vast agate
The need for iron ore in t6 and t7 is enormous. So instead of wandering the new areas, advanced players have to invest hours of gameplay in repetitive iron mine grinding, taking away a lot of fun while playing.
I have a suggestion to lower this to manageable levels: Building a permanent mine that does part of this grind automatically.
Like the oil rig this could be a building in the Rocky Mountains area with various levels. To build it, lots of resources are needed, like a lot of wood for the supports, a lot of iron/steel ingots for rails, wheels and axles for the little mining carts etcetera. Some larger project, you name it.
As a reward, this building will provide daily iron ore, starting at 100/day at lvl1, improving with level increase, which will be less costly than the first, but rising as usual for wagon or horse stable.
You can still do hours of iron mine grinding additionally, if you need more, but at least some of the grind is taken away, for a cost.
A similar building could be located in the south, providing coal.
What do you think of that?
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