# Radical improvement to mining: the audible alert module **URL:** \ **Category:** Player Features & Ideas\ **Created:** [March 13, 2018, 2:28pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/radical-improvement-to-mining-the-audible-alert-module/62822 "2018-03-13T14:28:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 46
**Author:** ![Alopex-Lagopus](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/alopex-lagopus/32/407823_2.png) [@Alopex-Lagopus](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Alopex-Lagopus)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2018, 7:13am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/radical-improvement-to-mining-the-audible-alert-module/62822/46 "2018-03-15T07:13:13Z")
I’ll post a suggestion in line with the previous post I made in this discussion… Maybe together it could solve some of the problems. > [@Main AFK cloaky thread](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/main-afk-cloaky-thread/4731/1767): > > Would making the cloaking action work for an unlimited amount of time, so long as the person hit the remain cloaked button every few minuets to force the cloaked person to remain at the key board and remain active to some extent be an effective balance measure? Add in random timers for the continuation of the cloak to prevent botting even? For example Cloak is activated, count down timer starts (say 9 minuets) at 8 minuets 45 seconds you have to push the ((re-calibration control button)) with… > [@Radical improvement to mining: the audible alert module](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/the-afk-module/62822/26): > > I wish there was an audible chime for reds and nutes in general entering the system. Grinding away at rocks for hours to get enough ore to reprocess into minerals to build a BB or BC, tends to be a draining ordeal. After scanning eyes pealed to Dscan for 4+ hours, you get exhausted and drowsy. Having an audible q to get you back to full alertness would help a lot. Even if it was the same audible note for everyone who enters a system, red, blue, nut. If you are in a dead end system or a quie… I know it mainly covers how to deal with the cloaks problems, but it could be applied to mining as well as I state in the first linked post. --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/radical-improvement-to-mining-the-audible-alert-module/62822)._