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Thread: I got some DNA here....
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SkinnerOne
Sat Jul 17, 2004 6:00 pm
#1
I spent the better part of my afternoon sampling Mutant Rancor DNA today. I don;t want to have to do the same thing tomorrow. You see for my entire afternoon I ended up with all of 7 Sampled and not a single one of them any higher than Above Average. Rather frustrating for a Master BE but hey, really REALLY good Dna like this SHOULD be difficult to get..... but come on guys, NOT IMPOPSSIBLE~
Anyway, Now that I have spent this time and effort I don;t want to blow my chances with it. What do you guys think?
Use it all on one template???
Or spread it around to a couple of three templates???
I am thinking of putting it into two templates using it in the second and 4th and 5th slots....
What do you all think? Where is the best to put it?
I will probably be combining it with Merek Harvester or Barkmite Burrower DNA which I am going to Endor to collect right now.
Kevm
Sat Jul 17, 2004 6:13 pm
#2
SkinnerOne wrote:
Use it all on one template???
Do not use it all in one template. That's an easy way of going over CL 70.
areyn
Sat Jul 17, 2004 7:46 pm
#3
Yes- at most use 3, but even then its pushing it,,,
Mutie dna is awsome for Phys(Heath)and Agression tho. 
-Areyn Sunn
MBE/MCH
Wanderhome
Zadokk
Sat Jul 17, 2004 8:10 pm
#4
depends what ur aiming to achieve.
MR - R(ancor)Y(outh) - RY - RY - MR will give pretty spread out resists (tho not great kinetic) and will prolly get it between cl60-65. you could also perhaps substitute in something like Seething Bol Crusher instead of RY which give higher kinetic resistance without damaging too many of the other stats. before i think about using mutie dna i like to toy with templatesin the swgcreatures dna lab: http://www.swgcreatures.com/DNALab.asp(sorry, its too late to make it a clicky). see what template you like and give it ago.
ArthurDentOnBria
Sat Jul 17, 2004 11:23 pm
#5
Impossible? How so. You spent an afternoon sampling the most challenging thing in the game and came away from that with enough dna to make 2-3 of the most powerful pets a BE can make (assuming one has the nowhow to put them to good use). I say good job. What is so wrong with that?
ThorgoDarkClaw
Sun Jul 18, 2004 5:19 am
#6
You could use one of each in a different creation , check each of the dna samples to see what is the highest in each and place that in what ever spot you think it should go when doing a creation with it.
Ashadi
Sun Jul 18, 2004 5:23 am
#7
lol and I spent 48 hours trying to get reclusive caver queen dna. I got one High Quality sample! Now only 10 more days and I should be able to make a pet lol
OteTwilek
Sun Jul 18, 2004 12:13 pm
#8
lol, i spent the better part of thursday morning/afternoon/evening trying to get graul dna (dantooine) and after 20+ lairs of 9 grauls each...i only got one average sample. 
pretty pathetic don't ya think.
pretty pathetic don't ya think. oh did i mention that i can only mask for all of 5 mins? (
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Rilvas
Mon Jul 19, 2004 4:19 am
#9
There is something wrong/different about DNA sampling. A master BE with a MASTER ranger camoing and enhanced clothing should not have to die 6 times and travel 20k on swoop for one or two mutant rancor samples and FAIL 98 pct of the time. Now if it has always been that way then fine. But it has not, only lately has this happened, hehe. And no my backpack and inventory were nearly empty. )
In the past I'd say I got samples a bit more than 50 pct of the time, even when detected, and died a whole lot less. And one can look at the silver lining and say Wow you can make one really nice pet with those two samples. That is assuming you have a recipe or have done so much experimentation on your own you know EXACTLY what to do with in AND you are fortunate enough for it not to fail, hehe. Yes MR's should be difficult to harvest but not so much that a Master BE has to spend what amounts to a whole working week, LOL to try one experiment.
Talk about crawling Kilometers over brokemn glass, hehe. Maybe it was just recently. But when I've read several people in several posts lately having the same problem. Then maybe IMHO it needs to be looked into. )
Regards,
Aci
Chilastra
In the past I'd say I got samples a bit more than 50 pct of the time, even when detected, and died a whole lot less. And one can look at the silver lining and say Wow you can make one really nice pet with those two samples. That is assuming you have a recipe or have done so much experimentation on your own you know EXACTLY what to do with in AND you are fortunate enough for it not to fail, hehe. Yes MR's should be difficult to harvest but not so much that a Master BE has to spend what amounts to a whole working week, LOL to try one experiment.
Talk about crawling Kilometers over brokemn glass, hehe. Maybe it was just recently. But when I've read several people in several posts lately having the same problem. Then maybe IMHO it needs to be looked into. )
Regards,
Aci
Chilastra
SkinnerOne
Tue Jul 20, 2004 2:04 am
#10
Rilvas wrote:
There is something wrong/different about DNA sampling. A master BE with a MASTER ranger camoing and enhanced clothing should not have to die 6 times and travel 20k on swoop for one or two mutant rancor samples and FAIL 98 pct of the time. Now if it has always been that way then fine. But it has not, only lately has this happened, hehe. And no my backpack and inventory were nearly empty. )
In the past I'd say I got samples a bit more than 50 pct of the time, even when detected, and died a whole lot less. And one can look at the silver lining and say Wow you can make one really nice pet with those two samples. That is assuming you have a recipe or have done so much experimentation on your own you know EXACTLY what to do with in AND you are fortunate enough for it not to fail, hehe. Yes MR's should be difficult to harvest but not so much that a Master BE has to spend what amounts to a whole working week, LOL to try one experiment.
Talk about crawling Kilometers over brokemn glass, hehe. Maybe it was just recently. But when I've read several people in several posts lately having the same problem. Then maybe IMHO it needs to be looked into. )
Regards,
Aci
Chilastra
I sampled pretty much all friday afternoon. I did not wear any armor at all and I wore Scent masking clothing and masked my scent all the time. I guess my Scent masking is somewhere arounf 102 or something close to that. I did not keep my swoop out at all and once I for to a spot where I knew there were tons of Rancors I went it on foot. I DID get buffed before going and had to go back for one more buffing.
Not once did I ever die. I never even got close. Stupid Rancors will quit chasing you after a little while and once I even figgured out about how far they would chase me. I resorted to Burst Run only a few times.
SkinnerOne
Tue Jul 20, 2004 2:13 am
#11
OK Folks. I used up two of my prescious samples for a pet last night. All samples were High Quality and I used MR-RY-R-RY-MR for the dna template. In the experementation I maxxed out on Aggression, And spread the rest over the other areas. This was the first DNA that I ever templated that came out with Light armor BEFORE Experementation.
I made it into a Razorcat for my Rifleman/CH Skinner. Here's how it turned out:
Level 57 Razor Cat
12.5K/11.3K/9.4K HAMS
Light Armor
Kinetic: 40%
Energy: 52%
Heat Cold and Electric all 90%
Vunerable to the rest
Attack Speed: 2.02
Damage: 520-540
Special 1:Dizzy
No ranged attack
In some ways I am very pleased with this one, In others, I am kinda disapointed. Would have been real nice to have more mind... and I wished I had about 6 more experementation points! but All in all it's not too shabby. I think I might go and get some plain Rancor or Rancor youth DNA and try again.
but All in all it's not too shabby. I think I might go and get some plain Rancor or Rancor youth DNA and try again.
GFoyle
Tue Jul 20, 2004 2:54 am
#12
Rilvas wrote:
There is something wrong/different about DNA sampling. A master BE with a MASTER ranger camoing and enhanced clothing should not have to die 6 times and travel 20k on swoop for one or two mutant rancor samples and FAIL 98 pct of the time. Now if it has always been that way then fine. But it has not, only lately has this happened, hehe. And no my backpack and inventory were nearly empty. )
In the past I'd say I got samples a bit more than 50 pct of the time, even when detected, and died a whole lot less. And one can look at the silver lining and say Wow you can make one really nice pet with those two samples. That is assuming you have a recipe or have done so much experimentation on your own you know EXACTLY what to do with in AND you are fortunate enough for it not to fail, hehe. Yes MR's should be difficult to harvest but not so much that a Master BE has to spend what amounts to a whole working week, LOL to try one experiment.
Talk about crawling Kilometers over brokemn glass, hehe. Maybe it was just recently. But when I've read several people in several posts lately having the same problem. Then maybe IMHO it needs to be looked into. )
Regards,
Aci
Chilastra
Your problemcould bewith camoflage rather than sampling.
Camoflage does not work nearly as well as maskscent (yet another ranger beef).
The only difference I've noticed recently is the unholy distance the aggroed mobs chase you since the last publish.
The other question that springs to mind is why are you dieing so much?
Rancors are easy to evade - they are slow and have no ranged weapons (unlike Mereks, which are a sod once aggroed). You should be able to outrun the Rancors, even ifthey follow furtherthanthey used to, without using burstrun (and if you do use burstrun the extended staking range could kill you as you tire). Even the extended pursuit isn't that much of a problem though, you can usually scrapeyour pursuersoff on a lair.
Get some good armour and you should be able to survive the initial strike - after that Mr. Stumblebum shouldn't be able to catch you.
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