Scout Archive
Thread: Milking issues
AragornSoS
Thu Feb 03, 2005 10:14 am
#27
Cryos_Merovingian wrote:
This is true. But if you have two or three lairs nearby, you can milk them in sequence and by the time your'e done with all three lairs, the first will be ready to go again. This is second hand info though, as I have never really tried it myself.
I have, it does work. If you're patient, and don't mind spending that hour of your life milking pikets that didn't get the memo thatthis was Star WARS Galaxies, andapparently think this is Star Trek what with their teleporters and all... 
Alpha_Cluster
Thu Feb 03, 2005 10:24 am
#28
Actualy i have found if you have like two lairs like over a hill from eachother what you can do it milk all the creatures at one and kill em. Goto the other one and milk and kill these creatures. Then you go back to the other and there all back again. Rinse and Repeat too your hearts content! 
tekniko
Thu Feb 03, 2005 10:32 am
#29
I milked a bunch of Rontos last night without issue. I spent about an hour milking one herd after another before harvesting their meat.
However, one of the Rontos I attacked rushed me without moving its feet, attacked without moving, and died standing straight up (with his boots on?). This was a little odd.
Later in the evening another Ronto teleported away to my rifle's best range in the middle of combat, so I didn't mind much.
However, one of the Rontos I attacked rushed me without moving its feet, attacked without moving, and died standing straight up (with his boots on?). This was a little odd.
Later in the evening another Ronto teleported away to my rifle's best range in the middle of combat, so I didn't mind much.
taloncard
Wed Feb 23, 2005 2:40 pm
#30
I know almost no one milks but I had an order for 2500 units of milk from a BE.
I figured I used to milk all the time so this shouldn't be that hard to do on dantooine or even corellia.
Well was I wrong.
It went something like this:
You relax the creature and begin milking it
You continue to milk the creature
You continue to milk the creature
The creature has moved too far to collect milk from it (because the ($&(@&$#@ creature warped 20m straight up)
This would happen 4 out of every 5 attempts to milk. and yes I did start keeping track. The creature would not always warp into mid air sometimes merely 20-60M away.
This seems a bit crazy, either they need to shorten the milking time, or fix the fix that prevented krayts from being trapped by user placed structures
I figured I used to milk all the time so this shouldn't be that hard to do on dantooine or even corellia.
Well was I wrong.
It went something like this:
You relax the creature and begin milking it
You continue to milk the creature
You continue to milk the creature
The creature has moved too far to collect milk from it (because the ($&(@&$#@ creature warped 20m straight up)
This would happen 4 out of every 5 attempts to milk. and yes I did start keeping track. The creature would not always warp into mid air sometimes merely 20-60M away.
This seems a bit crazy, either they need to shorten the milking time, or fix the fix that prevented krayts from being trapped by user placed structures
GraySeven
Wed Feb 23, 2005 3:23 pm
#31
Yeah, I've run into this too, especially with Fambaa. You have to keep the dino targeted and try to keep the range at zero, but unfortunately they like to roam ALOT after the 3rd system message and tend to run (faster than you unless you /burstrun) or if they move too far from their spawn point you will tend to get the "Too far away" message even if you are at range zero because they are getting ready to warp back to the spawn point.
I don't know why they do this, I'd have to imagine the Dev's made them move around to keep it "fun" but its really "not fun". Even at 100 units per milk, the amount of time it takes to milk 1 Fambaa I could have used to kill the entire lair and every Fambaa that spawns from it. Literally.
Hakai
Wed Feb 23, 2005 3:24 pm
#32
taloncard wrote:
I know almost no one milks but I had an order for 2500 units of milk from a BE.
I figured I used to milk all the time so this shouldn't be that hard to do on dantooine or even corellia.
Well was I wrong.
It went something like this:
You relax the creature and begin milking it
You continue to milk the creature
You continue to milk the creature
The creature has moved too far to collect milk from it (because the ($&(@&$#@ creature warped 20m straight up)
This would happen 4 out of every 5 attempts to milk. and yes I did start keeping track. The creature would not always warp into mid air sometimes merely 20-60M away.
This seems a bit crazy, either they need to shorten the milking time, or fix the fix that prevented krayts from being trapped by user placed structures
too bad we can't slap a trap on something and then.......*ding*
hang on a minute.......maybe we can talk the devs into giving us a trap that stops a milkable animal dead in it's tracks until you finish milking.
I mean, set it up so it's invulnerable to damage while you're in the process of milking, and wears off once you're finished.
It's ingenious!!!!! It'd basically be a phencanphine dart (ahhh dang i know that's wrong)that doesn't place you into combat.......
Anyone else want to add to this?! I think we may have something!
GraySeven
Wed Feb 23, 2005 4:12 pm
#33
Just call it a Phen-dart, none of us can spell it either
You may be on to something, though they'd have to change the agro code so you don't get stomped once you let go...
Railean
Wed Feb 23, 2005 5:55 pm
#35
In the last 2 days I have gotten 7k of milk off of Fambaa's and Bols. I really wish they would implement a daytime and nightime ai routine for animals. During the day they are active run around, warp what have you. At night, they lay down and gather together around their nest/hive/home/etc. This way during nighttime would be the best time to milk because all the animals are laying down. Now of course you can put a random attribute in there that the animals can get up and run around at night if you spook them, I just feel that they make milking in this game to damn hard, especially for the amount of milk you get as a reward. Just my 2 cents.
LowbaTherf
Wed Feb 23, 2005 8:48 pm
#36
Railean wrote:
In the last 2 days I have gotten 7k of milk off of Fambaa's and Bols. I really wish they would implement a daytime and nightime ai routine for animals. During the day they are active run around, warp what have you. At night, they lay down and gather together around their nest/hive/home/etc. This way during nighttime would be the best time to milk because all the animals are laying down. Now of course you can put a random attribute in there that the animals can get up and run around at night if you spook them, I just feel that they make milking in this game to damn hard, especially for the amount of milk you get as a reward. Just my 2 cents.
I don't think you are supposed to milk sleeping animals....it would seem to me to startle them. I know for sure, I wouldn't want to be milked awake. 
ZevishWulf
Thu Feb 24, 2005 3:56 am
#37
Why not just have the creature stop moving once you begin milking?
Zev
Zev
JBMat
Thu Feb 24, 2005 4:40 am
#38
The P dart idea is good, but that starts combat and you can't milk in combat. And from a programming point of view, how to you tell the AI that you are merely milking, not going to beat the creature with a large stick or something??
I have yet to see nocturnal and/or diurnal creatures. Some creatures lie down, some don't. That idea would be ok, but I would just wait until the creatures "sleepy time" and then go out to harvest. As you do more damage to a creature that is on the ground per shot, guess who gets shot first?
Maybe some of the concerns about milking will be taken care of today with the new patch. At least the yield will be going up.
JB
JBMat
Thu Feb 24, 2005 2:28 pm
#39
See the post about milking on the Ranger forum. There is now a set lower limit that is really pretty high, depending on the level of the creature.
And the one time I did milk, no warping.
JB