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I know with all the patch hassles, this may not be a hot topic, but I just got my character able to create wind generator deeds, so it is a hot issue to me. The problem i'm finding is that i'll start following a good survey trail, and it will be getting some good concentration percentages (over 70%), then when I go to try placing a generator it tells me I can't build there or the placement screen shows only red areas. I backtrack to lower levels looking for a spot I can build, but get the same deal. I've even tried on other planets, but I get the same thing. It's very frustrating to be looking at this good reading and not being able to build. Why even put a concentration in an area where u can't build. Maybe just to make me spend my time tracking the source and wind up with nothing.

Anyone have any suggestions about finding wind and placing generators.

Be on flat land

at least 1000m away from town

not close to rocks, boulder etc

not near lairs

then you hsould be able tp place them.

You're finding 70% wind concentrations???? If that's true then my guess is they somehow make that spot reeeeeally hard to place a wind generator. Either it's not level, trees are too close together, lots of rocks or something. Just keep looking though...for 70% it's well worth it. Personally I have never even found 40% but I haven't looked that hard yet.

50% is about the best I've seen.

Not saying you're lying, just that if you can place that thing you're lucky.

Fysh, are you sure you're surveying for wind? 70% sounds like you might be surveying for something else and then trying to set down a wind generator.

Really, only 40%. I have a wind generator not too far south east of bestine on tatooine and it's 62%. Didn't think it was all that rare to find 60% + wind. But then again, there were quite a lot of other wind generators there so must have been a pretty sweet spot.

EoreAseb, you on the Wanderhome server? Sounds like the "Wind Farm" that I had 3 wind generators in.

I got 14,000 wind power units in two days. It was sweet. Then I didn't have the time to get back to them and re-maint them, so they got all busted.

Other than that spot, I have, on average, seen usually 40-50%, so 70% is pretty darned sweet!

I'm on the sunrunner server. 14,000 is pretty sweet. I got 1200 last night in about 4 hours with just one wind generator, I don't have the need for any more at the moment. It's a pretty good spot. It's filling up with generators pretty quick tho, I suppose people are starting to realize that it's the best spot to put their generators.

No I was really surveying for wind. I was on talus just outside of Nashal and it actually got up to 80% before I ran into an area aurrounded by aggresove creatures. The problem was, there was nothing but mountains for miles. I ran around looking for anyflat spot, but found mountain after mountain. I finally gave up in frustration. So my big question is why did the developers bother to put that high of a concentration out there if they weren't going to let me tap it? Just very frustrating to see it there and not be able to get at it.

Just to mess with your mind, hahahahhahahahahahahahah!

It's random. I found a 62% wind power spot on Corellia, and it's in the middle of a forest.