just like the gallente event, i am US TZ and there isnt any event ore left to mine by the time i get on. I’ve waited a week and i still cant do the event. Is there a reason CCP doesnt just use veldspar as the metric?? like what do they gain by making it a harder-to-get ore?
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Go mine the lowsec ore alternative. Or try doing hacking, event sites, or missions instead. You have plenty of options to fill out the event tree much quicker.
The NPC miners got it before you. I recommend shooting them.
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There is another problem as well with this event…same with the Gallente Election.
Ore m3 is not exactly a good metric. Gallente Election had Scordite for the highsec side of the mining. Scordite at 50,000m3 is nearly 300,000 units. (0.30M) and most belts in gallente highsec space at the time didn’t have it even enough to cover the event…which caused all kinds of stall out for players in the event. Gneiss was possible…but it was in two things in Gallente lowsec
- A) Anoms
- B) scan down “hidden mining sites.”
The only other source for Scordite was a mind bending issue…where one had to find Mordunium Deposits either in high or lowsec. Because only these sites had enough for that events mining track. It was a disaster, because fairly quickly after downtime the highsec belts and any highsec mordunium anoms were wiped out. It was bad. Some people had to find specific missions as well to get scordite which was also rather annoying.
Plagiolause has the same problem…but because its more spread out and common, you can find a spot here or there to mine it. And its 50,000m3 isn’t as teeth pulling as Scordite. But its still like 150,000 units (.15M) And even if you are using a Mackinaw which is only 44,000m3. You are going to be jet canning. The time to finish that track is absurd nearly 4-6 hours solo with max skills. You can try using T2, but the waste mechanics means you are losing so much ore you need to complete the track. Not worth it.
I was surprised FC (Formerly CCP) didn’t make a drop off location for all this ore to redeem for warpath per [block set of course] Because once you complete the mining track…its worthless. The Defense/War Grid + Defense Complex and the Exploration generate Warpath Intel. The Mining stuff is just a point accelerator and time waster.
I mean with the Shadow War, and the Drifter Crises we were turning in mineable materials for turn ins or progression for some campaign. This system isn’t ideal putting it mildly. And I wish Fenris would reconsider alot of stuff going forward.
Its nice to have all these different bits of content.
But the problem is some of this content…doesn’t add value to the player or the event. And this compounds when Fenris puts a hard cap on points…so you end up wasting points from event materials. Because the points are locked out, and do not count to your track once you hit the “limit” so players end up stop playing content until the last week unlock happens in order to speed up its completion.
I understand Fenris doesn’t want “Blitzers” to day one complete the event tracks and then shut off and go on their vacations. Which then collapses player numbers. But I think Fenris needs to reassess how they do these events. Or they need to do progressive unlocks. 1000pts first week → 2000 pts second week → 3000 pts third week → 4000pts final week. (Or additional 5000pts bonus round.) It allows them to keep players engaged, give them some small breaks in content without players just blitzing through the content on the first day.
I currently dislike some of the ways in which some stuff is a time waster for players, just to keep numbers up. Mining Community needs to feel like they are contributing to something in the event. And get rewarded for spending their time on it. [other than the officer mod…but they don’t get any additional Warpath Intel…so that content line gets abandoned after its “completed”] Yes it boosts the Fenris Mining numbers…but wrecks the economy with a glut of resources that no one is going to use…not exactly a smart move. Now if you are turning in those mined resources…it will pull out all the resources floating in the game, and will increase for a time…price for mineable materials since industry and the event are competing on the market.
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Just like with any other event, go to where the people aren’t. Even if it was Veld, there would not be enough for most in the populated areas.
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