no need to get up in arms, i just think it should be a part of the vanilla experience.
What content does mining add exactly?
From rumors I heard it's functionally replaced by ruins excavation and tech mining.
Nex asteroid and planet mining basically adds the ability to get free stuff (mostly mineral or volatile resources, occasionally rare stuff drops), at the cost of your time and sometimes being attacked (generally by either angry independent miners or pirates). Asteroid mining is just faster than planet mining, but gives less stuff; also there is some sort of mining resource respawn parameter so player doesn't just try to mine the same spot over and over again, so planets "regenerate" faster than asteroids. Although would actually be more useful if Neutrino Detector improved, since player wouldn't necessarily have to drag volatiles around, can just mine them way out in the middle of nowhere instead. Otherwise, it's just another means for the player to make money, basically (since rare drops are RARE, easier to just explore and find research/mining stations and break down with salvage rigs).
Actually have no idea why Alex hasn't added it in, one of the few parts of Nex that isn't something 4X related and seems basically kosher with in-game lore. But if he hasn't added it yet, I'm sure he has his reasons... like maybe his time is better spent improving AI and fixing skill system currently!
In any case, this should put the final nail in the coffin of this tangent, this thread is about asteroid strikes being annoying, not mining.
