Mining bonuses!

[Recoil9000]

I believe that it should be possible for profits of miners and traders should be about equall. This gives players more options. If a player is more patient, then they can take on mining. If they like to be in constant motion, they should trade. This way we could see more miners out in the field, and possibly more interaction between miners and traders as DeiSol said.

Also, the dangers in both situations are close to similar. Sure a trader is constantly at risk of being pirated, but so are the miners. In fact, they are at slightly more of a risk, considering they sit in one location and barely have any defence (except my miners, they use only 4 mining turrets, and the rest are trans turrets).

Edit: Of course there should be some cases where trading should be more profitable. For example, smuggling contraband or moving goods accross emargos. But when compared to normal legal trading, miners should be able to make similar amounts.

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