[2020] Requesting a dev response for a few small questions

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I'm very curious about these and often wonder about them while playing, I'd love to know more about how the game works!

How does the end screen kill count work? Does only lethal damage give kill credit, does everyone who dealt damage get credit (and if so, what's the threshold, is 1 shot enough?), do swarmers give kill credit? What about lootbugs?
How does the mineral count work? Is it from actually mining a mineral, or from picking up minerals (meaning that with a full bag you no longer get credit unless you deposit), or is it only from depositing minerals? Do huuli/lootbug/cargo crate minerals give mining credit? Do beer ingredients increase the mineral count?
What happens to a blank core if it gets inserted into the event machine but the mission fails before one of the three rewards are chosen? If the core gets spent, is it lost forever or will the player be given one of the three rewards at random? If the core gets refunded, will the next event offer the same 3 choices?

about 5 years ago - /u/GSG_Jacob - Direct link

1) I believe it's the killing blow. Credit for finishing the job, not for half-assing it. It's important to notice that we're listing the kills, but not ranking the players, as it's not a race to the top. Some classes are good at shooting stuff, other classes are good at falling to their deaths and getting to the drop pod first.
2) I think it's deposited, but I haven't actually checked. Should be easy to do. tho. Start a mission. Mine something, deposit some of it, fail, check the end result.
3) If you don't pick one you get one of the three choices at random (unless it's been changed, and no-one told me...). The reason it is like this is that we don't want people to reroll their choices by not picking an option (and in case you get disconnected, it's not lost).

about 5 years ago - /u/GSG_Jacob - Direct link

Originally posted by Railstar0083

Mine something, deposit some of it, fail, check the end result.

Speaking as an app developer myself: Well played. Get the community to test that shit since you don't have time.

Speaking as a gamer: Come on, you have access to the code, just give us a straight answer, would ya?

Speaking as a community manager: I would have used the exact same three minute approach to figure it out like I described as I don’t have access to the code, and even if I did and knew where to look, I’d probably not look it up on a Friday night after clocking out. :D

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