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I have top notch components and resources but I always max out on Enhance D's at 851/10420

My Stim B's are maxing out at 422/31.

This is with a 14.95 tool and a 44% station.

I've made 452 StimB's once before, but can't anymore with the same if not better components and resources. I've heard that med exp tapes can improve these, but I can't seem to locate any of these nor afford them.

Why are these tapes so **edit** expensive and why are they so difficult to find. Cant they just be made by a tailor?

Bryno

Master Doc/Novice CH - Eclipse

No, skill tapes are looted from NPCS and the attatched to clothing/armor. That's what the sockets on clothing and armor are for. Skill tapes go on clothing, armor attatchments go on armor. Tailors make items using Bio-Engineer made tissues to give bonuses to certain skills, but experimentation points isn't one of those.

The reason they're so expensive is that the good skill tapes only drop semi-rarely off of high lvl NPCS like Nightsister Rangers, etc, and the skill tapes that have a decent boost, drop very rarely.

That explains a hell of a lot. Thank you.

So what npc's drop these then and how do you aquire them from the NPC's? Do you loot like Krayts?

Bryno

All NPCs can drop them, but the quality of the tape seems tied to the level of the NPC you killed. Faction missions is a good way to get them or any other high end NPC mission, but keep in mind that tape drops at all are rare and then getting one that has a mod you want is on par with winning the lottery. It will generally take a lotless time to make a few million credits and buy the tapes you need.

You loot like anything else. Either double-click the corpse or select "Loot" from the radial menu.

By the way, having more experimentation points will not make magically better items. You're probably maxing out the experimentation on power for your subcomponentsand enhances now - having two more experimentation points will just let you get a couple more charges or lower med use ona pack. For most docs who do this I think it's just a pride thing or just a matter of having nothing else to do with the money :-)

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_Macabre_ wrote:
For most docs who do this I think it's just a pride thing or just a matter of having nothing else to do with the money :-)

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I would fall into those categories

If I could find a good +6 or greater, id jump all over it.

You can usually use the extra point(s) twice: in ABECs and in final assembly. So for 1 extra experimentation point has added up to an extra 10-20 power or so in stims and enhance packs, which is a big deal on the high end stuff. I also get a lot of business making schematics and just customers who figure I'm the best. Having it has led to a tangible gain in income.

Well I'm a master Doc and I have 10 experimentation points... If there's any way I can get another 2 or so I would be happy as hell...

Just let me get this straight again though... All the times I've helped rock a big creature, I should always loot no matter what just in case something is dropped?

Ack... I've been playing the game for a while but I feel novy from this thread.

Bryno Naturi

Just to let you know, getting 2 more experimentation points is likely to be VERY expensive if you're buying tapes.

Going rate on bria seems to be about 500k - 1M per medicine exp plus on a tape. Since you need +20 to get 2 extra exp points, that's 10-20 mil.

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bryno wrote:

Well I'm a master Doc and I have 10 experimentation points... If there's any way I can get another 2 or so I would be happy as hell...

Just let me get this straight again though... All the times I've helped rock a big creature, I should always loot no matter what just in case something is dropped?

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Yep, always loot everything especially NPCs, but try to work something fair out in regards to loot if you're in a group (since loot is first come first serve)