EcoEEco
Jan 11

Dynamite

Currently in Eco, mining remains largely unchanged until skid steers, which is unrealistic from a historical perspective and also makes the midgame a slog. I'm proposing adding dynamite to the game. Early form could be a black powder explosive, derived from compost (nitrogen) and coal. Dynamite could be a more powerful/advanced version made with paper liner + clay filler, possibly with support for shaped charges (for blasting rectangular regions). Explosives would be particular advantageous for mining harder rock variants. Open questions: - Balancing the reduction in calories since using dynamite is considerably less labor-intensive than pickaxes. In real life, some work is required to drill into the rock and place dynamite, but to make dynamite useful it should still be faster and more convenient than using pickaxes. - The effects of reduced pickaxe usage on the smithing economy. Interaction with Lucky Strike perk. - Should there be other accessories like blasting caps, plungers? - Skid steer should also probably be modified (e.g. not break hard rock) or changed to a different mining vehicle for realism and balance, but some people find this idea unpopular so leaving that for a separate suggestion.
CompletedCompleted
Nov 2, 2024

Explosives were released in Update 11.1!

Oct 10, 2024

Dynamite could turn hard material into blasted material, which can then be mined by pick or skid, or even excavator?

May 21, 2024

The way I see dynamite is as a solution to vertical mining that is currently not fully fulfilled by machines. For instance maybe have it effect a plot square 5x5x5 of where the dynamite is placeed and turn all the 125 blocks into 500 rubble. Also I believe the cost of it needs to be equivalent in some way to the skid steer so they are locked behind the same progress walls. Maybe make it in two parts where the plunger is locked behind a progress wall same as skid steer and dynamite is a crafted consumable by another skill.

May 18, 2024

I wish Skid steer and Excavator thing required new skill "Advanced Miner" or else digging ore & rock will drain huge amount of fuel.

May 21, 2024

playbabe I think the fuel consumption is able to be set on the server. On Dadspeed for instance, the skid steers use a very large amount of fuel while excavating.