I've discovered the secret to getting Glitchly Rich and enjoying it
Mining Sparkly it the best way to pay attention and participate in Global! Wonderful downtime and a couple of clicks without even having to take your eyes from the Global Chat, as long as you don't mind the occasional squawk form the chickens. :)
Mining is fine as it is. Sad is sparkly is most expensive and ppl mine it to sell to vendors. There should be equal prices for all rock types, so there is no selective mining.
Sometimes is really hard to find sparkly to make powders. Except if you go into Ajaya or Neva which are crowded and many people dislike, because of the absurd rules.
I've never really had trouble finding sparkly outside of AB/Neva Neva. And it actually makes sense to me that the rocks have different prices - I've noticed that I get more chunks of the dullite and beryl per hit than sparkly - so price seems to be tied to the energy expended to get it.
Neva Neva mind AB.. :) There's plenty of good mining in Pollokoo and Callopee and many other streets less prospected. Seam streets are well.. what they are.
I have a few streets I teleport to regularly for my mining fix and sparkly galore - usually no one else is there, and I have the street all to myself. Not a fan of the rat race and chasing with a mob to get one dig in on a rock. Just my 2 currants worth.
I dunno, I don't care much for mining and meat is worth about as much as sparkly, iirc. you don't get gems that way but you do get other random things (music boxes, etc.)
I lobe you too Miso, and all of my glitchy Global chat family! The point is not to get rich, in that sense of the word, it's the richness of the awesome relationships forged in Global. The currents...........that's just a nice byproduct. ;)
You can make the sparkly into expensive powders (like extremely hallowed shrine powder), and expensive tools (like crystalmalyzing chambers) that are great for donating or selling. For the latter you will also have to mine metal rock.
Donation!! Sparkly is the best for donations cause you can donate the exact amount to get to the number you need (be it just under the limit for faster learning or exactly at the limit for an emblem). I love sparkly.
@rjstorm: Dullite is very useful if you need green elements. When crushed, it gives 8 green as opposed to beryl and sparkly, which give 2 and 1 respectively.