Originally posted by gorgofdoom:

in my words; How does it actually add anything to the game besides an annoying 90 minute grind?

If resources had no point, then there would be no logistics decision making in where to build a base.

If you build a base 10 miles away from your nearest copper site, then you implemented logistics decision making poorly.

That's what I see this as ultimately coming down too. You copper complainers build your base without thinking about logistics. And then complain when copper is 10 miles away and all the effort it takes to get it.

I scouted an area and found 5 copper sites in close vicinity. Did I mine these and run it all back to my base 10 miles away? No, I built a new base on the site.