Divine's idea of slaves as a replacement for miners in infantry only mode makes a lot of sense to me and is pretty cool, imo.
But only the Epsilon side should have "slaves" because only Epsilon would be that cruel to their brainwashed followers.
The Soviets and Allies should have "workers" (which are essentially slaves but with a better attitude and posture)
Foehn, on the other hand, since they're high tech and don't like getting their hands dirty, should have "collectors".
These "collectors" will hover around (but not in an amphibious manner) at twice the speed as workers/slaves and use some sort of weird tractor beam to collect ore... because Foehn be lazy.
Refineries could spawn 8 slaves/workers or 4 collectors if Foehn, upon being built.
Slaves/workers could cost $100 and collectors would cost $200 from the barracks (They would also require a refinery, to be trained)
Slaves/workers could hit people with their shovel, just for the lulz, and collectors could glide away and utilise the spin blade.
Edit: Maybe this doesn't just have to be for the infantry only mode. Maybe this infantry method of harvesting could be for T1 and the normal vehicle method of harvesting could be moved up to T2.
War miners would require the field bureau.
Chrono miners would require the mercury up-link / shield command / robot control centre.
Ghost miners would require the pandora hub (like the shadow tank)
Minermites would require the nanofiber loom (no more minermite+jackal rushing?)
Edited by BlackAbsence, 07 March 2018 - 02:08 AM.