Mining

[Cannon]

I suppose I should mention this: the current target profit per player when mining is 15 to 20 million per hour.

Nerfing decisions are made based on this target weighted with the likely risk to the miners. As o49 field is in a neutral (possibly allied) area, the risk to miners is basically nil and thus the field was nerfed to somewhere around 15-20 million per hour.

This target profit might change in the future (hopefully not downwards) but for now it is what it is. If you want the target profit changed then provide hard data on the profits from trading. If trading is significantly more profitable than mining then perhaps the target profit for mining should be increased (note this isn't my decision).

Another thing, mining yields can be adjusted in real-time from the server. A mod update is not required.

As the Sirius News Network has noted the O49 field has been depleted but you never know when and where the next lucky strike might happen. Can any one say lovely shiny *gold*!

EDIT: Another thing I've noticed: you need to have exactly the right ID/IFF for a particular commodity to get the mining bonus. The same thing applies to mining lasers/mining ship - you've got to have both. Mining lasers have no effect if they are in another ship (except the some junker ships like the csv).

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