Pilot Archive
Thread: Ways to make the Y-8 a more capable mining vessel
You launch the mining monkeys at an asteroid, and if successful they begin mining it. If unsuccessful, the asteroid is left with a monkey-shaped red pattern on the side.
New profession: Monkey mining. The Effectiveness tree adds to the Monkey Mining Effectiveness, which determines if your monkeys successfully land on the asteroid. Mining tree adds to the rate of mining by the monkeys. Defences adds shields to your monkeys, so they can survive pirate attacks. Offense gives your Space Mining Monkeys small laser cannons and explosives, which they can use to repel attacking pirates and to help destroy asteroids.
New Species: Space Monkey. 'Nuff said.
i agree with all that. i love the new ship and hope they make some changes on it to make it mine better.
i think the easyest fix would be to be able to tractor in the first large chunks into the ship.
i would also like to see a button for tarteting the closest chunk its hard to find all the pieces when they fly in diffrent directions (maybe there is one could someone tell me plz)
the mulit-player ships seems to be the best for mining if you want to have a crew. might even be better if they made a foward gun on the MP ship like they did for the y-8. everyone has been wanting a forward gun on the MP ships since they came out
but for now the b-wing with 4 crafted Lvl 3 Mining lazers and crafted 1550 large cargo hold is working the best for me
AkymaCali wrote:
but for now the b-wing with 4 crafted Lvl 3 Mining lazers and crafted 1550 large cargo hold is working the best for me
This is a sick combo. We've been trying it out and it just spam's the space with asteroids.
My point. You should be able to do serious space mining solo. I don't see me getting a bunch of friends together for some space mining.
So to that end the y-8's front gun should be firable from the turret seat. This would allow you to "Pound" the asteroid to get more med.. Then the turret could make them smalls.
I'd love to have droid controllable tractor beams then pull in the itty bitty chunks.
or mount the tractor beam on the same turret so they can both be done together.
PhatCohiba wrote:
or mount the tractor beam on the same turret so they can both be done together.
That's actually a very good idea. Implement the possibility to mount both a mining laser and a tractor beam on each turret, and the Y-8 would be more useful.
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... But for now, I'd be happy if I could just launch the damn ship. 
.But regardless, you definitely have some good thoughts here. I'm especially supportive of adding more turrets... there's just no way the Y-8 will become more effecient than individual fighters unless it can multi-task the mining operation. Right now, the pilot has to shoot asteroids, blow apart chunks, then chase down small chunks while the turrets tractor them in, which is the exact same process as a fighter. Adding more turrets would let the pilot focus on spawning large chunks while his numerous gunners blew apart the existing ones, and tractors pulled them in. This would create a constant flurry of activity and is the only way the Y-8 will really become more efficient. It needs to be able to multi-task the operation!
I very much HATE forced grouping, it smells of new world order / communism.
And thus, (for me) the Y-8 mining vessel is nothing but a storage shed in space...
granted its cool looking inside, but being FORCED to take a team with you to mine..
how many friggen peeps are gonna say yah space minings the bomb, lets all go together
on that y-8 and domining as a team!!. lord knows it takes 34653645 pilots to play asteroids....
IMHO the Y-8 mining vessel is nothing but a huge chunk of space crappage and thats sad. 