Layla
Running with Dogs Stella Nova
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Posted - 2017.03.24 09:32:04 -
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IGÇÖve been in this game continuously since the beginning and have spent a LOT of time doing moon mining and reactions. IGÇÖm currently the manager of a sizeable moon mining and reaction operation in null sec. These are my comments:
1.Dynamic moons that run out of materials slowly would be good for the game. The current moons are too static. A new role for explorers is available here.
2.The idea of pulling a chunk of the moon towards the drilling platform to create a mineable debris field sounds great. Visually exciting.
3.The idea that this field then needs to be mined in a conventional way with mining barges, etc I am not so happy with. Null-sec alliances have widely spread moon mining operations at present. Moving mining fleets around from one moon to another is not going to be practical. The idea only works if you think that corps/alliances only have a very few moons. Null-sec alliances have dozens of moons.
4.In my experience there is a broad separation between mainly pvp players and miners. You wonGÇÖt get many pvpers into mining barges. They will hate it. But most of the null sec moons feed the coffers of pvp alliances to allow them to make war, which creates the demand for industry.
5.I would suggest that you need to have some middle ground to allow corps that own moons to have an ability to continue to manage moons with relatively few personnel.
6.May I suggest the use of mining drones launched from the drilling platforms and controlled by a player to mine the debris fields. This operation would yield lower resources than a full-on mining barge fleet. Drones could be attacked in the usual ways and use of area-based weapons from the drilling platforms would also affect/destroy said mining drones.
7.May I also suggest that the yields from the moon debris fields are varied in content, much like conventional asteroid belts. Currently each moon usually has only one, maybe two, useful products. Each moon debris field would have multiple resource asteroids in varying quantities. So a moon might primarily yield asteroids containing hafnium, but with a mixture of other asteroids in the debris field yielding other moon goo in much smaller quantities.
8.May I also suggest that the distribution of moon goo throughout the universe is spread more evenly, especially the regional moon goos, such as titanium, cobalt, tungsten, etc. Null-sec alliances shouldnGÇÖt have to go to empire to be able to produce their ships. They should be able to have the resources in null sec to operate almost independent of hisec.
I am looking forward to these exciting changes and ready to adapt our operations to them. I hope you will consider these suggestions.
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