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Thread: What do interplanetary survey droids do
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HybridThief
Sun Dec 26, 2004 8:04 pm
#1
what are they used for? to show you what all on planet, or where high % spots of something is or what....
LonelyGhost
Sun Dec 26, 2004 8:35 pm
#2
A quick search on here will turn up hundreds of posts...but the short version is that they will return an email to you reporting the names and types of resources on the target planet. No concentration numbers, spwn dates, or other useful items. You get the exact same information (but not the map of your immediate area with concentrations) that you see in the survey tool once you open it up.
Jenden
Sun Dec 26, 2004 8:57 pm
#3
That pretty well sums it up. very useful for resource dealers that have a lot of resources to keep track of or people looking for a specific rare resource type.
PaladinX333
Tue Dec 28, 2004 6:48 am
#4
Jenden wrote:
That pretty well sums it up. very useful for resource dealers that have a lot of resources to keep track of or people looking for a specific rare resource type.
Not really. I just use my web browser and go to SWGcraft. I can also use my ship and survey tool and get the same info myself.
NajaPallida
Tue Dec 28, 2004 8:45 am
#5
PaladinX333 wrote:
Jenden wrote:
That pretty well sums it up. very useful for resource dealers that have a lot of resources to keep track of or people looking for a specific rare resource type.
Not really. I just use my web browser and go to SWGcraft. I can also use my ship and survey tool and get the same info myself.
Remember that SWGcraft depends heavily on people for accurate and timely input.
Even thoughhe wouldget no amplifying data by using an InterplanetarySurvey Droid(concentrations, stats, etc.),aDEcan, at the very least, be absolutely certain that there is indeed a source ofrare Lidium Extrusive Ore(somewhere) on Talus at the time thathe receives the droid report.
CuoreDE
Tue Dec 28, 2004 9:00 am
#6
I use these to check if I need to to change or move harvesters on other planets. I'm usually in my shop crafting stuff for my vendors, so I just send one to each planet that I have harvesters on and check when it gets back to see if I need to make a trip. Saves me some time.
Cuore
Jenden
Wed Dec 29, 2004 10:43 am
#7
PaladinX333 wrote:
Jenden wrote:
That pretty well sums it up. very useful for resource dealers that have a lot of resources to keep track of or people looking for a specific rare resource type.
Not really. I just use my web browser and go to SWGcraft. I can also use my ship and survey tool and get the same info myself.
I don't know about your server but I've had numerous accuracy problems with swgcraft on Tarquinas. About half the time I've used it to look for a resource I've gotten a outdated information or just flat out wrong information.
1StarNinja
Wed Dec 29, 2004 4:47 pm
#8
I play daily, but about every second day before I start a crafting session I walk outside my house, launch a ISD for each planet with a Gas Tool and one more each planet with a mineral tool.
By the time I am finsihing up I have gotten all the information back from the droids already and I can then check if anything has shifted out from any of my harvesters that I need working on something else (I have 40 Static Harvesters sitting about 2K outside of Bestine) or if I should drop some different harvesters on a different planet for another resource.
e.g. Last night I logged off late and sent out my droids just before I went to bed. Woke up a few hours later and logged on to check something in my house when I saw that some new Tolium Reactive gas that actually has decent stats (763 OQ or something I think).So I ran over with my characters and found a nice 90% spot that hadn't been touched yet by any harvesters.
Finding out that a resource has spawned before it is posted on SWGCraft.com or on your galaxy forums is great because it gives you the jump on everyone else to get harvesters out there.
LonelyGhost
Wed Dec 29, 2004 10:52 pm
#9
If SWGCraft ever puts into use the parsing tool used to extract the data from the ISD emails, I think their database will become incredible. The tool is there, it works, but the site has been stagnating for a long time now. I use and maintain a website for my Galaxy that puts SWGCraft to shame. Its at AsiaBrothers.com . But if that pesky parsing tool gets in finally, I will probably switch. The emails will make it incredibly easy for a single person to update every single resource on every single planet, every single day. All that would be needed is people on those planets to take a moment and put in the resource stats.
IntoTheGarbage
Thu Dec 30, 2004 4:03 pm
#10
Personally, I think the ISD’s need updating now that JTL is out. They were slightly useful when inter-stellar travel was more inconvenient, but now it is much faster to just hop over to a planet and look for yourself.
I threw mine away shortly after I realized it was way easier to just jump in my ship and fly there myself to look. ISD’s should either be much faster, or convey more info, otherwise they are not worth using.
wabicajo
Thu Dec 30, 2004 8:38 pm
#11
I think with jtl I managed to get on 5 different planets in less than 5 minutes, so it was easy to check for what I needed. The only problem is making sure I have the right survey tools.
JeCy
Thu Dec 30, 2004 11:33 pm
#12
1, not everyone has JTL
2, if you check swg craft even on survers that have good people updating there are always 2-4 days varriing on the resources on differnt planets soo if your counting on swgcraft you are missing stuff garentied
3,floral, on all planets and gas/chem/fiber on yavin, endor, rori have very bad updates on any server on swg craft.. soo with out checking yoru self you WILL be missing stuff. Espeically if tis a resource thats not used a lot like say endor wild rice, or yavin evergreen wood. You will miss lots of good shifts
4, Survey droids are soo great to have updated lists for every planet every day for such little cost and what 5 mins tops..
5, Even witha ship there is no way you can check 5 planets and resourses,, sorry man it takes 30 secs for each sample and load times.. and a fail a few times thats a couple mins atleast and thats checking 1 sample..you aint checking 4-5 samples, on 5 planets in 5 mins. soo just flying there to open up a tool to see if something is theremaybe but guess what my survey droids will hit all the planets inabout the same time it would take a person to open up every tool on every planet and guess what i have an e-mail with it all write down..and i got to do what ever i wanted while the drones did all the work. Btw im a +25 surveyor, and i eat +18 food and i still fail.. I used to check every resource on every planet every 2 days,, trust me when i say SWG craft does not keep up and radiants swg craft is pretty close to one of the best at updates and they still miss $hit
Je'Cy
cl0kwerq
Sat Jan 01, 2005 2:54 am
#13
sorry....triple posted...grr
Message Edited by cl0kwerq on 01-01-2005 01:58 AM
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