I did a little test with a new human rogue - bought a shovel and three treasure detection scrolls and went and mined out as much as I find. This is my income from level 1:
Mined gold: 181
On floor gold: 149
Sold items: 320 (-57 for one wasted identify bought)
As you can see there was almost as much money just lying around or dropped by monsters as to be found from magma veins (etc.) If you consider turns taken as well it's far better to go down/up some stairs and walk around again.
Now on to the 'acid test' at dungeon level 10.
I lost 3631 coins from two novice rogue hits! I actually lost more from that than I picked up from the ground or from mining.
Mined + On floor: 1433
Sold items: 10547 (had staff of identify)
Obviously by level 10 you would have to be a complete mug to waste any time mining.
So that said:
Do people actually mine for 'buried treasure'?
and
Should the 'buried treasure' amounts (and or monster coin drops) be bumped up a bunch?
Mined gold: 181
On floor gold: 149
Sold items: 320 (-57 for one wasted identify bought)
As you can see there was almost as much money just lying around or dropped by monsters as to be found from magma veins (etc.) If you consider turns taken as well it's far better to go down/up some stairs and walk around again.
Now on to the 'acid test' at dungeon level 10.
I lost 3631 coins from two novice rogue hits! I actually lost more from that than I picked up from the ground or from mining.
Mined + On floor: 1433
Sold items: 10547 (had staff of identify)
Obviously by level 10 you would have to be a complete mug to waste any time mining.
So that said:
Do people actually mine for 'buried treasure'?
and
Should the 'buried treasure' amounts (and or monster coin drops) be bumped up a bunch?
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