User:Rabble/T5mining

Please note that all of these comments refer to a very early version of T5 mining. We don't know how the final version of T5 mining will work.

Overview of T5 Mining

T5 mining is very different from T4 mining. I didn't take any screen shots of a T5 mine but there is one image at http://ve3d.ign.com/images/67329/PC/A-Tale-in-the-Desert/Screenshots/May-6.

The first thing you'll notice is that a single T5 mine is huge. The initial mine looks like a small cave with little crystals inside. But once you start to use the mine, many separate rock formations show up in front of the mine. The linked image shows 9 of these rocks formations. Different types of mines (Copper, Iron, Tin, etc) have different numbers of formations. Some of the higher end metals have 16+ formations.

Each rock formation has several properties.

• The shape of the rock can vary.

The linked image shows rocks that are "bowl shaped" with a hollowed out center. But some mine types have rocks that are pear shaped, egg shaped, flat, or have other irregular, hard to describe shapes.

• The color of the rock can vary

The linked image shows rocks that have colored star-burst patterns on them. I'm very colorblind but I think some of the patterns are yellowish and others red or green. The type of pattern varies with different metal types. Some metals show star-bursts while others have wavy lines, circles, etc.

• The base of the rock can vary

Some of the rocks in the linked image have bases made of other, smaller rocks while other bases are solid flat rims which surround the main rock. Some metals have bases made of little, square rocks or jagged, angular rocks.

• The crystals on top of the rock can vary

The rocks in the linked image all have sets of small crystals on top of them. Different mines can have crystals that are short and stubby, long and pointy, squarish or show other patterns.