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ionageman TOG
security services
#1 - 2013-12-29 20:22:50 UTC  |  Edited by: ionageman TOG
seems they are going ahead with changes to mining..
have you seen the mining video where the laser rips the roid to chunks and we have to clik on each chunk of ore to collect it..
sombody at ccp needs an enema.. enough with these mini games.. enough.. if this comes to being.. i will quit and get on with my real life.

time to send ccp another message .

read the info on mobile tractor units.

http://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=plpp&list=PLldrBIEnJ5hNf5bDBahRZic-k3Rh-Bs_n&v=7qmUIDlMmQE

52.15. Interesting

16.20 chunk mining / does include traditional mining / prototype /

Ccp please don't kill multibox mining.
Endovior
PFU Consortium
#2 - 2013-12-29 23:36:41 UTC
Two things...

1: No, I haven't see that video. Linky?

2: If mining chunks get implemented, I'll seriously consider getting back into mining. I currently find mining too boring to really consider, so if an exploration-type hunt for extra loot gets added to the equation, I'll want to try it out. Of course, I've already spoken in favour of that kind of change; handled well, it could add another interesting aspect to the game. That said, my definition of 'handled well' means 'this is a way to add more isk for people who are paying attention while mining', not 'this is an explicit nerf to multibox miners that makes most of their characters worthless', so given that any given implementation may or may not be that reasonable, YMMV.
Nariya Kentaya
Ministry of War
Amarr Empire
#3 - 2013-12-30 00:27:46 UTC
Endovior wrote:
Two things...

1: No, I haven't see that video. Linky?

2: If mining chunks get implemented, I'll seriously consider getting back into mining. I currently find mining too boring to really consider, so if an exploration-type hunt for extra loot gets added to the equation, I'll want to try it out. Of course, I've already spoken in favour of that kind of change; handled well, it could add another interesting aspect to the game. That said, my definition of 'handled well' means 'this is a way to add more isk for people who are paying attention while mining', not 'this is an explicit nerf to multibox miners that makes most of their characters worthless', so given that any given implementation may or may not be that reasonable, YMMV.

exploration is **** BECAUSe of the odyssey changes, on top of them ebing easy as **** to find adn subsequently scan, making it so easy for everyone to do it exploration as a "proffession" has seens its isk/hour crash, the ahcking minigame literally serves NO purpose other than an excuse to randomly give you the unwinnable scenario, depriving you of not only isk, but keeping your ship decloaked as long as possible causing you to have to dump your hacks a good chunk of the time anyways as hostiles start scanning you out.

minigames are ****, and they always will be, mining is NOT supposed to eb an "active" proffession, it is for the people who care more about socializing and being able to actually get some isk while still ebing able to get REAl wrk done.

all a minigame would do is increase the amount of clicks you have to make for the same amount of ore and isk/hr by a dozen-fold, while removing your ability to walk away to grab a phone/snack entirely without being detrimental to your profit. anmd it wouldnt make mining more "interactive" OR "exciting" since after doing it once or twice, it would become JUST as painfully repetitive and boring as mining is now.

hell, with this change, MISSIONING would be a more afk-proffession than mining. and if they take away mining's ability for "passive income" then they better do the same with moon mining and PI, because i swear i refuse to play a game where a ****** profession gets shittier because of "reasons" that for soem reason dont apply to toher activities that have the same prinicple but on a more extreme scale.


apologies for spelling, on a friend's tablet and these things are a pain in the ass to use.
mynnna
State War Academy
Caldari State
#4 - 2013-12-30 04:52:32 UTC
Nariya Kentaya wrote:
apologies for spelling, on a friend's tablet and these things are a pain in the ass to use.


Any decent tablet would be autocorrecting for you, so I think I'm going to just prefer to believe that you're semi-literate.

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Endovior
PFU Consortium
#5 - 2013-12-30 07:01:36 UTC  |  Edited by: Endovior
Nariya Kentaya wrote:
incoherent rage


See, that's why I suggested a version of chunk mining that did NOT involve a nerf to the existing mining mechanics. I think it'd be cool if there were chunks that could be gathered, but I don't want that to happen in a way that wrecks the gameplay of multibox miners. I don't personally multibox (or mine much at all, really; way too boring), but I know people who do, and don't begrudge them their gameplay. That said, I would like a more dynamic, optional system where if you're on the ball collecting mineral chunks, you get better loot than if you were just sitting there mining normally. Also, I think it'd be cool if there was an opportunity for low-SP players in Ventures or something to sneak in amidst the Hulk fleets and glean the scraps from their table.
Steve Ronuken
Fuzzwork Enterprises
Vote Steve Ronuken for CSM
#6 - 2013-12-30 10:28:46 UTC
I'd like to see fairly substantial changes to mining, though I'll admit part of that comes from the somewhat irrational dislike of respawning asteroid belts. Even if they just moved, that'd be nice.


What I'd /prefer/ is some kind of prospecting mechanic, which lets you hunt down asteroids (or small clumps of them), in belts with a density similar to that of the belt in our system (i.e. you pretty much can't see another asteroid from one)

Have them being large asteroids, and you have to then determine if it's worth mining, and where to mine on it. If you want another conflict driver, add some kind of claim system, so 'prime' asteroids can be fought over (or not.)

Not just 'warp to precreated bookmarks in a belt, strip, repeat'

Woo! CSM XI!

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Sephira Galamore
Inner Beard Society
Kvitravn.
#7 - 2013-12-30 11:04:39 UTC  |  Edited by: Sephira Galamore
mynnna wrote:
Any decent tablet would be autocorrecting for you, so I think I'm going to just prefer to believe that you're semi-literate.

mynnna wrote:
Any [...] autocorrecting [...] semi-literate.

mynnna wrote:
autocorrecting
Agondray
Avenger Mercenaries
VOID Intergalactic Forces
#8 - 2013-12-30 16:06:05 UTC
mynnna wrote:
Nariya Kentaya wrote:
apologies for spelling, on a friend's tablet and these things are a pain in the ass to use.


Any decent tablet would be autocorrecting for you, so I think I'm going to just prefer to believe that you're semi-literate.



and even as csm goon have nothing better to do than troll. Mining shouldnt be a mini game. CCP are running out of things to do and they think that this will have people look at doing mining more and probably take another stab at bots (which i get that part) but making a minigame out of it sure isnt going to get miners in low and null to continue mining. They have enough to worry on local that a interceptor or t3 isnt going to run through their bubbles at that gate that suppose to buy them time to GTFO of dodge and to a pos than ontop of that they want them to click on small pieces of rock like the failed hacking minigames? Also i see it has another portion of thieving opens up as rock gets cut apart someone in a indy or frig will sit there and click to grab it before the miner like hacking.

"Sarcasm is the Recourse of a weak mind." -Dr. Smith
Endovior
PFU Consortium
#9 - 2013-12-31 12:31:58 UTC
Agondray wrote:
Also i see it has another portion of thieving opens up as rock gets cut apart someone in a indy or frig will sit there and click to grab it before the miner like hacking.


You say that like it's a bad thing.
Steve Ronuken
Fuzzwork Enterprises
Vote Steve Ronuken for CSM
#10 - 2013-12-31 13:03:25 UTC
Should mining be a mini-game? nah.

Should it be a bunch of related activities, more than just hitting f1? Yes.

Locate your asteroids for mining. The more time you invest, the better asteroid you get.
post a claim, to 'stop' other people from stealing them from you. As long as you can enforce it. (highsec only)
Mine away, at a lower rate, but easy (F1), or do something more active to boost your yield. (strip mine everything vs cherry pick the ore)

Woo! CSM XI!

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Zol Interbottom
Blimp Requisition Services
#11 - 2014-01-01 13:14:41 UTC
Yes make everything a ******* minigame, that totally improves the quality of a game known for its lack of twitch based mechanics, surely exploration was improved by making it ******* cookie clicker the canning

Anyone else ready for the next resurgence of the botting menace?

"If you're quitting for the 3rd time you clearly ain't quitting" - Chribba
Pinky Hops
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#12 - 2014-01-07 17:33:34 UTC
mynnna wrote:
Nariya Kentaya wrote:
apologies for spelling, on a friend's tablet and these things are a pain in the ass to use.


Any decent tablet would be autocorrecting for you, so I think I'm going to just prefer to believe that you're semi-literate.


"Autocorrecting" is not a word.

How did a semi-literate goon get on CSM?
Snow Axe
Republic Military School
Minmatar Republic
#13 - 2014-01-07 19:22:10 UTC
Pinky Hops wrote:
How did a semi-literate goon get on CSM?


None of the literate ones wanted the job.

"Look any reason why you need to talk like that? I have now reported you. I dont need to listen to your bad tone. If you cant have a grown up conversation then leave the thread["
Billy Hix
Dreddit
Test Alliance Please Ignore
#14 - 2014-01-13 12:39:50 UTC
I think this is where ring mining comes in.

Leave normal mining as it is. Introduce ring mining with these new mechanics. That way everyone wins.
Anomaly One
Doomheim
#15 - 2014-01-13 13:50:12 UTC  |  Edited by: Anomaly One
There needs to be a way to seperate active from afk miners though..

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Mallak Azaria
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#16 - 2014-01-20 04:16:24 UTC
Oh no, CCP might make mining interesting. How horrible.

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Mallak Azaria
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#17 - 2014-01-20 04:18:29 UTC
Anomaly One wrote:
There needs to be a way to seperate active from afk miners though..


Gank them. If their pod warps away they were active.

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