Finished with mining
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Mining is fun, you can mine precious stuff and get materials and blow up pirates at the same time, best place to do this is ofc pristine metallic haz res [yesnod]
Oh my God, don't remind me of that. :x
One of the most horrible experiences I had.
I was just on my way back to Bill, when I came across my first neutron star.
Silly me had the grand idea to try out the FSD supercharge thingy.
Long story short.: Messed up big time, dropped from super cruise, couldn't escape, exploded.
Gone was the Bromelite. [knocked out]
Had to do the mining all over again.
Ah well, "Stupid is as stupid does.".
Mining is like Fishing - Zen is there to be had if you are ready for it...
Or Frustration and Curses if you are not.
Or Frustration and Curses if you are not.
That's like me and baths.
and thats why player trades would be amazign, miners mine and sell to pew pewers who might sell other stuff to miners. But so far, blaze the rails FD has set up because ther eis only that ONE way to get to this or that engineer and no other.
I know how you feel. That was a mind-numbing experience, and I quickly decided that I’d never mine again...until I figured out that I needed Bromellite for Turner.
I still don’t see how mining could be confused with fun. You just sit there with your finger on the trigger until the rock’s empty, then repeat with the next one. It’s agonizing.
I am also trying to unlock that engineer but I don't have the patience to wait for my turtle drones to collect the fragments, I will normaly lose my mind after mining around 80 tones, seriously even WITH 10 DAMN DRONES they are still too slow to keep up with my 2 medium mining lasers forcing me to wait at least 2 mins before changing asteroid.
The only funny part here are pirate NPCs but they are so rare and when they dare to scan well they don't end up well ^_^ with my A-Rank Engineered(2.4) Type 10.
The only funny part here are pirate NPCs but they are so rare and when they dare to scan well they don't end up well ^_^ with my A-Rank Engineered(2.4) Type 10.
While you're right about it being a choice, that doesn't make it any less of a terrible experience in order to achieve something we want in the game. Obviously no one is being forced in the purest sense of the word. We are engaging in a game mechanic that Frontier chose to implement in this fashion and a lot of us do not find it engaging or interesting or fun. To us FD sure has an absurd way of thinking.
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That's the reason we have various engineer requirements. Some require trading, some mining, some exploring, some bounty hunting, some BGS work, some conflict work.
The whole point, as far as I can tell, was to expose players to various parts of the game that they might have otherwise not explored. No one is saying you have to like it. If you knock out the requirement and it's not for you, then you've knocked out the requirement and can move on.
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Pretty much the same as a CZ in a 'Vette.
But at least the Corvette in a CZ is the right ship. However, mining is unlike combat in that using a substandard ship doesn't make it more exciting. I suspect you are not using an optimised mining ship - correction, I'm certain of it.
Mainly because I don’t give a crap about mining. I’ve long since sold my mining lasers and refinery.
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Outfit the right ship.
Make sure you have a thermos of hot coffee and a full pack of smokes.
Decorate computer desk with girlie magazines, half-eaten store-bought danish, and empty fast food containers.
Put your favorite hat on (anything from a cowby hat, to a wool beanie, to a John Deere cap will do).
Start a-minin'.