Player Features and Ideas Discussion

Individually combat drones aren't viable, but in groups, which as you state is the intended role of the ship they accumulated drone firepower should rival that of smaller groups. I'd say combining drone firepower places the idea of only mining drone being viable as a questionable proposition.

Which leaves the argument back at square 1 since the argument was mining drone being the only right choice for the Hulk. On that reasoning alone it doesn't really work out.

I responded to a particular point with a counterpoint and your statement afterwards. That was all. Fitting 2 cycles using the full yield capacity the ship has to offer wasn't what I was responding to itself, but rather the idea that mining drones being the "right" choice was a proper justification for that viewpoint.

While I do not mine very much anymore, and despite that you are part of The Bastion, I have to agree that the ore hold for the Hulk could use a little buff.

I like your suggestion in OP.
+1 for me

I overload after 1 cycle. I think my yield is 4416 or something.

Anyway, I sometimes forget to empty my hold. My bad. The thing is if we increase it to allow 2 cycles, then people will complain when they don't empty after 2 cycles and want 3 cycles.

Honestly I love that I mine so much I have to dump every 70 seconds or I get penalized. It makes mining engaging and I have a real sense of accomplishment because I am good at it.

Even though I'd love a massive Hulk ore hold, I am against increasing it right now.

I can easily keep up with my hulk cycles even when multiboxing, that is not the point. Not using mining drone is not the point either. If you still wonder what the point is, please read above.

We're are talking about an increase of ore hold of 100 to 500 m3 here. It's not about buffing the hulk, it's about adjusting it to make it clean considering all variables: cycles, boosts, and mining drones.

+1 for small ore hold buff

a simple 5.9% increase would fix all the issues the hulk has at being decently efficient.



saying stuff like fit a damage control... if I did that I might as well just use a skiff.
don't use mining drones... its like telling an Ishtar not to use drones.

But it is a buff to the hulk, and as many others giving +1 to your post are arguing, it makes multi-boxing with more hulks easier and more lucrative.

Satisfying your ocd does not justify making that which was deliberately meant to be difficult, easier.

Before the bonuses were changed from mining amount to mining cycle, the hulk could barely hold one cycle. this was the original intention. A high yield but high maintainance barge. Not a multi-boxing platform.


Use a Mack. They were in fact designed to be low maintainance.