Creature Handler Archive
Thread: Anyone try the new harvesting droid yet?
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Veldcath
Wed Apr 28, 2004 1:53 pm
#14
AtPlay wrote:
It looks like you are using a droid that only has one harvesting module in it. What you should try, if you are so inclined, is going back to the DE you got this from and ask for a R3 with 6 harvesting modules in it. Once you hit about 90 or so in functionality, it is supposed to be a bigger difference. Ive been unable to get one myself to try, but this is what I understand from reading the boards. If Im mistaken...well, it happens from time to time.
Veldcath wrote:
Harvest Module Test Results
Actually, if you go back and re-read that, I mention three different droids, one with a +16 rating (which is a standard MSE droid), a +31 rating, which is an Advanced MSE. And a +105 rating, which is an Advanced R3. Each of these droids has all of its 'slots' full of harvesting modules. And if you look, again, you'll see I also mention how each droid affected harvest on both a Scout with Hunting 4 and a Ranger with Bioscience 4 (+45 and +90, respectively).
I also include the effect of using +27 veghash on each harvester with and without the +31 and +105 droids. If I could post a table in here, that'd spell it out even better than I can do with words. Pity that I can't.
-V
AtPlay
Wed Apr 28, 2004 2:26 pm
#15
Veldcath wrote:Actually, if you go back and re-read that, I mention three different droids, one with a +16 rating (which is a standard MSE droid), a +31 rating, which is an Advanced MSE. And a +105 rating, which is an Advanced R3. Each of these droids has all of its 'slots' full of harvesting modules. And if you look, again, you'll see I also mention how each droid affected harvest on both a Scout with Hunting 4 and a Ranger with Bioscience 4 (+45 and +90, respectively).I also include the effect of using +27 veghash on each harvester with and without the +31 and +105 droids. If I could post a table in here, that'd spell it out even better than I can do with words. Pity that I can't.-V
Sorry, its the blue type...darn near impossible to read on my screen. I somehow missed the tests you did with the higher modules.
AtPlay
Wed Apr 28, 2004 2:35 pm
#16
marxo777 wrote:
Yeah i wish it would autoharv too but I'm not being slowed by it. Quite the opposite, I'm going thru missions about 20% faster now since I can stay prone from a safe distance. I do wish it would keep up with my bike tho. They are really slow compared to our pets. All in all I think they are worth the 50k or so if anything just for a new toy to play with.
Guess its just a template thing. As a Master Rifleman/Master Creature Handler, I just send my pets at the lair and just spam Flushing Shot 2 till everything dies. Run up, target/harvest all the mobs, then jump on my speeder and go. Since everything dies at about the same time, it just doesnt save any time to use a droid. But I suppose if I was only taking one out at a time, it could speed things up, a little.
marxo777
Wed Apr 28, 2004 2:48 pm
#17
AtPlay wrote:
marxo777 wrote:
Yeah i wish it would autoharv too but I'm not being slowed by it. Quite the opposite, I'm going thru missions about 20% faster now since I can stay prone from a safe distance. I do wish it would keep up with my bike tho. They are really slow compared to our pets. All in all I think they are worth the 50k or so if anything just for a new toy to play with.
Guess its just a template thing. As a Master Rifleman/Master Creature Handler, I just send my pets at the lair and just spam Flushing Shot 2 till everything dies. Run up, target/harvest all the mobs, then jump on my speeder and go. Since everything dies at about the same time, it just doesnt save any time to use a droid. But I suppose if I was only taking one out at a time, it could speed things up, a little.
Yeah for you it prob wont save you any time really. I'm climbing Rifle right now so its kinda cool. More than anything tho I think I just like havin a new toy. Iwas aMDE for about 5 months so its kinda fun to get a droid that actually does something for once. 
It does pull about 10% more res than I do so it will pay off once I master rifle and go after some bigger game. Mine isjus a harvester bonus of 87 btw.
It does pull about 10% more res than I do so it will pay off once I master rifle and go after some bigger game. Mine isjus a harvester bonus of 87 btw.
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