Mining

[McNeo]

Hmmm.

The nature of the suggestion has shifted between the first post and the most recent one.:)

I like the idea of making the miner very good at mining... the special "mining" gun especially.

I don't like the idea of making each asteroid drop tons of stuff. Why? It would give you no reason to mine in a miner. You might as well just park a Large Train on the edge of a field and shoot asteroids. If each one gives you 50 gold or silver, your hold will be full in no time. Profit! But lame.

The idea original post wouldn't have that problem. Mining in anything but a miner would be exactly how it is now. But if you DID use the miner, you would be able to mine quickly and efficiently. Profit! And not lame!

The biggest problem I see would be preventing people from transferring the "mining gun" to another ship that isn't a miner.

Thats why i said make it against the rules to mine in anything but a mining ship and a fighter:

Fighters so they can help the mining ship mine and miners so they can mine.