Hello it's Ricardo and welcome back to elite dangerous well mining has
certainly been in the news recently has it not yes it has and since the launch
of the January update I bet frontières little help desk phone has been ringing
off the handle their email box must be overflowing they must have an awful lot
of feedback as well about the changes that have been made in mining and I
think it's pretty worthwhile addressing these in this video and it's all about
the supply and demand for high-end minerals so let's go through the update
that was recently announced by frontier on their forum last night so they state
that in the January update they have rebalanced the mining of certain
high-end commodities to better represent a realistic supply and demand process
based on the system's economy so what does this mean really well you're gonna
get less for the void opals I suppose that your mind okay so all those high
moral high materials that you've been looking for and making billions billions
of credits for and not gonna be so lucrative they're going to be lucrative
but not as lucrative so what this effectively means that a stations
purchasing price for minerals will reduce as the demand is met therefore
the more people put into a particular system that's offering a good price on
say low-temperature diamonds or panet then you know the less you're gonna get
for it as is probably true in the real world they've also adjusted supply and
demand levels for different economies for example there will be a lower demand
in a colony economy for example for high-end minerals as those economies do
not require as much but for example in a refinery economy then you tend to get a
more higher demand for higher-end minerals within only dangerous as those
economies would really require more so by implementing these changes what
frontier wanted to do was to generate those gold rush opportunities hey get
over there and sell your void opals get over there say your low-temperature
diamonds get your alexandrite out all that sort of stuff that will mean people
really they'll be able to guide people to certain areas of the map to make an
awful lot of money that's how I'm seeing this I don't know what you think put it
in the comments you think I'm being a bit tinfoil hat time it could be though
I mean look at the Third's hey the thyroids hey the gene OSIS hey economy's
that will buy your low-temperature diamonds off you for a lot of credits
get everybody over there and then then do something else at the other end of
the map so then people go oh I've got to go over there now and then that gives
more people in game playing travelling from one to the other so those gold rush
opportunities is what they're talking about they're so increasingly the
viability of smaller mining vessels for all you people rocking out there a type
10 and doing your mine in there and earning millions upon millions upon
millions of credits well they can't jump very fur can they so you know but those
people who are out there mining in the Python as you see here the manic badger
you know could well possibly get to those mining locations a little bit
better it's all open for interpretation we've got to see how it goes
so they've identified a number of issues in regards to mining and it's a play and
demand of minerals and they're gonna be looking through this so the demand for
low-temperature diamonds has remained high which is not in keeping with other
high-end minerals so if you're a delete done so get out there - high temperature
diamonds so they can be a means to correct that okay in an epoch that's
going to be coming out property on the server side and then we're identifying
stations with supply and demand for high end minerals such as void or piles or
pan height and low temperature diamonds commanders need to have a specific
mineral in their cargo hold in order to search for them on the galaxy map oh
dear so from tomorrow commanders will be able to toggle these minerals in the
galaxy map without needing to have them in the commodities in the cargo hold
which is good so you haven't got a price so okay good good one frontier good fix
something when selling minerals at a station the price that is offered is
based on the amount currently in your cargo hold
well that has always been the case we've passed the feedback on to the team for
consideration for future improvement in the future so when selling minerals at a
station the price that is offered is based on the amount you currently hold
in your colonel hold so if you've got a lot of void opals they know they're
gonna have your pants down therefore they're not gonna pay you as much hmm or
will they keep it the same who knows this has been met with a lot of feedback
on the forum to be honest you know people are saying regarding supply and
demand volumes where there changes to be non mining commodities and what is
intentional you know why have you changed this why can't it be left the
saying oh my god I'm not making as many credits as I used to
they say not a surprise that low-temperature diamond faces the same
fate like others
you know people are flying around your massive ships without going through the
grind and out going through the time do that they have to do to try and attain
them and we've seen this with every other exploit but is mining being
treated like an exploit or was it broken from the get-go was frontier so eager to
get out there and to have that lovely thumping explosion that you get when you
crack open that void opal mined core and collect all those materials were they so
eager to get that out there and to have a change I thought well know what the
economy can handle it who knows all things to consider do you think that
mining is still a viable option for making money and you going to go back to
passenger missions a passenger missions can be the next thing to get another
tweak who knows what about traditional missions combat
where are people making their money is it just mining going out there mining
something for a relatively small cost spending three or four hours coming back
whap you've got a billion in the bank everybody that fleet carrier will be
yours who knows all these questions we have to ask all these questions and only
time is really gonna tell so that's a brief update on what's happening with
mining changes are coming there were changes in the January 2020 update and
in the hotfix and now here we are in February a more
mining changes for elite dangerous are in progress but hey thanks very much for
watching I've been Ricardo this has been a brief talk on the changes that are
coming in mining in February 2022 elite dangerous I hope you've enjoyed the
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