Player Features and Ideas Discussion

Hey Everyone, I'm not sure if this is a glitch or the way things are supposed to be for some reason (I'm not a miner and rarely partake), but I noticed that each mining crystal take up 6 m3 of space in the cargo hold. This seems a bit excessive to me and perhaps something that should be reduced.

When I first noticed it I assumed that was the way things should be, though I couldn't imagine a gameplay reason for why this was. then I had an actual look at the strip miners themselves and discovered that they only take up 5 m3 of space. This seems fairly absurd to me. This is the first case I've noticed where the ammo for a module is larger than the module itself.

Feedback? I would particularly like to know why this is the case if it isn't an oversight.

Could you name another module who's ammo is larger than the module itself?

Perhaps if you don't care about mining you should consider leaving the thread to the people it does matter to? As far as your suggestion that this was a rant thread, if you read carefully rather than looking through threads for people to criticize to enhance your own sense of superiority you might have noticed that I suggested that perhaps the crystal size should be reduced. This would allow for a greater number to be carried (since I seem to have to spell that out for you).

Any other 'constructive' points you would like to make besides "some things in the game are known to carry bigger things" (but not any ammo for modules) and "who cares about crystals, I hate mining, and since I hate mining I'm going to be a troll"?

Actually that's an explanation I would find more acceptable. Here's my main concern regarding this:

the crystals for the largest beam weapons in the game take up 1 m3 of volume when compared to their equivalent module which takes up 4,000 m3 of volume. I understand that this may be a bit like apples and oranges but then when you talk about a mining crystal that goes in a module only 5 m3 being 6 times the size of that crystal the disparity is still a bit extreme.

My question is simply "why is this the case?", and if there is no legitimate reason wouldn't it make more sense to bring these crystals in line with other ammo in the game in terms of size. I am not suggesting that a strip miner should be able to hold more than one crystal any more than a beam laser should be able to hold more than one crystal. But in terms of transport this seems to take up an unnecessary amount of space.

Pfff, manual labor is for mortals. Going down to the cargo bay to see what's going on makes as much sense as going out into the field and munching on grass with the cattle.

Dude, it's totally the bubble wrap. It's clear to me that you hate bubble wrap and puppies. Shame on you.

T2 crystals are even more of a PITA to handle so you need 10m3 of wrapping and handling tools with each.

So you cant carry crap loads of every crystal and have a meaningful choice to make before you go mining.
Cap charges are massive, but the cap boosters they go in are small. This is also for game balance.

Maybe modules flat pack and they expand when they are fitted.

Modules by Ikea.

Yes, they did used to be larger. When they had just changed the barges, I couldn't carry the crystals for more than 2 different ore types in the cargo bay of a hulk.