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Thread: Distinct lack of Ore in the world...
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Saurise
Fri Oct 01, 2004 1:08 am
#1
Gas / Metal / Chemicals I seem to find all the time at 70-90% effeciency around Tatooine... but Ore, forget it... Is there any reason, am I on the wrong planet for Ore mining or something ? Or maybe I just never get far enough into the open wilds to see it ?
Is there hope for me yet ?
Bandola
Fri Oct 01, 2004 2:06 am
#3
Not everything spawns all the time, occasionally you will not find a certain resource anywhere close. Ore in any case seems to cap at a something like 70%, so if you find a 60% spot then that is good and you should immediately place your harvesters.
Overall I postulate that the total amount of Ore available is the same as for other resources (when it is in spawn), although the concentration may be around 60%, the galaxy-wide coverage is probably 130% that of the other minerals, so it evens out.
Are you comparing Ore to just metals ?Try compare to a specific metal, such as Steel, then you may find that it is not as rare as you first thought.
If you rarely find Ore in the vicinity I suggest you are just unlucky, try looking furthe afield.
rofak
Fri Oct 01, 2004 3:58 am
#4
According to SW:KOTOR, Tatooian ore is low grade and low quantities 
Pawlin
Fri Oct 01, 2004 10:08 am
#5
THe ore fields seem to be very wide. You can run for 200m and it will only change from 30% to 35% or something. So its very likely that anywhere you throw down a harvester you'll hit 30% ore of some variety. Its hard to find a 60% spot but its also very hard to find a 0% spot for ore.
Other metals have small fields. You can quite often get the 'resource not located' message if you are sampling. But with a little hunting you can usually find a 70-90% spot.
Astev_Aris
Fri Oct 01, 2004 1:42 pm
#6
I've been really lucky over the past few weeks. I planted 17 heavies just north of Theed on a 45% patch of carbonate(anything above 40% is good enough in my books when it comes to ore) which ran for about six days. After a shift, I found that a new vein of carbonate had spawned in the same spot, but at 63% this time! I let that run its course, and the next shift brought another spawn of carbonate at 42-44% which is what the miners are pulling right now. I've managed to pull over 2mil of carbonate and I haven't had to move a single miner in over 3 weeks. 
LadyGrey
Fri Oct 01, 2004 2:46 pm
#7
Astev_Aris wrote:
I've been really lucky over the past few weeks. I planted 17 heavies just north of Theed on a 45% patch of carbonate(anything above 40% is good enough in my books when it comes to ore) which ran for about six days. After a shift, I found that a new vein of carbonate had spawned in the same spot, but at 63% this time! I let that run its course, and the next shift brought another spawn of carbonate at 42-44% which is what the miners are pulling right now. I've managed to pull over 2mil of carbonate and I haven't had to move a single miner in over 3 weeks.
OK, I consider that an exploit!!!!
j/k. I'm actually very happy for you.
Tempus_Blackthorn
Fri Oct 01, 2004 3:55 pm
#8
I found a 76% vein on Lok(Intrepid) Wednesday. Either it was nearing the end of it's spawn, or it lasted only1 day.
Currently, I'm running on a vein of 64%.
It annoys me. Archs need ALOT of ore, yet that's what spawns in lowest %... We need more lots... I got 6 heavies (3x13 and 3x12) and they don't pull out enough to fit my bill. A pity I'm not making alot of money(guild arch means lotsa give aways and cheap prices 
), else I would hire someone to harvest the ore for me, and concentrate on good resources.
), else I would hire someone to harvest the ore for me, and concentrate on good resources.Too bad my guild's city isn't on Naboo, then I could use that small Naboo house that takes 1 lot and get an extra harvester...
Any Generic houses that takes one lot? Found a sony webpage that explains how many lots each house takes, but it says a medium house takes 2 lots and holds 150 items. I think that page is outta date... But there's floorplan and screenshots to see what they look like.
Pawlin
Fri Oct 01, 2004 4:36 pm
#9
No. ONly house that uses 1 lot is that round Naboo small.
Tempus_Blackthorn wrote:
...Any Generic houses that takes one lot? Found a sony webpage that explains how many lots each house takes, but it says a medium house takes 2 lots and holds 150 items. I think that page is outta date... But there's floorplan and screenshots to see what they look like.
Dovit1
Sat Oct 02, 2004 5:42 am
#10
I don't care care how ore is distributed. I just Know that I can never get hold of enough to keep my architect vendor stocked. We need more ore!!!!
Krondac
Sat Oct 02, 2004 8:02 am
#11
I have also recently seen the lo-grd ores on Tatoonie at a VERY low consentrating percentage wise. I have been an Archie since game beginning and back then we would occasinally get 80%+ but in recent months the BEST I can find is 60% and thats VERY RARE... This is not lack of lookin as I will hit ALL corners of TAT and sometimes spend hours looking for (THAT SWEET SPOT) which no longer exists on TAT so if you find ANYTHING better than 50% DROP those harveys...
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