Mining feels terrible

[AEROBICIDE]

fix it thx

[Klandor]

So much detail. So fascinating. Care to elaborate?!?

IMHO, while mining is a bit of a grind, it's not as bad as some other games, Minecraft to name one and Hydroneer to name another. At least, similar to Minecraft, one is dealing with Blocks and Voxels, rather than scoops of Dirt like Hydroneer. You also have QB1, that can locate Ore for you. Dirt that you mine can be turned into Clay. I think the biggest issue, that will be at least partially resolved when the Full Release comes out, is that we're stuck with a Mining Laser T1. The T2 will probably be faster and easier.

In addition to QB1, we also have the Scanner (the Q button, once you've built it). I generally will be looking for T2 Ores. I'll have QB1 locate it, and then, after I've retrieved it, I'll use the Scanner AT THE LOCATION I found the Ore, because there's a chance that there is more Ore in a radius around it...

[AEROBICIDE]

Originally posted by Klandor:

So much detail. So fascinating. Care to elaborate?!?

IMHO, while mining is a bit of a grind, it's not as bad as some other games, Minecraft to name one and Hydroneer to name another. At least, similar to Minecraft, one is dealing with Blocks and Voxels, rather than scoops of Dirt like Hydroneer. You also have QB1, that can locate Ore for you. Dirt that you mine can be turned into Clay. I think the biggest issue, that will be at least partially resolved when the Full Release comes out, is that we're stuck with a Mining Laser T1. The T2 will probably be faster and easier.

In addition to QB1, we also have the Scanner (the Q button, once you've built it). I generally will be looking for T2 Ores. I'll have QB1 locate it, and then, after I've retrieved it, I'll use the Scanner AT THE LOCATION I found the Ore, because there's a chance that there is more Ore in a radius around it...

ye this

[Klandor]

Well, then you'll have to wait for the Full Release. I do not know if any date has been selected, yet, but there is no way to CONSTRUCT a Mining Laser T2. It *MAY* be possible to FIND one in a Chest at Pirate Bases scattered around the World, but I don't know of any other way...

[Symbiotech]

You can upgrade to the T2 mining drill at the armory workbench. Or you can go hunting and find a T1 drill that is upgraded a bit. I found one that was Almost as good as a T2.

[Quagimus Decimus]

Originally posted by Klandor:

So much detail. So fascinating. Care to elaborate?!?

IMHO, while mining is a bit of a grind, it's not as bad as some other games, Minecraft to name one and Hydroneer to name another. At least, similar to Minecraft, one is dealing with Blocks and Voxels, rather than scoops of Dirt like Hydroneer. You also have QB1, that can locate Ore for you. Dirt that you mine can be turned into Clay. I think the biggest issue, that will be at least partially resolved when the Full Release comes out, is that we're stuck with a Mining Laser T1. The T2 will probably be faster and easier.

In addition to QB1, we also have the Scanner (the Q button, once you've built it). I generally will be looking for T2 Ores. I'll have QB1 locate it, and then, after I've retrieved it, I'll use the Scanner AT THE LOCATION I found the Ore, because there's a chance that there is more Ore in a radius around it...

The scanner is the most needed quality of life improvement in this genre. Takes so much guess work out of the game leaving you with much more time on more enjoyable activites than just the ore grind.

[NordicNugz]

I will say that I hope there are ways to increase the amount of ores you can get in late stage gameplay. While having the droid scanner locate ore for you is incredibly helpful, this type of mining would be mind numbingly grindy at late stage gameplay.

[slykillall1]

the mining actually feels great. could cluster the ores together a little more and perhaps eventually we will know which biome/depth certain ores are at instead of what feels like anywhere?

[MadDawg2552]

Originally posted by NordicNugz:

I will say that I hope there are ways to increase the amount of ores you can get in late stage gameplay.

As you level up the mining skill, you get more ore per node. At level 2 (max in the demo), I'm already getting double-drops from most nodes.