[Suggestion] Mining and The Exosuit
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CA Join Date: 2016-05-11 Member: 216637Members
CA Join Date: 2016-05-11 Member: 216637Members
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Mining seems like it should be part of the game. This is how I'd do it.
1) Exosuit: This would mean that if you had an exosuit would have a separate upgrade console. The Exo would have a drill(or semi-active item) that would activate when you right clicked(left click would be to grab things). Drills would have limited durability so you'd have to repair it from time to time. On the pilot's screen it would show the health of the exo and the power. Drilling, moving, and using jump jets would take up power. When the exo mines it picks up ores and depletes lodes. These ores are added to the exo's inventory and you can view the inventory by pressing tab in the exo(this will show a holographic display on the visor). Once you dock the exo in a moonpool the resources would be added to a special storage unit in the exo upgrade console. These are upgrades for the exo(both for mining and not for mining). The Exosuit has four upgrade slots. Active upgrades are used by the click of a button while passive ones are used all the time:
Lode Scanner(Active): Like sonar, but when it sweeps, patches of the ground that have minables or lodes in them will glow. Uses power.
Computer Chip
Thermometer
Scanner
Laser Drill(Active): A sort of laser cutter that heats up the rock and separates rarer metals. Consumes a lot of power and you are immobile while doing it(it's very slow).
Laser Cutter
Advanced Wiring Kit
Diamond Drill Bit(passive): Drill cuts easier so it uses less power and digs faster. Also has more durability. Makes exosuit heavier.
Diamond x4
Titanium
Thermal Power(Active): You deploy into an immobile stance where the exosuit is recharged near heat sources. Makes you vulnerable to attack and takes some time to un-deploy. Good for long trips in the ILZ.
Thermometer
Aerogel
Computer Chip
Nanowires
Acid Resistance(Passive): Means the acid and the fumes from the lost river don't damage your exosuit.
Leviathan Bone Sample x2
Titanium
Turbines(Active): Gives the exo more speed for a short duration at the cost of power.
Current Generator
Seaglide
Exo Storage Upgrade(passive): Increases ore storage.
Titanium x3
Exo Stasis Field(active): Creates a stasis field around the exo and consumes power.
Stasis Rifle
Exo Scanner(Semi-Active): Switch to it on the toolbar of the exo to have your drill replaced with a scanner. This scanner scans faster and is longer range, but you cannot drill while doing it.
Scanner
Titanium
Exo Welding Torch(Semi-Active): Switch to it on the toolbar of the exo to replace the standard drill with a welding torch. This works as both a welder and a laser cutter and works 25% faster, but you cannot drill while doing it.
Welder
Titanium
Exo Arc Cannon(Semi-Active): Switch to it on the toolbar of the exosuit to replace the standard drill with a stunning(get it) arc cannon. The lightning arcs between creatures around you and disables them. Consumes minimal power.
Praseodymium
Advanced Wiring Kit
Exo Air Bladder(Active): Releases floaties so the exo floats up to the surface, even when out of power. Good for a quick get away.
Air bladder x2
2) Obtainable ores: These are ores you would obtain through mining.
Common Ores: These ores are found in most lodes and are the ores you would get from outcrops.
Silver Ore, Gold Ore, Copper Ore, titanium, quartz, etc(the common ones).
Lodestone: Could be decrafted into magnetite and used by the propulsion cannon to attract magnetic things as its highly magnetic. It is exclusive to lodes.
Power sources: These are minable power sources that could be put into a bioreactor and/or nuclear plant.
Radon: You can put it in the nuclear reactor to give you more power than uranium rods. It is rarer.
Promethium: Can be used to make nuclear batteries which you can put in the reactor to give you tons of power. Nuclear batteries are also used to make the spaceship and launch pad for you to get off the planet. It is extremely rare and must be obtained using the laser drill.
Oil: Can be used to power the bioreactor and can be put in the cyclops instead of powercells. It causes damaging pollution around your base/cyclops but gives a ton of power. It is mostly found in places with a lot of plants.
Natural Gas: Found in places with shale outcrops and damages the exosuit from the explosion. Can be put in the bioreactor or cyclops(same way as oil) but poisons fish and plants around it. Not recommended for farming.
Rare Ores: These ores are extremely rare and very useful. They are only mined with the laser drill.
Promethium: See Power Sources.
Praseodymium: Capable of creating carbon arc lightning. Used to create arc cannons for vehicles and bases.
Scandium: Light Aluminum Alloy used for aerospace applications. Used for getting off the planet.
Samarium: Creates nucleosynthesis in stars which causes them to make heavier elements and collapse. Is used to collapse the power system that imprisons the sea emperor.
3) Exosuit Upgrade Console: Can be built inside the cyclops or a moon pool and transfers stored ores to a storage container in it. It also has a fabricator and customization pad like the seamoth console. It also has a place where you can remote control the exosuit with a tether that lowers it down. The tether can only go so far and you can't use upgrades but you don't waist oxygen and it is still connected to base/cyclops power.
What are your ideas on how we could do mining?
Mining seems like it should be part of the game. This is how I'd do it.
1) Exosuit: This would mean that if you had an exosuit would have a separate upgrade console. The Exo would have a drill(or semi-active item) that would activate when you right clicked(left click would be to grab things). Drills would have limited durability so you'd have to repair it from time to time. On the pilot's screen it would show the health of the exo and the power. Drilling, moving, and using jump jets would take up power. When the exo mines it picks up ores and depletes lodes. These ores are added to the exo's inventory and you can view the inventory by pressing tab in the exo(this will show a holographic display on the visor). Once you dock the exo in a moonpool the resources would be added to a special storage unit in the exo upgrade console. These are upgrades for the exo(both for mining and not for mining). The Exosuit has four upgrade slots. Active upgrades are used by the click of a button while passive ones are used all the time:
Lode Scanner(Active): Like sonar, but when it sweeps, patches of the ground that have minables or lodes in them will glow. Uses power.
Computer Chip
Thermometer
Scanner
Laser Drill(Active): A sort of laser cutter that heats up the rock and separates rarer metals. Consumes a lot of power and you are immobile while doing it(it's very slow).
Laser Cutter
Advanced Wiring Kit
Diamond Drill Bit(passive): Drill cuts easier so it uses less power and digs faster. Also has more durability. Makes exosuit heavier.
Diamond x4
Titanium
Thermal Power(Active): You deploy into an immobile stance where the exosuit is recharged near heat sources. Makes you vulnerable to attack and takes some time to un-deploy. Good for long trips in the ILZ.
Thermometer
Aerogel
Computer Chip
Nanowires
Acid Resistance(Passive): Means the acid and the fumes from the lost river don't damage your exosuit.
Leviathan Bone Sample x2
Titanium
Turbines(Active): Gives the exo more speed for a short duration at the cost of power.
Current Generator
Seaglide
Exo Storage Upgrade(passive): Increases ore storage.
Titanium x3
Exo Stasis Field(active): Creates a stasis field around the exo and consumes power.
Stasis Rifle
Exo Scanner(Semi-Active): Switch to it on the toolbar of the exo to have your drill replaced with a scanner. This scanner scans faster and is longer range, but you cannot drill while doing it.
Scanner
Titanium
Exo Welding Torch(Semi-Active): Switch to it on the toolbar of the exo to replace the standard drill with a welding torch. This works as both a welder and a laser cutter and works 25% faster, but you cannot drill while doing it.
Welder
Titanium
Exo Arc Cannon(Semi-Active): Switch to it on the toolbar of the exosuit to replace the standard drill with a stunning(get it) arc cannon. The lightning arcs between creatures around you and disables them. Consumes minimal power.
Praseodymium
Advanced Wiring Kit
Exo Air Bladder(Active): Releases floaties so the exo floats up to the surface, even when out of power. Good for a quick get away.
Air bladder x2
2) Obtainable ores: These are ores you would obtain through mining.
Common Ores: These ores are found in most lodes and are the ores you would get from outcrops.
Silver Ore, Gold Ore, Copper Ore, titanium, quartz, etc(the common ones).
Lodestone: Could be decrafted into magnetite and used by the propulsion cannon to attract magnetic things as its highly magnetic. It is exclusive to lodes.
Power sources: These are minable power sources that could be put into a bioreactor and/or nuclear plant.
Radon: You can put it in the nuclear reactor to give you more power than uranium rods. It is rarer.
Promethium: Can be used to make nuclear batteries which you can put in the reactor to give you tons of power. Nuclear batteries are also used to make the spaceship and launch pad for you to get off the planet. It is extremely rare and must be obtained using the laser drill.
Oil: Can be used to power the bioreactor and can be put in the cyclops instead of powercells. It causes damaging pollution around your base/cyclops but gives a ton of power. It is mostly found in places with a lot of plants.
Natural Gas: Found in places with shale outcrops and damages the exosuit from the explosion. Can be put in the bioreactor or cyclops(same way as oil) but poisons fish and plants around it. Not recommended for farming.
Rare Ores: These ores are extremely rare and very useful. They are only mined with the laser drill.
Promethium: See Power Sources.
Praseodymium: Capable of creating carbon arc lightning. Used to create arc cannons for vehicles and bases.
Scandium: Light Aluminum Alloy used for aerospace applications. Used for getting off the planet.
Samarium: Creates nucleosynthesis in stars which causes them to make heavier elements and collapse. Is used to collapse the power system that imprisons the sea emperor.
3) Exosuit Upgrade Console: Can be built inside the cyclops or a moon pool and transfers stored ores to a storage container in it. It also has a fabricator and customization pad like the seamoth console. It also has a place where you can remote control the exosuit with a tether that lowers it down. The tether can only go so far and you can't use upgrades but you don't waist oxygen and it is still connected to base/cyclops power.
What are your ideas on how we could do mining?