The Ore mining review.

[WesternPeregrine]

I would like to state here two concerns of mine when I think about the mining system.

One, is the long delayed review of the Raw Hydrocarbon fields in Ta-29 for both Samura and Kishiro. Their low spawn rate, higher danger and weak prices compared to the other mining commodities for those factions (hellium-3 and platinum ore, both in safer locations) detract the faction players from even caring about that region and it's resources. In gameplay terms at least, for there is a production of common hydrocarbons and a brand of fertilizers to compensate in the regular markets.

The second one is how changes in the mining system negatively affect the non-mining house corporations. I still remember half a year ago when IMG was the top faction in the server in terms, in numbers, finances and firepower. At the same time, house corporations which usually rely on the roleplay of transportation were being overshadowed, because the lure of the mining factions attracted enough members for them to be self-sustaining, not needing escorts or other transports.
Fortunately the mining frenzy cooled down, and I see now more interactions between factions regarding business deals than just strip mining huge amounts of ore x in system y.

I had heard of a plan to make, for example, GMG/Kishiro partnership more important, by tweaking some scripts to make cooperation between the two id ships more advantageous rather than just all ships one the same faction (although that wouldn't be penalized in any way). Not sure if that was just theory, or something to be tested.

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