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Old 06-26-2006, 12:35 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Favorite Place to Mine?
Just wondering where everybody likes mining and why.

My personal favorite is Gusgen. I always get 4-6 Darksteels coming out of there, and terrorizing gilsellers in fun.



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Old 06-26-2006, 12:43 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Re: Favorite Place to Mine?
I don't tend to mine very often, but when I do, I go to Gusgen. I think I'm drawn to the terrain somehow. The tracks for the railcarts, the ghosts, the wooden constructs and the deadends make it a "fun" place to mine for some reason.

[e d i t] Perhaps it's the false sense of danger created by the haunted atmosphere, while Ifrit's Cauldron has an entirely realistic sense of danger (Ha!) and you'd have to be a little insane to mine there frequently.





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Old 06-26-2006, 12:54 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Re: Favorite Place to Mine?
i used to mine in ifrits.

does anyone know what can be dug up in the near areas?



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Re: Favorite Place to Mine?
I say Zeruhn, reminds me of da good ol' days.


I don't mine too much anymore however.



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Re: Favorite Place to Mine?
Wow, the outcome has surprised me. Although this poll is in the Mining/Digging forum, more than half of the people who voted said that they mine. That's really interesting.



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Old 06-26-2006, 11:25 PM   #6 (permalink)
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Re: Favorite Place to Mine?
in terms of ease and relaxing, zeruhn mine. Can always find mining spots there. Altho the stuff you can get are pretty cheap

I average around 3 darksteel ore per hour in Gusgen. Not bad gil wise but finding a mining spot is such a pain there -.-



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Old 06-27-2006, 02:08 PM   #7 (permalink)
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Re: Favorite Place to Mine?
it's getting votes that say you don't mine because it's on the lower left of every page :p



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Re: Favorite Place to Mine?
Yeah, that's why I was surprised about voter turnout.



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Re: Favorite Place to Mine?
zeruhn has to be my favourite, must be because on my second swipe of the pickaxe when I started I got a darksteel ore. |I was so happy!!



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Re: Favorite Place to Mine?
I like to mine in the Grotto. It is close to my home nation and usually not many
people there. I probably don't get as many "big money" ores as Gusgen, but
I think I make up for up by making the iron ore into ingots, then sheets.

I just can't stand mining in Gusgen against all the competition. Mining is somewhat
relaxing for me.
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Re: Favorite Place to Mine?
YG was my hangout in my Mining Days. I did almost nothing but mine for almost 6 months last summer. I got all my Gobbiebags and leveled a lot of crafts. YG is my mine of choice because of the relatively low competition, proximity to Sandy, and lack of Mining Bots.



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Re: Favorite Place to Mine?
Oldton for me. The music adds to the mining.
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Re: Favorite Place to Mine?
I'm surprised that somebody said Newton...

If that person could explain why, I'd love to hear.

I've never even been there.



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Re: Favorite Place to Mine?
Originally Posted by Matera
I'm surprised that somebody said Newton...

If that person could explain why, I'd love to hear.

I've never even been there.
I've been there and trust me, you wouldn't like it.

All the mobs con as IT to me and I don't have a map of the place, as it's almost impossible to get a key there x.x

Oldton is fine though, all the mobs con as too weak, so I don't have to worry about aggroing, and the music is the same as newton, so there you have it!

Wouldn't be surprised though if Newton has more rarer drops than oldton, just because the area is for the highest level people.
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Re: Favorite Place to Mine?
You will still aggro at 75 in newton I believe. However, you can mine aluminum ores there.



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