This seems like an excellent method but seems very donation heavy, and i agree 2x1 is best for pre-eff7 and miners shouldn't shy away from coal.
Yes the way I mine is very donation heavy and anyone who is to be a good miner should strive for these particular features. I am not a farmer I think my herbalism is like 235 or something most my herbalism comes from cactus, grass, and occasional pumpkin farming if I need a quick 5k or something. You can still manage to make 15-20k with speed pots, and an eff 7, but without extcommands+ you need to spend time for e-reps and money on them unless you have a buddy, and then you have to move back and forth to storage if you prefer to sell via signs otherwise just /sell hand everything which works is fine but I prefer not to. I would also like to note that the majority of my money goes to donations anyways so doing this is a cyclical process for me, at least until I have all the features that I want. Then I will use the money on ranks and other stuff as well if I have not already done so.
Dude.. I don't have an Eff7, and I go mining with getting coal as my goal. I bet you'd make more money mining all the coal you see vs just going *diamond mining*. But this is just me, the girl who's goal is to collect 21 double chests of coal as an "end goal." I hope to get my own Eff7 soon though, and mining carefully with it for a bit, to also get pyro+/fly.
Just coal. But I could turn it into coal blocks and probably get it down to like.. 3-5 double chests or whatever though. XD
