Fast pickaxe

[NotACop]

I'm really struggling to like the game here. The foundation of it is great but the progression is off, significantly. The only way to get decent XP is by using the fast pickaxe. Also, the only decent way to mine is by using the fast pickaxe. Why is this faster than digging with an entire wheeled loader? I'm level 13 so I purchased the 600k truck with loans and to my surprise it's still less reliable than the fast pickaxe. Furthermore, making money is super bonked. Again, mining more valuable ores with the pickaxe gives way more money per hour than just using the wheeled loader on the same ore vein. I'm on the coal plant map. As well as every vehicle being upwards of 500k and each load is only worth 1k-3k. Doing assembly line work doesn't seem to increase profits by any reasonable margin, such as processing iron and coal into steel bars, and then into a product like steel rods. Idk why but steel rods is worth less than the 3 steel ingots used to make it. Adding in the cost of the equipment to do such there's no conceivable profit. So it's worth more to just sell the ore as is, or process into bars and ignore everything else. With fast XP and the low interest rates I still felt like progressing to a truck that's actually worth using would take 40+ hours. Am I doing something wrong? Does it improve? Because I really want to like this.

[Tattecko]

it has been improved a lot in Open Beta which will replace live version once all the necessary tweaks and adjustments are made . it is also more profitable to craft than selling just ore, and its more profitable to craft from scratch than buying material and then crafting.

[SongAngel]

I am a new player and I am also struggling with the fact that the machinery seems to be slower and less accurate that just using the fast pickaxe and doing it by hand. It could just be me and the fact that I'm new to the game. However I have a pretty good grasp on the excavator and loader and while they can move more material in each trip/scoop, I can still dig down pretty far in short order by hand. I welcome any suggestions but I'm starting to get the impression that the machines are kind of useless aside from the fun of operating them.

[muddy water]

you should work on the missions they give better xp quick and crafting things

[Be curious, not judgmental]

do missions + chop down trees + pickaxe + build = fast xp

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Originally posted by SongAngel:

I am a new player and I am also struggling with the fact that the machinery seems to be slower and less accurate that just using the fast pickaxe and doing it by hand. It could just be me and the fact that I'm new to the game. However I have a pretty good grasp on the excavator and loader and while they can move more material in each trip/scoop, I can still dig down pretty far in short order by hand. I welcome any suggestions but I'm starting to get the impression that the machines are kind of useless aside from the fun of operating them.

not wanting to sound rude but...
have you tried bigger machinery?....
you really should... but i get that you cant begin with every expensive machine, even more so if you started with 100k like me

"fast pickaxe" is slow asf compared to the bigger machines that can dig out a hole so big, you can get stuck with your current puny excavator :P

its quite literally a "sandbox" in every sense of the word as there are many different ways you can play this game

I went about differently with this game lol. i grinded making money with a fabrication shop, buying ore for cheap, and slowly making millions out of the big steel cubes.
its also slowly passively made me level up, as the workbenches themselves gives you xp.
even starting with 100k i managed to buy only workbenches and passively grind my way to millions.
while figuring out landscaping and mining, the workbenches would make me xp and money.
i think its a pretty optimal way to get money and xp in this game while also messing with machinery.


that and the above mentioned missions when you start gathering materials, money starts flowing in more and more as you dig/expand the fab shop and let the workbench fabricate steel cubes.
almost gives me satisfactory vibes xD
this game with automation would be insanely addicting lol.