Actually, I agree with most everything in this thread. My miner is GM using +5 gloves and would love a bit more power. The idea of perhaps stackable buffs (+5 gloves and a +10 kilt?) is a good one.
Allow shovels and picks to be set to
gems only, ore & gems, ore only,
stone only, ore & stone. The ones in bold should be added. Gems only could allow mining up these for imbuing.
I personally would love to see a better shot at getting high-end ores (and lumber too!!). It is rare that I can get a vein that will supply verite or valorite and the yield on these is pitiful.
@Tyrath - I whimper every time I have Verite or Valorite as I know I'm going to lose half of these even at the highest level snithing I can get. I'm with you on this one!