More mining tweaks, how surprising

[jan.antilles]

Again, I don't know what you're talking about. I've played several mining rounds on oshan, neon, and nadir, and not ONCE have I seen any of my fellow miners make a pod drill/cutter. I've also gone several rounds not finding a single nugget of uqill despite digging up nearly half the trench. So what in the world is happening here? Is there some not-explained-in-the-wiki meta strat I'm unaware of, yet again?

There's no "meta strat." Uqill drops from rocks as a "bonus" in the same way gemstones do. If you scan your environment and make sure to mine all the rocks marked with an aqua-colored triangle, you should find some before too long.