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Thread: Ive failed at DNA Sampling exactly 49 times in a row. A record?.....
Im only at DNA 2. I know thats not high. However, Ive been sampling the same things as I was during DNA 1 (things on Dant).
I got DNA 2 Saturday morning, and for about 20 minutes, I only failed 4 times, and got 5500 exp. I was very pleased. Then I began my streak. I played for another 35 minutes. Then I got on later that night and sampled for another whole hour. So thats an hour and 35 minutes. I didnt use any muon or anything, and did crafting quite a bit, so it wasnt a full 1.5 hours of hardcore sampling, but it was still together 49 times in a row.
After about 5 minutes of failing when I got back on, I was only trying on Hurrtons and Lesser Plain Bols (which are super low level). I still was failing every time.
Is there a reason for this and has anyone had a longer streak? Yes I counted. My friend is a BE too, and his streak was 17 while at DNA 3, so I bet him I could beat that. I guess SOE is playing a trick on me and forcing me to put my foot in my mouth big time.
So can anyone beat 49? Im going to try to continue tonight. I want to see if I can get to 100.
For about 3 seconds there I felt like a total complete tool.
But if I remember correctly, yes it was near empty. I made a bunch of templates rigth before I started my streak, and I didnt have any problems with my inventory (no samples whatsoever) later that night.
Hmm. Ill have to double check again though. Thanks. Ive been known to make stupid mistakes, no doubt!!
LOL!
I've done the same thing and probably will do it again. DNA can fill up your inventory quickly so its something to keep an eye on.
If its not your inventory it may be the location you're sampling. I've noticed that if lag is bad I will fail a lot. Animals will aggro on me a lot as well. I guess its easier on the server if the animals kills me instead of giving me DNA.
jaymay15 wrote:
I got DNA 2 Saturday morning, and for about 20 minutes, I only failed 4 times, and got 5500 exp. I was very pleased. Then I began my streak. I played for another 35 minutes. Then I got on later that night and sampled for another whole hour. So thats an hour and 35 minutes. I didnt use any muon or anything, and did crafting quite a bit, so it wasnt a full 1.5 hours of hardcore sampling, but it was still together 49 times in a row.
Check your inventory. If its full you will fail sampling everytime.
Looks like you were correct. He was probably crafting and not practicing. This will drop in crafted item in his inventory and filling it but quiet quickly.
Honestly if you are just crafting and deleting the items DON'T!!!!!! Use the Practice toggle on the last screen of the crafting session. you will get 3-5 extra exp for practicing AND it will not actually create the object so there will be nothing to fill your inventory. although it WILL still use the resources and the times to make it but there will be no output.
Dedmnwlking,
I know very well about grinding. Im also a Master DE.
I was making templates from samples, so of course I wasnt practicing. I had after I was done crafting about 10 templates. So I probably had about 18/60 in my inventory. I dont carry anything else on me.
But thanks. Now, if I had my bags of meat on me, they are pretty jam packed. That would explain the inventory being full if that was the case.
Thanks everyone!!
jaymay15 wrote:
Dedmnwlking,
I know very well about grinding. Im also a Master DE.
Sorry if I offended you. I did not mean to come across how it sounded. I didn't know. There are alot of people in the game that do not know that. And even more on the boards. If you read the board you will see alot of posts about the craft and delete. I laugh at these people missing out. I mean 3-5 exp isn't much but if you think about the thousands of items you have to grind in order to reach master that is 1/2 to 1 box worth right there.
So if you know they help spead the word 
. or don't maybe it's not a bad thing that everyone isn't a master already.