So, a lot of question about the new mining system, sweet on all the hype, but all the yells in game not so sweet....

Mining has had a major overhaul.

The main intention is to be able to mine the new ores available, that are used in the fabrication of new fuel and ammunition.

Mining is now a persistent skill, meaning it does not reset on tier, and you can't spend development points on it.

Mining max level has also been increased to 99.0.

So how does it work?

Every 2 minutes, somewhere in the galaxy a new asteroid will appear.

Over time it will deplete, or if you mine it, and then explode when consumed.

Asteroids are assigned a RANDOM level, this is based on the mobs in the zone.  If there are no mobs, a random level up to 120 will be assigned to it.  So, Smete asteroids could be level 4 or level 50 or level 90, for example.

To gain skill, you must be between 10 levels below and 10 levels above the asteroids level.

The colour of the asteroid will give an indication of the asteroids level.

Quest asteroids follow a different set of rules, and are random level, regardless of what system it spawns in.

The higher the asteroid level, the better the quality of ores available.

A random ore will be given to you, up to the maximum the asteroid allow, depending on level.