Mining

Crovax_Dark_Lord · #1 10-04-2002, 02:06 PM

Did you know that the average starting person has to get 4 iron, 1 board and 1 coal to get started mining. (Thats 2 iron, 1 board and 1 coal for the pickaxe, 1 iron for the spade to get a seed and 1 iron for the axe to cut the tree)
Now since the hold S+Across thing was taken out, mining with punches is far slower. To prove my point, try getting 1 coal and 4 iron by puching the rocks, It takes 5 mins per rock and that doesn't include those rocks with gold or diamonds in, so they have to get more rocks.
I think that either pickaxes have to be easier to craft, or punching rocks needs to be made easier.
Now this 5 mins to a rock may just be me, so if it is, please tell me what I'm doing wrong. (I eventually got a pick-axe by buying iron and some coal...)

TerrorBite · #2 10-04-2002, 02:24 PM

(good thing I decided to get a melee scroll the other day ^.^) yeh I noticed this too, however I didn't try mining without a pick axe (I've done enough of that before), but I did see a few others try it, mai goodness! They couldn't even seem to get the rock to crack!

[edit]I went back and tried myself, you have to hold down the s button first, then tap toward the rock with the direction key repeatedly while still holding down s. Although it is difficult to get positioned correctly :P [edit]

Loriel · #3 10-04-2002, 03:35 PM

I once measured the time it took me to break rocks with both pickaxes and weaponless attacks. Pickaxe was forty seconds and hands/feet thirty. I did not know about different "HP" of the stones.

Admins · #4 10-04-2002, 05:37 PM

Pickaxe destroyes 2.5 faster normally, took out the auto-repeating of the attacks.

KrayZieKracka · #5 10-05-2002, 12:13 AM

This is sort of related to mining: I don't think the pick axe should be considered a weapon, rather it should be considered a tool so sorcerors can use it. Besides, I don't think many people use the pick axe as a weapon anyways =/

aylad · #6 10-05-2002, 05:24 AM

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Originally posted by KrayZieKracka
Besides, I don't think many people use the pick axe as a weapon anyways =/

Newbs can. One time right after I started 2k2 some idiot ran at me with a naginata and started trying to pk (this is before anyone used /peaceful) so I turned around and walloped him with the pickaxe..... he died, and I was uninjured.

R0b1n-NPC · #7 10-07-2002, 04:10 PM

lol...

walloped..

funny word ^.^