Topic: Finding resources
Been playing for about 2 weeks now. Harvesting is easy, you can see where the good spots are but locating resources under the ground is more tricky.
So far I have been deploying in a fast bot with plenty of area based charges of various ores/liquids and systematically surveying large tracts of land. When I have found an area with a good percentage of ore/liquid I have noted what sort of characteristics the landscape has (slope, plants, buildings, proximity to water, terrain texture) and tried to work out whether these have any bearing on where I might find similar resources. I've surveyed only on alpha islands but have tried all over.
All to no avail. I'm finding it very hard to work out and resources almost impossible to find. Am I going about this the right way? Will persistence pay off?