There's no need to do any mining. You get more minerals with 2 scans on foot than you do having a probe sent down that instantly depletes the area. There was one place on H-047C I got some decent minerals from a probe, but other than that, over 90% of minerals have been acquired on foot, 5% from vendors (since there is so much money and not much worth buying), and the rest from probes.
If actively mining a planet gave us Andromeda points or even just some dialogue on the Nexus about how all the resources are helping, it might be better and seem more immersive. I'm not sure why a Pathfinder would need to manually collect so many raw materials anyway. Scouting locations so others can do that (cryo beds?!?) makes much more sense. Of course, having to 'purchase' equipment on my own spaceship, like in the other ME's, is a little irritating. Research I can understand. I remember some dialogue from ME3 where Shepard actually asks about buying things on his own ship....
Right now though, it's just a mechanic in Andromeda without much point.
@Kaddris wrote:
There's no need to do any mining. You get more minerals with 2 scans on foot than you do having a probe sent down that instantly depletes the area. There was one place on H-047C I got some decent minerals from a probe, but other than that, over 90% of minerals have been acquired on foot, 5% from vendors (since there is so much money and not much worth buying), and the rest from probes.
If actively mining a planet gave us Andromeda points or even just some dialogue on the Nexus about how all the resources are helping, it might be better and seem more immersive. I'm not sure why a Pathfinder would need to manually collect so many raw materials anyway. Scouting locations so others can do that (cryo beds?!?) makes much more sense. Of course, having to 'purchase' equipment on my own spaceship, like in the other ME's, is a little irritating. Research I can understand. I remember some dialogue from ME3 where Shepard actually asks about buying things on his own ship....
Right now though, it's just a mechanic in Andromeda without much point.
My experience was very different than yours regarding on foot verses mining probes. Especially with things like element zero and platinum. But it's been awhile since I've done any mining so I'll give it another go but generally, it seemed like I got significantly less elements on foot.
The other things you state I completely agree. This thing where I am responsible for everything is not only inefficient but annoying. I am find with finding a path to resources for others to collect and I am given a percentage of it while the rest is allocated to the Nexus, Arks, and Outposts but this me needing to do it all.
BUT, if I have to do it all, I feel like that needs to be improved and some of the suggestions here would do that for me.
Sorry if this has already been posted:
I agree that the mining is a bit ... ugh.. at times. What I have noticed is that you can unlock RESOURCE pods as the game progress. One of those pods is a resource gathering pod. They give you a hefty amount of return every hour or so. This is one way you can avoid mining. And it is unlockable very early.
Hope this helps.
You're right of course. The pods can help but that creates another annoyance where I have to return to the ship or else it stops collecting those resources.
It's a pain to be in the bathroom on ship in the first place, it's another to be in the bathroom and my watch goes off and I have to hurry to the console to get minerals so the timer will start again.
But I am going a bit off here. It's not like I don't want mining to be part of the game. I just want it to be better than it is rather than something I try desperately to avoid like headlock noogies from Drack. His arm may be prosthetic but his armpits are not. It's gross under there.
