Well not really... the process time is a flat rate. You usually pick up your minerals while the machines are running since it's quite a long time.

Fiber's idea is kinda the same as mine, that the minerals should just go into the Bin at the end of the conveyor then you can get them all in the end without NPCs dropping on the floor and prone to being deleted via timers/limits. Also because the amount of NPCs can lag some players (like when I play on my laptop).

Doesn't seem like a buff, more of a convenience.

And an optimization.

Optimize all the things!

I don't actually have any suggestions for fishing. I don't consider it as a main way to make money. I look it at as leisure. I think it is fine.

You could make the fish have weights/sizes and worth more or less depending on how big or small the fish you catch is.

Like one shark could be worth $20 and another, bigger shark could be $50.
(idk existing fish prices lol)

Yeah, neither do I.

Isn't that similar to N-Pulses fishing system when they were still around?
Although they didn't have the fish as "items" you could drop or see in your inventory, it was all calculated behind the scenes and you would just go "sell fish" to sell them for the weight.

http://i.imgur.com/nzRPxXZ.png

The server Atrius does it by weight.