Ah this is not really a reply to the topics of this thread, but just a quick thought.
I don't see flying meteorites in the game. Is there ores in real meteors? It would be fun if we can chase around these fast orbitting meteors and mine them for high level ores.
Mining rework thread
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That would be a great idea. Maybe once in a while, you would be going around in a system, and an alert would pop up on your screen saying something like: "Meteor storm incoming" or "High amounts of ore in incoming meteor shower", and if your quick enough you can find the meteor shower and fly after them, shooting your mining laser in hope to get some valuable ore.stealthx wrote:Ah this is not really a reply to the topics of this thread, but just a quick thought.
I don't see flying meteorites in the game. Is there ores in real meteors? It would be fun if we can chase around these fast orbitting meteors and mine them for high level ores.
Darn Pods >:(
You mean something like this? The Crocodile Dundee approach to mining:
The SFw42 Maelstrom EM pulse emitter shakes the ore from the asteroids using the power of several mining masers. Ore clumps will be jumping from the asteroids wholesale.
Caution: Not for use in populated areas of space.
In game terms: Circular passthrough, good fire rate and large area of effect;
DMG:laser 1, beacause if I put 0, the mining attribute has no effect.
And it's power hungry and high level (after Charon) so you don't use it for fighting. Also, it's notrandom, quest and external - so you really don't use it for fighting (unless you have Longzhu's and massive shields).
I've been testing for a while, even before 1.03 and these nice new ore scanners were released (as the Total VUI scanner didn't work for me in 1.02).
It's still too powerful against Pteravores so I'm working on nerfing its tactical capabilities.
The SFw42 Maelstrom EM pulse emitter shakes the ore from the asteroids using the power of several mining masers. Ore clumps will be jumping from the asteroids wholesale.
Caution: Not for use in populated areas of space.
In game terms: Circular passthrough, good fire rate and large area of effect;
DMG:laser 1, beacause if I put 0, the mining attribute has no effect.
And it's power hungry and high level (after Charon) so you don't use it for fighting. Also, it's notrandom, quest and external - so you really don't use it for fighting (unless you have Longzhu's and massive shields).
I've been testing for a while, even before 1.03 and these nice new ore scanners were released (as the Total VUI scanner didn't work for me in 1.02).
It's still too powerful against Pteravores so I'm working on nerfing its tactical capabilities.
Something a bit less excessive 
Some mining weapon with a bit wider spreading fire would help.
I usually mine in the freighter and because of its rather limited maneuverability I find it pretty uncomfortable having to re-align every 5-8 mining laser shots...
Also something that does not could as "god modded".
How do you like the idea of an "omni mining" laser/plasma cannon in combination with an ore scanner - both using 0 device slots - that only fires at asteroid? (Basically the (ultra) auto miner already up on xelerus, but split into two devices and upgradable maybe two times.)
Some mining weapon with a bit wider spreading fire would help.
I usually mine in the freighter and because of its rather limited maneuverability I find it pretty uncomfortable having to re-align every 5-8 mining laser shots...
Also something that does not could as "god modded".
How do you like the idea of an "omni mining" laser/plasma cannon in combination with an ore scanner - both using 0 device slots - that only fires at asteroid? (Basically the (ultra) auto miner already up on xelerus, but split into two devices and upgradable maybe two times.)
CFG wrote:Something a bit less excessive
Some mining weapon with a bit wider spreading fire would help.
I usually mine in the freighter and because of its rather limited maneuverability I find it pretty uncomfortable having to re-align every 5-8 mining laser shots...
Also something that does not could as "god modded".
How do you like the idea of an "omni mining" laser/plasma cannon in combination with an ore scanner - both using 0 device slots - that only fires at asteroid? (Basically the (ultra) auto miner already up on xelerus, but split into two devices and upgradable maybe two times.)
Why not a mining charge? Deploys like a mine, and goes off with some form of area effect with mining. That would help make it harder to use in combat (especially with low damage, and a failsafe that arms the charge JUST before it times out and detonates..or even as a usable device that uses sysCreateWeaponfire)?
I can make one of those to try out, once I've finished the latest test version of my Mines and Missiles (which can conveniently be modified to create a mining device)
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So we have a concept for a cheap and common consumable mining charge. When you use it, it waits for X seconds and then goes boom....and the explosion mines asteroids near it. And your ship, if you don't get out of the way. Or possibly using either a hard-coded system, or scripted fragmentation to mean you can remote-detonate all your charges at once.
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It *should* be able to. If there's mining specified in the damage code. However....I've never seen ore come away after firing a missile with mining (and I've made several for testing purposes)alterecco wrote:i think it would be nice if it was a series of missiles that fit in the standard launchers. Not sure if a missile is able to mine though.
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