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Right! So I've been pondering ore some more, and Uranium alone isn't quite going to cut it. I'm really happy to see a resurgent PFI faction, and Poole is where the action's at. Or rather, it isn't, because despite being a hub of PFI bases (and a mining operation) there's no reason to go there.
Currently, Fluorine Gas is just your average commodity with no real draw to it. It's basically Iridium - a standard commodity that can be mined, but there's literally no point to doing so because you can buy it dirt cheap from the station next door. It's got exactly the same profit margins as any other commodity, so why would anyone go through the hassle of detouring from their standard route to go and pick it up?
There's been a scandalously wasted opportunity here, one that could benefit Planetform immensely.
1) Remove Florine as a commodity from Methyr-Tydfill Mining Station. Replace it with Terraforming Gases or something, I don't really care. Or just a non-ore variant, I dunno. Bit like Aluminium/Aluminium Ore.
2) Give Fluorine ore status, and provide Planetform with exclusive 4.0 mining bonuses on the standard array of ships, including the Clydesdale (same as BMM).
3) Add low sellpoints to Douglas Station in Bretonia. Add medium sellpoints to Planet Harris and California Minor. Add high sellpoints to Cold Bay Depot and Planet Miura. Sorted.
Jep... noticing that you ponder stuff connected to PFI :
what about alien organisms ?
I tried mining some scruffies near the Shrine in Baffin just a moment ago, to no avail.
Is the stuff a mineable commodity Y / N ?
Or are we all supposed to fly to Kurile and buy it there.... ?
Same as with Iridium and Fluorine I suppose,
even though it´s included in the mining review.
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(04-09-2015, 04:02 PM)nOmnomnOm Wrote: Sounds like it can work.
Where would it be mined? Also in reference to I am guessing the Gaians and the Mollys?
There's already a massive ice cloud in Poole that drops Fluorine as a commodity. The issue with that is outlined above.
(04-09-2015, 04:04 PM)Snak3 Wrote: What about all other factions with no real hook a.k.a mining?
How is that even relevant? The point of this thread is that there is a faction that can receive a big boost from a logical and extremely simple tweak. Is the implied argument there, "this shouldn't happen until everyone else can have something too?"
(04-09-2015, 04:04 PM)Snak3 Wrote: What about all other factions with no real hook a.k.a mining?
One step at a time i guess but bretonia DOES need some more activity.
But jammi are we just bolting out on gold in Dublin?
but i guess when it was buffed prices then no one still touched it much. Or am i wrong?
I'd like to see more bret miners down there or in the other gold ore area.
Edit: Also for the post above.
Those are shipping companies. not mining ones.