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Thread: Milking issues
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DaveG
Sat Jan 29, 2005 8:02 pm
#1
Started some milking tonight. Now milking is something I tried in the past of course, but simply because it was something I could do. Haven't done any serious milking ever.
However, I was hunting a lot of milkable creatures on tatooine this evening, and since I have a recycler, I thought I'd give it a try. So here are my thoughts-come-queries:
- Isn't it really frustrating when they run away
- ... even more so when they rubber band 60m or more away from you.
- Are there any creatures in the galaxy that give more milk that others in your experiences?
- What's with this bug where I start milking a creature and it ends up 20m in the air above my head? The only way I can get them down is to shoot them down!
- After around two hours intermittent milking, I had 1.4K of milk. Is this good or poor performance?
agent156
Sat Jan 29, 2005 10:35 pm
#2
Ya the rubber banding will make you nuts. Always had Problems with that. I'd get the failed message and then the animal would slide 40 - 60 m. As for the amount... I've aways wondered about that but can't say I've done it quite enough to know. Faambas do seem to give huge drops but its been a while so no nummbers off the top of my head.
Lancesod
Sun Jan 30, 2005 6:18 am
#3
Pretty similar findings here.
Are there any creatures in the galaxy that give more milk that others in your experiences?
I always go after Pikets. 75-124 units from Piket Plains Walkers and I always take those 9.3k-9.4k missions since those missions spawn allfemale critters always.
What's with this bug where I start milking a creature and it ends up 20m in the air above my head? The only way I can get them down is to shoot them down!
Position yourself exactly below the creature, you can milk it no matter how high it is. If you position yourself correctly it will even drop back to ground in addition to letting itself be milked.
After around two hours intermittent milking, I had 1.4K of milk. Is this good or poor performance?
Hmmm, I did 3 hours yesterday on Dant - result 6.1k milk and had a few breaks. I guess that if I grind properly 7k would be within possibility in 3 hours.
BR/~~L
DaveG
Sun Jan 30, 2005 6:21 am
#4
Thanks for info!
For the record I was milking Ronto's, Eopies and Matriach Bantha's. (So that's my excuse for my measly 1.4K lol).
I was primarily hunting herbivore meat, so I feel rather bad about myself for milking them, then giving them the proverbial bolt-gun afterwards 
Message Edited by DaveG on 01-30-2005 01:22 PM
Wasstastic
Sun Jan 30, 2005 7:22 am
#5
I get around 100 units from Fambas. The animal that keeps on giving 
Sometimes I get the "has moved to far to continue milking" when standing right next to one. And why don't we get scouting xp for milking? It is scouting is it not?
Sometimes I get the "has moved to far to continue milking" when standing right next to one. And why don't we get scouting xp for milking? It is scouting is it not?
ShyGirl
Sun Jan 30, 2005 9:09 am
#6
DaveG wrote:
- Isn't it really frustrating when they run away
- ... even more so when they rubber band 60m or more away from you.
- Are there any creatures in the galaxy that give more milk that others in your experiences?
- What's with this bug where I start milking a creature and it ends up 20m in the air above my head? The only way I can get them down is to shoot them down!
- After around two hours intermittent milking, I had 1.4K of milk. Is this good or poor performance?
Finally, I am able to respond to you..... 
As I normally go milking critters on a very casual basis, I had no clue as to howto answer your performance question. Anyway, so I spent one hour last night (I cheated, it was more like one hour and fifteen minutes) milking Bol's, Fambaa's (75-100 units per session) and Guamala's (35-55 units per session) in the northern planes of Naboo.
I collected 2.5 K within that time frame..... The rubber-banding seems to be more of an issue with the bigger critters. I felt your frustration.... but mostly, I had fun
The amount of milk you get per critter is proportional to its size.... (This might not apply in Talus, though. I have a weak recollection of such experience).
Ps, Have you guys dropped the milk containers on the floor at home? (Sooo petite!)
(Sooo petite!)
DaveG
Sun Jan 30, 2005 12:07 pm
#7
Yes! I kept one unit of wild milk for decoration, the rest got poured into my shiney new recycler!
ShyGirl wrote:
Ps, Have you guys dropped the milk containers on the floor at home?
Mac_Leod
Sun Jan 30, 2005 12:20 pm
#8
DaveG wrote:Thanks for info!For the record I was milking Ronto's, Eopies and Matriach Bantha's. (So that's my excuse for my measly 1.4K lol).I was primarily hunting herbivore meat, so I feel rather bad about myself for milking them, then giving them the proverbial bolt-gun afterwardsMessage Edited by DaveG on 01-30-2005 01:22 PM
Don't feel too bad. The one time I actually set out to collect milk, I would milk the creatures, then kill them and harvest the milk off their corpses.
DaveG
Sun Jan 30, 2005 2:45 pm
#9
Are you saying you can get milk off them twice? (pre and post mortem?)
Phenix1050
Sun Jan 30, 2005 3:31 pm
#10
DaveG wrote:
Are you saying you can get milk off them twice? (pre and post mortem?)
yep. after you kill 'em, type /harvest milk. Don't you remember all the funny issues we had wilth milk? You can milk when you're incapacitated, you can milk dead animals and one time, somebody milked a nightsister.
DaveG
Sun Jan 30, 2005 4:24 pm
#11
Phenix1050 wrote:
DaveG wrote:
Are you saying you can get milk off them twice? (pre and post mortem?)
yep. after you kill 'em, type /harvest milk. Don't you remember all the funny issues we had wilth milk? You can milk when you're incapacitated, you can milk dead animals and one time, somebody milked a nightsister.
Nope, I was never involved in any of that, possibly even before my time. I suddenly feel likea noob again
!
Bugman671
Sun Jan 30, 2005 5:16 pm
#12
you notice that the milk container description is “ a container of water”
Lancesod
Sun Jan 30, 2005 10:45 pm
#13
Phenix1050 wrote:
DaveG wrote:
Are you saying you can get milk off them twice? (pre and post mortem?)
yep. after you kill 'em, type /harvest milk. Don't you remember all the funny issues we had wilth milk? You can milk when you're incapacitated, you can milk dead animals and one time, somebody milked a nightsister.
For me this feature vanished a couple of patches ago. *boggle* I could swear I tried this again a couple of nights ago with no luck and have been wondering for a while already why milk prices have not escalated. I miss the feature since post mortem milking gave even a bigger chunk of milk than the regular milking - although it was a bit creepy as a concept IMO. Back in the day I was able to get close to 20k of milk in a buff period.
BR/~~L
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