You found a mining planet...

[Ottheinrich]

but the damn RNG kicks you where it hurts. DAMN RNG!!!!!

 

[Noble713]

I know these sort of RNG results are frustrating, but allow me to try to make sense of it:

High Quality + few districts = A deposit with few or no impurities, close to the surface, that is not manpower-intensive to access. However, due its limited land area it is not easy to exploit at a large scale.

Low quality + many districts = A physically very large deposit, but one that is full of impurities, possibly at significant depths below the surface, etc... You can mine a LOT of minerals overall due to its size.

Tthink of a iron ore deposit the size of China, buried under granite mountains, compared to a titanium deposit the size of the Vatican, exposed on the surface.

 

[Shirasik]

but the damn RNG kicks you where it hurts. DAMN RNG!!!!!

By the look of city disctict, you play as a hive. Natural rnj isn't a problem for worlds that is shaped by hive.

 

[Peter34]

I still think that the +15% Minerals modifier should force just a few more Mining Districts slots.

Say, give it an 80% chance to force +3, 20% chance of nothing extra.

 

[Mikhail_Mengsk]

I know these sort of RNG results are frustrating, but allow me to try to make sense of it:

High Quality + few districts = A deposit with few or no impurities, close to the surface, that is not manpower-intensive to access. However, due its limited land area it is not easy to exploit at a large scale.

Low quality + many districts = A physically very large deposit, but one that is full of impurities, possibly at significant depths below the surface, etc... You can mine a LOT of minerals overall due to its size.

Tthink of a iron ore deposit the size of China, buried under granite mountains, compared to a titanium deposit the size of the Vatican, exposed on the surface.

Yep. It's infuriating, but can happen.