I think it's pretty clear, at this point, that FDEV have made a complete dog's dinner of the entire thing and really don't know how to fix mining. It's just failed patch after failed patch after failed path. Nerf, nerf, nerf. The whole game has gone to hell.
Actually plan is to park carrier somewhere like that to annoy ppl more
So maybe FD will start to fix it. I was thinking about Deciat.
Actually plan is to park carrier somewhere like that to annoy ppl more
They better fix it soon. It's a damn good thing carriers are indestructible. Frustration and resentment against deteriorating gameplay isn't a good mix.
Seeing how the community manager whoever they are NEVER comment and the fact that I personally believe Frontier staff NEVER read these forums I am giving up on Mining simply because FDEV BUGGERED it completely and utterly. I just spent 2 hours in a LTD Hot Spot in PLIMBEE way out in the black and in that 2 hours I saw 1 LTD core when I dropped in and after that NOTHING. Lots of bright yellow glowing rocks that contained CRAP. In 2 hours I collected a total of staggeringly bad 27 T of LTD. You FDEV have Galaxy Wide BUGGERED THIS GAME.
I am really fed up now. Nothing left but to shut down what I can on my NOT OWNED Fleet Carrier because it is the crews Fleet Carrier. Keep the weekly cost down somewhat. And head out exploring. What else is there to do now FDEV Buggered mining too much.
When I get back on this not owned Fleet Carrier I will not sell my Carto Data here because they take 25% of what I have earned. Nothing to do with them it's daylight robbery is what taking 25% off us is. When I am done with exploring I will most likely fly my FC back to the place I bought it and sell it back. This game is becoming quite pointless.
This may be my last post here simply because Frontier Never Read These forums.
I am really fed up now. Nothing left but to shut down what I can on my NOT OWNED Fleet Carrier because it is the crews Fleet Carrier. Keep the weekly cost down somewhat. And head out exploring. What else is there to do now FDEV Buggered mining too much.
When I get back on this not owned Fleet Carrier I will not sell my Carto Data here because they take 25% of what I have earned. Nothing to do with them it's daylight robbery is what taking 25% off us is. When I am done with exploring I will most likely fly my FC back to the place I bought it and sell it back. This game is becoming quite pointless.
This may be my last post here simply because Frontier Never Read These forums.
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Just went void opal mining, 1 1/2 hours, 1 void opal asteroid, wasted 300 limpets. I think I will be taking a break from this game. What bull****! Could not move the FC earlier but that was supposedly fixed, I like VO core mining but now that is gone.....waste of my time, better games to play then this crap.
Definitely need a "don't show fleet carriers" filter on the sysmap.
Makes me glad I moved out of the bubble. Except for Colonia, most systems in the black don't have carriers or have a few at the most (EA comes to mind).
Orange Sidewinders again...
what we actually need is a shed load less carriers sat doing nothing. Its tempting to suggest to make them vulnerable to goids then make the goids attack any system that has over 10 of them...BRING OUT THE GOIDS
But that's an interesting idea... the more I think about it the more I like it!
Interesting idea indeed. Also, it would be a very fdev-ish approach (some random 'that will do' kind of adjustment instead of a proper fix).
But seriously, fixing the damn game would be the right thing to do instead.
Just make tritium less miny, and only mining carriers will remain. However that will be always so on reddit spot.
Remember FDevs said - explorers can left carrier in bubble. So that what we do now
David Braben is too busy counting his money to read his forum
Now be a good boy and buy some paint jobs