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Hey Anuke!
Love the game.
I do have a burning question.

Airblast has no percieved benefit versus the laserdril. 

is intended or an oversight?
they both have the same output when occupying a single mineable square. (so, afaik they have the same output per square occupied)

the lazer drill uses less energy per mineable square (66e/9sq=) 7.33e/sq
where the airblast drill consumes (180e/16sq=) 11.25e/sq

the only benefit the airblast drill seems to have is 26% reduced water consumption
(6w/16sq=)0.375 for the airblast per square
(4.6w/9sq=)0.511 for the lazer drill.

Even buildtime isnt a factor here.
The airblast drill takes 0.22 seconds per square to build
And the lazerdrill a mere 0.16 seconds per square.

Or am i having the oversight here?
the airblast drill does not live up to it's description of being an "ultimate drill" if a lower tier (and more easily placed) drill has more benefits.


Kind regards, whatever my username is here.

And thats why i am going to fail maths

All i did was dividing by 9 or 16 xD

thats exactly what i ment i didnt understand a single crap

oh, well.
Sorry for not being clear then :p

It was very clear, but sometimes airblast is better due mines faster in places with poor ore sources

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It'll never mine better than a lazer though.
Especially in poor ore situations.
If you can get a better % coverage with the laserdrill than with the airblast, use the lasers.

Yep, realized the same thing.  I only use the airblast when I would have to have to laser drills in place of one airblast, otherwise I use laser blast mines.

You can pack them tighter, right? You need a row of belt for every two rows of drill, so if the drills are wider you need less belt. 

Well, yeah. but it wont be nearly as power efficient.
And i've hardly ever ran into maps where the field is large enough to justify airblast drills.