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.... hello all I have returned to my original and only true love .... hoarding resources .

Now , I need some help because I'm a little confused . Here is what I need help with ; my plan is to have ten of every harvester available . I want to check resource shifts daily , and when something really sweet pops up ( whether it's chem , mineral , food whatever ) I can dump as many harvesters onto a really high concentration of it ASAP .

I have begun this trip into madness with 10 mineral harvesters . I noticed something when I placed my harvesters onto a GREAT Dolovite Iron on Lok .

I purchased a Large Mineral Extractor with a BER of 10 . I also purchased a Medium Mineral Extractor with the exact same BER ... that is a BER of 10 . I dumped the harvesters daily , andas the days went by I noticed that the Large and the Medium produced just about the same amount of metal . Some days the Large extracted a bit more , other days a bit less and other days just about the same .They were on the same percentage spot ( 74% ) . There was never a big difference between the amounts the Medium and the Large pulled for me , maybe a very small difference like 100 units over 24 hours . The only really noticeable difference was the the Large Mineral Harvester cost much much more to maintain .

So , architects I ask you ... is this normal ? Are medium harvesters the way to go ? I have since purchased 9 more mediums to make my first set of 10 harvesters ( mineral ) and they all have a BER of 10 . Are large mineral harvesters a waste of time and money ?

Also .... are the large mineral harvesters the only ones to display this ineffectiveness , or can I expect it with all harvesters and stick to mediums in everything ?

AND FINALLY I have noticed that personal mineral harvesters have low BER's like 3 or 4 and mediums have around 10 and large harvesters have 10+ I guess ? Is this where the difference lies ? Are there hard caps for the different sizes ... ie BER cap of 4 on smalls , 10 on mediums and 15 on larges ? Is the reason I saw no noticeable differnce because I had a large and a medium that BOTH had a BER of 10 ? If so , what are the BER caps on the different sizes ?

AND FINALLY ( no for real this time ) what are the different harvesters that are available ? Mineral , Floral , Gas , Chemical .... am I missing any ? I know about Solar and Wind generaters but I'm confused as to what a Fusion Ion Generater is . Is this like a large version of the wind / solar gens ? What does it harvest ?

As you can see I need quite a bit of information so your help good reader is GREATLY appreciated . I wish you peace and a great New Year

Raeven

BTW - there is an FAQ around here that might prove useful to you.

All harvesters/generators take 1 lot each. They all require credits for maintenance. The *harvesters* need power. The generators make power. The key value you need to look for in everything is "BER" (Base Extraction Rate). You can also look at storage capacity.

The generators (wind, solar, fusion) cost 1500 a day. They currently can be made with BER9, BER8, and BER14, so solar is out of whack right now.

There are harvesters for 5 types of resources: mineral, chemical, gas, flora, and water.

There are 3 sizes of harvesters, each with it's own maximum BER, maintainance and power requirements (per day), and redeed cost.

Personal - BER4, 720 credits, 600 power, 1500 redeed
Medium - BER10, 1440 credits, 1200 power, 3000 redeed
Heavy - BER13, 2160 credits, 1800 power, 4500 redeed

Thanks to you for your help I appreciate it

Peace

Raeven

The fusion-ion generators pull radioactive, a type of power to power harvestors, factories, etc. Those come up to BER 14 (highest atm).

I would take a guess that you're getting small variations between the two BER 10 harvesters because they might be on slightly different densities but its less than 1% so you can't see the difference. e.g. one might be 74.1% and the other 74.5%. OR it could be because you empty harvester 1 first and then walk over to harvester 2 and empty it but in the meantime harvester 1 has been harvesting a little bit so when you come back the next time you go to harvester 2 then empty it and harvester 1 and its got a bit more. Not sure if that makes a lick of sense but oh well. Third option is that the Drall are stealing your stuff. They steal my stuff and thats why I kill them.