(08-03-2017, 07:12 AM)JorgeRyan Wrote: Could we please have more information regarding the change in the Xeno Relic mining field from the Malvada Cloud in Gamma to the North Aegean Cloud in Xi, and why it was picked over a location in Omega, such as the Calborona field/nebula. While both fields are highly radioactive, the Aegean's are mostly unexploded territorty from which few return, and we now have to regularly send out our mining fleets there, with a lower bonus to boot. Whereas the calborona field, while it is also fairly unexplored, it doesn't have roaming nomads nor nomad weapon platforms and its infocard already hints to being a possible site to mine artifacts.
I also feel the Outcasts will have little to no incentive to mine and trade Relics. This both due to the rivalry between the Hispanic factions, so why would they support our product over theirs, and they already have cryo-organisms, which, from my understanding, they can already haul as far as Bretonia legally. Raiding is one thing, yes, but I doubt they will stick around to harvest the field.
If the field was moved to Omega, it would still be in the Outcasts omicron zoi, and if they were to complain about the distance they have to fly, then the hessians could get zoi there, since we feel there is a significant overlap in the active raiding population of hessians and outcasts. Not to mention the hessians could gain Omega, accessable via Omega-41 and Cayman, at the cost of Theta, a system they can only access either via the sigmas, a fairly long trip, or via Gamma, home system of one of their arch-nemesis.
Finally, a well placed field in the Calborona would mean we wouldn't have to worry about running a 2nd pob or moving Puerto del Sol, since the Aegean field will be around 100k from Puerto del Sol, an almost inconceivable and definitely an incredibly inconvenient distance to fly, each way, during a mining operation. Whereas the Calbonrona is only 10-15k from Puerto del Sol, before counting the distance between the mining field and the jump hole.
TL;DR- I do not feel this is a good and balanced update for the Corsairs
