i remember in the old elite landing on a planet ,dropping a minining module,going back later to collect it if im wrong tell me,but something the same would be good in ed,now odyessy is on the horizon,any ideas on it cmdrs
surface mining
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Would be nice if they rollback this mining nerf so I can make my billions worth of credits and buy a Fleet Carrier and park it somewhere.
I remember that from FE2 but I never had any success with it! I was never sure how to work out the best spots to place the mining machines.
how would you balance it as a game mechanic? Presumably it's able to mine after you log off, right? Zero-effort mining? Wouldn't that make all other forms of mining obsolete?
I think it'd be a really cool feature but you definitely have to answer those questions about balance. One thing that might make it fun or interesting is if pirates had a way of scanning for deployed mining rigs. That would mean that if you logged off for too long, there was a chance a pirate would find your rig and loot it. So you'd either need to hang around and defend it, or there might be systems where player factions protect your rig for a set price.
I think it'd be a really cool feature but you definitely have to answer those questions about balance. One thing that might make it fun or interesting is if pirates had a way of scanning for deployed mining rigs. That would mean that if you logged off for too long, there was a chance a pirate would find your rig and loot it. So you'd either need to hang around and defend it, or there might be systems where player factions protect your rig for a set price.