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A friend of mine recently mentioned to me that the harvesters she has been using since Launch consistently "eats" her maintenence credits.... she'll place them one day with enough credits for the harvester to run for 3 days and the next day the harvester will show 0 credits in maintenence.

When I saw the deeds I thought it a bit odd at first that the BER on the heavy mineral was only 7, but after reading several posts I now know that there was a point in time that harvesters only maxxed at BER 7, instead of the 13 we now enjoy.

I've not had a chance to try these out myself (waiting for a "quiet" shift in material before I do, when there's nothing good to mine) but I was wondering if any of the veteran Architects might have an idea or two about this situation?

Thanks.

Nossi Iloni
Master Architect
Bria

You should replace those harvs with new BER 10 Mediums, cheaper to run and less power needed and it sounds like those old deeds are bugged. The Mediums will be much cheaper then those old heavies cost and you will really pull some resources in!

Message Edited by jacnz on 07-02-2004 12:07 AM

Hehe. Thanks all, for replying.

Well of course the most practical thing to do is to get new ones, and I'd be the first to suggest it. However I know ppl are loath to part with something they paid top dollar for when it first came out so I won't say anything if someone chooses to carry on with what works for them.

I was also curious if these "pre-generation" harvesters were habitually bugged like this, I guess I'm just picking up trivia about old harvesters and the like

Thanks again, the feedback is greatly appreciated.

Nossi Iloni
Master Architect
Bria

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Swagga wrote:
...However I know ppl are loath to part with something they paid top dollar for when it first came out so I won't say anything if someone chooses to carry on with what works for them.

Ok, I think the best way to look at it is to consider the return on investment. If they buy medium mineral BER10's for say 40k each then they'd recoup their investment in less than a week. And then after that week they'd get 40% more output for 33% less cost as long as they use it.

Another way to look at it. If they had trashed the BER7 heavies and bought BER10 mediums a month ago then they'd have about 80k extra materials and 20k cash extra per harvester by now.

I was also curious if these "pre-generation" harvesters were habitually bugged like this, I guess I'm just picking up trivia about old harvesters and the like

I dunno if it has anything to do with the age of the harvesters or not. I think it has been intermittently reported on and off by various folks. I'm pretty sure it has happened to me on occasion. I haven't seen any trends though.

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Message Edited by Pawlin on 07-02-2004 12:15 PM