Rework Mining Surface Deposits

DemiserofD

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The problem with Surface Deposits is they just don't give you enough to worth bothering to look for them, and they almost never happen on rocks that you're already going to be mining anyway.

If you could be laser mining a rock already and then spot a surface deposit, that could potentially be worth doing, but again, the odds of having a rock that's BOTH high in mineral content AND has surface deposits is slim to none. I've been trying and have found maybe one in a thousand? Certainly not worth bothering with.

That being the case, I'd like to see surface deposits reworked. They should be MUCH more common - but not show up from your Pulse Wave Scanner. Almost all rocks should have at least one. That way, players who are laser mining can slightly enhance their yields by laser mining AND using an Abrasion Blaster at the same time. You wouldn't have to do this, but it would give the more experienced miners something to think about and do when they're bored.

That should make them more useful, and also make subsurface mining less frustrating, since the PWA would guarantee you either had a core or a subsurface deposit, not a surface deposit!
 

HRDiagram

HRDiagram
I agree with the concept that the PWA should not highlight surface deposits, but only subsurface and core, since surface deposits are clearly visible already.
Personally, I was thinking of a PWA that works in two modes: one that highlights asteroids like now, and another that detects the density of surface materials instead (Low, Medium, High) by using different shades. In the end, one would still need a prospector limpet to scan the asteroid and see what's in it, but it would cut the time spent prospecting countless asteroids in the search for decent ones.
 

the pariah6808

the pariah6808
I just wish it would work the way it did 6 months ago. They broke it, when they gonna fix it? go to a Platnium hotspot, and no platnium after prospecting 25 rocks, metal rich, pristine. And I am a map miner, about ready to go out to one of my systems that I have mapped the rocks and see if that is borked as well. This is a go / no-go for me... as I don't care for the bgs nor the new power play, and I could have actually mined my merits.. but not with it screwed up like this. Back to another game for now...
 
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