As from my point of few Mining 2.0 already made a HUGE change in a very positive way.
If you know how to mine correctly it will give you a nice profit.
Correct mining (or how I see it + making profit) can't be done between mobs at all.
So I mainly see a few groups of different miners here (no human is the same neither) :
- The hunters that drop a probe now and then between killing mobs
- Those with a high tiered up finders with lots of depth enhancers that run around in an area where they ever found some more rare ores.
- People running around in a mob free area and dropping probes while they have there fingers crossed, mostly with amps
- And then there is the real miner, watching his LBML, using the correct depth to find what he wants, always mining on his own in a mob free zone
I also think mining can be improved even more but there is still a long way to go.
Look at what resources we have out there that do not have a purpose anymore since no BP's dropping to use them, mainly looking at ark for mostly ark related enmatter and not to forget treasures. Why are people still mining for treasures? cause there is a demand for textures and that's it mostly.
Why is dunkel so hard to get??? Many miners I know want to buy the F-106 ... but they cannot be crafted cause of the lack of dunkel
And for depth ....
For now you only need mining over 800 depth for some more rare ores, no big deal getting them. So why you need a finder that goes 2K deep (besides bragging you can use it) ??? It only will make your run a lot more expensive with paying MU + depth enhancers and you might not find what you are looking for.
Agree, if I'm mining in a area where I know there are some rare ores, I use a few depth enhancers... like 5 to go to 1,2K depth to find some, so I pay an extra 2 depth enhancers in 100 drops, but I keep focusing on resources that are like 110-120% MU to give me more stability and profit for now.
Until all those problems with BP's and the use of some resources are handled, I'll just keep dropping probes
I also see a lot has changed since the new CEO in a very positive way.
MA you did a great job, also with mining 2.0 so keep up the good works !!!