Or they could slightly increase the range that containers are accessable from, 2-3m would actually be enough, to allow miners to reach an additional row of tiles in each direction.

It also means that you will still have to move your miner around to get to ore which is something it looks like the devs want; that is players being more active when mining.

The work around, which is to drop a second canister and transfer ore 7U at a time is additional tedium that is NOT needed.

If NIC sink is the issue, create a second field container type at 10k with greater range. Or add a skill that allows you to access a container from a greater distance. 1m per point.

The game plays like this, but I want it to play like THIS.

When everything is abundant there is little conflict.

The one great tool the Dev's have for controlling the meta game, alliances, are resources.

But even without that, if you read through the forums, the limited outposts have been major players in the internal alliance conflicts; even though they have no real strategic value.

Previously Norhoop alliance worked because there was plenty of resources, there was no reason to fight over prime spots since a single Red Epitron tile could be mined for hours. Technically the only reason to fight at all was for fun or an outpost.

Without conflict the game stagnates.

I think everyone will agree, the most excitement happens when there is strife in an alliance, and a member breaks off and stirs things up.

As of now there are still alot of spare minerals floating around the system, but once those are depleated the cost of everything will go up and alliances will be stressed.