Give us back scafolding

[Greyfox 427]

Fences not blocking surface mining was the one sanity saving technique to starting a new surface mining project on slopes.   Please give it back.

[Hoppy 357]

if you dont move you can mine without falling

[Jaz 2,665]

That is not a life insurance there is still a small chance of falling even if you never move. Around a few hundred actions I usually fall -and I do nothing else when surface than hitting the mine key bind

[Xalorum 765]

4 hours ago, Jaz said:

That is not a life insurance there is still a small chance of falling even if you never move. Around a few hundred actions I usually fall -and I do nothing else when surface than hitting the mine key bind

^this

[Ostentatio 1,970]

Surface mining on large slopes should be dangerous and difficult. Being able to surface mine under a fence didn't make any sense anyway; we can't dig, so why be able to surface mine?

[Proximo 402]

1 hour ago, Ostentatio said:

Surface mining on large slopes should be dangerous and difficult. Being able to surface mine under a fence didn't make any sense anyway; we can't dig, so why be able to surface mine?

 

It already was, wasn't it?

 

It just went from dangerous and difficult to nearly IMPOSSIBLE.

[Ostentatio 1,970]

Hardly impossible, unless for some reason you're trying to surface mine the middle of a giant cliff and don't have any contingency plans available, and don't want to make a temporary tunnel or anything like that. Hell, you could put a fence a few tiles below, in order to catch yourself and get some stamina while working. It's really not as bad as you're making it out to be, and this being Wurm, players will still accomplish what they want come hell or high water.

[Jaz 2,665]

khm. Why all of you still use fences as support you on big slopes when there is the perfect surface mining companion in game for a long while already?

Siege shields are your friends. Easy to make, mobile, low ql ones decay in a week thus even saving you the hassle of bashing away.

[Greyfox 427]

8 hours ago, Ostentatio said:

Surface mining on large slopes should be dangerous and difficult. Being able to surface mine under a fence didn't make any sense anyway; we can't dig, so why be able to surface mine?

Thanks for the tip

[Klaa 4,872]

Rather have climbing gear as an alternative: rope and harnesses to hold one in place.

[Ausimus 756]

grind climbing skill, stamina, and use samiches. stop being lazy.

-1

[Proximo 402]

9 hours ago, Ostentatio said:

Surface mining on large slopes should be dangerous and difficult. Being able to surface mine under a fence didn't make any sense anyway; we can't dig, so why be able to surface mine?

 

Well if we're going by what makes sense, how does someone exactly build a fence on solid rock in the first place?

 

The simple fact is the playerbase isn't being given the proper tools to deal with the issue, so they found a work around.  Like we ALWAYS have. 

 

I see no issue with that.

[Wurmhole 3,650]

I would not mind building a fence one tile lower, if I could trust the fence to hold me without bouncing over it.  However the Siege shield idea seems really interesting to me.  I need to try this.

 

Edit:  Dang... lots of resources needed to make one and heavy too.  Can someone explain how movable it is?  If I give a push, will it snap over to the next tile?  1 push, 20 pushes?

Edited February 12, 2016 by Wurmhole

[Jaz 2,665]

1 push = 1 tile. So quite fast

[Greyfox 427]

Rolf nerfed using siege shields as scafolding aswell

[MrGARY 12,421]

doesn't make sense to mine under a fence, that ones an obvious bug so -1

[Meldichoir 242]

7 hours ago, Proximo said:

Well if we're going by what makes sense, how does someone exactly build a fence on solid rock in the first place?

 

Quote

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_rock_climbing#Some_historical_benchmarks

14th century AD: The Anasazis in the southwest United States drilled holes for posts and carved steps up the steep rock cliffs in Chaco Canyon.

 

7 hours ago, Proximo said:

The simple fact is the playerbase isn't being given the proper tools to deal with the issue.

 

7 hours ago, Klaa said:

Rather have climbing gear as an alternative: rope and harnesses to hold one in place.

[NESGamepro 350]

I've done a ton of surface mining and I didn't even know about the fences. With the right planning only a few spots are tricky and only right at the beginning.