Originally posted by Machete.Panda:

the reforge eden extraction is too low. taking forever to mine material out. I recall there was a way to increase the amount it mines to vanilla levels. Can someone help me with the command? I spent a lot of time looking for it, maybe I'm using the wrong key words.

It's not a command. You would need to create your own local copy of the scenario, edit the scenario's config files, and then start a new save game using that edited copy.
You'd also be responsible for keeping it updated with any scenario and game updates as needed and would need to fix any issues yourself that come up while playing this modified version.

If you went through blocksconfig.ecf you could reduce the damage it takes to mine each mineral. That would be a fairly significant pain.

Or you could simply punt, open the console, & give yourself as much ore as you like.

Are you using the right tool for the job?

that is really true.
in RE2 i use 5 T2 laser, in vanilla only 1 and i am much faster.
mining in RE2 is boring. to raid poi´s is funny and more profitable

You can just tweak mining damage blast radius and other stats of needed drills in blockconfig.ecf no need to edit all the mineral stats

Use the right tool for the job.
Hand mining is bad. Mining ships with multiple drills is good.
A pointless hybrid of drills and guns is also bad, because adding more guns means less CPU for drills; and more drills means less CPU for guns. You end up with a ship that can neither take POIs or mine efficiently. Pick one role and build around that.

Also, you do not edit the blocksconfig. That's the wrong file to edit. It's itemsconfig to change the damage of the drills.

Originally posted by Vermillion:

Use the right tool for the job.
Hand mining is bad. Mining ships with multiple drills is good.
A pointless hybrid of drills and guns is also bad, because adding more guns means less CPU for drills; and more drills means less CPU for guns. You end up with a ship that can neither take POIs or mine efficiently. Pick one role and build around that.

Also, you do not edit the blocksconfig. That's the wrong file to edit. It's itemsconfig to change the damage of the drills.

Yes, my bad. Agreed 100% with every word.