Player Features and Ideas Discussion

That will not solve the boredrome of the mining itself. OP suggestion will.

-1 for replacing a current system
But +1 to add new stuff.
I prefer that CCP focuses on adding new opportunities for mining and that it does not change what has been done so far.
Examples : add Comet mining or add the possibility to mine the rings of some planets (ring with ice or gas or minerals or both)

Bump!

I like the concept. Points for the ideas.

Thing that to consider is that if some process is based on facts (which deposit has more ore or where that is) then that would be automated/coded in the ship computer. Basic idea is that fact based stuff is automated, and thus player should be left to make choices against the dice roll.

Also some way to implement the risk/isk is nice. Of course low and null does it directly. Still maybe some asteroids could have npc "sleeping" on them and when you start mining one, the npc would wake up. Pretty boring idea but works as an example.

Asteroids or veins could also start getting critical and then you would need to think when to stop before it explodes.

tl;dr: instead of reading numbers and choosing the best, make queses which gain you profits or problems (maybe bring loot fairy here).

If quality of effort is not something you care about, I can understand why you would object.

For myself, why shouldn't I be able to get better results, by putting in more quality of effort?
(Said effort not being defined as duplicating the existing mechanic across multiple accounts, which would be quantity, not quality, of effort)