@James I have allowed many, many players who battle guardians with me take out the mines - When I do this - i NEVER get any red gems - and I ask the player I am hunting with if they are getting red gems and they say yes - So the other player collects all the red gems the mines gives out.

I would not say something that I have not experienced myself - and I have done this countless times for many new players. But now you have piqued my curiousity - what do you mean that red gems are tied to our accounts. I never said that my balance of red gems were impacted but that the mines will not award a player any red gems if they do not at least tag the mine with a drone.

You can kill all the guardians in a cluster - and allow another player to destroy the mine - and time after time you will see that you do not get awarded any red gems for that mine - but the other player may or maynot as some just do not give any red gems.

@RoyalSerf This is not true, your gems are strictly tied to your account and it doesn't matter if you take out the mine or just the guardians.

If a player takes the mine that you are getting the guardians on -- they get all the red gems if you cannot get a drone on the mine before they destroy it -- so it is not true that it does not hurt when someone takes your mine while you are occupied elsewhere...and it is certainly not a help

If you didn't get any crystals from a mine where you destroyed the guardians, that's a bug. It shouldn't hurt for other players to help you take out mines. Did you try reloading to see if the crystals were really there?