I had been getting plenty of Rocket Tea from LTD single hotspots -- lots more than LTDs for sure! -- before the last patch. I will head back early to my FC and test the LTD hotspot in the ring it's parked near. I can postpone my sojourn into Elysian Shores to test the tritium waters.
Fleet Carrier Fueling Broken
- Thread starter Gnauty
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So I tested today my favorit LTD double Hotspot for Deep Core Mining. I found everything else, Alexandrite, Bromelite, VOP and eventualy LTD. So we get it all wrong. XXX Hotspot has a new meaning. The definition is now: You find everything else but nearly no XXX´s. In case of LTD-Hotpot it means, you will find LTD very eventually.
Except that it wasn't. Spending weeks on an activity very few people like in order to be able to do something you like is a very bad design choice. FC shouldn't have been connected to mining in the first place, this is just the last nail on the coffin.
I'm in the same boat as all DSSA carriers, as I was on an expedition to make the full trip of the galaxy with the Wandering Star. Luckily I had just stopped by the Bubble to refuel. All the FCs outside are pretty much dead in the water.
What's going on with you FDev.
This useless nerf was a shot to the back.
Please come up with something else, at least that's not how it works.
THX
This useless nerf was a shot to the back.
Please come up with something else, at least that's not how it works.
THX
Some will have seen already, but it's finally acknowledged, at least.
Yeah, the thread which got a response by an official was closed by fabulous mod ozric!
Good job!
Good job!
Yeah, the thread which got a response by an official was closed by fabulous mod ozric!
Good job!
Ubelievable.
Yesterday two of went out into different hot spots, one a tritium and one a LTD. After 2 hours of mining I had about 95 tons of tritium, 10 tons of LTD, 8 tons of void opals and 13 tons of grandiderite. My squadron mate only found 10 tons of LTD and about that in tritium.
One bug I came across is the following:
1. Cores, after fracturing the cores successfully and all the floating nuggets were picked up I went to the remaining nuggets still attached. After many shots the internal chunks would not be liberated.
2. After finishing what I could at a core and prospecting other asteroids, the internal core nuggets persisted in my contacts.
3. I found numerous external chunks as void opals and tritium.
4. The largest percentage rock I mined was about 28 percent. Overall tritium was harder to find and lower percentage. I started at 300 kms from the center of the hotspot and this was a very large hot spot.
One bug I came across is the following:
1. Cores, after fracturing the cores successfully and all the floating nuggets were picked up I went to the remaining nuggets still attached. After many shots the internal chunks would not be liberated.
2. After finishing what I could at a core and prospecting other asteroids, the internal core nuggets persisted in my contacts.
3. I found numerous external chunks as void opals and tritium.
4. The largest percentage rock I mined was about 28 percent. Overall tritium was harder to find and lower percentage. I started at 300 kms from the center of the hotspot and this was a very large hot spot.
Yeah, the thread which got a response by an official was closed by fabulous mod ozric!
Good job!
what thread was that?
edit: nvm, found it
Good news! Curious how and when it will be fixed but at least we know FDev intends to restore Tritium availability.
Heh. I had just kitted out a mining ship after seeing that it was no longer possible to buy tritium for a reasonable price, hadn't realised they'd buggered it up for mining too!
Same here, my crew discussed that and so far the decision is to interrupt our expedition and stick to the double overlapped hot spots, to be able immediately to test whatever patch improvement comes - because for us it is clear: improvement has to come!!
I suggest getting a couple of subsurface missile launchers and a fast ship just for mining. In my experience laser mining is slower in single tritium hotspots and the most efficient way is searching for SSD. I noticed a slight decrease in the amount of deposits of tritium after the patch, but the amount of "orange" rocks with trit is high enough not to be a bother (with a fast ship). Currently I am using an Orca with only 160 ton cargo but, since I only have one missile launcher with me, I run out of ammo before filling the cargo bay. That's the reason why I recommend getting more than one.
I also use the FC as a mobile base that sits in the same system while I explore the nearby zone with other ships. Most of the time I jump with the FC only from tritium hotspot to tritium hotspot, getting the amount I used to jump and a bit more each time. For that reason I can't say that this patch changed my playstyle that much.
I'd literally just started refuelling mine after reaching a spot with a double overlap not far from Beagle Point. I was happy to get a full hold in my Vette every 90 minutes or so of mining, meaning I'll be here for a couple of weeks max including having a bit of an explore every now and again. I was happy as Larry. I could have played this way literally for years.
Once they fix this, if the Tritium yield is less than it was before then I'm not prepared to spend more time mining it. I'll simply walk away. It needs to be exactly where it was previously.
Me and my crew decided last night to move forward and use entire depot as well as 2200t that we had on our 4 mining vessels. It was a long stream and I almost fell on my face, so we did not finish. Once we are before the last jump, we will scout for another DBL HS and then start mining. Keep the fingers crossed, because either it is not as bad as people say or we get stuck there before the "correction" is applied.
Just FYI - most of my crew uses only laser mining, I do hybrid because it seems to work much better for me (laser, surface and sub)
and I almost fell on my face, so we did not finish. Once we are before the last jump, we will scout for another DBL HS and then start mining. Keep the fingers crossed, because either it is not as bad as people say or we get stuck there before the "correction" is applied.Just FYI - most of my crew uses only laser mining, I do hybrid because it seems to work much better for me (laser, surface and sub)