Bio Engineer Archive
Thread: I am so sick of sampling dna.
I am at sampling dna I. Pain in the ass yes.
I have 29,700 xp. the game doesn't want to give me 300 more. for the past hour and 1/2 i've been sampling tiny creatures begging for it. every time, fail or the animal goes and attacks another animal or a **edit** comes and attacks it. i give up at life. i'd quit this profession if i wasn't 4-4-1-4.
Don't despair, you'll get it. 
Once you've got Sampling I, go to Lok (or a similar planet) for II and III, the xp will fly by pretty fast. I liked Lok, since I could pull Gurk missions and sample everything to death, easy 6k.
Once you get to sampling things that can kill you in one hit, you'll feel different. I get the same rush trying to sample a Bull Rancor as Iget walking into the middle of a pack of Arachne Warriors to tame an Arachne Queen baby. Probably the most fun in the game.
DetRoiT_player wrote:
also guys dont forget to buy some quality mask scent gear. +14 on all u should b able to get +100 or better to ur mask scent ability. this will help reduce agros.
The max additional mod you can get from clothing enhancements (or tapes) is +25. The entire amount in all your clothing items (+100 in your example) will show in your skills list, but it's capped at 25.
buffing yourself rules.
For Sampling 1 and 2, it's best to head out to the Krayt canyon and sample Greater Sand Beetles and Dragonets.
Dragonets are easy to mask-scent against, and Sand Beetles don't aggro. Both give about 350 exp each. Sand Beetles are better, because when you tap their lairs like 8 of them will spawn each timeinstead of just2 or 3.
I get 358 or something in that region. Pick a nest with gurkes outside it that's not a mission lair, sample the gurkes, and they just spawn, no need to tap until the flow truely dries up. Word of warning though, they're very social, so if one aggros, you get them all.
A few nests have bosses that are last out. Some spawn a group of 6 Annoyed Hairy Gurkes or something to that effect, and others spawn a Reclusive Gurke King. If you get one of the latter, don't sample him but kill him. They occasionally drop loot that is needed by master armorsmiths for the RIS quest and armor. Nice way to make yourself 250-400k for a bit of dna sampling.
He is a cl45 or 47 (can't remember) mob with kd and dizzy specials, so have a big pet or a good combat skill or he'll kill you
Eilyra
Zaket wrote:
DetRoiT_player wrote:
also guys dont forget to buy some quality mask scent gear. +14 on all u should b able to get +100 or better to ur mask scent ability. this will help reduce agros.
The max additional mod you can get from clothing enhancements (or tapes) is +25. The entire amount in all your clothing items (+100 in your example) will show in your skills list, but it's capped at 25.
Its capped at +25 per clothing item so you can reach over 100 in skill mods
Ryuppert wrote:
Zaket wrote:
DetRoiT_player wrote:
also guys dont forget to buy some quality mask scent gear. +14 on all u should b able to get +100 or better to ur mask scent ability. this will help reduce agros.
The max additional mod you can get from clothing enhancements (or tapes) is +25. The entire amount in all your clothing items (+100 in your example) will show in your skills list, but it's capped at 25.
Its capped at +25 per clothing item so you can reach over 100 in skill mods