Architect Archive

I'm very dissappointed in the macro sampling nerf. I would rather they have reduced it's effectiveness instead of just killing it.

I can't have a factory and have harvesters going on all the different resources I need. Especially when one vanishes and I have to planet hopping to find it - and tend my factory and harvesters, and make deeds and deal with customers.

I had a decent system going with using harvesters to collect the most necessary resources and then macro sampling the others. I can't buy resources to help the process, they are more expensive than the prices I can sell the deeds at.

I have no desire to spend all of my online time watching myself sample, so I cancelled all my orders (over 2 million credits worth).

I had my system worked out so that I could make 1 high-level deed a day. And I had buyers lined up to purchase them, but I have no desire to sit and watch myself sample for hours in order to maintain that rate. And spreading my harvesters over all the resources needed means waiting 2 or 3 days to collect enough to make a single item. Not fun.

All these nerfs and new limitations are turning a game with potential into another Everquest.

I'm thinking I'll just sell resources. It should be better money with much less risk or effort.

I'm not sure why you're having so much trouble. Just get all large extractors going...you should be able to mine everything you need.

It's the factory bugs/factory crate problems/disappearing inventory items that just kills me.

Well. I have 8 large harvesters going. With my factory, that is my limit.

There is one on steel, one on aluminum, 2 on power, and 4 on ore.

In order to use harvesters on all the resources, I need to add copper, chemical and gas. That means killing at least 2 ore and 1 power and buying power instead. That leaves me with 2 on ore. One of which has to be carbonate ore. If carbonate ore is not available on my home planet, i have to go planet hopping to find it. 2 ore harvesters on average spots means getting enough ore to make a large deed about every 2-3 days.

That's what I mean.

Pick up a second skill. That way you can take the extra time you have during those days it takes to get the resources and do something else with it.