I find it very hard to believe someone could pull in Rubies at a similar yield to Diamond / Sapphire / Topaz. 
What new respawn rate? I thought it was for surface resources only.
The changed how fast areas regen after the 4 hour timer. It was for all blocks.
Edit: Now maybe the prices for gems and power coils can be closer to the levels they were in EA.
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I was pleasantly surprised the other day when I went Surfinā and came back with dozens of Diamonds and Titanium Ore when usually I come back with several. I think the changes have left me with an increased satisfaction when I choose to spend my precious hours playing.
I imagine the usual complainers will complain though. I think thatās the way they get the most enjoyment out of the game (ie. complaining on the forum). Itās a big Universe, thereās room enough for all kinds of play styles.
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Yea i noticed more gems last time i went mining a while ago. Im guessing early into regen fix. Was definitely a more satisfying yield using iron/titanium hammers unforged.
If gem prices do go down over time i doubt gem sellers will need to worry much. Youāll see more people buying gems for regular tools/weapons and not just for forging/coils like most do now
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Yeah I got like 23 sapphires last night over 30 mins with my beast of a below and loot magnet hammer lol
It was possible to pull that AMOUNT before the changesā¦ You just had to not go to the 3-5 gigantic hotspots on the planet, and settle for something middle of the road. I could usually pull 600-900 diamonds an hour, emeralds, a bit lessā¦ maybe 500-700.
At least now with these changes more players will have access to more AREAs (like players in different timezonesā¦ ect). And if a player wants to only grab a couple, or is just learning how to use an atlas, they wonāt have to walk in to a gigantic empty space thatās mined out. That isā¦ until it all gets plotted up
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It may be 1/3 less but still, the collection rate on them is quite healthy. The problem is finding the pocketsā¦ and then the old regen worked against those small pockets because many people had them mapped so were constantly checked and resetting the regen clock as I understand it. With the recent tweaks, those spots have been showing up in healthy rates again. If you pull in 500 emes/diams an hour, you should be getting about 335 rubies an hour.
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You alluded to the assumption people would probably still complain which my initial response referenced. So you did bring it up. Seems like you changed the context to fit a different part of the posts maybe?
Then you say this, which seems like it may be a complaint. Cheaper things for everyone is a good thing. Promotes creativity, community, and longevity. Iām sorry if it dips in to your profits, goals, etc but Iām definitely a fan of a cheaper market. Itās one of the reasons I enjoy being a primary gatherer. I like to barter, and I like cheap goods 
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You also need new players to make progress for the game to grow. Gems are frankly still overpriced. Should be more in the 300-400 range.
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Can I ask as a new miner of gems what is the best altitude to actually mine on.
I go to the light blue areas but still not getting many gems i mine for hours and feel lucky to get 50 gems. I usually go through a stack and half of iron hammers.
I donāt know what i am doing wrong!
I get dishearted as reading this post getting a few hundred in less time.
Which gem(s)?
Someone also mentioned if you mine about 30 blocks and dont see resources there is a chance regen hasnt finished and you should try a different area. Resources always regen last
At moment looking for Emeralds and Amethyst.
Then need Sapphire and Topaz.
Which gems? I assume all gems
Iām not an expert but these are notes I collected from previous posts (sometimes multiple depth ranges):
Beseverona has: Corrosion -> Amathyst 0-20. Forge Toxin -> Emerald 0-20. Mixer
Alnatins has: Chill -> Saphire. 40-110. 100-125. Extractor Shock ->Topaz. 115. 100-180. 120-140 refinery
Surfinā Safari has: serpensarindi Blast -> Diamond. 10-30. Mountains. Workbench Burn -> Ruby. 8-18. 10-20. Compactor
Looking at those notes, I have heard diamonds are more numerous near mantle depth, as close to 0 as the world goes. So range 4-20?
I was hoping for a bit more precise i tend to try and be at level 16 to 10 but I donāt know if I am actually to high to be effective.
I hope I am not annoying by asking this.
I guess I need to try to find these hot spots, Iām still only getting around 300 gems an hour.
This is my method. For everything but topaz and sapphire I go to mantle depth. I then go 1-2 above mantle and start going nuts with a 3x3 aoe with persist pie and str or spd brew. I then Dig a large box within a mapped hotzone. I then skip 2 rows each tunnel so there is 1 exposed side new on each tunnel lane. With this method I tend to grab a 1-2k gems, maybe more, maybe less per hammer life.
Sometimes Iāll get a hair up my rear and decide to sprinkler and just explode the whole room and leave a hole the size of a fancy gem bomb. If you do things right and get a good run on gems and ore, you can potentially walk away with 1mil in goods if you are able to sale all your rocks/ores/gems/fragments. Those values may be going down a smidge since ores and gems are slowly falling, but you get the idea I hope.
edit: meant to add, so for the price of an extremely high end hammer at 35-50k, you can potentially walk away with 18-19x your investment, if you sale every last item you gathered. Thats looking at top end best case scenario, your returns most of the time will be half of thatā¦ closer to 500k on average (i expect this average to go up however since the regen has been getting tweaked and getting higher gem returns is more reliable.)
Thanks this has been helpful so seems maybe i was too high.
Edit going that low how do you manage with lava?
I seem to always find huge lava lakes sorry for the newbie questions but just having trouble getting gems.