DUST Search - Is there more to dust?

Avallo Kantor wrote:

Mining is one of the most boring activities possible in EVE online.
It is mainly done, in my experience, by two groups:
Those who want the profits of mining
Those who want to do one of the most peaceful / relaxing activities possible in EVE. (As far as EVE can have peaceful activities)

I will say with a fair degree of certainty these two things:

Very few people will actually enjoy mining on a map with a repair tool like item. It is quite honestly not a fun or engaging activity.

If it is possible to do in a combat match by single players it will become a dangerous distraction, reducing the number of people actually playing to win, and encouraging an ideology of single player activity that is contrary to the team-based goals DUST is built around.

Honestly, if you wanted mining to be added into the game it would be far more useful to add it in either as a variant of an existing game mode or a new game mode.

For example: Multi-point Acquisition. Each point appears and disappears in a manner similar to Acquisition but with multiple points on the map at once. (3 or 5 depending on map) each point represents an "Extraction site" where valuable resources can be extracted from. Pts are generated in the same way and at the end of the match the Pts are then translated into the resources you were mining and distributed fairly across the two teams.

example: Team one wins with 500 pts, and team two loses with only 200 pts. Each team converts their pts to resources (in this example we are doing a 1 to 1) and then divides them up, rounding up. Team one gets 500/16 = 31.25 -> 32 resources. Team two gets 200 / 16 = 12.5 -> 13 resources each.
This provides incentive for teams to try for points as payout is directly tied to how close a game is with very close games potentially giving very little to no difference in payouts.


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Lightning35 Delta514 48TH SPECIAL OPERATIONS FORCE 1	Posted - 2015.07.20 20:44:00 - [1] - Quote Is there more to dust? Is there more than shooting people and taking over places? More than trading and markets? More than corporations and alliances? What do people do on planets in eve besides what we do in dust? Isn't the point of taking districts/owning planets to mine/search for resources and stuff? How about giving us a mining equipment (similar to repair tool) where we an "mine land" and sell to EVE corps or something for isk (idk what mining is for in eve really. But this would be nice) give us something more than shooting. This is of course an addition. This would be a new role in dust. While some shoot and others support, while some hunt for intel (scouts/ewar) and provide cover/transportation, someone can mine the land for resources. It would just be a new role. Maybe a new dropsuit (light dropsuit) with light weapon only and an equipment slot for mining tool. Just add special ground areas on maps where you can mine it for resource, or destroy it (with weapons) to avoid enemy taking. It would make sense for this to be added to PC IDK. MAYBE IT DOEST HAVE TO BE MINING. Come up with your own "addition to dust" Of course CCP, if something like this is ever added, please add it AFTER YOU HAVE FIXED LAG, have balanced and fixed weapons, and actually give us "missing features" (like checking when someone last logged on, or making alliance THROUGH DUST. CEO of 48th Special Operations Force Twitter-@48SOF Scout and Assault GK.0/Rattati and Scotsman GK.0 OFF/EXP GEAR
Lightning35 Delta514 48TH SPECIAL OPERATIONS FORCE 1	Posted - 2015.07.20 22:09:00 - [2] - Quote Avallo Kantor wrote: Mining is one of the most boring activities possible in EVE online. It is mainly done, in my experience, by two groups: Those who want the profits of mining Those who want to do one of the most peaceful / relaxing activities possible in EVE. (As far as EVE can have peaceful activities) I will say with a fair degree of certainty these two things: Very few people will actually enjoy mining on a map with a repair tool like item. It is quite honestly not a fun or engaging activity. If it is possible to do in a combat match by single players it will become a dangerous distraction, reducing the number of people actually playing to win, and encouraging an ideology of single player activity that is contrary to the team-based goals DUST is built around. Honestly, if you wanted mining to be added into the game it would be far more useful to add it in either as a variant of an existing game mode or a new game mode. For example: Multi-point Acquisition. Each point appears and disappears in a manner similar to Acquisition but with multiple points on the map at once. (3 or 5 depending on map) each point represents an "Extraction site" where valuable resources can be extracted from. Pts are generated in the same way and at the end of the match the Pts are then translated into the resources you were mining and distributed fairly across the two teams. example: Team one wins with 500 pts, and team two loses with only 200 pts. Each team converts their pts to resources (in this example we are doing a 1 to 1) and then divides them up, rounding up. Team one gets 500/16 = 31.25 -> 32 resources. Team two gets 200 / 16 = 12.5 -> 13 resources each. This provides incentive for teams to try for points as payout is directly tied to how close a game is with very close games potentially giving very little to no difference in payouts. Like I said, I think it should be for PC but after deeper thinking, it should be a whole new match of its own. The team gets deployed to the district they just acquired and they all mine for resources. CEO of 48th Special Operations Force Twitter-@48SOF Scout and Assault GK.0/Rattati and Scotsman GK.0 OFF/EXP GEAR