Mining is screwed

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My point is that no-one shoots at +1 yield on the offchance of some RP. there has to be something in it for the actually tedious practice of shooting rocks.

I do. Go say hello to GMS for me.

Traders would be pretty pissed if they turned up for their favourite commodity at Planet X just to be told that that's sold out. Try again in three days!

Try RP trading. It's even better than that. Or, wait, dynamic economy? Yeah, been there. Makes trading more interesting.

Please don't go on about this communal mining garbage. Not everyone wants to play the game that way. i.e. most of the indies who are of course the mostly silent majority.

This indicates to me that you generally prefer to be a non-contributor when it comes to the roleplay environment, that interaction is only something you want to do when it's forced upon you. As Rogue put it, this is a multiplayer server. There's always OpenSP, mate.

Of course, I'd just as well point out that it's generally unwise to assume that one speaks for a certain group, as I'm quite sure I'm conveying my own personal opinion here, as you are yours. I doubt all indies are indies because they prefer to not work in a group, it very well could be that they just don't want to be a part of the official faction. Yes, those are indeed separate ideas, as I can attest from personal experience.

I'll have a hard time taking your arguments seriously until they come from an angle of how it can help the community, backed up with examples. Right now I have the feeling that the arguments come from a very narrow point of view. Then again, I doubt my argument means anything here. I just like to hear myself talk.

The players adapt to the community, not the other way around. I've always been of an opinion that if you don't like that, don't play here. I'm not telling you to get out, I'm just stating that nobody's forcing you to play things as they are.

Yeah, I'm probably a jerk. I'll live with myself.