The future of mining?

[Kal-el]

I think it should be turned on but it needs to be fixed. People mine for over an hour for gold and Niobium for a 5k. Then halfway through here comes the pirate and makes a reasonable/unreasonable demand. The miner gets mad and more than likely splodes.

Here are my suggestions to correct the situation.

1. Turn on EVERY mining field. Give miners options. You give them only one option and that option does not yield enough and they are going to get pirated over and over.

2. Increase yield/lower prices. By doing this it makes it easier to mine, but also allows them earn a respectful amount of credits. Make it easier for the miner and maybe he won't care if being pirated. Depending on the ore and sale point you could make prices between 3k -7k.

3. Make multiple sale points. That way miners do not have to sell at the same place. If they have more than one option for a sale point then they can possibly avoid the pirate that camps the only route to the sale point.

The problem isn't soley mining. It is also the piracy. Unless you are willing to find ways to balance it you will still have the same problem.

As I said above, you have a miner that mines for an hour and then you have the pirate that comes and takes there ore/credits. The pirate can also steal from the same miner over and over again. Which as you can see would make any miner/trader unhappy.

Just my thoughts.