Just wanna interject a bit more for you all lesser beings.

Just so you know the hardest resource to acquire is not deuterium in ze it is "Crystals". Also in economic terms after you have passed through a certain stage in game crystals gets really scarce to find. unless you are a pro hybrid, even so there will be time when u will want crystals more than your own heart, kidney, lungs or some body parts or soul.

just saying which is scarce is not the driving reasons for game play specifics. yes there will always be some resources that u will always find hard to find but that shouldnt make this game shape up. I am asking for the tech to enrich deuterium production only on three grounds...

1) Its logical choice
2) Metal and Crystal do not have any viable relativity with the science (unless i dont know of any)
** after all space games are for nerds please save some dignity for us
3) you can always trade deuterium out with rubies to get crystals. There should always be a constant need for ruby supplies if you want to keep the economy running
$$ zorg will love the idea of ruby use. $$

'Crystals are the main resource used to build electronic circuits for computers and other electronic circuits and form certain alloy compounds for shields. Compared to the metal production process, the processing of raw crystalline structures into industrial crystals requires special processing. As such, more energy is required to process the raw crystal than needed for metal. Development of ships and buildings, and specialized research upgrades, require a certain quantity of crystals.'
that is why i think crystal should be included
'At greater depths, the mines can produce more output of viable metal for use in the construction of buildings, ships, defense systems, and research.'
mining->technology http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mining
not just Minecraft xD

i suppose this is a better link if you really wanna know whats going on in crystal mining...


Mining methods and procedures - Steps of mine development

Synthetic quartz

[quote=wiki]Most quartz used in microelectronics is produced synthetically. Large, flawless and untwinned crystals are produced in an autoclave via the hydrothermal process. The process involves treating crushed natural quartz with hot aqueous solution of a base such as sodium hydroxide. The hydroxide serves as a "mineralizer", i.e. it helps dissolve the "nutrient" quartz. High temperatures are required, often around 675 °C. The dissolved quartz then recrystallizes at a seed crystal at slightly lower temperatures. Approximately 200 tons of quartz were produced in the US in 2005; large synthesis facilities exist throughout the world. Synthetic quartz is often evaluated on the basis of its Q factor, a measure of its piezoelectric response and an indicator of the purity of the crystal.[9]


A synthetic silicon dioxide crystal grown by the hydrothermal method, about 19 cm long and weighing about 127 grams
High-temperature glass composed of silicon dioxide with no (or only small amounts of) other components is referred to as "quartz glass" or fused quartz, although it is amorphous in structure, rather than crystalline.[/quote]

honestly i love the idea we need more power to our mines

+1 here. I like the deut idea. I get metal and crystal flowing in like water, deut however comes at about 1/5 of the crystal.

I +1 the idea of 5%-7% increase in mine production.

bunp

I actually would prefer a small increase in crystal as well as deut. Metal is not a problem. Perhaps a .5 - 1% increase in crystal and a 3% increase in deut.

If this is implemented then the production increase should not be cumulative with My Plus bonuses, but should be calculated using base production values and not the higher income flow from ruby use.

not that i don't like any ideas..as it was reason i put it here in discussions and opinions...but i will go back to original 'KISS' idea i.e. Keep it simple stupid lol.Most if not all the input could be added in a new server but for simplicity sake lets just keep as it was intended..a way to increase mine production(efficiency) for all mines and to make use of a dead tech.

i agree with gummpy haha, but 2% sounds a bit to much like 1%-1.5% would be better i mean most players already have level 4 zorg physics, Weresloth how much would an 8% increase in all your mines give you more