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Drill Tweaks

Tweaks to make drills a viable option once more!

As the game progresses, it feels that most analog tools have slowly been losing their luster in preference over to the Matter Manipulator; while entirely normal, it certainly feels that drills have been left behind. This mod focuses on tweaking the drills to feel useful and become a REAL alternative to the fully-upgraded Matter Manipulator.

NEW PROPERTIES:

+ Durability of the drills has increased to 3000, from 1000.
+ Slight upgrade to their mining power, bumping each value by +0.5.
+ Slight upgrade to their mining speed, improving the fire speed to 0.75, from the default 1.
+ Area of mining has increased to 4x4, from the default 2x2.
+ Prices have been adjusted at the Ursa Miner to reflect the change.

The main basis of these buffs is mostly due to a couple of things, namely the fact that drills have quite a short range, relative low durability, and the Matter Manipulator does its job extremely well even from long distances. With these improvements, drills excel in short-distance mining and quick work while still retaining the element of durability and wear-and-tear. The Matter Manipulator now fills the niche in medium-to-long distance mining and decent work while being unbreakable.