Guys (and girls ;P)
I know the recent changes have affected mining as a whole, but as the devs have already stated, the changes in the number of roids/rocks/crystals and gases at the moment have been reduced to remove an issues with the database and the total number of roids etc in a lot of places.
To remove any possible exploits or damage to the integrity of the game, the developers and project leaders of this EnB emulator did their job and have put a stop to it. Sure it has annoyed a lot of people because it has made a change from what you thought was ‘proper’ when infact it was not.
In the time of Westwood and EA, there were never roid fields in the game as vast as these were, plus both companies (Westwood and EA) implemented the mining system so that, the larger or higher level of ore fields be it level 5 to 9 (rough figure, 10 years is a long time) were not solo’able. You needed to have multiple miners AND you had to have one or two players from the warrior classes (be it PW, JD or TE) in ored to get to that high level ore. This was a fact and part of the game play when it was live. This is also what the development team which to emulate. You are playing an emulator, one with its own little twist added to it by the current dev team.
Sure, the current changes have more or less put a stoppage on any and all mining and affected all of the mining industry and those that play the game in such a capacity; but what would you rather have, a game where there is no economy, and a quick and easy life to level 150, with no threat, no pain and no major work or would you rather have a version of EnB that emulated the server to what the game was in live when EA/Westwood ran the servers? Where there was an economy, there was game play, and players worked together towards a common goal, and where achieving a high level such as 150 or finding and mining that precious ore was worth something? The dev team wish to put the mining sub-systems back to what there were in the live game, for them to do that, that have HAD to do what they have, simply to stop any explotation, etc.
I personally know what I’d want… And no it’s not an easy ride…
So please, think about what your ‘complaining about’ for a moment, and think back, was mining this easy or this plentiful when you played 6 years ago? No it was hard, but it was worth it. A game is not a game when it’s so easy, its more or less handed to you on a silver platter.
Doing what the devs did, whilst in the short time looks and feels bad, is in fact in the best interests of the game and for the people that play this game.
The phrase, ‘you have to break a few eggs, if you’re going to make an omelette’ comes to mind here…
EDIT: Correct timeframe from 10 years to 6. Thanks Talroc for correcting my error.