Yes, the resource gathering in this game is 100% broken. I also want to like this game. The mining system they had before, was tedious, but it was more fun than this. Finding meganodes, then mining them was ok, this is not functional or fun. Novaquark really needs to rethink this one. And yes, taxes are also not functional, they would be if the resource gathering mechanics worked properly. So yes.....did the devs pick up a copy of EMPYRION? NOPE! Did they check out the mining in that? NOPE! That has fun mining with mining vehicles.