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Thread: Maxing out in Creature Harvesting
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Sondhi
Thu Nov 25, 2004 7:32 pm
#1
Greetings fellow Rangers,
I have recently just mastered this wonderfull skill (big thanks to all the Rangers who taught me (can't remember you all i'm afraid) but special thanks to aawoo of the Wooks and Tegai of the Antarian Rangers for the last two trainings to make me Master) on the Chilly Astra server and was after some advice.
Having just read KaiRaene's excellent guide on "A Ranger Creature Resource Guide", I was wandering what your thoughts are on maxing out in Creature Harvesting.
I have posted elsewhere in the trade forums and people have suggested using either a harvesting droid or veghash to increase the skill. If i do choose to go for either then what sort of stat's should i be aiming for to squeeze the most out of the Creature Harvest command?
egi recently bought some veghash which gave a 30% boost for 11 minutes and then some other veghash which gave 33% boost for 10 minutes are they good values?
Or do you have any other tips? 
Thank you for your help.
Here's to the day when Dev's create skill tapes / armour attachments with Creature Harvesting boosts! Like that's gonna happen 
... or will it...?!
... or will it...?!Sondhi
Almagill
Thu Nov 25, 2004 7:41 pm
#2
Congrats on the new Master Rangerdom!
Somebody more competent will be along shortly with information of veghash and droids...
Somebody more competent will be along shortly with information of veghash and droids...
Preacher-UM
Thu Nov 25, 2004 7:59 pm
#3
As for a harvesting droid, i personally wouldn't buy one with less than a 105% harvest module. Whether or not they exist on your server, i dunno. But with veghash( your 33% is good hash), and a 105 droid, you will harvest 105% of your harvesting potential.
Hope this helps.
Xandur Tau-ri
Lowca
frightwig
Thu Nov 25, 2004 10:08 pm
#4
Congrats on mastering ranger!
Well, harvesting droids are a personal preference for most. Some use them often, some never buy them or take them out. They're more helpful for riflemen who kill at a distance, but harvesting can be done much quicker and more efficient if you're a melee profession or pistoleer.
109 droids seem to be the standard of a "good" droid and are fairly easy to find. I have one at 114, but I believe the highest possible is 120. This sticky in the scout forums explains in more detail.
High quality veghash can commonly be found at around +31-32. +33 is very good. The bonus is more important than the duration. Personally, I always carry at least two crates with me.
As for skill tapes and armor attachments to boost creature harvesting... I seriously hope that day never comes! Our profession needs a boost at higher harvesting levels, and if SEAs or AAs were introduced, we could probably give up all hope of that change as it would be too easy to fall back on the argument of "just get clothing attachments". That would be a big blow to the ranger profession.
Well, harvesting droids are a personal preference for most. Some use them often, some never buy them or take them out. They're more helpful for riflemen who kill at a distance, but harvesting can be done much quicker and more efficient if you're a melee profession or pistoleer.
109 droids seem to be the standard of a "good" droid and are fairly easy to find. I have one at 114, but I believe the highest possible is 120. This sticky in the scout forums explains in more detail.
High quality veghash can commonly be found at around +31-32. +33 is very good. The bonus is more important than the duration. Personally, I always carry at least two crates with me.
As for skill tapes and armor attachments to boost creature harvesting... I seriously hope that day never comes! Our profession needs a boost at higher harvesting levels, and if SEAs or AAs were introduced, we could probably give up all hope of that change as it would be too easy to fall back on the argument of "just get clothing attachments". That would be a big blow to the ranger profession.
Message Edited by frightwig on 11-26-2004 12:10 AM
JBMat
Fri Nov 26, 2004 4:57 am
#5
Grats on MR
As to the harvesting -
This is weird, as the % numbers for droids and veghash reflect the on your harvesting ability -Not the total amount you get off a creature. A 110% droid does not get an extra 10% of what you get, it's harvesting ability is 110% of yours. Same with veghash - 33% means your abilities go up 33%, not you get 33% more. It's some complicated formula, but it means amounts do not progress upwards as fast as you would think they should.
Because of this, the amounts harvested only go up slightly, and less as you get further up the profession, as ability caps at 125% when using artificial means. A human can only harvest at 125% of his stated ability, even using a droid and veghash, while other races can go higher due to their racial modifiers.
All in all, I find veghash worth it on larger creatures, 120 versus 110 harvest is ok; 12 v. 11 is not worth the money.
Droids - blahhh. I still find that I kill quicker and get more per hour with a killer/tank than with a harvestor.
JB
Nemo0
Sat Nov 27, 2004 5:03 pm
#6
Congrats on mastering. As for harvesting, veghash (over +30) and a droid (over 100) will help. I'm not sure by how much, though (I've never used either
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