Depleted and replenishing hotspots
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Simulate real life? Trillions of metric tons out there.
It has been implemented in game. No idea how it would even register considering the sheer number of available locations, the vastness of even small hotspots and the size of the player base (Even on the best of days) They would need to artificially accelerate depletion to an extreme level on a single hotspot. Just nowhere near enough people. mining.
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I think I can understand the OP's frustration. I've researched a few Void Opal Hotspots, and yes, checked the videos on what to look for, etc, and all I'm finding is an element called damnitall.
Congratulations, Commander, you've discovered a rock filled with ......
LIQUID OXYGEN
WATER
MORE WATER
CHEESE
A LOCK PICK
Thanks for using a prospector limpet.
Please load up another and try again.
BTW, so far I've found 2 (TWO) rocks with void opals in them. Every planet with rings I check has already been discovered and mapped by someone else. The OP and I seem to be under the impression that the reason people are making billions of credits from the sale of void opals is because they're getting mined to death in those hot spots, so I can understand his question.
Congratulations, Commander, you've discovered a rock filled with ......
LIQUID OXYGEN
WATER
MORE WATER
CHEESE
A LOCK PICK
Thanks for using a prospector limpet.
Please load up another and try again.
BTW, so far I've found 2 (TWO) rocks with void opals in them. Every planet with rings I check has already been discovered and mapped by someone else. The OP and I seem to be under the impression that the reason people are making billions of credits from the sale of void opals is because they're getting mined to death in those hot spots, so I can understand his question.
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Until someone can prove that a hotspot can be depleted, or until FD comes out and categorically states that the core asteroids are not replenished over a set time I will not believe a hotspot can be depleted. I think that some here equate an area being depleted because they couldn't find a core within 5 minutes of casual looking or don't know how to look.
As some others have stated, given the average size of a hotspot, I would hazard a guess that the players have probably assayed about 2% of the asteroids in a specific hotspot. I have been finding cores anywhere in a hotspot, from right at the centre to a could of million metres, even at the edge of a hotspot.
As some others have stated, given the average size of a hotspot, I would hazard a guess that the players have probably assayed about 2% of the asteroids in a specific hotspot. I have been finding cores anywhere in a hotspot, from right at the centre to a could of million metres, even at the edge of a hotspot.
Mistake in my previous post,didn't mean to imply an areastays depleted. Asteroids take around 24 hours before they respawn, areas don't completely deplete.
I wasn't having a go at you Driver, I understood your post. It is just some of the other comments where they equate not finding a field full of Void Opal asteroids immediately to the entire hotspot being depleted - in other words blaming the game for their own inability.
I don't think we need permanent depletion, even if it was possible and realistic. Instead, drive movement to various hotspots by the supply/demand of the different materials. Right now there's a huge number of them that can bring large profits (even though opals and diamonds steal the show). If market prices change regularly to favor a few over the rest, that will keep players actively moving or at least setting up preferred areas for the different ones. And, dare to dream, if other activities that players were in actually drove the demand for those various materials, like war or terraforming or other major events, then we'd see a truly breathing galaxy where some gold rushes can be anticipated and predicted, others come out of nowhere.
Well, I have been working a set of Hot Spots Around Ross 919. Been there for 3 days. At first, I was able to pull out low temp diamond to the tune of 5 rock bombs per hour. I was damn busy! Yesterday I moved on after I spent 2 hours donating Prospector Limpet to the ring gods with only popping one rock. They can and do go depleted. For the record, I have found only one Void Opel rock! But it was a nice rock!
Well, it was not my intention to sound frustrated. But of course I want to be more efficient and see if a hotspot has become less meaningful to mine in. For instance, does the yellow area of a hotspot shrink in proportion to depletion? That would be the best mechanic, I believe. The worst mechanic would be leaving big yellow spots with shiny glowing stones that does not contain any cores.
Pretty sure there was an official post recently that stated hot spots would get used up and you would need to find other places to mine.
Anyone know the best place to mind for void opals in the bubble?
Will any ice ring do as a target?
Will any ice ring do as a target?
How big is a hotspot? If we are talking about 10km radius and you are in a busy system like Delkar I could see that a Hotspot gets depleted within 24 hours. But it's probably hard to test since asteroids also spawn outside of the hotspot (whatever that actually is).
Because someone mapped a planet's rings, that doesn't by definition mean it's mined out or mined at all. It's worth to take a peek at least. If you see blasted asteroids, which you can spot fairly easily, then try a different direction or another ring. Most people mine inwards towards the planet as an easy reference to prevent backtracking. If you move a good distance from a mining hotspot marker, making sure no blasted asteroids are around, you'll still be able to find a good amount of void opal asteroids. A hotspot isn't easily depleted. Not all blastable asteroids contain the hotspot mineral type in its core. Patience together with a ship that has very good cockpit visibility to your left/right/front/above will get you far. I personally use a Clipper. It has the best of both worlds. Speed and visibility.
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My only real letdown so far during intensive Prospecting with some Experience was in a few Icy Hotspots :
Void Opal Hotspot :
- Core detected : Bromellite
- Core detected : Bromellite
- Core detected : Bromellite
- Core detected : Bromellite
- Core detected : Bromellite
- Core detected : Bromellite
- Core detected : Bromellite
I think I left the area again after the 6th or 7th Brom Core Asteroid, feeling "a little bit" trolled
[video=youtube;fT7pFSfVZBI]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fT7pFSfVZBI[/video]
Void Opal Hotspot :
- Core detected : Bromellite
- Core detected : Bromellite
- Core detected : Bromellite
- Core detected : Bromellite
- Core detected : Bromellite
- Core detected : Bromellite
- Core detected : Bromellite
I think I left the area again after the 6th or 7th Brom Core Asteroid, feeling "a little bit" trolled
[video=youtube;fT7pFSfVZBI]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fT7pFSfVZBI[/video]
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Judging from the variable size of hotspots I've seen it depends. But they're pretty damn big. You can fly in a hotspot in one direction and not reach it's edge anytime soon.
How do you notice? Never checked it but does it say Hotspot in the bottom left corner?
When you map a planet's ring, the hotspots will be visible in the navigation panel. The size of the hotspots are visible in the ring. The entire area of the hotspots is colored bright yellow/orange. Could be wrong on the exact color. There are small/medium/large hotspots so far I've seen. But even the small ones, considering the scale of distance in space, are still huge for a player to traverse.
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Well the question is if the indicator on the ring during scanning is identical to the actual size of it.
If you are right and the scanner actually shows the real size of the hotspot depleting one completely seems to be impossible indeed.
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