Add more mine levels

[jock]

Adding more mine levels After 9 they slowly unlock forever.

This would remove the need for a world reset caused by mining limitations such as finding good feldspar for clay for anvils..As over time the deeper we go the better the stones/ore/feldspar we could attain. We have a catch-up 24-hour mechanic on placing mine holes after someone reaches that level.

A scaling factor would be best starting at 1 month for 10-15 then 2 months for each level from 15-20 etc.

[loftar]

This would remove the need for a world reset caused by mining limitations

I really doubt that's the effect it would have.

[jock]

This would remove the need for a world reset caused by mining limitations

I really doubt that's the effect it would have.

How so? At current the main complaint of people at the top are struggling to get good feldspar to keep progressing. There was a talk about the expected "cap" being about 700ql before it becomes a crawl of insanity.

I only say it solves the need from this specific limitation. Not others.

Edit

I say "cap" due to once anvils slow down then cutting tools stop going up.

This caps bones, so we stop being able to pull up from bones.
good feldspar gets hard and hard to find till you can't find any higher than your best (already hard and happening)
This then slows everything via clay>anvil>tool>wood.

[r0ck4ev3r]

Some world function of quality vs time (i.e +2q to the world every haven year) would help; If we were to get new mine levels, one or two depth every haven year would give us more to do in winter

[jock]

Some world function of quality vs time (i.e +2q to the world every haven year) would help; If we were to get new mine levels, one or two depth every haven year would give us more to do in winter

We have this built-in with tool soft/hardcap.

[cellites]

Has a world reset ever been triggered by the mines being expended? To my knowledge world resets occur when jorbtar decide to add something to world generation, like when they added oceans or changed the ore generation.

[vatas]

Has a world reset ever been triggered by the mines being expended? To my knowledge world resets occur when jorbtar decide to add something to world generation, like when they added oceans or changed the ore generation.

To my knowledge, this is the official dev stance: they only wipe a world when they have sufficient amount of changes in the pipe that require it.

Theoretically, ore is non-renewable resource that would eventually run out. In practice, world is big enough that it shouldn't really be a concern.

[r0ck4ev3r]

...Theoretically, ore is non-renewable resource that would eventually run out. In practice, world is big enough that it shouldn't really be a concern.

Assuming we can mine 100% of the caves, Meteorite and Gold would be our only perpetual to the over-world metals; Leaving most of the game still playable. Running out of Iron would gridlock the Realms.

Thank the Devs we've seen world resets before we even breach the edge cases.

[jock]

The issue isn't volume but quality.

With the new mold system(it's great), we cap out on tool quality limiting bones this leaves feldspar, We are going to reach the point where we need higher ql feldspar to pul the clay quality up or anvils will not move and then neither will cutting tool for quality.

This also added to the fact that lower levels are a big reason to push strength, tool qualities etc.

it seems like an inevitable need for more mine levels to increase the qualities and the systems in place would balance it.

[Clemins]

Also also, perma world will only create and even larger stat divide amongst people. Resets are healthy for the game. Also a lot of the "casual" player base doesn't even make it to L9, let alone, achieve the STR to mine there. Tbh next world they just need to raise the min Q on lower levels by a good bit and that'd be fine.

No need to do a triple backflip through flaming hoops, just change values.