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(...) Frankly other than in dirt it's not even that much faster either once you get some mining skill going.
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Speaking A15 and 16: Top tier auger always was faster than any top tier pickaxe+skills. Measurably. Tested and proven to bits. The bigger the digging project was, the more worth it was the fuel and noise for the sake of getting it done fast. Not sure about that in A17 yet, waiting for all mods, base tools and resource availability's final balance.

One thing the A17 auger has over its predecessors is that it doesn't have that annoying kickback forcing your mouse hand into a downward cramping motion anymore. Other than that it seems inferior so far, sadly.

 
What difficulty setting?
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Warrior? One step above Nomad, or default. Sorry, idk why I can't recall difficulty names lol. Day 58 my gamestage was in the high-200's. And to those saying they turned the game into tower defense and dont like it, well, it's in the game description on the store...

 
Speaking A15 and 16: Top tier auger always was faster than any top tier pickaxe+skills. Measurably. Tested and proven to bits. The bigger the digging project was, the more worth it was the fuel and noise for the sake of getting it done fast. Not sure about that in A17 yet, waiting for all mods, base tools and resource availability's final balance.
One thing the A17 auger has over its predecessors is that it doesn't have that annoying kickback forcing your mouse hand into a downward cramping motion anymore. Other than that it seems inferior so far, sadly.
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Yes I know it was faster, didn't say it wasn't. What I said was it wasn't MUCH faster. Not enough to be worth the drawbacks IMO. Trust me I know, I built this with a pickaxe. :)

 
You know, I noticed the auger provides more resources per node than a steel pick in 17. Not much, but enough to be worth it since gas is relativly easy to mass up.

 
Yes I know it was faster, didn't say it wasn't. What I said was it wasn't MUCH faster. Not enough to be worth the drawbacks IMO. Trust me I know, I built this with a pickaxe. :)

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Sounds good, though I care more about speed and found that for the most part the speed made up for the lower resource yield per hit before A17.

I haven't gotten around to desert mining yet - Is oil shale still abundant and close to bedrock?

 
Sounds good, though I care more about speed and found that for the most part the speed made up for the lower resource yield per hit before A17.

I haven't gotten around to desert mining yet - Is oil shale still abundant and close to bedrock?
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Yeah, it's faster and you get more. And yes and no lol. I found shale rather quickly going down a random path in the deset (and I found some diamonds!), but I found lead deposits were all littering about. Once I hit some, though, it took about a good 15 mins to mass up 1k shale. However, it was a bit of a pain in the ass because digging in the desert is a delicate process, kept dropping a ton of sand from the top. But I never took damage, so all's good. After that 1k I used 95% of it to make oil and just got on my hog and got gas from gas barrels I found lol.

 
Yeah, it's faster and you get more. And yes and no lol. I found shale rather quickly going down a random path in the deset (and I found some diamonds!), but I found lead deposits were all littering about. Once I hit some, though, it took about a good 15 mins to mass up 1k shale. However, it was a bit of a pain in the ass because digging in the desert is a delicate process, kept dropping a ton of sand from the top. But I never took damage, so all's good. After that 1k I used 95% of it to make oil and just got on my hog and got gas from gas barrels I found lol.
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Thx for the info.

 
Yw. I didn't really find one big plot of it like you used to be able to, but they were scattered in the area I found one in. It was worth it for oil, since that boost made up for restocking from traders. Would I do it again? Not very likely lol.

 
Fantastic post by the OP. Can't disagree with anything he said.

>Snip By OzHawkeye - Keep it civil please<

 
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I think OP´s tone is rough... I get that you´re a little angry, but it would have been a better read, had you used a more objective tone.

With that said, I kinda agree with all of OP´s points.

I dont think the new systems are as bad as OP does, but they were mostly better before... Mostly!

Melee has never been better than now, for instance...

 
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