Mining

[McNeo]

Tell you what:

I couldn't read through alll of this because i started to cry:P.

I say this:

I love mining, but it is true that it is very unprofitable at the moment. If miners and fighters could be the only things allowed to mine in, and then the count inside asteroids upped furthur (20-50) then i reckon you would get big business.

BUT the prices of the goods which are mined have to go up alot

for example, Diamonds on New Berlin costing 1400 credits and selling on New Tokyo for 2800 credits.

so that means we can sell a full load of 4000 to a trader for 1000 credits each unit, and he make a profit, and we make a profit. We could go and sell it ourselves, but we'd make more money staying in Dresden (can you please put back the diamond fields there, but make them less rich than omega 11 please Igiss). The same could be for artefacts (costs 1000 to buy on crete and 3000 selling on NY or somthing) and Cardimine....etc etc.

Also, you shouldn't be allowed to trade in a mining ship (and should be displayed on the infocard) so give it a huge amount of cargo to cope with two traders comming for a full load of stuff like 8000-10000 cargo space. Anyone caught trading in it can't claim ignorance because its on the infocard.

My 2 pence.

EDIT:

If mining becomes more profitable, or nearly as profitable as trading, then the PMG will almost certainly see a resurgence, and the IND escort wings might have some work guarding us, as well as our own guard.