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(01-27-2021, 09:59 PM)St.Denis Wrote: There has to be some kind of balance.
And there has to be some competition, or it's going to get very boring without opposition and the game will get stale. Because I know the Omicrons have, and no one mines relics anymore so I can't even steal them anymore.
Within my request, I did mention about lowering the mining rate if deemed too high, because the end outcome was to still to do operations in regards to something that is still relevant to our faction, which is obviously focused on alien stuff, so it'd make sense they'd wanna hoard it, especially now that IRG allies are gone (and the fact that they might delete AI ID) so there's no mining collaborators. And it'd more than likely generate activity and competition to the area, because people will try to stop us. Simple competition.
Even if Mollys were the best miners, they're not the best haulers, and their target audience for mining would be limited -- unlawfuls can't dock at lawful stations (highest sellpoints) anyway. I agree that they shouldn't have the highest rate and that the mining specialists should get the highest rates. But the opposition shouldn't be neutered entirely, otherwise what's the point? Why stop another form of activity?