Talk:Railjack/@comment-2601:681:8600:14A0:B58C:E4EC:991E:F7A4-20191201224207/@comment-202.87.170.66-20191202031256

It does seem expensive, when its pointless grind... the spending is not a measure of progress with the quest or  power and prestige in the solar system generally. Its just a grind to earn it.

Maybe new players are collecting the mined resources as part of other activities, and get to this level and have the resource all ready. but most players will have to go back to grind mine.

Maybe  High Index is a challenge for newbies, but I can be sure to win  the bet .. Anyo really should be bankrupt ...

And the argon, well since it decays, its just a grind to go to void and run some exterminates that otherwise aren't any use to me.... mods and blueprints just become  a few  Endo  and a few credits  ... nothing worth any platinum or ducats drops.. its like 5 cents help buying  100%  of   Microsoft  shares,

A better way to do things is to   nullify resource requirements when players have tanding.

If we have standing with  our faction, eg Red Veil, won't Red Veil be able to help out with a few argons ? If we have standing in Cetus, won't Cetus be able to help out with a few  PoE gems ? Basically if we completed those standing things, then turn off the grind.

Installing grind  requirements  is just like  removing "vacuum' from sentinels.. if you want us to get arthritic fingers quicker, why not  change "W" to be a single step or pulse, rather than hold "go ", and we can sit their banging W  like crickets singing in mating events.

A better way to give  players the  feeling of "achievement" is to have them redo boss fights  and  side quests  (invasions,sorties,  events such as POE Ghouls and Infested Boils. )   in order to win the resource, not do the initial  introductory activities, in this case mining is a "Discover the map"   activity... they did make it easier to mine by giving access to a better mining tool .. oddly the one from  Orb Vallis works in POE. (I would have thought it best to keep the upgrades to the mining tool for PoE   as a "reward for increased standing". . so that its less grindy to get  resources to earn standing .. when standing is improved.  We might have an instant mining tool by now..

Its one thing to be sent back to do some extra activity at some random location, but its another to make it a begginers activity that is best done solo ... useless .. it  doesn't boost the  cooperation  .. the main reason the game works (that you can feel good about forming a squad  to achieve the goal... and they are showing offf their loadouts.. etc)