Deep mining license

[SQQisMommy]

I worked for the last couple hours to get a deep mining license and create a deep mine elevator. Only to find out I need to buy a "deep mining pass" from John that lasts for literally ONE pass into the mine. Which by the way, NO ONE WOULD EVER BE PREPARED FOR THE 10 BATS AND CROCODILE THAT ATTACKS YOU DOWN THERE, IN PITCH BLACK. So when you go back up to make torches and a weapon, you find out that you need to wait until tomorrow to BUY ANOTHER MINING PASS THAT COSTS 25,000 "dinks"

Please explain how this is supposed to be fun for the player? To pay hundreds of thousands of gold and RARE HARD TO FIND MATERIALS only to be told that you have to pay 25,000 dinks to go down there every day, and even then, you need weapons and torches and a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ of other materials that no one ever warned you about.

This kind of ♥♥♥♥ is why I never load into a game again. If I could get a refund I would. Rethink this daily mining pass. Especially since I had to pay 250,000+ just to open it.

Please explain why you think this kind of gameplay is fun or why you think players would want to come back.

Edit - I'd like to apologize for the tone and language I used in this post. I was pretty deep in the throes of grandpa's cough medicine if you get what I'm saying. I'm still annoyed that there is a daily mining pass but other than that, I am enjoying the game a lot.

[Bad Cookies]

Yeah I was kinda upset about the pass but im still building my mine so i didnt get to the point where you are. Glad you took that hit before me because I would have been pissed lol. Thanks for the info though.

[SQQisMommy]

Yea glad I could save you the frustration.

[sapling]

Yeah I was pretty upset when I found out it has a per use cost too... makes me not want to use it and am not very excited about building it.

[Tenoshii]

There's another post on the front page that goes into more detail, but basically with some preparation you can easily make more than the cost of the license back with what you can obtain from the mines (though there is some RNG involved).

[antiphon]

Originally posted by imbadatgames:

I worked for the last couple hours to get a deep mining license and create a deep mine elevator. Only to find out I need to buy a "deep mining pass" from John that lasts for literally ONE pass into the mine. Which by the way, NO ONE WOULD EVER BE PREPARED FOR THE 10 BATS AND CROCODILE THAT ATTACKS YOU DOWN THERE, IN PITCH BLACK. So when you go back up to make torches and a weapon, you find out that you need to wait until tomorrow to BUY ANOTHER MINING PASS THAT COSTS 25,000 "dinks"

Please explain how this is supposed to be fun for the player? To pay hundreds of thousands of gold and RARE HARD TO FIND MATERIALS only to be told that you have to pay 25,000 dinks to go down there every day, and even then, you need weapons and torches and a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ of other materials that no one ever warned you about.

This kind of ♥♥♥♥ is why I never load into a game again. If I could get a refund I would. Rethink this daily mining pass. Especially since I had to pay 250,000+ just to open it.

Please explain why you think this kind of gameplay is fun or why you think players would want to come back.

If you upgraded treasure detection to rank 2, if you spend a few minutes digging up treasure that's easily spottable(not in the mine), you can easily make the 25k back.

[steve]

I think i will wait as well for a change in the way it's done.

[kommiekat]

I am hoping the developer can create some sort of passive mode. 3 times I spent the dinks to go down the mine and 3 times I passed out because there is a black creature spewing fire at me the second the doors open in the mine. I'm not good with killing these creatures and usually run away to avoid them, but I have no where to go and I'm pretty much done for.

This and the cost per day have pretty much soured me ever going down there again, which means now I will have to save up and buy the quarry so I can at least slowly acquire some iron.

I'm pretty disappointed.

[F4freddy]

Originally posted by antiphon:

Originally posted by imbadatgames:

I worked for the last couple hours to get a deep mining license and create a deep mine elevator. Only to find out I need to buy a "deep mining pass" from John that lasts for literally ONE pass into the mine. Which by the way, NO ONE WOULD EVER BE PREPARED FOR THE 10 BATS AND CROCODILE THAT ATTACKS YOU DOWN THERE, IN PITCH BLACK. So when you go back up to make torches and a weapon, you find out that you need to wait until tomorrow to BUY ANOTHER MINING PASS THAT COSTS 25,000 "dinks"

Please explain how this is supposed to be fun for the player? To pay hundreds of thousands of gold and RARE HARD TO FIND MATERIALS only to be told that you have to pay 25,000 dinks to go down there every day, and even then, you need weapons and torches and a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ of other materials that no one ever warned you about.

This kind of ♥♥♥♥ is why I never load into a game again. If I could get a refund I would. Rethink this daily mining pass. Especially since I had to pay 250,000+ just to open it.

Please explain why you think this kind of gameplay is fun or why you think players would want to come back.

If you upgraded treasure detection to rank 2, if you spend a few minutes digging up treasure that's easily spottable(not in the mine), you can easily make the 25k back.

Treasure detection with rank 2 has definitely been the most lucrative option to making dinks. In a few days you can amass a fortune.

[Vanico]

The repair bench is the same too... 60k to buy it... but it costs 30k to use it every time lol WTF

[jdhlsc169]

Yeah, I'm not doing this. I will wait and revisit the game if it ever changes. Same with the repair bench when I read about it. You shouldn't need a repair kit to fix your equipment, especially after paying 60k for it. A piece of ore or a bar should do the trick.

[Bad Cookies]

Im making a killing in the mine now, but it all depends on if you get a good generated map when you get in. my last mine trip I made over 60k from caging animals while mining. killing bats is a great way to raise your fighting skill. i raised mine from basic weapons to iron in two mining trips. I beat up the dog animal and cage it and bring it to inside of the elevator and leave it there, those are worth 12k each. The glowing crocks are worth 9k. bring some cages while mining will easily made your 25k back. The problem is if doing all that leaves you enough time to get in a good mining session while you are down there.

[jessesgirl29]

I really don't like how they did the mines.I hope they change this,it cost way too much.

[antiphon]

Originally posted by jdhlsc169:

Yeah, I'm not doing this. I will wait and revisit the game if it ever changes. Same with the repair bench when I read about it. You shouldn't need a repair kit to fix your equipment, especially after paying 60k for it. A piece of ore or a bar should do the trick.

Have to agree on this, especially hate that you have to try to wear out all the iron equipment equally to maximize the worth of the repair kit. I'd gladly pay a single bar of the item's type to repair it back to full.

[antiphon]

Originally posted by kommiekat:

I am hoping the developer can create some sort of passive mode. 3 times I spent the dinks to go down the mine and 3 times I passed out because there is a black creature spewing fire at me the second the doors open in the mine. I'm not good with killing these creatures and usually run away to avoid them, but I have no where to go and I'm pretty much done for.

This and the cost per day have pretty much soured me ever going down there again, which means now I will have to save up and buy the quarry so I can at least slowly acquire some iron.

I'm pretty disappointed.

To kill any enemy in this game, all you have to do is run in a circle around it, then hit it when it goes to attack. That's the winning strategy for every single monster in the game, with the exception of when the glow alligator spews spores, which you just run away from. I have yet to come even close to dying yet.

My biggest gripe is how dark it is and not having the ability to recharge my luckily obtained miner's hat. It stresses me out to even be down in the mines, and adding the cost of it on top of that - I get the complaints.

[FriendCalledFive]

Yeah, I have a mine built, but stuff like this makes me now want to go down there. Between the mining pass and repair kit prices, the economy of the game is just out of whack.