The future of mining?

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Cannon

This move of yours makes me sad - even though I understand the need for doing something.

I think, that you have lost sight of the larger perspektive here: everytime you nerf something - or return the game to an earlier version (as in before the mining mod) you will lose a part of the most vital asset, that games has: its ability to attract new players - and make them stay long enough to keep the game alive.

Also this move of yours will surely turn away many of the players, that you really want to keep - the experienced ones, that are the backbone of all factions and player groups - both official and unofficial ones.

So I suggest that you turn mining on - VERY FAST - without any nerfing - but perhaps with new miningopportunities and new types of ores that will spread players into more systems - perhaps more uncontested ones. Too much mining takes place in conflict areas.

In short: the game must always move forward - never backwards. No matter the reason.

RP is an add-on to this game, that will never work perfectly. I believe, that RP-issues always will be there - for several reasons - one is, that it is something, that has to be learnt - partially through "try and error".

Another reason, IMO, is the "built-in" balances in the game, f.x. there is no real "controlled space" in the game - everybody can pretty much go everywhere - unless the rules states otherwise. This has also implications for the problems, that you want to address. F.x. I have always felt it is far - FAR - too easy to be a pirate. They travel freely though jumpgates, can sit on hostile stations or near tradelanes without being in any real danger.

If it was much - MUCH - harder to enter and move around in hostile space - for both lawfulls and unlawfulls, then many of the RP problems would not be there.

But then again: a "pirate" nerf is not the solution. Enlist more admins if needed, improve their tools - but move forward, never nerf at this stage of the games life.

Respectfully yours

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