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You should be useing Veghash to get more resources from the creatures, but expect to spend days on a resource if you want a decent sized ammount. As soon as it spawns start hunting, and dont stop untill it shifts out. Get buffed, hunt has fast as you can, get buffed again, continue. As for 50k-100k stacks, this could be down to a large number of hunters pooling their individual hauls together and then splitting the profits.

Of course if you are happy collecting the amount you already do, I wouldnt change a thing. I personally dont want to be hunting all the time, it would drive me nuts. So I hunt one particular good spawn for a long time, and then dont hunt for a while just using up the cash that I made. When I'm low on cash I'll wait for another good spawn (of avian meat hopefully) and go out again.

Message Edited by icarus-uk on 12-17-2004 02:22 AM

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icarus-uk wrote:
You should be useing Veghash to get more resources from the creatures, but expect to spend days on a resource if you want a decent sized ammount. As soon as it spawns start hunting, and dont stop untill it shifts out. Get buffed, hunt has fast as you can, get buffed again, continue. As for 50k-100k stacks, this could be down to a large number of hunters pooling their individual hauls together and then splitting the profits.

Of course if you are happy collecting the amount you already do, I wouldnt change a thing. I personally dont want to be hunting all the time, it would drive me nuts. So I hunt one particular good spawn for a long time, and then dont hunt for a while just using up the cash that I made. When I'm low on cash I'll wait for another good spawn (of avian meat hopefully) and go out again.

Message Edited by icarus-uk on 12-17-2004 02:22 AM

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right on.. i live by this.. i cant spend all my time hunting so Imake what I need to survive(and spend... i shop like a woman >_<;;; )and wait for another killer spawn... 50k - 100k at master with a good droid and hash wouldnt take long at all, of course it really really depends on what you plan on hunting.

I spend about 1 hour collecting between 10k to 20k depends in on what animal it is.
The Dantooine Carnivore Meat on Chimarea is very easy to collect in large quantities,
when a voritor dasher drops 120+, and a Voritor Hunter drops 350+.

I just take 2 missions, kill all the creatures on the first lair, hit the lair once,
kill the new spawners, and walk to the next mission. Very often i run across more
voritors on my way to the other mission. On the second mission i take down everything
including the lair. Then head back to the first mission to find 6 more voritors waiting,
and a fresh and reset lair waiting for you! The Dantooine Carnivore meat shift is the
best i have been trough so far though.

a big stack really depends on what you're hunting and how hardcore you want to get with your hunting. If I buckle down for a full buff session of Dath leathery or carnivore meat, I'll get 40k+ in a buff session. However, not all creatures are rancors! Avain meat, for example, goes for very high prices, but is a HUGE pain to get in a reasonable stack.
Along with the other tips posted above, be sure to visit SWGcreatures.com and familiarize yourself with the highest level MOBs for a given spawn. If you want a quick-win for a big stack and don't want to waste time hunting for minimal returns, hunt the higher level stuff.
I presonally really like to hunt and don't often 'buckle down' for a hardcore night of hunting dath meat. I like to stroll through the wild using my /ar to find creatures nearby.

As has been mentioned though, get some 30-33+ veghash, get buffed, and hunt for high level mobs. Don't group because it thwarts your harvest and a droid helps too if it's a good one.

best of luck to you!

lol
and to answer your question... it takes a while. I never get full 100k stacks on my own unless I'm really commited to the cause.

Hunt 1 spawn from the time it rotates in and don't stop until it's no longer around for ya. If there are 3 good spawns on one planet, pick one and stick with it.

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MagnumIP wrote:

I'm a new Ranger and I see alot of Rangers posting huge number yealds and here I am collecting maybe 4 to 8ku a buff session.

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What are you hunting in a buff session? It all depends on the planet and yield of the creature.

I hunted Tat herbi recently and pulled 180k or so. That was over a period of 21 days. My top was about 30k in a 3 hour period, but there were constant spawns. Otherwise, I averaged about 3k an hour when spawns were light.

On the other hand, resources on Dath or Endor are faster to get if you have a master combat profession.

You're a swordsman, so a harvest droid would just slow you down. I use them sometimes, but I'm a rifleman. (They're very efficient on rancors)

Also, even if they don't have a combat module in them, they should never run. That only happens when you're grouped with them, or if creatures like voritors hit you with an area attack. (or if you're incapped or die, then whatever aggroed you will attack the droid... but if you're on your way to the cloners, it doesn't really matter where the droid is running to).

Message Edited by frightwig on 12-17-2004 10:38 AM

I have been following my rate of harvesting for a while now, since I base my prices on time spent. Off hand I can give the following reference numbers:

Endor Carni (my favourite) 10k/h
Lok Avian 4k/h
Dath Avian 4.5k/h
Dant milk (pre postmortem milking nerf) 8k/h

Since my hourly rate for all activities is 500k I have charged roughly the following:
EC 50cpu
LA 125cpu
DA 111cpu
DM 62.5cpu

Some like the scheme, some don't. Need I say I only get orders for high end stuff. I use Veghash and I am a Trando MR+TKM and I hunt buffed & armored when on a contract.

BR/~~L

Message Edited by Lancesod on 12-17-2004 06:19 PM