Aeon Veritas
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Fidelas Constans
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Posted - 2017.03.26 14:43:38 -
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I have a few thoughts about the distribution of the moon goo per moon and the start of the fracking process.
Please have for the whole proposal the planetary mode overview in mind, I think it would be great if this could be reused.
First about the distribution of moon goo per moon:
The moons should be grouped like the planets are (read as ice moons, barren moons and lava moons) and those groups have, like the planets, each a set of recouces which can be found on the moon.
And just like the planets each moon gets a individual layout of the richness of the recouces which can be found on it.
At this point it could be possible to implement the standard, 5% and 10% ore layout depending on how rich the recource depot of the moon is.
As example, I would suggest, if the recource depot bar is on the lower side (50% or less) the moon can only spawn the standard ore, if the bar is between 50% and 75% the moon spawns standard and 5% ore of the recource and a rich depot (above 75%) also spawns the 10% ore.
And like at planets a hotspot can deplete and after some time respawn.
Now to the start of the fracking process:
In order to use already existing mechanics in the process, it should start with a survey probe scan of the moon.
The scan generates a unique token in the cargo of the scanning ship which is needed and consumed by the refinery in order to access a "view in planet mode" like overview of the moon (view in moon mode?  ).
In this overview the scan resuls of the survey probe can be seen, with the hotspots of the recources.
Further the fracking area can be chosen there, much like setting an extractor in the planet mode.
As already announced, the duration of the fracking process is variable.
A longer cycle means a bigger chunk, which results in a bigger area which could then include multiply hotspots if placed correctly.
And befor the fracking process is started it would be good to have a percentage distribution for the recources given, which can be found in the belt.
Each fracking process starts with a scan, the scan results used to start the process can't be older than a week.
I think this would allow for some min/maxing with shorter cycle times for smaller areas which then could be only a hotspot, or longer cycle times for bigger areas to get a recource diverse belt.
Also, since you don't just choose one recource to harvest like at PI, overlapping hotspots could be a thing... |