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A common chore while playing especially in the middle and end game is finding and removing depleted miners so they can be re-used elsewhere. In a large ore patch they can be a little hard to spot which makes the whole affair quite tedious. I suggest adding one of those little warning triangles to depleted miners, similar to the ones that appear on buildings that need power or fuel.

I like this idea, maybe color the ground under them or something?

they stop moving after they are depleted

and it's often on the edges of the patch that they run out

On the map(and minimap) depleted miners will show as solid blue.

Solid blue doesn't mean much on the minimap. Everything is already blue.

The best bet would be to use a map warning icon.

What if they marked themselves for deconstruction?
This could be a researchable feature, of course.

What if they flashed a icon much like the 'Out of power' or 'No fuel' icon you see for other entities, but this one could show a 'No ore' or 'Ore depleted' Icon

Look guys I'm not looking for something complicated here. There are obviously already ways to distinguish depleted miners, but they aren't that convenient. The map isn't really useful on a small scale. Still-standing miners can have other reasons (backed up output). I'm just asking to make the individual problem stand out a little more using a mechanic that is already in the game.

@Klonan That is literally exactly what I suggested in the opening post.

Gandalf wrote: @Klonan That is literally exactly what I suggested in the opening post.

Im gonna go ahead and admit that i just thought it was such a great idea that i should suggest it once again as if it were my own, only so that it might have a better chance of being seen ;]