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Thread: Holocron Bio-Engineers: All you need to know for your grind

Xanda
Sun Jan 18, 2004 1:51 am
#118






bade1911 wrote:
Just wanted to say thanks for the great info here as Bio Engineer unlocked my FS last night after 19 professions. I cant tell you how many times I read this as I spend well over 15 hours just on sampling lines 1-4. Thx again and i am staying a Master BE!!





Bade...just want to offer you my warmest congratulations. And I am very happy that the combined knowledge we provided here was so helpful .


And, I for one am glad to see your main character will hang out with us BEs for a bit. Good luck and stay safe.




--Xanda
Hypnosan
Sun Jan 18, 2004 2:01 pm
#119

Just a quick little tid bit about getting meat here. I find that if you get in hunting groups, 9 times out of a 10 if you just say "Hey, anybody who can harvest, and doesn't need the resources, I'd appreciate it if you could pick some meat up while we hunt. It would really help me out." people will have no trouble doing it. When you think that 85%of the combat players out there have Scout and have no real use for resources it doesn't make much difference to them if you want a little meat. As for getting in a group using your Medic skills (you already have for BE) can be a nice way to get in, it also will make more people want to help you with meat if you're saving them from a nice incap cloud show.



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blackdragon64
Tue Jan 20, 2004 9:59 am
#120

hey i just got novice BE


did it out of fun


just was wondering of any of you play on infinity euro ?? server would be nice have other BE around to help and talk to because euh not mutch BE around on infinity so feeling little alone at that point



and always nice to share stuff in game with others

picasso11
Sat Jan 24, 2004 7:07 am
#121

xanda i just want to say my hat goes off to you im gonna try that macro you posted even though in the back of my mind im hoping it dont work i just feel macros take away from the game but i sure do want to master be and the grind is slow

thanx for all the great info c-ya in game

your friend

picasso




The ancient evil that once was.
Ilatzimep
Sat Jan 24, 2004 8:14 pm
#122






Correllian_Adventurer wrote:

DNA sampling - This is how I got to DNA 4 in 2 days.


Beforehand if possible MAX out all mind stats on migration.


Sample Yard Trash outside of Theed for 92xp per... for some reason its more than newb critters on tatooine, and also the BE trainer is there if you need it.


Once you get to DNA sample 2 from the yard trash (several hours work) go to Dantooine.


Unequip any weapon you have skills with and equip one you dont have skills with or stay unarmed if you are not skilled in it. Hit up the mission terminal and get 2 Bol missions in the same direction, preferabbly spaced apart.


Sample Bols for 334xp / Bol Pack Runners 299xp until DNA 4. Bols are not aggro, easy to sample with DNA sample 2 and you can run back and forth between mission sampling over and over. You can also tap the lair (that is shooting one shot at it) to get more to spawn.


This is by far the best way i found to lvl up DNA sampling... and ive tried many as this is my 3rd time doing Bio-Engineer.



Hope it helps.







one fix here, bols and bol pack runners can aggro on you while sampling. it happens. it is rare, but it does happen. bad bad personal experiences even at sampling 3



Ilatzimep Aho - a friggen chef....
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Hylidex
Sun Jan 25, 2004 6:59 am
#123

One of the grinding problems is obtaining resources. At low level BE, money may be in short supply, and products are difficult to sell. Many grinders come from combat professions. This calls to mind a question:


What creatures tend to drop the most meat for grinding? For a grinder, quality doesn't matter, but grinding takes quite a lot of meat. What have people seen?


Rancor missions on Dathomir in large groups have been very successful for me.

Friends and fellow guild members are also a big help.


What about lone hunting? What animals are your favorites for harvesting large volumes of meat?



Hylidex Lightstrider
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Lumache
Sun Jan 25, 2004 11:17 am
#124


*****Important***** (TURN OFF THE CONTROL THAT MAKES YOU VERIFY EACH STEP BY GOING TO THE OPTIONS MENU AND DESELCTING IT UNDER THE MISC SECTION)

Step 1: - Setup
First you need 5 crafting tools of whatever type you need to make your item. For Stim Packs I will be using the "Food and Chemical Crafting Tool". Place these tools so that the first 5 slots of your toolbar are occupied by them (drag them from the inventory to the bar).

Step 2: - Choosing a draft schematic
This is a tricky part. There is a command that will allow you to use a macro to select a draft shematic but it changes from time to time as the person gets more schematics to choose from so here is how you find the one you want...

Step 2a - Open the datapad with (ctrl-d) and click on the tab that says draft schematics. then find the one you want, in this case we are using "Small Stim Pack-A". Start at the top left and count the number of items that can be made with the tool you are using going down the column before shifting over rows. Stop once you have found your item. However many items you count, subtract one and write this number down you will need it in a minute. (I.e. My stim packs were 3 down on the list so I need to write down 02, don't forget to put the zero in front of it.)

Step 2b - Now make a new macro that only has one command in it and place the macro in the 6th slot on your toolbar.
/selectDraftSchematic ??; (Replace the question mark with the number that you wrote down.)

Step 3 - The next macro controls the steps through the crafting process so you don't have too. Place this in the 7th slot on the toolbar.
/nextCraftingStage; (If you are using a crafting station you need to insert this command 2 more times.)
/nextCraftingStage;
/createPrototype practice noitem;
/createPrototype practice noitem;


Step 4 - This is the longest macro but is the last thing you need to make in order to speedcraft items Place this item in the 8th slot on the toolbar.
/ui action toolbarSlot00;
/pause 1;
/ui action toolbarSlot05;
/pause ?; (Depending on how many resources are needed I suggest 2 for every one resource so 4 in this case)
/ui action toolbarSlot06;
/pause 2;
/ui action toolbarSlot01;
/pause 1;
/ui action toolbarSlot05;
/pause ?; (Depending on how many resources are needed I suggest 2 for every one resource so 4 in this case)
/ui action toolbarSlot06;
/pause 2;
/ui action toolbarSlot02;
/pause 1;
/ui action toolbarSlot05;
/pause ?; (Depending on how many resources are needed I suggest 2 for every one resource so 4 in this case)
/ui action toolbarSlot06;
/pause 2;
/ui action toolbarSlot03;
/pause 1;
/ui action toolbarSlot05;
/pause ?; (Depending on how many resources are needed I suggest 2 for every one resource so 4 in this case)
/ui action toolbarSlot06;
/pause 2;
/ui action toolbarSlot04;
/pause 1;
/ui action toolbarSlot05;
/pause ?; (Depending on how many resources are needed I suggest 2 for every one resource so 4 in this case)
/ui action toolbarSlot06;
/pause 2;
/ui action toolbarSlot07; (This repeats the entire process)

Step 5 - Start the macro, with these steps you will only need to double click on the resources to use when the window opens. The macro does the rest of everything for you.
SO THEREare 3 SEPERATE MACROS THAT YOU HAVE TO MAKE!!!!



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Vicmann
Wed Jan 28, 2004 12:46 am
#125

I started as a Holo-Grinder.. but I am now happy to say I'm stayin! Being a Master CH/Master BE is a very good combo! Holo is silent now but I don't care about going off to grind other things, not droppin BE! (not for a while anyhoo, I love it!)



-Master Creature Handler
-Master Bio-Engineer
-Buncha Novice Stuff
Stravaig
Fri Jan 30, 2004 9:58 pm
#126

Just wanted to say thanks for all the advice.

I got BE as a hologrind and did it in a little over a week.

The sampling was pretty straighforward. 1 = yard trash, 2 = cupa missions, 3 & 4 = piket missions.

Grinding out the micronutrient supplmements took about 10 hours of macro'd crafting. What took longer was using my other character (a Master Ranger) to get all the Meat I needed. The flora was easy: 3 medium harvesters (BER 8, 9, 10) got more than enough in a few days on a good berry spot.

What sped it up more than anything was the advice here and having established characters helping out with $ and resources and harvesters and the like.


I'll probably stay a BE for a little while - I've never had a master crafter and I'd like to make some money.

I will say that if it weren't for this board, there's no way I'd keep BE for very long - the crafting is too confusing without all the great recipes and suggestions from everyone!


- Stravaig
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