Mining Revamp

[Neptune]

I've only just now had the chance to review these proposed changes. At first glance, they look interesting. Though 2 ores specifically stick out for me as DHC: Uncut Diamonds, Raw Hydrocarbons.

We by lore specialise in Diamonds and 'compete' with BMM for Raw Hydrocarbons (3.0x bonus) in O-3.

First on Uncut Diamonds: I greatly appreciate the diversity of sale points but this ore needed a price bump rather than a sale point shift one lane closer; currently it sells for 10036 on Roanne in Lyonnais, yet for comparison Kruger's Silver is 12079 one lane down on Montbrison which makes no sense. If a 'balance' had to be applied it's a slight bump in price on Roanne, which btw makes more sense as sale destination rather than a 'space port'. Current sale destinations for reference:

MAIN - Bretonia - New London - Waterloo Station - $7352
MAIN - Gallia - Lyonnais - Roanne Production Facility - $10036
MAIN - Liberty - New York - Planet Manhattan - $10108

Second on Raw Hydrocarbons: Maybe @"Wasserdrache" can chime in here as well. Just by looking at the proposed destinations, I can see that this is somewhat biased toward Kusari factions. In my opinion this change will make mining this ore highly unattractive, unless bonus is increased to 4.0 and the proposed price on Harrisburg will be far greater than 8k/unit. Currently it's mining is justified and redeemed by the fact that on the return trip to Bretonia, haulers have access to Alu ore in Munich. I think we should be encouraging mining factions to mine everything they have a bonus on, not just 4.0x ores. PL Nuremberg currently provides both BMM & DHC with a route that makes sense and is balanced. Even Samura/Kishiro's current sale destinations are OK as they are. I'd suggest keeping Nuremberg but perhaps buffing the ore in Gallia. Current sale destinations for reference:

MAIN - Rheinland - Munich - Planet Nuremberg - $8288
MAIN - Kusari - New Tokyo - Narita Outpost - $6461
MAIN - Gallia - Ile-de-France - Planet New Paris, Saint-Denis - $7105

I'd like to also ask about the change in sale destination of Aluminum ore from Southampton Shipyard to Thames Outpost. Why is this necessary? I suppose it shortens the route slightly for 'powertraders', other than that I see no rhyme or reason to it. I'd rather keep Southampton Shipyard.

One last thing I'd like to ask: it would be good if Oder can be added as another sellpoint for Military Salvage, even if its price will be mediocre given the distance from Bering to New Berlin. I believe that was the initial proposed plan anyway as outlined here by @Goldberg.


Some good changes here and there, very curious to see the final version with prices included.

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