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Alibnoblacksheep
10-02-2004, 05:30 PM
How do the drill upgrades affect you? Do they make you drill faster or something ?Or do they allow you to drill through harder substances.Please help!
Liokae
10-02-2004, 05:32 PM
They just make you drill faster.
Alibnoblacksheep
10-02-2004, 05:33 PM
Oh,thank you squishy.
MercuryLime
10-02-2004, 11:45 PM
Now, this was some confusion to me in the beta. I was under the impression that the drill let you drill through harder substances...

But "squishy" is right.
Sashanan
10-03-2004, 04:54 AM
Is it just me, or does a better and faster drill also mean you need less fuel to dig, and thus lets you stay down there longer? Seemed that way to me, and that also seems like a much better reason to invest money in a drill than a faster animation speed. :)

One thing's for sure, you need more time to dig deep down, so I wouldn't want to dry that with a stock drill anyway.
dastardly_fiend
10-03-2004, 10:29 AM
Well, you drill faster, so you get more accomplished in the time it would normally take you to dig, so you do use less fuel per drilling.

That's, at least, what I assume.
Alexar
10-03-2004, 11:11 AM
Yes it makes you drill faster, but the lower you go the slower you drill and the slower you move. At one point, if your cargo is getting full you cannot move upwards when you get really low in the ground which really stinks.
MercuryLime
10-03-2004, 12:32 PM
In answer to your question, no, it doesn't save any fuel.
ScientistBlah
10-03-2004, 01:47 PM
If a better drill makes you drill faster, then what does a better engine do?
Freddy
10-03-2004, 01:50 PM
thats stupid. it should also let u dig harder stuff.

come on. a goldium drill digs through dimond. how screwed up is that.
Knilt
10-03-2004, 01:54 PM
If a better drill makes you drill faster, then what does a better engine do?
It makes you go faster, of course. :roll:
MercuryLime
10-03-2004, 02:09 PM
It makes you fly faster.
slasher
10-04-2004, 05:25 PM
yeah and it also allows you to fly with heavier loads.
The Brown Cow
10-04-2004, 05:28 PM
thats stupid. it should also let u dig harder stuff.

come on. a goldium drill digs through dimond. how screwed up is that.


'Course it's goldium, not gold so... yeah. Cheap excuse.

Gold would just kinda go squish.
MercuryLime
10-06-2004, 07:08 PM
Now that's fun to imagine.

*squish*

Dude, you squished my gold bar!

:D
DragonBlood87
10-10-2004, 10:25 AM
Well, really, you're not trying to drill through the diamonds, you're trying to drill through the dirt around the diamonds.
MercuryLime
10-10-2004, 05:58 PM
Er... yeah, I didn't think about that.
XTTX
10-10-2004, 06:04 PM
i was wondering why u would want to drill through minerals to get them lol.
eSKape
10-12-2004, 08:34 AM
i was wondering why u would want to drill through minerals to get them lol.
Well, it IS pretty large minerals for that little ship.. I think it is crunching the minerals a bit before it take it in.. :D
Myrddraal
10-12-2004, 01:46 PM
Is there any way to drill through the rocks that show up around -2000 feet?
Afterburner
10-12-2004, 03:02 PM
No, only blowing them up works if you REALLY need to go through them.
football93309
10-12-2004, 10:10 PM
WHat about Einsteinium? Is there a way to drill into those gold mines?
MercuryLime
10-13-2004, 05:25 PM
What???
tyybo
10-13-2004, 09:49 PM
keep in mind, you are drilling away the dirt, not grinding the particles of whatever it is into tiny pieces, and come on who would make the connection between goldium and gold lol
leviathanap
10-14-2004, 12:46 AM
I would rather use the good ol' Talc drill.

*poof*

Let's hear it for the Mohs hardness scale!