Mining useless after hotspot nerf

[mommy? (STEVE)]

Is mining Low temp diamonds and opals completely useless now? It seems like it.
I guess fun was detected and then ruined. typical.

[Elitewrecker PT]

Still in best earners, just not overwhelmingly.

[mommy? (STEVE)]

Originally posted by Elitewrecker PT:

Still in best earners, just not overwhelmingly.

Me and my pal spent roughly one and a half hours and did not find a single deposit

[Elitewrecker PT]

I meant mining in general, but as far as I know LTDs and Opals aren't the best anymore.
Not finding a single deposit in 90min is sketchy though.

[mommy? (STEVE)]

Just did what we always had.
Seems like all fun has been stamped out of this game for the sake of keeping people grinding for literal hundreds of hours.

[<Caeris↝]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_fhtCCNxAY

[Elitewrecker PT]

Originally posted by i have lost a lot of money:

Just did what we always had.
Seems like all fun has been stamped out of this game for the sake of keeping people grinding for literal hundreds of hours.

Grinding diamonds for hundreds of hours would be many billions worth.

[Agony_Aunt]

The favourite has changed. Its now Palladium and Musgravite now IIRC.

This is the problem when you only look at guides which can be out of date rather than looking at trade prices and trying out different things yourself.

[JL::Jose-Juan Kenobi]

What hotspot nerf, what happened?
I haven't mined in a few weeks but had no issues with Serendibite, musgravite, even Void Opals.

[Elitewrecker PT]

You casually mentioned the two old favourites minerals.

[Elitewrecker PT]

Originally posted by JL::Jose-Juan Kenobi:

What hotspot nerf, what happened?
I haven't mined in a few weeks but had no issues with Serendibite, musgravite, even Void Opals.

It was months ago.

[JL::Jose-Juan Kenobi]

Originally posted by Elitewrecker PT:

Originally posted by JL::Jose-Juan Kenobi:

What hotspot nerf, what happened?
I haven't mined in a few weeks but had no issues with Serendibite, musgravite, even Void Opals.

It was months ago.

You mean the one mainly targeting Painite? Constantly getting 900k per ton for Painite was ludicrous really, I was able to milk it just for a short while :-)

[Delta Green]

Musgravite was around 1 million per ton yesterday, though it has dropped to around 800k hours later. Alexandrite was also high along with Serendibite. Fact is, prices change due to supply and demand, and continuing to think only Opals and Diamonds are the way to go is a little naive.

Thanks to my new Fleet Carrier, I am now storing anything from Alexandrite, Benitoite, Grandidierite, Low Temperature Diamonds, Monazite, Musgravite, Painite, Platinum, Rhodplumsite, Serendibite and Void Opals, and waiting for another price spike on any of these soon. With over 100 tons of Musgravite farmed in the last two evenings, this should be a nice little earner.

[Pike1263]

Asteroid fields can become depleted. Always check EDDB for pristine bodies...it usually works pretty good. I find mining to be lucrative enough as it should be.
What I find ludicrous is the combat payout and leveling. Even after the buff, I don't feel combat pays nearly enough for the time and effort invested. And trying to level combat is a joke. The game is based on economy...except for leveling combat which is based on points and like the payout, you don't get much. I spend an hour doing combat, make about 5 - 8 million credits and my combat rank goes up 3%...whoohooo...not. And, yes, that's killing plenty of equal and higher ranked pilots.
Makes no sense to me so I gravitate towards other "career" choices in the game and only do combat related activities when the mood strikes.

[Veeshan]

This might sound crazy but some people have fun engaging with the economic gameplay, rather than bypassing it with out of scale earnings. Weird, I know. Imagine playing a game for the gameplay rather than to mark off some accomplishment.

[van Leeuwenhoek's mustache]

@Agony_Aunt

I wouldn't bother replying, the OP is obviously more interested in bashing ED and insulting those who try to help than actually listening to advice.

I was going to offer my 2 cents, but tbh, doesn't look like the OP deserves it.