Droid Engineer Archive
Thread: Droid Harvest bonus.....??
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jedi_knight24
Sat Oct 08, 2005 2:27 pm
#1
I have a Droid that has a Harvest Bonus (56)....and when i click on it i get Harvest options...and the some other stuff....can this droid be usefull to me at my harvesting in any way? And if, how can I use it?
DTQ
Sat Oct 08, 2005 4:52 pm
#2
You can set the harvest interest to whatever it is you want to harvest, and then you get the droid to harvest the corpse for you, I tend to have a /tellpet harvest macro on my tool bar, If a droid has combat abilities as well it can be extremely efficient, also good for rifle men who want to pick off a lair from a distance and still harvest, as they can send the droid in to do the work whilst they stay further out.
BigfootKC
Sat Oct 08, 2005 4:56 pm
#3
i tried it a week ago, and i harvest a lot more myself with scouting 0020
DTQ
Sun Oct 09, 2005 3:01 am
#4
How muich your droid harvests depends on its harvest bonus rating, a droid with a single harvest module of low quality will harvest far less than a R3 with 6 capped modules.
Micco30
Sun Oct 09, 2005 4:14 am
#5
DTQ wrote:
How muich your droid harvests depends on its harvest bonus rating, a droid with a single harvest module of low quality will harvest far less than a R3 with 6 capped modules.
True. Unfortunately, I have a serious concern that the way the bonus is applied is completely hosed at this time. I have a Novice Ranger alt that can harvest almost twice as much without my fully loaded and maxed out harvest droid as I can with one. I based this on a recent hunting session for some new Nabooian Bristley hide that came out on my server. Everyone in the group actually told me to get rid of the droid so that I could harvest more
Kind of tough to say anything against that when I built it myself 
Kind of tough to say anything against that when I built it myself
BigfootKC
Sun Oct 09, 2005 9:15 am
#6
Micco30 wrote:
DTQ wrote:
How muich your droid harvests depends on its harvest bonus rating, a droid with a single harvest module of low quality will harvest far less than a R3 with 6 capped modules.
True. Unfortunately, I have a serious concern that the way the bonus is applied is completely hosed at this time. I have a Novice Ranger alt that can harvest almost twice as much without my fully loaded and maxed out harvest droid as I can with one. I based this on a recent hunting session for some new Nabooian Bristley hide that came out on my server. Everyone in the group actually told me to get rid of the droid so that I could harvest more
i did the same... made a maxed droid, took it hunting. Harvested around 150 with the droid and arond 400 without it...
Straker_Atrella
Mon Oct 10, 2005 2:30 pm
#7
Rules of thumb in the current borked system.
- Look for a droid with over 115 bonus.
- If you are a Ranger of pretty much any level, don't use a droid.
- If you can group with somebody else, don't use a droid.
However, if you are solo, have a low harvest skill, a good droid should help you, just don't group with it.
Micco30
Tue Oct 11, 2005 2:43 am
#8
Straker_Atrella wrote:
Rules of thumb in the current borked system.
- Look for a droid with over 115 bonus.
- If you are a Ranger of pretty much any level, don't use a droid.
- If you can group with somebody else, don't use a droid.
However, if you are solo, have a low harvest skill, a good droid should help you, just don't group with it.
Thanks for the tips Straker, I appreciate it. I just wish this and so many other DE items weren't so totally screwed up Sometimes I wonder why I pay money for this?
Sometimes I wonder why I pay money for this?
Micco30
Tue Oct 11, 2005 2:44 am
#9
Ayup, I got just about the same. I actually deleted the droid I made for my Ranger toon from his data pad, since it provides no value to him whatsoever
BigfootKC wrote:
i did the same... made a maxed droid, took it hunting. Harvested around 150 with the droid and arond 400 without it...
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