What's up with coal ???

[Bakin_Fundinson]

I think the way coal is set up could be easily improved (think positive, here) 
Currently, coal is almost as difficult to dig as platinum, with iron being the easy one - it ought to be really easy to dig coal, a no-brainer really
It's the perfect mining training material, being easy to dig out, simple to use - just take a coal lump to the customer for burning.

When it comes to "getting rid" of the coal lumps you just dug out, NPCs who purchase raw materials accept coal too, but pay zero tria per lump. This is too little! They should pay at least 1 tria per lump, otherwise why bother digging it out? A few tria for the bother of getting the coal, not to mention the labor of hauling it to town...

Coal is right now used mostly by the players as an ingredient in making steel, where we're talking another kind economy altogether...
But the possibility to sell to NPCs should be maintained, IMHO, if only as an outlet to prevent littering

So my simple and easy-to-use suggestion is as follows: Set coal price to 1 tria, and make it twice as easy as iron to dig out.

[Kaityra]

At the moment it should be quite easy to sell your coal for a much higher price than just 1 Trias, as it is in high demand by the many smiths. Last time I asked a miner someone offered 50 Trias per lump of coal.

[Xillix Queen of Fools]

I have made it easier to mine(on restart), the price will be fixed later today.

[Prolix]

Holy Moley! That is swell. Who knew it would be so easy.
This reply may sound facetious but that is a good thing you did Xillix.
I always wondered why coal was generally more difficult but never thought to ask for a change.
I just accepted it and went on with my mining.

Thank you.

[Bakin_Fundinson]

I'd like to express my thanks also 
A large improvement, and fast!
Thank you for listening, Xillix, and even more for accepting my suggestion.
It's nice to be able to make a difference

@ Kaltyra: Yes, I know players will pay much more for coal, often as much as iron, but my idea was to make NPC selling not a *complete* waste of time

[Beniel]

Not that I am complaining, but I was wondering why the change? Is there a problem with coal being harder to mine then iron?

Is it because coal is about as difficult to dig up as iron in real life?

*Beniel pokes through a couple of wikipedia article but fails to find anything useful

[Xillix Queen of Fools]

We can't match the physics of the universe earth occupies with zero budget, so we cut corners. Since it is reasonable that coal is more plentiful than iron and the refining process is easier we can allow it to be more commonplace/easier to dig.