Artisan Archive
Thread: We need a way to let us know when resources shift...
I agree on both.
Yeh, they should send you an email when the harvester stops. This has been discussed for months though with no real attention from the devs. It's their way of giving you something to do.
On the other hand, yes, it gives you something to do instead of sitting around waiting on your emails. When I first begun a long, long time ago I was against the whole shifting thing. Now I can see why they did it and agree with their methods. It keeps people from sitting on good resources forever.
Only thing you can do is stay on top of it. I usually put enough maintenance in my harvesters for 3 days and check them every 3 days. Therefore if something shifts you're not losing that much in maintenance. Or do what I did and get someone to mine full-time for you so you don't hve to worry about it.
Open your survey tools anywhere on the planet and it will show you whether the resources you were mining on that planet are still there or not.