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« on: December 12, 2016, 10:45:14 pm »
Could mines get a few items placed around them to indicate that they are mines? While exploration is a hallmark of MMOs, the days of people wanting to spend all day pursuing a single task are waning. Fewer players will want to have to /dig across a whole map to find a mine. Also, many people like to be autonomous early on in the game then ease into social interaction. A lot of people may be too shy to ask for locations in game, at first. I think a little accommodation might help to retain these kinds of players.
Something like pickaxes; a tiny (individual person sized) mining camp; or maybe a miner corpse or two, around the more dangerous mines, could help players to find where the mines are faster without putting out a blazing "Gold Mine Here" sign.
I think Planeshift should work towards making itself more friendly for new players coming from commercial MMOs where more of these kinds things are done. I don't think PS should do exactly like commercial MMOs, but I think some nods to what those players are accustomed to should be made.