EVE General Discussion

Yes, because everyone must play your way?

Nothing more embarrassing than someone who only sees one road to travel....

I forget who said it, but it needs to be restated.

Mining is like fishing, does fishing require alot of attention? No, but people still do it and enjoy it.

yeah sure why not

and whilst ccp are adding it to regular mining, they can also add it to PI harvesting, moon mining and wreck looting

sounds like a plan to me.

afk mining then look at o-sec deep in sov terretory

if you want interactive mining we got it already.
find a wh put a pos in it start mining.
there you go.

Roids spewing minerals? Scary thought...

...and senseless too, I'm afraid. You know, the salvage from exploration containers is scattered by explosive decompression, so, while I don't really like the mechanic because I think it's gimmicky, it atleast makes some sense.

Adding some "skill" (read: interactivity) to mining is not that bad of an idea, though...

I always thought it would be nice to give miners combined tools: Mining lasers for cutting chunks out of roids and drones to pick up the pieces and haul them into the hold. Would be a) more realistic and b) more involving... atleast abit.

I would pay to watch that

I think it would be fun to use mining lasers to cut manageable chunks off roids that can fit in your cargo hold, the bigger the chunk without going over your max the more yield you can get. Different mining lasers can cut at different rates for different materials, perhaps you can use focusing crystals to narrow the beam to cut more intensely and waste less ore.

You people amaze me. Mining - in high sec - is long periods of boredom interspersed with periods of shear thrilling panic, as you try to escape the gankists, but die. You learn a harsh lesson. AFK mining does not mean to leave your ship unattended. AFK mining does not mean you are not prepared to escape. High sec mining is not where it is safe to mine, it is where you learn how to be safe while mining.

High sec space is where you learn how to mine. It's where you learn how to properly fit your ship. It's where you learn how to assess and defend against - or escape - varying threats. It's where you build up mining skills. It's where you learn the market value of different ores. It's where you increase your bank and purchase the proper ships and fits for LOW SEC mining, because that is where - you have learned - the valuable ores are mined.

If you change any of the existing game mechanics - only thinking of high sec mining, you lose sight of the fact that high sec mining is a training ground, for those that will eventually go to low sec for mining, and then even to null sec. I'm quite sure the tension, suspense, and the thrill of mining will hit you then.

Imagine, going into an area of space where rats are strong, where gankists scoff at the law of Concord and murder hardworking miners for their ore, ship parts, and whatever else they can steal (those scum!). THAT - is the thrill if mining in this game. All of these little misguided ideas about, "mini-games" to capture spewed ore chunks or some other such non-sense is just that, NONSENSE!

I have spent a little over a month playing this game. I have learned how harsh this game is. The more I mine, the more I realize how much more there is to it. The more I learn about mining, the more I realize there is much more to it.

Here is what I've been doing with what I've learned. If you look at my posts, you'll see that I haven't really asked a lot of questions, but you can see a pattern. I'm getting ready for low sec mining, but I'm making my preparations in high sec.

I have been going into low sec and reconnoitering several different low sec star systems and plotting and saving safe spots, and warp-in approach points to different mine belts in those systems - in my rookie frigate. While there, I have been assessing the strength and composition of rat patrols. Aside from looking at the local chat channel, I haven't really figured out how to assess the threat potential of any particular player (is that player a gankist, or someone there for other reasons?). I suppose I'll figure that out soon enough. I have a plan in place to practice certain techniques, for example the cloak+WMD trick. It's a plan, because I still have to train up to use cloaks.

You see? There is WAAAY more to mining than just 'plop-ship-in-belt-and-leech-roids-dry'. With all of the threats from rats and gankists, and with all of what a miner has to contend with, why in hell and damnation would you even think of changing mining mechanics or add mini games? It's utter nonsense!

It erks me when some one wants to force others to play the way they like to play. Just because it's a sand box game does not mean you can bury a turd in it.

But I do sorta like the idea of explosing roids.