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Thread: Harvester Droid. How does this thing work?
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Whok
Wed Oct 20, 2004 3:01 pm
#1
So I have a R3 Harvester droid with +109 to harvest. And Im wondering how I get him to harvest for me? Supposedly it will harvest while you're fighting? Anyone got any ideas? Also heard there was a way to macro it so it didn't run away? I'm new to using droids, so a little help wouldn't hurt. Thanks
Sojourner
Wed Oct 20, 2004 4:00 pm
#2
From Delta's Guide (the one that is at the top of the forums)....
Harvest Droids
We have available to us droids that harvest creatures for us – saving us time, giving us a slight boost to our harvesting abilities, and allow us to harvest in combat (so if we take a while to kill something, our prey doesn’t “poof” before we can harvest it).
My thanks go to Razhlok Lightningskull from the Scout boards for providing me with the information for this section of the guide.
In choosing a harvesting droid, check that the quality of the module your DE is crafting1 will give you some bonus to harvesting (around 3% per module). You want 6 modules (the maximum) for your droid.
You will need to program your droid to harvest. First you pick what you want your droid to harvest - the four options are meat, hide, bone and random. Then you must program a harvest command. When you start to program the droid, a question mark will appear above your droid’s head. Type in a command - for example "harvest". An exclamation point will appear over your droid's head indicating it has accepted your command.
Next, create a macro entitled “HarvestCorpse”, and either place it on your toolbar or alias it to your keyboard.
An easy one could look like:
/loot;
/tellpet harvest;
You can also choose to program your droid with other commands (attack, stay, follow, store, etc) using the same method. To name your droid you need to program your droid by saying his name prior to the command. For example – programming the “Stay” command would require you to say “Donkeylips Stay”. Do this for three commands and the droid "learns" its name. Once it knows it’s name, you can go back and change the command to simple “Stay”.
To use your droid in the field pull him out of your datapad. Engage your target normally. When it’s dead, active your harvest macro. At this point you may target your next kill, while your droid goes out and retrieves the goods.
After you droid harvests the corpse you will receive a message stating a droid has harvested X number of resources from the creature.
At some point your droid will run out of power and will need to be recharged. In this case you will need to have a droid battery. If you /examine your droid, you will see just how much power your droid has remaining. Droid batteries are pretty easy to come by on any DE vendor's site or even on the Bazaar. I recommend buying them in crates.
Harvest Droids
We have available to us droids that harvest creatures for us – saving us time, giving us a slight boost to our harvesting abilities, and allow us to harvest in combat (so if we take a while to kill something, our prey doesn’t “poof” before we can harvest it).
My thanks go to Razhlok Lightningskull from the Scout boards for providing me with the information for this section of the guide.
In choosing a harvesting droid, check that the quality of the module your DE is crafting1 will give you some bonus to harvesting (around 3% per module). You want 6 modules (the maximum) for your droid.
You will need to program your droid to harvest. First you pick what you want your droid to harvest - the four options are meat, hide, bone and random. Then you must program a harvest command. When you start to program the droid, a question mark will appear above your droid’s head. Type in a command - for example "harvest". An exclamation point will appear over your droid's head indicating it has accepted your command.
Next, create a macro entitled “HarvestCorpse”, and either place it on your toolbar or alias it to your keyboard.
An easy one could look like:
/loot;
/tellpet harvest;
You can also choose to program your droid with other commands (attack, stay, follow, store, etc) using the same method. To name your droid you need to program your droid by saying his name prior to the command. For example – programming the “Stay” command would require you to say “Donkeylips Stay”. Do this for three commands and the droid "learns" its name. Once it knows it’s name, you can go back and change the command to simple “Stay”.
To use your droid in the field pull him out of your datapad. Engage your target normally. When it’s dead, active your harvest macro. At this point you may target your next kill, while your droid goes out and retrieves the goods.
After you droid harvests the corpse you will receive a message stating a droid has harvested X number of resources from the creature.
At some point your droid will run out of power and will need to be recharged. In this case you will need to have a droid battery. If you /examine your droid, you will see just how much power your droid has remaining. Droid batteries are pretty easy to come by on any DE vendor's site or even on the Bazaar. I recommend buying them in crates.
JBMat
Wed Oct 20, 2004 5:16 pm
#3
Rather poorly; now that you ask.
Remember, that 109 is 109% of your percentage. So if you get 10 units, you now get...11...woohoo.
And you have to buy batteries and do maintenance on the lil moron. And tell him what to do. Don't group with him, if the creature does an AOE attack like intimidate, he runs away.
Yes, a wise investment.
Shoulda got a combat droid. Much easier to control, don't run, they help you kill faster.
JB
Whok
Wed Oct 20, 2004 6:15 pm
#4
oh I didnt buy them for combat purposes. I'm Master Swordsman, with like 3400 Doc and 4040 in Scout... Just looking for somthing to make my harvesting go a little faster. Thanks for the help..I should be able to get it from here 
Spanish-Angrod
Thu Oct 21, 2004 4:20 am
#5
I use a droid for harvest. Im a rifleman and send the droid ( macro /tellpet blabla ) to harvest and meanwhile i keep hunting. It saves me a lot of time.
DunkinPeeters
Wed Oct 27, 2004 10:25 pm
#6
are u limited to what type of droid u can use as a harvester droid...? say can i have a R2 unit or one of the flying ones (not the probot) or doesit have to be a certain one?
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