R4tt3xx
I want to believe
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- Alexis Sky Greenstar
Greetings all
I have been mining for quite a while now, well since open beta and have noticed some significant changes regarding mining, one of the biggest ones is that actual areas have different concentrations of resources
Depending on the resource concentration the distance between claims will obviously change, this does not take into account density which will be discussed separately. So how do we find areas with high concentration. Simple...
Here is an easy to understand grid
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Each "!" represents a claim, the total size of this grid is 1km by 1km, the concentration is 100% and the density is 1 ped per claim, total resources = 100ped . We have 100 claims in this 1km area so the average distance between them will be 100m.1000 / 100^(1/2) If the concentration was say at 6%, ie 6 points per 1km, the distance between will be 1000 / 6^(1/2) = 408m
To obtain the correct concentration of resources in an area is not too hard depending on how accurate you wish to be. 7 probes should be good enough to determine the concentration.
Allow me to explain. First we test at 100% concentration, If we miss, we test half of that ie 50%, if we miss drop down to 25%, once you hit, add half the current percentage to your current percentage and test again, if you miss subtract half the next percentage, 7 probes is all it takes to get an accurate reading within 1.5%
Of course this post has dire consequences, first of all it only deals with concentration not density, which I am going to use to represent the average size of a claim. I am pretty confident that the 1km size of the each cell is correct.
Onto the consequences, miners will become smarter, checking their cells and only mining the ones with highest concentrations, I do not know how the recharging of these cells would work so I will check the cells that I typically mine for high concentrations first, it may be that only by seeding cells, ie adding to its concentration by literally spending ped on it without obtaining a claim, would increase both the concentration and density. If this is true we will have some truly dry spots.
I am taking a risk by actually posting this information as it will change the mining patterns of most miners for which it makes sense to, and who knows, perhaps miners will come to accept the spiral idea as plausable, but more on that a bit later.
Cheers for now, please comment below.
R4t
I have been mining for quite a while now, well since open beta and have noticed some significant changes regarding mining, one of the biggest ones is that actual areas have different concentrations of resources
Depending on the resource concentration the distance between claims will obviously change, this does not take into account density which will be discussed separately. So how do we find areas with high concentration. Simple...
Here is an easy to understand grid
!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!
Each "!" represents a claim, the total size of this grid is 1km by 1km, the concentration is 100% and the density is 1 ped per claim, total resources = 100ped . We have 100 claims in this 1km area so the average distance between them will be 100m.1000 / 100^(1/2) If the concentration was say at 6%, ie 6 points per 1km, the distance between will be 1000 / 6^(1/2) = 408m
To obtain the correct concentration of resources in an area is not too hard depending on how accurate you wish to be. 7 probes should be good enough to determine the concentration.
Allow me to explain. First we test at 100% concentration, If we miss, we test half of that ie 50%, if we miss drop down to 25%, once you hit, add half the current percentage to your current percentage and test again, if you miss subtract half the next percentage, 7 probes is all it takes to get an accurate reading within 1.5%
Of course this post has dire consequences, first of all it only deals with concentration not density, which I am going to use to represent the average size of a claim. I am pretty confident that the 1km size of the each cell is correct.
Onto the consequences, miners will become smarter, checking their cells and only mining the ones with highest concentrations, I do not know how the recharging of these cells would work so I will check the cells that I typically mine for high concentrations first, it may be that only by seeding cells, ie adding to its concentration by literally spending ped on it without obtaining a claim, would increase both the concentration and density. If this is true we will have some truly dry spots.
I am taking a risk by actually posting this information as it will change the mining patterns of most miners for which it makes sense to, and who knows, perhaps miners will come to accept the spiral idea as plausable, but more on that a bit later.
Cheers for now, please comment below.
R4t