Topic: [idea] New form of mining
i dont know how you guys see it. but mining is one of the most boring things in the game. besides it does not realy require a lot of attention. but you need to do a few clicks here and there all the time. maybe some ppl like this while watching a movie or doing something else, i just dont see here any real fun in it. its a "nessessary evil" and a annoyance.
you need to to it but the thing itself is no fun. no action and i personaly think should be replaced with somthing diffrent.
so here is the idea:
instead of a mining bot that stands on a spot why not drop a "mining robot" out of your cargo. lets call it "mining robot", we allso could call it "pos" or "pbs" or whatever. its just a thing that stands on a spot and will mine this field in a certain area.
you could do this with the same skills and you could even have diffrents of these "mining bots" you could also make it fitable. so you can use the same mechanics you have in mining right now. you can fit it you can build it, you can destroy it, but you dont have to be there physicaly with your character while it works.
of cource it needs a realy big cargo just like a container.
im not giving anything how fast this will mine, how long it will be operational or how large the area will be where it will mine. this is a thing of ballanceing i dont want to point out here. of cource you would only be allowed to have one active one out in the field per character. call it a remote contol and that needs some of your sparks data prcessing ability and that is limited...
you also could go on and make some comination of this with actual combat. (yes i have seen something like that in another game.
so you can have some special high yield "mining bots" that will atract the attention of the nians. so npcs will spawn and attack that "mining bot". and it will be your job or the one of your corp to defend it. you can do it in diffrent scales. so small ones you can do solo with a bit better yield up to a high end with lots more yield ant you will need quite a good squad to defend it. of cource you will also have loot form the npcs. but you also need a reward for the defending ppl.
i personaly think this will make mining way less boring and everything else way more intresting.
/discuss