Well I wanted to dabble in the mining game so I kitted my Cobra out with the gear including 34 cargo slots and a 4 slot refinery to at least see what it was like.
Anyway, here it goes
I find a planet with inner ring metal rich thus I head there all excited that I was going to make 1000's with precious metals.
I get there and start to work blasting one rock at a time so I could learn how to become proficient at it,
MY lesson learned 1, do not try to get a single chunk, chase it, refine it and then back for another chunk. This will just kill you with boredom.
Instead, I just find a rock and just blast them all off and try and get them to come of away from the rock in a line e.g. shoot at the edge so they go in space and not get hit when rock turns. Done right they will be there in a nice line to be picked up as a line.
MY lesson learned 2, IDon't use throttle, I was all fingers and thumbs trying to use a game pad this way. I just used the thrust instead and find this much much easier for collecting e.g. I set speed to zero and thrust to collect, when there is a chunk of them use can collect spin collect without the frustration of overshooting them all the time.
MY lesson learned 3, Not sure if this is 100% fact or not but I found the smaller rocks have the more precious materials? Maybe someone more experienced could clarify?
MY lesson learned 4, Do not get complacent with speed approaching rocks, yeah sure once or twice you just get a bump but I started to get sloppy with my approach speed and it cost me 36k insurance
. I did note that one turbo thrust seems to be enough to get between each rock. I just aim and turbo with speed set on zero. I usually get close then just maybe a tap on the thrust.
Anyway, I am no way a pro but it does seem that the speed mining is a skill to be learned. I hope it gets tied up to some form of crafting though as it is a bit of a boring way to make money so I am guessing most players are boycotting it all together.
I am curious on how other people are finding it?
Also, maybe one good addition to the game would be to introduce a mining syndicate/team where players can join others to work as a team e.g. one blasting 2 collecting and refining? Would just need a mechanic to ensure profits are shared?
I am also curious about the availability of material on the market or is the game set so the minor can do deals because other players find it hard to source the market for such materials e.g. palladium etc?
Oh and on my travels, I noticed a commodity that was a different colour that the rest and apparently its price goes up the further away from the source market you are? How many of these special products are there?
Anyway, here it goes
I find a planet with inner ring metal rich thus I head there all excited that I was going to make 1000's with precious metals.
I get there and start to work blasting one rock at a time so I could learn how to become proficient at it,
MY lesson learned 1, do not try to get a single chunk, chase it, refine it and then back for another chunk. This will just kill you with boredom.
Instead, I just find a rock and just blast them all off and try and get them to come of away from the rock in a line e.g. shoot at the edge so they go in space and not get hit when rock turns. Done right they will be there in a nice line to be picked up as a line.
MY lesson learned 2, IDon't use throttle, I was all fingers and thumbs trying to use a game pad this way. I just used the thrust instead and find this much much easier for collecting e.g. I set speed to zero and thrust to collect, when there is a chunk of them use can collect spin collect without the frustration of overshooting them all the time.
MY lesson learned 3, Not sure if this is 100% fact or not but I found the smaller rocks have the more precious materials? Maybe someone more experienced could clarify?
MY lesson learned 4, Do not get complacent with speed approaching rocks, yeah sure once or twice you just get a bump but I started to get sloppy with my approach speed and it cost me 36k insurance
. I did note that one turbo thrust seems to be enough to get between each rock. I just aim and turbo with speed set on zero. I usually get close then just maybe a tap on the thrust.Anyway, I am no way a pro but it does seem that the speed mining is a skill to be learned. I hope it gets tied up to some form of crafting though as it is a bit of a boring way to make money so I am guessing most players are boycotting it all together.
I am curious on how other people are finding it?
Also, maybe one good addition to the game would be to introduce a mining syndicate/team where players can join others to work as a team e.g. one blasting 2 collecting and refining? Would just need a mechanic to ensure profits are shared?
I am also curious about the availability of material on the market or is the game set so the minor can do deals because other players find it hard to source the market for such materials e.g. palladium etc?
Oh and on my travels, I noticed a commodity that was a different colour that the rest and apparently its price goes up the further away from the source market you are? How many of these special products are there?
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