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Thread: Does anyone have hard data on new crafting and harvesters?
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Griswel
Sat Mar 13, 2004 10:16 am
#14
Atiw - that carb ore you're using is bad. 900/900/900 is much batter, your average is under 840. I use 915-920 stuff myself.
Thanks for the info, though, sounds like we don't need to panic. OTOH, all the Ocow I stocked up on (average just 915) might be crap 
Griswel
Sun Mar 14, 2004 8:00 pm
#15
Well, any ore will do, must of what I have is intrusive some extrusive.
You only need carb ore for Turbines, which doesn't need any stats anyway.
It may be that Chilastra hasn't had great ore in a while, either, but I've had this tuff so long I haven't really been watching.
I'm used to using 915-920 avg ore, and 850 would be painful, especially with that uber steel you're using (mine is 915-920 mostly, though I have some 945 that I'm still using up).
Niklesnitz
Mon Mar 15, 2004 8:32 am
#16
haven't seen carb ore with really good stats. Usually you can find intrusive and extrusive ore with really good UT/SR/HR quite frequently.
Arrya
Mon Mar 15, 2004 11:25 am
#17
RotorofCorRng wrote:
I have never gone for EXP on hopper size as I hate to go crit and reduced BER. Wonder if those two are still tied together?
Weapons are similar, but you can get around it. What I do is go all the way to the next to the last box for your main stat. Then do your secondary line but leave 2 experimentation boxes left over. Then go back and finish out your main exprimentation line. If you get a moderate or fail on your secondary stat, it won't hurt your main stat at all as long as it is not maxed.
Yeah, its a stupid system, but it can be worked around
You'd think they'd work out these types of minor bugs before going around and changing the whole system...Anyway, its good to hear there will still be 13 BER harvesters though, whew.
Sneezy
Mon Mar 15, 2004 12:04 pm
#18
Just to add on to what Imap said.
My experimentation has actually gone up with the changes. But then I'm one of those people who have been hording stuff since the game went live 
I made some medium floras last night. I got 99% on the harvesting unit, and was able to hit 10 BER with 81% (2 exp points left, no skill tapes).
My artisan experimentation has improved immensely as well. My max Control Unit used to be 70%, but I can make 98% now (I do have better polymer, but all the rest of the materials are the same).
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