Blodo. Last time. The Omega 11 fields have the highest absolute yield of any field on the server (at least the two "good" circles do). They will not be buffed further, with Daumann's bonus towards uncut valuable gemstones you've already got a whopper of a fill going as long as you can deal with the radiation. Yes, it's no "sit in the field for hours" deal. It's as canon lore states: "Grab as many diamonds as possible before returning to the relative safety of Solarius".
And if mining isn't profitable for indies who don't want to band up, then that is working as designed. It is -exactly- what the mining system was intended for, to promote group play. That said, if groups find that fields are being mined out too quickly then the regenerative rates and/or max capacity of the fields might need to be adjusted.
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