Artisan Archive

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starcraftWS wrote:

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Ewach wrote:

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Guruweaver wrote:
You can Sample (hand mine) Radioactives, but you will get wounded doing so.
Guru

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Have you tried it lately? A technique I used to use to help out entertainers (and medics) was to hand sample once or twice some radioactive go get a good amount of wounds.

I tried it a couple nights ago and only took damage - not wounds.

I do not recall reading in any patch notes that this was changed, but it wouldn't be the first time something was changed without telling us.

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This is another shipwright doublestandard. The new "high grade polymetric" radioactive, that is used by shipwrights for crafting, won't give wound (just damage). All other radioactives still give wounds and battle fatigue if you sample them.

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Not exactly true.

Radioactive Class 1, 2, 3, and 4 will give you negative modifiers to your HAM pools (like -250 for 5 minutes) if you sample them. Your max HAM pool amount is reduced.

Radioactive Class 5, 6, and 7 will give you wounds if you sample them.

The differentiation comes into play through the quality of Potential Energy in the Radioactive (which is why some are Class 1, 2, 3, and so - based on how high of PE they have).

I think the rule of thumb is Class 5 or 500PE or more gives you wounds. Anything below gives you negative modifiers to your HAM.

As for the Polymetric Radioactive, I don't know if it's true that it never gives you wounds. If the PE is high enough, maybe it will. Maybe not, never messed with sampling Polymetric.