EVE General Discussion

Mining macros? Better report that to CCP ...

Sometimes you just have to, because it's *that* laugh worthy.

It would be very illuminating to see your opinions about how mining should be "improved."

The only way I could see mining be improved is to figure out some way of not making it a coma inducing process. Like someone mentioned before...give the player some way of affecting the outcome of the mining process. Like a minigame or something where the outcome will determine how much ore is extracted

Do a little research, I've talked about it at length. Or look for some new posts about ideas to improve mining in my blog in the next couple of weeks.

How about posts from previous threads..

"So the questions about miners asking to tilt the markets. Not our platform. I want to see the mining experiences get more interesting, rewarding and dynamic. To give the miners a reason to develop active skills to make them more isks. If I am PvP-ing fighting ship to ship my skills matter, my fit matters and my real time actions define my fate. Why isn't there something similar at the high end of mining?"

"The other part about mining is you quickly plateau. You can quickly train all the skills that will ever matter to you, get the best ships that help you mine and then then what? When is the last time something that changed the mining experience or provided a new skill to learn was put into Eve? And yet, this is an activity a huge segment of Eve spends their time doing.

For example, PvX, there is the complexity of ship fitting, even ship choice, real time activities that affect the outcome and real skill will improve your results, you learn and get better. There is no reason mining can't be made more like that.

I'd even suggest this, if mining was working the way a lot of miners would like it, it would be a lot hard to bot it. It would be a dynamic activity where active real time participation would improve results dramatically."


"The ability to keep mining an activity that can stay similar to the current experience if that is what the player wants is important. What I'd like to see is a new more active element. So if you want an more challenging and rewarding mining experience you can be more real time focused and get better rewards. Say a new family of realtime active mining lasers that you have to focus on the 'roid. Or another class of mining droids that you control real time. Just some brainstorming of possible new mining experiences.


An idea I still come back to us comets, something that would add some new skills, something you would have to mine "actively" and if done right could become somethat that as your real skill improves so do your outcomes."

Those were all in my campaign thread.

Or this Issler on Mining

So certainly have had some ideas, but remember I'm not here to "design" Eve. We need to best ideas from the whole player base presented to CCP.

Issler

Greetings capsuleer Dainze,

You asked about Antisocial Malkavians comments. I gave you an answer, because as he showed once again, you exploited the events of Fanfest for your political gain.

Your input into mining is irrelevant to me as you are the worst reflection on the CSM possible; I was simply trying to answer the question you had asked.

Regards,

Shian Yang

Can you give us a list of bullet points on how your ideas for mining and industry differ from someone like Seleene's? A person who was previously part of the extremely effective CSM6 and has repeatedly vouched for changes to mining, so much so that she has influenced the upcoming Winter Expansion?

Greetings capsuleer Fera,

The reprimand is noted; thank you. You are quite correct and my pique is simply showing because I lost one of my favourite Rifters to a pack of Dramiel last night. I left one with smoky holes in his hull though, but I still mourn the loss of that ship. It was a beautiful vessel, crafted from the very ore these entitled miners extracted.

What I do not understand is how anyone would find shooting a laser at a rock to be engaging.

Do they want to fit the asteroids with thrusters and set a random orbit?

Do they need them to shoot back?

There are already opportunities within New Eden if they chose to interact with other capsuleers that would make what is, quintessentially , a very mundane activity far more entertaining. But it relies on the capsuleers in question to step up.

In a universe with these possibilities; why are they not being exploited?

Regards,

Shian Yang

As usual you completely miss the point, which is that whining threads are completely unproductive and do not promote reasoned discussion. This thread began as a whining thread; OP comes off as a self-entitled person playing the victim rather than a player concerned about development of a widely-used mechanic that is critical to the game.

But I thought your ranks were getting plenty of attention with Hulkageddon?