TOPIC: SSRP Suggestion - Deep Sea Mining - Poll - UPDATED

Server Name: All SSRP Servers

Suggestion Title: Deep Sea Mining (This offers a new type of currency instead of gems called Minerals.)

How would it benefit the server:
Ok so as we all know everyone has gems (including my self) and every time an event comes around there is either a wheel which is guaranteed prizes. Then there is the slot machine which usually costs less but dosen't always win you a prize. I think we should add a new type of mining called Deep Sea Mining. This will be useful for 'balancing' out the economy (Before you click off because its another economy post hear me out) this will work by having the water in the game useful and can benefit from it rather than it just being there.
This would work by having a different colour Ores (These could be similar to the current Gold, Stone and Ruby Ores) that are placed UNDER THE WATER and potentially 'shoot' above the water. This would give the player mining them the ability to collect and store 'minerals'. The 'minerals' collected will offer almost the same ability that gems offer (except from the craft-ables from the F4 Menu.
However as i was saying at the start the events always consist of you knowing what you will have to collect to use the Event to its fullest. What i am offering is the ability to still use gems (They can always use them to craft items such as the Gluon gun) but when Events occur you will not know what currency will be needed for the Event. This will Mean when the next Event comes out you will not know if 'minerals' or 'Gems'will be used to access the wheel/slot machine. This will cause the prices of both currency's to fluctuate in price (Making it so if someone were to buy 2million gems for $36 each and the Event is using minerals instead they have just lost out on their investment but the gems will be able to be used when the Event next uses Gems making them not non existent) and Users will have to balance out there time obtaining the new currency and the old currency to maximise their ability to use the Event.
This will also have to contain new items and entity's (Obviously) and i can think of a few that would be useful such as a Drill (This is what actual people who deep sea mine use but obviously that don't always have a hand drill i know).
This could have the basic drill (One you can craft so new players can also join in) and a diamond tipped drill (A Blue print to offer a 100% success rate).
The new Ore/s would offer the 'Minerals' that people would use.


Potential Issues/Exploits: People will afk mine for both of them (Gems and minerals) but this will mean that they won't have as many as they will have to balance out how many they have.
People may begin to block off parts of the water like they already do with rubies etc but this can be enforced by placing a rule such as:
"8.7 - No building any closer than 3 bodies away from the Deep Sea Mining entity's"
"8.8 - No areas forcing you to be fully submerged underwater"


Additional notes:
This is not a way to remove the usefulness of the Gem but instead create diversity the way people mine instead of just mining for gems and knowing what they will have to use. This way you will have to obtain both for the user to maximise their potential new items from the Event.

The item model for the drill could be the model 'BioShock 2 Drill SWEP'

The diamond tipped drill could just have a different colour or a whole new model such as


The Mineral rock could look something along the lines of this. With the actual prop model being: militiarock03


Server 3 Could look like this due to its bigger size.






The Previous images shows what the new possible mineral vendor could look like (The rocks are stepping stones not minerals. And it is kept in the same theme of the rest.) It also shows how the new minerals could look like. The bigger ones shown on server 3 could possibly be more useful (Being able to drop Minerals and possibly more useful materials not yet thought of.)
Sorry about the poor image of three of them im not sure what happened.



Please leave any feedback or comments on this SSRP Suggestion.

That kitty pool in the mines is no where near deep sea level. We need a new cavern going farther down, submarines, and more. Coming soon in ZARP - Oceania Update

Margoria update kappa
but we could use the big daddy bioshock suit since all we had is combat suits and no utilities

It would be great if it really was underwater, this would stop people from AFK mining as you will run out of breath and start taking damage.

I like the idea it is cool and different

lmao more gems more gems

Well... I think Server 2 is most fit for that, but then again, more fucking MINERS, or just make a new job called: Aquatic Sea Miner and make another section to the Server 1 Mines so basically like where you can go down underneath the map and miner the ores, but a potential exploit is chair exploiting out the map and then printing outside the map.

Morgan the photo is a concept i would of shown you on the server 3 map but it wouldn't show on single player for me. But i think you get the idea of what I'm trying to say here. A new type of gem which will make you uncertain what currency will be used for the event

This seems unique and cool!
Would love to see this

probably won't be added but nice suggestion

I really like your idea!
Its really well thought through and definately adds diversity into RP'ers playstyles and decision making.

I think this is a really good idea as it would change the way miners RP and adds a little spice

YAY MORE AFK MINING!

YAY! lets destroy the zarp economy even more!

I really like this idea and the new items. But can we get the the new item from the rock to be something oter than currency like make a bomb out of it or feed it to plants to make them grow faster, make it ingredeint in a drug lab that makes a drug that gives you cashor does awsome effects. I want this update to be more than items in booster packs

lMichaell wrote:
Did you read it properly

jaffacakes118 wrote: Of course you'd be the one to say that.

jaffacakes118 wrote:
Explain how this would destroy it.
If anything it would help the economy not ''fix' though.
By making it so people don't know what currency will be used in the event it will fluctuate the prices on both currency's frequently and it will make gems less mined as people will want and need both,

Morgan wrote:

To much fantasy

Elemental Fire wrote:
Great idea considering the item is 'minerals' it would actually bring 'roleplay' into the update.