Logged back in to see what was new with the latest update.
Spent 30-60 minutes = digging out my main base. half above ground and most in to the side of a hill.
About 60 minutes = reading up / watching videos on what changed and what I need to do. Used talent points to mostly max out new mining units. 100% of base and 85% of advanced tier. Decided to fly to market and buy mining units.
5+ hours = I scanned about 20 tiles while mostly afk. All had 505-544 L/h ore
20 minutes = flew over to my territories on alioth and flagged them as HQ or I would have lost them
flew to district and bought the stuff. as I was leaving market clicked teleporter to see if anything was new. Spawned by under the stairs with no way to get out. unstuck would not do anything. someone else teleported in as well.. Forced respawn sent me back to my base.
30 minutes = later of hover shuttling back to market after having to force respawn arrived back at market.
60 minutes = flew back to base setup 6 mining units on my base to mine the ores. carved out new area, made voxel base, cut holes for beam
Started units. could only calibrate 2. went to bed
Next day hardly any ore... asked chat. they said you get zero ore if not calibrated. Calibrated the rest.
Total yield per hour 464. so in an average day 11k of total ore,,,,
That would have taken me like 30 minutes before. What a waste of time. None of it was "fun". With calibrations per day capping mining units I don't see you being able to mine that much without making lots of alts... Again, not fun. No "gold fever" striking it rich with a mega node. Just boring chores for no yield. No interest in playing the game at this pace. I would guess neither will 90% of others
Plus, when people who are unaware of the territory changes log in and find their tiles are gone and the spam email telling them someone was going to steal their stuff, they will rage quit. The most efficient way to get resources will be to scavenge others stuff...
Really concerned about the path this game is on. If adjustments are not made extremely fast you are going to lose a huge portion of players. I'm certainly not going to waste that much time for no materials again.