Mining bonuses!

[Clarkie]

I agree that the bonuses need to be upped substantially, but thats only half the problem, profitability at the selling locations needs to be upped.

You see, if you have say 3 transports picking up the mined material and each setting off for the base to sell, maybe 3 systems away, and you also have maybe 3 miners doing the hard work, thats 6 people involved.

In order for that to be worthwhile doing (vs trading), the total profit for that group per hour is going to have to be about 180 million. Thats 30m each (and thus on a par with the better trading routes).

Profitablity in both a group and for individual miners is an absolute must. I think perhaps too many people just think about the profit when selling, not the time it takes.

Remember profitability= profit/time.

Unfortunately for the devs, its a hard thing to get right for every faction that has a stake in mining.