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Thread: Mining Lasers, and why they should be changed!
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zakalex
Fri Oct 21, 2005 2:39 pm
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Fadedhunter wrote:
Hey, was just wondering what the devs were thinking when doing the mining lasers. It would be common sense to make the lasers absorb more as the level of them increased....such as mining laser lvl 1 brings in 10ore a roid killed...lvl 2 20..lvl 3 30 or 40...and the PoB or Y-8's bring in like 100.....the guns should bring in atleast somewhat close to half a percent of the largest cargohold for said ship. Right now per roid killed my mining lasers lvl 3 bring in 1% to 2% on a 1550 cargohold. While being an improvement Y-8 still would take 8hrs or more to fill its cargo hold where as i could get 40,000 in about 3hrs with my fighter. Where is the balancing or atleast somewhat up to par with what it should be.....very silly indeed for devs.
Message Edited by Fadedhunter on 10-21-2005 12:46 PM
I'm using a level 3 mining laser on my Krayt and using my tractor beam to pull in the smaller pieces I can pull in usually about 5% of my 1550 hold per medium I break off. The technique I use is to fly up,about 20-30m, behindthe medium asteroid and start up the tractor beam, then firing one shot at a time with the laser. After about 3-4 shots the medium breaks up and my tractor beam sucks almost all the smalls in one go.
Fadedhunter
Sat Oct 22, 2005 12:44 am
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Hey, was just wondering what the devs were thinking when doing the mining lasers. It would be common sense to make the lasers absorb more as the level of them increased....such as mining laser lvl 1 brings in 10ore a roid killed...lvl 2 20..lvl 3 30 or 40...and the PoB or Y-8's bring in like 100.....the guns should bring in atleast somewhat close to half a percent of the largest cargohold for said ship. Right now per roid killed my mining lasers lvl 3 bring in 1% to 2% on a 1550 cargohold. While being an improvement Y-8 still would take 8hrs or more to fill its cargo hold where as i could get 40,000 in about 3hrs with my fighter. Where is the balancing or atleast somewhat up to par with what it should be.....very silly indeed for devs .
.Forgot to mention that for some stupid reason lvl 1 mining lasers mine as much as a Y-8 Elite top of the line Mining laser. Yes theres more dmg but once you get 1 mining laser lvl 3 on your ship you don't need much more dmg just to pop off a chunk to destroy, as well as howmuch tractor beams suck lol!
Message Edited by Fadedhunter on 10-21-2005 12:46 PM
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