Automated mining

[Bai]

Just me or is this the best Breakthrough second to none? I feel like it should be more of a late tech then a breaktrhough.

[Mansen]

I consider it completely gamebreakingly OP... which is why I've made my own Sponsor that is themed around heavy mining. Very hard Russia like start, but with the Breakthrough Tech unlocked every time from the start.

[Ogami]

Yeah, i got it at day 25 and it was a total game changer. Running 7 rare metal mining stations by now, bringing in 25+ rare metals a day. Cant keep up with the rockets to ship the stuff to earth for money.

Its definitely a extremely useful tech, not even because of the human workers you dont need but because you dont need a dome nearby.

[Eruannon]

It stacks way too well with Depleted Mining breakthrough as well; in effect forcing you only to provide energy, which you can do easily given amount of rare metals you can mine out from basically any node even after depletion, to the point where colonists are unnecessary inconvenience, especially once you research and deploy space elevator.