Architect Archive
Thread: A harvester extraction question
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Wiggyboy
Wed Dec 24, 2003 5:43 am
#1
ok i got architect for my first holo profession and i will admit that i hate all crafting classes but have respect for you architects, you need to find so many resources, so anyway im 10k from being able to craft gungan hed statues but ive worked out i will need 300k of gemstones and 600k of low grade ore, now running 2 heavy mineral extractors with a BE of 13 on each, how long would it take me to get all those resources? takign into account i will be very lucky to find a concentration of about 70% on each
Astronaut_jones
Wed Dec 24, 2003 5:58 am
#2
Best concentration of ore I have ever found was 63%, not sure on gemstone. Well if you pull in 10k a day for each harvester it will take you 45 days give or take. You might be better off setting both harvesters on a high concentration of steel. Take that steel and sell it and use the money to buy the ore and gemstone.
ZenDragonMLS
Wed Dec 24, 2003 8:57 am
#4
A BER13 on a 60% spot will pull up 11,232 units of resources in a day. If you want to get to Master Architect quickly, you need to either have a bundle of cash and/or get LOTS of harvesters going. If you had 9 BER13s on a fresh spawn, you'd have 600K 6 days later.
As has been mentioned, you don't necessarily have to pull up exactly ore and gemstone, although that is the simpliest. You could find a higher concentration of steel (prefereablely good steel), mine that and exchange it (directly or indirectly) for the resources you need.
Notice also that if you are just grinding, you can take any metal and grind crafting stations in practice mode. 450 units of metal give you about 945 xp. You end up clicking more, since you are making about 6X the number of crafting stations than you would statues, but since metal comes in much higher concentrations than ore, you might actually finish faster.
If you are strictly grinding to Master Architect, *THE* limiting factor is how fast you can aquire the resources - period.
As has been mentioned, you don't necessarily have to pull up exactly ore and gemstone, although that is the simpliest. You could find a higher concentration of steel (prefereablely good steel), mine that and exchange it (directly or indirectly) for the resources you need.
Notice also that if you are just grinding, you can take any metal and grind crafting stations in practice mode. 450 units of metal give you about 945 xp. You end up clicking more, since you are making about 6X the number of crafting stations than you would statues, but since metal comes in much higher concentrations than ore, you might actually finish faster.
If you are strictly grinding to Master Architect, *THE* limiting factor is how fast you can aquire the resources - period.
Wiggyboy
Wed Dec 24, 2003 11:13 am
#5
thanks for the help guys, i got 4 harvesters now and 2 power generators, i've found a 65% concentration of ore so im probably going to stick all my harvesters on there and suck it dry 
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