mini-games

As the title suggests. According to FDev the tier list for income of mining activities is: Laser < Abrasion < Subsurface < Core. And every time I tried my hand at Subsurface stuff, the yield and price of the commodity as well as the general hassle of low ammo and constant struggle with the...

So mining is not exactly what you can call fun in playing Elite, and laser mining the worst of them all... I did a lot of that but then I got interested in core mining and subsurface mining, and I was actually enjoying it, a lot! (I like the mini-game). Maybe developers don't like that... cause...

I know that this isn't a new idea, but many players sit in station pondering what they are going to do next. Why not make that time productive, while they let their subconcsious do the work? I think it would be great to have a basic suite of in-game casino style mini-games to build up (or...