Mine Resets

[hamann10]

I keep finding donor mine a total mess, and I was thinking that we should have a solution, and paying to reset could run into many issues, but I had an idea that may be better.
We could have something keeping track of the percentage of blocks to air in the mine... and when that percent reaches a certain number, say 60% then it automatically would reset. This would be nice and keep mines from becoming useless and would be more effective than simply a timed thing.

Also: About the mines resetting by time, I believe they reset every hour, it'd be easier for us to know when they reset if they reset at every even hour. People would know exactly when mines reset easily. So it could be reset at 4, 5, 6, etc instead of like 4:17 Thanks for reading

[mitsuo_wolfblood]

Mines always reset ten minutes past the hour unless something breaks but it's mcp so something is always broken.

[cougarboy]

That means after you get done with the surface ores, you could break a lot of sandstone and bam it resets and giving you more surface ores -1

[TySun]

That means after you get done with the surface ores, you could break a lot of sandstone and bam it resets and giving you more surface ores -1

It would take a very long time to break 60% of the mine, I don't think one person could just mine 60% in 5m then get more surface ores......

[hamann10]

I was thinking there could be a sign showing how much of the mine is left, which updates every little while. The percentage would be what is left, so 60% left, and the 60% is just a number that you could try, it doesn't have to be that, adjust it to whatever you think is best, but if you mine cleanly and neatly, it will run out of ores at about 50% and people don't always mine in a very organized fashion..... so... I thought 60% was a fair number

And mining a 40% or whatever it is, you will not get surface ores very quickly, there are so many blocks to mine and when a mine is totally out of ores, it's around 50% and that takes a really long time to mine still.

The point is, it's to help when many people are mining, I don't think people should stop and wait (especially in a donor mine), but should be able to continue mining for a reset.

[masterovieOG]

I have a god pickaxe and if I wanted too i could clear out donor mine of all its blocks in 30m and if it were to reset after I cleared 60% of it than the donor mine would be too OP because I get more ores and don't have to wait an hour for the mines to reset.  Unfortunately I can't mine for 30m straight because I'm a guard and it's my job to guard not mine at Donor.  I don't like this suggestion as much. -1

[zs471]

I have a god pickaxe and if I wanted too i could clear out donor mine of all its blocks in 30m and if it were to reset after I cleared 60% of it than the donor mine would be too OP because I get more ores and don't have to wait an hour for the mines to reset.  Unfortunately I can't mine for 30m straight because I'm a guard and it's my job to guard not mine at Donor.  I don't like this suggestion as much. -1

I didn't even read the suggestion, but you could not mine out donor in 30 minutes or even an hour unless your pickaxe is a worldedit wand.

[hamann10]

I have mined for an hour straight with a god pickaxe in the donor mine.... and someone else was also mining.... there is no way to clear it out that fast.
The issue comes when many people are mining and its left destroyed, I see no reason to be forced to be left with nothing to do on a server just to wait for a mine to reset (especially when you pay IRL money for donor)
OT: Someone should see if this guy is hacking in the mines