Announcement: OF Mining Bonuses

[Sally]

Being an OF is just being an indie but you can do less.

First time? I found out this years back.

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[The_Godslayer]

Being an OF is just being an indie but you can do less.

First time? I found out this years back.

Being K'Hara lead means we still have a single perk, and I am detached from reality and out of the loop, clearly. Infinite ZoI, which is only used for being able to engage someone before they can gather an overgank when we have to go all the way to the Shrine in Unknown to get our minirazor because that's the only place it's sold. Because there's not really anything for us to do outside of ZoI except troll in unexpected areas, which earns us complaints about failrp and threats of unoffdom lol.

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I'll do something about my superiority complex when I cease to be superior.

"Whatever happened to catchin' a good old-fashioned passionate ass-whoopin and gettin' your shoes, coat, and your hat tooken?"

[Amba]

As an unlawful player I do wish that faction tags didn't exist for a lot of the reasons mentioned earlier in the thread, being visible does invite ganks sadly, though that seems like a hard thing to fix within the current engine. The rest of the "being an OF player is worse than being an indie cause I *have* to RP" sentiment is just trash tho and indicative of the complete lack of standards OF have in this here Discovery Freelancer Roleplay 24/7 community

[Xenon]

Good luck with those changes,
I feel that being in an official faction or creating one is no longer interesting.
Thank you for the bonus nerfing, or "balance" if you believe so.

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[Mephistoles]

Haste told me I shoudl be really angry about this

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[Eternal.Journey]

^ There's just too many credits in the "new economy" because the devs fudged the math.

Guess this is their attempt at backpedalling on some of the changes via a different route.

Laughs in code farmer for credits

Cant wait for code drops to either be buffed (to crash the market) or nerfed (to make drops non-existent) next. Not even 100% sure why this change is necessary, but I suppose I’ll waste an extra 1 to 3 minutes mining to fill a hege now, if I dust off my OF HRC miners.

On another note, this nerf/buff (however you want to see it) is mildly amusing that the “economy being too saturated” caused the targeting of ores and not the real problem: The Trade Routes.

Addressing a symptom doesn’t cure the disease, only masks it.

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[R.P.Curator]

Anyone math?
OF Bonus is +0.5 (only, tears galore!)
0.5 + Container = 1.5
1.5 Translates from 3 min > 1 min extra mining / 5ker
For an OF perk, IF IT WERE THE ONLY PERK, It would be a slap on the work put in to be OF - RP, PR, management, Activity.
But its not the only perk! That's the main issue.
OF have a lot of other perks and a +1 base +1 Container = +2 Mining Bonus for OF. Seems fair. Or not, when you have 3x + 2 = 5x. That's a lot of ore.
So, overall the -0.5 is acceptable, not palatable, but acceptable. There is math behind it. Ask for it.
If its not, then you can get you pitch and torches.

Laughs in code farmer for credits

Ugh, I can't believe I'm doing this. He has a valid point. Some encounters have a shit drop rate. Not good, mediocre or acceptable. Shit.
Please review and increase it. If you require a list of encounters that should get a 2.5% - 5% increase, let us know.
Thank you!

[Ashyur]

didn't knew deployable mining container gave bonus to mining

even if it did, why would you account for it ?in the old mining system it would mean you already mined too much before your friends returned, In the new one it can't be used since asteroid are too far away, which makes it irrelevant for this thread discussion

even more diminished returns to becoming an official factions or joining one is not something that's desirable, as it seemed it these posts above

[Lemon]

Good luck with those changes,
I feel that being in an official faction or creating one is no longer interesting.
Thank you for the bonus nerfing, or "balance" if you believe so.

Well - OF is neeed for unique factions that bring a new spin or just better/improved lore and take on the NPC faction than what's the indie default. Copy pasting the Indie ID and Lore has been more or less about a sub-forum and ego and minor perks but otherwise useless.

That might honestly not be such a bad thing

[TheKusari]

Good luck with those changes,
I feel that being in an official faction or creating one is no longer interesting.
Thank you for the bonus nerfing, or "balance" if you believe so.

Being an Official Faction isn't exclusively about the mining bonus though.

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Discovery's Best Faction:  Starfliers
Second Best: Liberty Navy 46th Fleet

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