115158-mining-worm

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Ok, so I've been noticing people entering my worm-holes, from mining veins on the world map. Is this just the way the game works or is this a Dominion vs. Exile thing?--Because, it appears anyone can enter the extra level, even though they were not mining the vein, nor had they helped kill the worm. This leads me to believe that even a player that doesn't mine could enter the extra level via the worm’s mouth from someone who got lucky enough to have a chance at that encounter, aka a miner.
 
Even if it's just a miner's level, and only a miner can enter it; it would make more sense if it was reserved for the player that mined it in the first place, I'm also not playing on a pvp server, so I'd hope I wouldn't be in competition for the "extra level" because of such a rule, if one does exist in the first place. Correct me if I'm wrong here, I might be missing a piece of the puzzle or something, but to me, this just seems like something that needs to be fixed for miners, it's troubling to say the least.
 
If I could at least get a clear answer on this mechanic, I'd at least be under a better understanding of the rules, and how, and why people are allowed to jack me for extra levels via mining nodes: as a miner, because I mine, no really, I do.	
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I thought they had changed it so that you could not enter someone elses worm. I normally mine exclusively on housing plots now days... and no worms.
 
I had heard stories early on about a bot train going into some elses worm.	
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			Group's share node loot and xp that much I know, so perhaps an oversight? When they enter are you locked out? If not do you see them in the same tunnel?	
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"When they enter are you locked out?" PinkPanther said.
 
Right, I'm unable to enter the extra level after they enter it.	
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That sounds like you should do a bug report.
 
Getting locked out of your own wormhole doesn't sound like it's working as intended at all. :mellow:	
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			Yeah, already did a bug report on it weeks ago, but that's a good idea. Just looking to see if I can spark up a conversation with someone up stairs about this issue, maybe they can enlighten me about how the rules work on the worm-holes. Kinda makes me think they did it on purpose, I'd like some clarity on the subject.	
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			If it does happen (it's incredibly rare to even get an ore worm) it hasn't really been an issue since even if they are miners too there are far more nodes in one worm tunnel than you can even get in the allotted time.  It is kinda weird that others would be allowed to enter it but the more the merrier I say.	
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			I sometimes spend over fourty-eight-hours at a time mining. I know how rare these can be, sometimes even over a two day period mining, you might find two or three at the most. Once, someone entered my worm-hole and I found two more worms in a row, it was a rare day. To me this is a huge deal, because after spending that much time in a game purely mining, or during a daily quest run, if someone walks up and presses the f key while I'm knocked down from fighting the worm, or if I'm just too slow to push to f key, it ruins my whole play experience. Please fix this problem, it's a bad play experience. And on top of that, you're letting people leech my chance at what I've worked hard for, off my tools mining proc.	
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