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Plus the mining mod was specifically designed to benefit groups of people working together anyway. Solo miners are never going to be the priority, or I dare say, the right way of mining. Indy or faction is irrelevant. The only divide that's important in mining is alone or together.
Mining drain is generally a terrible idea as well. For the people defending it, consider this example. How is corporate warfare encouraged when the people strip mining your field are of the sane faction and affiliation? They're immune to anything you might do and you're getting screwed by bad yields, so you just don't log in. Great net benefit there.
