Bio Engineer Archive
Thread: Master BE six fails then incap Frustration at its height
HOW the HECK are we supposed to sample DNA under these circumstances? This is ongoing everytime I decide to try again. If it wasn't for the fact I have a chef and a tailor...I would delete my BE and that after all the hard work to get there.
The devs expect you to take along a combat toon to help you.
You know, that FORCED grouping thing.
Solo players are being descriminated by the dev team for what reason I do not know.
I guess something had to replace the time we spent in line to get buffs.
Was your inventory full? You will fail everytime if your inventory is full.
We also have a sample cap of CL70 (otherwise we'd be able to sample the CL167 deedwe make using DNA from a CL22 wild animal).
These are simple questions that anyone who is a master BE should know but I can attest to the fact that I've tried and tried and failed and failed and died simply because my inventory was full.
Live and learn. Besides, I'll bet that DNA you are trying so hard to get will have a fortitude and cleverness of 1000 and no specials. 
Not sure what CL the Lavasquall (sp??) is now, but this may be an issue judging by the mess the rest of the critters are in.
BE sampling of high level critters is borked - read no Dev has gone any where near it and won't till they reach it at the bottom of there list.
Old DNA is borked and will give CL100+ critters if you try for anything decent.
New DNA is borked due to high Fort and cleverness (?) never tried the new stuff, still trying to get rid of the old ...
Anyway, have fun
Anity.
MBE/CH - Lowca
MCH/BH - Bloodfin
/shakesheadsadly
you'll never be a pet making bio-engineer then if 6 attempts and an incap dissuades you from continuing. In the "old days" a dozen or more consecutive failures on mutant rancors with a few deathblows mixed in was the norm.
glory wrote:
My master BE tried to sample DNA from a Lavasquall (sp??) on Rori...six times I got a fail then it turned on me and incapped me in about two friggin secs. This is just plain stupid.
HOW the HECK are we supposed to sample DNA under these circumstances? This is ongoing everytime I decide to try again. If it wasn't for the fact I have a chef and a tailor...I would delete my BE and that after all the hard work to get there.
Message Edited by ArthurDentOnBria on 05-13-2005 04:54 PM
ArthurDentOnBria wrote:
/shakesheadsadly
you'll never be a pet making bio-engineer then if 6 attempts and an incap dissuades you from continuing. In the "old days" a dozen or more consecutive failures on mutant rancors with a few deathblows mixed in was the norm.
glory wrote:
My master BE tried to sample DNA from a Lavasquall (sp??) on Rori...six times I got a fail then it turned on me and incapped me in about two friggin secs. This is just plain stupid.
HOW the HECK are we supposed to sample DNA under these circumstances? This is ongoing everytime I decide to try again. If it wasn't for the fact I have a chef and a tailor...I would delete my BE and that after all the hard work to get there.
Message Edited by ArthurDentOnBria on 05-13-2005 04:54 PM
lol..I died 10 times on Dath trying to get sample I knew would be bad.
That's the life (death?) of BE's
Seriously tho, I'd check your inventory to make sure it wasn't full. I haven't had any probelms sampling, just with the samples. Although I did have an inordnate number of 1 sample kills on Endor and Yavin....not to mention 1 hit deaths on Dath..lol
Feefers wrote:
I have noted an increased tendancy for creatures to go aggro after a sample (successful or failed)
Actually after every success I have gotten agro'd. I can usually get several samples before agro though. But it always happens to me after a success
ArthurDentOnBria wrote:
/shakesheadsadly
you'll never be a pet making bio-engineer then if 6 attempts and an incap dissuades you from continuing. In the "old days" a dozen or more consecutive failures on mutant rancors with a few deathblows mixed in was the norm.
PurpleWarrior wrote:
ArthurDentOnBria wrote:
/shakesheadsadly
you'll never be a pet making bio-engineer then if 6 attempts and an incap dissuades you from continuing. In the "old days" a dozen or more consecutive failures on mutant rancors with a few deathblows mixed in was the norm.
I was horrondously successful at sampling those things. I could normally get 8+ samples per hour. Anyone who thinks they can sample tough critters as quickly as, say, Durnis, is in the wrong job - totally agree with Arthur.
Maskscent clothing + Scout Maskscent + creep up on them with my bike very close (no armour on - just my "BE Shorts and Khaki Shirt"™ enhanced clothing), etc....
... and it was so funny to emote "Force Choke" as you sampled an MR and watched the gasps from the new guys as it collapsed in front of you
ROFLMAO
that said? ArthurDent is right...