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Ok Stupid Question

Where do you get harvesters and is there a skill you first to be able to use them?

Is there a restriction on where I can build harvesters?

Can any one suggest a good macro for surveying?

I'm sure there is more I'd like to ask, just can't think of it right now, but any help would be appreciated.

You have to buy or build your own harvestors. Look in the Engineering line under the Artisan professionon your skills screen and you'll see harvestors appear up at the top of the skill line (III and IV I believe).

No you do not need any special skills to use them anyone can use them no matter what profession or skills, You will, however,need money to pay for their maintainence, power to make them run, as well as 'lots' in which to place them.

As to placement restrictions, you can not place any player structure in the 'no build zone' surrounding a city, or in a player city (unless you've been granted zoning rights). Additionally you can not place them near any faction base as they are also surrounded by a no build zone. There are also terrain restrictions in that you can not place them on ground that is too sloped, rocky or too near a creature lair (although if you destroy the lair that restriction can be lifted).

I do not however know any way to setup a good survey macro as there are message popups to higher resource concentrations and rich resource samples which disrupt the surveying process until they are responded to.