Elder buff could affect mining

[Maxime Monarque]

As the title says, the Elder’s buff of increased wood cutting damage could also affect mining. My thought would be to make it more rounded so gathering basic base building materials like stone would be quicker, but I wouldn’t say no to mining iron, silver, etc. A little bit faster.

I’ve never been a fan of this buff and I am hoping this might cause people to consider using it in new areas or even just to make base building easier.

 

[Gregory Nelson]

It isn't thematic to the Boss that is made entirely of wood... but it is the Boss Area where mining first becomes important and it would make the Elder Ability more useful and balanced with the others. As it is, I too never use this buff as taking a little extra time chopping trees when I need to is not that big of a deal, but I do tend to go on mining expeditions.

Another useful benefit could be decreased wood/ore weight while in effect, making it easier to carry more relevant harvested resources at one time while it was active. As opposed to increasing carrying capacity, this would impact only those wood or ore resources while in personal inventory, (maybe a 10% or 15% weight reduction on those items).