Well there would be catching up if you know....the vets here actually played the game and didn't have egos too big to pvp beyond random harassment skirmishes.
But ego is more important than game enjoyment.
Also who cares about mining amount? Every damn ore in game is sitting there in infinite amounts....never ending ore spawns....and the vast majority in locations where there is ZERO risk to anything, not even red mobs anymore.
All you have to do is be active and the small amount mined that got nerfed doesn't even matter....
Hell the new players are all bragging about how almost every member of theirs is an indy only account....they should be rolling in the ores with more than enough left over to barter for whatever EPI they cant ninja.
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