Mining System

[Jack_Henderson]

Another really bad aspect of the status quo is:

We have X fields per system (from a time when it was thought to be good to separate factions), but only 1 is active. Newbies - like here - are obviously confused about it.

Merging fields (as Vipex actually announced at the start) is a good call and has to happen.

It has to go hand in hand with a fair distribution of NPC bases around 20-25k from the centrally located field, as well as unlawful staging areas in the region.

Also, we finally need a removal of all POBs that are closer to fields than the NPC bases (in the system described above). Cheapness and total safety (like by having POBs in or very close) kills off the miner-piracy interaction, which is a hugely important aspect gameplaywise. It has to be preserved/restored to make mining productive for gameplay and restore the old player hubs.

Furthermore, it can be discussed whether mining currently is just a bit too fast. Miners that are static in a known place are magnets for interaction, easy to pirate, ships to defend, etc. Activity cycles could be built around them - as we had them in the past. It's a thought worth discussing inside a team of mining devs or devoted people who actually know what mining does, what its benefits and gameplaywise potentials are.

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