I created a suggestion about the same problem, here inside the Idea Box forum.
My suggestion is, that the mining talents on level 5 allow for 16 or even 32 fully calibrated mining units more than the current maximum amount.
But I agree, that T3, 4, 5 seems to be so low in yield amount, that the earning is just the same or less than with T1 and 2. Maybe intended. Is the purpose to equalize the earning of each territory? Could be. However, the market prices have fallen very deep, and many players find it hard to earn any money with mining. And there are many players, who maily rely on mining.
If you're a part time player, who doesn't have a lot of time to play and just wants to putz around and build ships and maybe have a few honeycomb industry machines, and some refiners, etc...this update is absolutely crippling. If the mission system was better, maybe not so much, but the missions kind of stink (sorry).
I support a tiered TU system, where you pay based off what type of elements you put down (mining demanding the most). Perhaps one HQ that demands no taxes and caters to the creative types with a modest amount of industry elements on them. I haven't heard one person remark how they're not negatively affected by the 1mil per TU fee. Please NQ, this is not a good idea. The economy isn't as good as you think it is. I think some people have figured out a way to make tons of alts and multi-box to make missions profitable, but it's not the majority, I guarantee you that.
Another thing - the PvP play is stacked so ungodly in pirates favor it's ridiculous. Other than shielding, there are no defenses. I understand they deserve their game play style, but the way the asteroid mining architecture was built, it's a slaughter. "Safe space" mining only provides a few ore types and the market is getting flooded.
This game is so close to being the most special thing out there. Please, please listen to your community.
