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or is it a sliding scale of success?

So far, I have had 0 luck sampling from anything over lvl 40(most of my tests were on aggro lvl 45's, so the first sample that failed was often my last attempt before beating feet)

I am at sample II. What is the most logical level for me to be sampling, and getting good results? Don't tell me butterflies outside of coronet, because thats like trying to get an autograph from someone in a racecar.

I want to get the most bang for my buck, and so far, Picket longhorn seem to be fairly good(or is it picket plains walker?) They have decent kinetic, and good HAM.

Would it be logical to assume:

Max level sample = 75, min = 1

Sample 1: 1-18,

Sample 2: 18-36

Sample 3:36-54

sample 4: 54-75

Or is it more of a thing where its a 80% success rate for sampling X at skill Y?

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PyrealGnat wrote:

or is it a sliding scale of success?

So far, I have had 0 luck sampling from anything over lvl 40(most of my tests were on aggro lvl 45's, so the first sample that failed was often my last attempt before beating feet)

I am at sample II. What is the most logical level for me to be sampling, and getting good results? Don't tell me butterflies outside of coronet, because thats like trying to get an autograph from someone in a racecar.

I want to get the most bang for my buck, and so far, Picket longhorn seem to be fairly good(or is it picket plains walker?) They have decent kinetic, and good HAM.

Would it be logical to assume:

Max level sample = 75, min = 1

Sample 1: 1-18,

Sample 2: 18-36

Sample 3:36-54

sample 4: 54-75

Or is it more of a thing where its a 80% success rate for sampling X at skill Y?

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I can't be sure about this but it seems to be true for me. I am also at Sampling II and I could not sample a Frenzied Graul(CL57)or an Ancient Graul(CL50) to save my life...and I tried MANY times. Although the upper limit for Sampling II might be a lil higher because I was able to sample a Piket Longhorn(CL37). Your numbers are close anyway.
P.S. a better way to write this out would be:

Sampling 1: 1-18

Sampling 2: 1-36

Sampling 3: 1-54

Sampling 4: 1-75

Since your lower limit will always be 1.

Another thing to consider is that at Master BE you get another +25 to DNA Havesting, so you may need to spread this out over 5 levels insted of 4.

well honestly, those are just the ideal ranges for sampling that I had thought of.

the +25 at master does throw in a bit of a monkeywrench though

I doubt its a yes/no type of deal, where after a certain level you can't sample. Its just at a certain point, you'll have a 2% chance to succeed. Thats what I'm trying to figure out though. What is the ideal range to sample at lvl 2 DNA sampling. I think probably maxes at 40 for a 1% chance, with what I've had so far, hehe.

On a side note, why the heck is low level stuff still so hard to sample? I can fail 6 times in a row on a durni, what the heck? lol (maybe it was a full backpack though)