To make drones mining decent again, I would like to suggest modifying the skill Drone Mining Specialization from a 2% per level (10% max) to a robust 3% - 5% per level (15%-25% max). This increase is to keep drones mildly interesting now that ORE Strip Miners and ORE Deep Cores seem to dominate mining currently.
No.
- First: All “specialization” skills give a further boost of 2% per skill level (as far as I know). Be it Guns, be it Missiles, be it Drones. There shouldn’t be an exception for Mining Drones.
- Second: Drones shouldn’t be more effective, because that would promote even more afk-gameplay by putting an Orca into a Belt and letting it mine afk while the user doesn’t need to care for it. It’s already done and it doesn’t need a boost.
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Mining drones are decent, as addition to mining lasers.
They’ll never replace other mining equipment, but they’re a nice boost when you’re on a rock using mining equipment anyway.