How do mining points move?

[Tobold]

Does anybody know if the number of mining points in a zone is constant? So the moment I "destroy" a mining point by mining it empty, does a new one spring up somewhere else? Or is that location then depleted for a certain time and there are less mining points for some time?

If there was one player standing at every potential mining point in the zone, what would happen? If mining points moved, every time somebody mines, he would "send" the mining point to somebody else, so everybody could nearly constantly mine without having to run around.

But if it worked by depletion, the mine would be totally depleted after a minute, and everybody would have to wait until the mining points came back.

[Bahamut182]

Yeah, i have been wondering about this... i think the ammount is constant like you said, but one doesn't appear right after you mine, it spawns about 2 min later... this is what i think, but im still new to mining

[Jei]

there are fixed possible spots for mining/logging/harvesting. When they move, they only move among those possible spots. Run around and mark down the spots when you find it and soon you'll get to know them all

[Tobold]

Yes, I know that the mining spots are fixed. But each of these fixed spots can be either "full" or "empty", and when its "empty", it doesn't show up and can't be mined.

The question is about what happens when I empty a spot that was full. Or in a very abbreviated form: Will I find more ore in a mine full of other miners, or in a mine in which I am the only player?

[Taga]

you will find a LOT more ore if you have the mine to yourself simply because you will get all the points (as long as you have all of them marked)