Genesis Mining Drill - Is it worth it?

[MantelIndustyle]

So i made one of these and tried harvesting some minerals. If i look at sulfur: only stones were gathered. also, my inventory gets spammed with all kinds of berrys while mining. if i look towards obsidian it feels like the pickaxe is more efficient. Now i came to the question: Is this somewhat expensive device even worth it?
What are your experiences with it?

[MacDeltaOne]

The only advantage I have seen is weight reduction while it is equipped.

[Jimbodiah]

A pick/hatchet does the same job. A few patches ago they took away the ability to harvest meat/hide off corpses, kind of making it less useful. It's faster than using a pick, but I have some 700+ tools on ragna that will two-chop a rich metal node.

Harvest rate is the same for both, so not sure what the advantage is of this thing. You still need a chainsaw for wood/meat/hide/polymer, so I don't get why this thing was introduced.

[Vesuvius]

considering you can mine element shards with it.... and Ambergris

[GobboKirk]

Originally posted by Jimbodiah:

A pick/hatchet does the same job. A few patches ago they took away the ability to harvest meat/hide off corpses, kind of making it less useful. It's faster than using a pick, but I have some 700+ tools on ragna that will two-chop a rich metal node.

Harvest rate is the same for both, so not sure what the advantage is of this thing. You still need a chainsaw for wood/meat/hide/polymer, so I don't get why this thing was introduced.

It's basically a pickaxe on crack, just like chainsaw is a hatchet on crack.
I've always wanted something like this as an alternative, so thumbs up here.

[MantelIndustyle]

Originally posted by GobboKirk:

Originally posted by Jimbodiah:

A pick/hatchet does the same job. A few patches ago they took away the ability to harvest meat/hide off corpses, kind of making it less useful. It's faster than using a pick, but I have some 700+ tools on ragna that will two-chop a rich metal node.

Harvest rate is the same for both, so not sure what the advantage is of this thing. You still need a chainsaw for wood/meat/hide/polymer, so I don't get why this thing was introduced.

It's basically a pickaxe on crack, just like chainsaw is a hatchet on crack.
I've always wanted something like this as an alternative, so thumbs up here.

i would agree if it would be true. the chainsaw GREATLY increases the resources you gather. the mining drill doesnt.

[GobboKirk]

Originally posted by MantelIndustyle:

Originally posted by GobboKirk:

It's basically a pickaxe on crack, just like chainsaw is a hatchet on crack.
I've always wanted something like this as an alternative, so thumbs up here.

i would agree if it would be true. the chainsaw GREATLY increases the resources you gather. the mining drill doesnt.

True, at least for the higher tiered ones.
Cuts down on speed at least. Do wonder if there are higher tiered ones in the loot tables.

[MantelIndustyle]

didnt see any. i watched alot of loot crates being opened in videos and did quite a few myselfe, but no mining drill.
also: you should compare the following just to see how insane the chainsaw is: use a hatchet on 10 trees of the same kind. then do the same thing with the chainsaw. the biggest difficulty is not being overloaded when you do it with the chainsaw :D

[GobboKirk]

Hopefully they add one later.
Could do a similar setup as I do with chainsaw, pack of ankys instead of argents and fill em all :D

[Jimbodiah]

I spawned in a high grade mining tool, goes up to 280% damage but I don't see any extra resources vs the 100% one, it is just quite a bit faster. A 755% pick is faster and harvests more I get the impression.

Re element shard harvesting, you can do that just fine with a pick.

[GobboKirk]

Originally posted by Jimbodiah:

I spawned in a high grade mining tool, goes up to 280% damage but I don't see any extra resources vs the 100% one, it is just quite a bit faster. A 755% pick is faster and harvests more I get the impression.

Re element shard harvesting, you can do that just fine with a pick.

That's a shame really, seems hard to get decent BPs on Genesis already so gettng that pick could take a while as well.

[MantelIndustyle]

Originally posted by GobboKirk:

Originally posted by Jimbodiah:

I spawned in a high grade mining tool, goes up to 280% damage but I don't see any extra resources vs the 100% one, it is just quite a bit faster. A 755% pick is faster and harvests more I get the impression.

Re element shard harvesting, you can do that just fine with a pick.

That's a shame really, seems hard to get decent BPs on Genesis already so gettng that pick could take a while as well.

not only a while. i think if you only take genesis its impossible to get a decent pick (600+ dmg).
all you get from T3 lootcrates is apprentice stuff best case. even if you are lucky and got a 150% bp, with mindwipe and focal chili you will never exceed 300%. i think i will setup for longer farming tours and skill alot into melee dmg to get shards. since you dont have to dismount from the bloodstalker, you can gather as much as you want as long as you got pickaxes and the bloodstalker has enough weight.

[Robotron56]

Originally posted by Vesuvius:

considering you can mine element shards with it.... and Ambergris

I only get stone when i use it on the ambergris rocks.

[MantelIndustyle]

since you can use it while on dino, yes its worth it imo. you get the same weight reduce as the ankylo for items in it, but INCLUDING stone. so you can farm with a thylacoleo or rockdrake for excample. even the bloodstalker works good

[necaradan666]

Originally posted by MrWinston56:

Originally posted by Vesuvius:

considering you can mine element shards with it.... and Ambergris

I only get stone when i use it on the ambergris rocks.

Use a chainsaw on ambergris rocks instead.

[LefClickDrip]

100% its a beast and unlike anky it also gathers thatch in god mode only downside is the feul but rly for me hide and oil is unlimited