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Thread: Anyone else having a serious issue with surveying and resources?
Anyone else having a serious issue with surveying and resources?
I have no idea what is going on but there seems to be some elements missing from my survey listings. In fact, I have a Mining Installation that was mining aluminum (Goke) which apparently is an Element that NO LONGER EXISTS IN THE GAME!
I even got to collect what was inside the hopper, but the area and the survey devices no longer label GOKE as a resource or on the Hopper listings! Yet it previously mined 15k units of the stuff.
The only Aluminum recourses listed on my Survey Device (34% tool) and surveying III is Ohiris. However, if you go on another server where you have a character like I did. A newb Artisan with no skill levels at all yet in surveying (just took Artisan for this test) and using a 2% survey tool (he made himself) I come up with this list in the same exact area:
Quadenofiian, Ocecc, Eahoopoi, Omniisofaetouiam, Tribume. Then again GOKE is missing, a Required Resource for many things no less!
What is going on?
Its kind of hard to be an Armorsmith when you cannot find the resources required for the job because they have been removed from the GAME or removed from the list on the survey device, or don’t even exists anymore.
I still do not understand why an Artisan with Survey III (500xp away from IV) can only find or survey for one type of Aluminum while a beginner Artisan on another server can survey for 5 types.
PS. Thanks for <insert colorful remark here> me over Dev’s right when I needed this type of resource, and had placed a Mining Installation (that cost me 80k by the way). WEEEE! Were haven fun now!
For example, a radioactive substance will not always be available on the planet, so the tool won't even list it. Same goes for reactive gas, and to a lesser degree all other resources.
On the other hand, there can also be more than one of that type on the planet at the same time.
So just wait it out and something should show up within a few days.
-Loserwan Ka'newbie
Hehe. Yeah. it's normal. It's what's called resource shift. All the resources in the game "shift" in and out of existence. I think the usual period they remain is about 10 days(?). Basically, you have to get what you can before the resource shifts out. This is why you'll often see a large number of harvesters in one spot one day, and then gone the next.
Different servers have different shifts as well. The resources found on Naboo in the Ahazi galaxy won't be the same as those found on Naboo in the Sunrunner galaxy.
Wow, I know it was a long time ago, but I don't recall having reacted this badly to my first resource shift.
Shifts do get in a rut sometimes (haven't seen Duralumin on Starsider in months) but they are a normal part of artisan life. Some resources will completely disappear from the server for weeks. Those who keep an eye out and stay on top of the shifts get the best harvesting spots and make the most money. Be ready to do that yourself.
Yeah it happens in two ways.
1. Shifting. This used to happen to me a lot. I would survey in the middle of a shift and get something like a 90% concentration on steel. Then I would sample and be told "density too low". That's because the resource just shifted and for some reason the servers don't update it quick enough. Just try later.
2. Resources "deleted from the game". No resource has been deleted to my knowledge. Yes, it will disappear for weeks at a time. But it is not deleted. When Advanced Ubese came out, no one could find Axidite Iron for weeks. This week Duralloy Steel appeared on my server for the first time in probably 2 months. Whether the resource shift is completely random or pre-selected, it's a way to keep some of the more wanted resources under control.