I’m quite surprised that no one has lifted this topic, looking at some concerning factors:
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[li]The crash of previously high valued resources: Redulite, Ignisium, Quantium, Vesperdite, etc. - Ressources only hitable on waves and at a capped TT-amount.[/li][li]Several uber miners are selling out endgame mining gear: UL amps, big-ass finders and best-in-game excavators.[/li][li]The amount of ressources needed in space-blueprints, that is not found in space-mining, is limited - Binary Fluid, Melchi Crystal… Anything else?[/li][/ul]
We need to grind entirely new skills so we can afk shoot at asteroids for the same boring loot.
I didn’t think it was possible to make mining less interesting but MA continues to surprise me with their innovation.
This is arguably worse than what happened to hunting, instead of just adding looter levels they’ve added a whole new profession with access to the same loot.
Now we wait and see if they make the same mistake and space mining MU crashes to zero thanks to UL gear and 24 hour botting.
Mindark profits from low mineable looter profession of players now.
Mindark can indroduce mayhem tools for the whole new proffesion for ever hungry mob of token owners.
Mindark profits from players leaving other planets for space mining.
MA has a very bad habit about not listening to or understanding the players who actually play this game.. Tanking the markup on everything in game though is a fast way to further deter people from logging on.
I think the space mining update is great and has a lot of potential, but seeing the effect its having on the resources that tend to hold markup quite well, makes me think space should have had its own resources, new ores, rather than just increasing the pool of rare resources and tanking the markup on them all.
But hey its a good thing tt profit is a thing or we would all be screwed…
I suspect they will add a lot more content, ores and rewards to space mining with time. This patch was just a test to launch it and see how the system works.
There will probably be future MU to be found in space.
Space mining and planet mining situation can be compared with Resource Mayhem and the normal Mayhem which shared same loot/reward and looks like a model.
I am playing hardcore last years and the only reason is for the possibility to make profit.The people i’ve interacted in this game playing for the main reason.Sharing same resources will not benefit planet miners, nor space miners, nor MA’s revenue.It kills what people are fighting for.
I have asked on discord main chanel about loot table and supply/demand and got this.
“Invest in your avatar”…the big word of MindArk.
Invest in what? Why to invest?
“To can “rock” you later buddy”
First I did play very stupid. Big amps, more indoor…type of noob who MindArk need it.
After I did find Evey shared post of the long run and how to become a uber and the rares hits…To see AGG going in hardcore mode.To listen some big ubers about how to start and grow …make me belive I can also be something I want to be. Was a nice dream.
I did see ubers in hunting screaming loudly to MindArk, I did see so many others red flags that MindArk dosent care about players and the best option is stop to invest time and money…I didnt listen and belive I can make it work.
I end it buying good stuff, to start working to improve faster my skills, in hope that future will bring something good. I was wrong. Very wrong.
Not long ago I did write in hope MindArk will understand that they have destroyed hunting, now mining is in same shit.
I try to think how can Mindark belive and think that they will be able to bring more new players and make them stay and invest.
Why to invest when MindArk dont give a shit about you?
The only one fault is me. So many red flags in last year…and damnnnnn…so blind.
And the move of share the loot composition from planet with space…VERY GOOD JOB MINDARK.
PLAYERS PLAY THIS SHIT TO EARN PROFIT.
WHEN THERE WILL BE NO MORE MU, PLAYERS WILL STOP.
I wish to be a option to can return everything…
No point to invest anymore.
I was a big retard to belive in this shit.
Next move is to do something to “rock” crafting also…
I’m guessing cycle rate on asteroids gonna go up as people skill into big lasers…
So yes, mining is mostly doomed Except for resources you can’t acquire from mining asteroids (tailings refinement). It is really easy to get mats that are a result of tailings refinement…
I think there are some resources unavailable though if I’m not wrong…but yeah…probably a bit tough.
So they killed off the hunting carrot.. but they needed to kill off mining.
Only thing that is left is investments - land areas, reselling, and deedtopia.
Every action was to change the game to be player to mindark vs. P2P.. and to cut off every opportunity that players had to withdraw. Every action when viewed through that prism makes more sense.
This is a game who’s foundation is a real cash economy but instead of fostering an environment for players to profit and keep them engaged, it is about stopping outflows and locking up all cash by selling direct.
Except for resources you can’t acquire from mining asteroids (tailings refinement). It is really easy to get mats that are a result of tailings refinement…