Increased spawn in dome 18 is making mining insane

[Moonbiter]

Sorry to all the hunters (not that i seen there any during all my time...). Oh wait, i saw Beki hunting there once, but that's it.

So, newly increased spawn has turned mining into nightmare. You have literally fight for every inch to drop a bomb. I'm not one of those unarmored miners, and can handle argos and cornoanterions just fine, but it's just not reasonable. I do not come to cnd to hunt, and as a recent survey showed, majority of other cnd visitors are coming here to mine as well. Spawn was quite acceptable just a few days ago, when it was hard, but not too hard to totally discourage mining. And now even with hof you hardly cover hunting expenses.

If it was done for events, i sincerely doubt that a few events over weekend will generate the same amount of taxes as an actively mined dome. It may be that Neverdie wants to dedicate this dome entirely to hunters, then i would understand, it's his property after all. However, this dome is one of the best for mining for mid-level players who are able to defend themselves, so I do not know what to think.

Today i just logged out in frustration, it took me 2+ hours just to cover ~18% percents of dome. To cover entire dome it would be 11+ hours at the same pace. When it normally was taking me maximum 6hours to do it before. I think numbers speak for themselves, in addition to enduring heavy hunting losses, you have to waste tons of time as well. Not to mention that mining with anything less than oa103 would be a suicide...

Anyway, i would like to hear other people's opinions on this. (Especially those who mined there before and after the spawn increased). Maybe Neverdie will read this thread as well and will clarify his reasoning behind the changes.

[Klod]

Ohh come on, mine dome 14 a few days... The spawn was increased Sunday evening for Champions League event 14, 40 hours or so ago. It happens in dome 16-20 perhaps 5-8 times a year. Im quite certain it will be lowerd again

[DanielleYourMom]

I went up to CND recently and mined the argo/corna dome as well .. but I brought a fellow pyrate with me .. so we made it like a team hunt / mine.

He did enmatter - I did ore.
We teamed the mobs in between and got a buttload of team globals AND mining ones, too

Not really helpful I know .. just sharing what we've done in the past.

Maybe it could be something you do .. bring someone with you to team them .. or bring a hunter friend to clear you a good mining path?

Good luck figuring it out Luke!

[Spawn]

So, newly increased spawn has turned mining into nightmare

MUhahahahahaha

[Immortal]

go in 13 then if you want caldo

[Biizle]

Damn, I must have gone back to planet just before the spawn was up. I went to CND for some hardcore Dome18 hunting last week not realising CND had turned form hunters paradise to hunters nightmare. Must be a really good place for miners now...

[kygon]

Originally Posted by Biizle

Damn, I must have gone back to planet just before the spawn was up. I went to CND for some hardcore Dome18 hunting last week not realising CND had turned form hunters paradise to hunters nightmare. Must be a really good place for miners now...

i dont bother going there now to hunt unless its for events

[Nadie]

Originally Posted by kygon

i dont bother going there now to hunt unless its for events

Ditto. Last CL season I basically lived on CND (even did my crafting up there) as I could continue to hunt and mine all week. Now, there are no mobs to hunt so after CL I head straight back down to find decent spawns.

Even the spawn for the Events has been very poor until this last weekend. There's nothing more demoralising than running into a Dome (eg. 9) and seeing 10-12 green dots and not a single red when you have to get 2 globals to get points. We also have the added 'weight issue' this year so running from one end of the dome to the other to find a mob isn't always an option unless you waste time refining or just dump stuff off on the way. Saying that, the spawn in Dome 20 on sunday was perfect!

Neverdie must be pulling his gremlin style hair out trying to please everyone! The perfect solution seems to be to drop the spawn from monday to friday then bump it up for saturday and sunday (in the event domes) but I know this costs a lot of ped.

And for the miners who are complaining, I don't remember anywhere near the amount of complaints last year when the spawn was the same week in week out, events or not, oh, and there are 15 other Domes

[kygon]

Originally Posted by Nadie

And for the miners who are complaining, I don't remember anywhere near the amount of complaints last year when the spawn was the same week in week out, events or not, oh, and there are 15 other Domes

yup they've had it too good i think and have gotten used to empty dones. I guess ND will never please everyone but one thing, I no longer consider going to cND for a week since i simply cant hunt there anymore - its sad as he has corno that cannot be hunted anywhere else

not I will only go for CL

[Moonbiter]

Originally Posted by kygon

yup they've had it too good i think and have gotten used to empty dones. I guess ND will never please everyone but one thing, I no longer consider going to cND for a week since i simply cant hunt there anymore - its sad as he has corno that cannot be hunted anywhere else

not I will only go for CL

Well, before the recent changes the dome wasn't empty for sure. Usually it would take ~400peds ammo to cover entire dome. (With 100-200ped loss everytime). But it was kinda manageable.

Of course i do understand that Neverdie can't please everyone. However i was more looking to understand the reasons behind the changes (thanks Klod). Well, let's hope it goes back to normal after CL events are over. Because (imho) from an economic viewpoint, more taxes would be generated from actively mined dome, than from the one dedicated to hunters (who are almost absent) and weekend events.

And thanks for your comments people, highly appreaciated.