161,451.59 150,150.09 93.00% TT return - taxed hunting with 4-5% taxes since loot 2.0
97,546.14 90,522.81 92.80% TT return - untaxed hunting since loot 2.0 (migration mobs excluded)
I'm not convinced for one that I'm paying out 4-5% of my loot for taxes, as I have also cycled nearly the same amount of peds on untaxed for the same result.
You are free to come to your own conclusions.
You are paying 4-5% for taxes... HOWEVER, due to all the variable that revolve around hunting, you don't necessarily notice it and in truth, which is what Atomicstorm is saying... And nobody here, unless they know the exact formula for the loot mob event, that calculates the loot you get per mob, can give any conclusive data on any of the answers here.
So as Prophet Zen said, just have fun and do your thing! It's a bloody game.
Here is a quick example of what I was saying: (couldn't find a more "official" link)
"http://www.entropiadirectory.com/wiki/Amethera" said:
History
Original Announcement from MindArk regarding Amethera
A new continent has been discovered on the planet Calypso!
The continent is vast, about three times larger than the presently available continent.
In the same manner as back in the wild west era in the United States,
Project Entropia participants will be given the opportunity to participate in this epic land grab event!
Virtually all the land on the continent will be up for grabs in time.
Land areas vary in size up to the maximum, which is about 1000 acres.
The land is pristine and untamed, and you can not count on staying safe in any area of the new continent.
Get yourself prepared, because if the various new monsters and robots don’t get you,
your fellow participants probably will!
The stakes are high. As the owner of a piece of land a society will be able to collect a fee from any hunter,
miner or other resource gatherer active on their land.
The fees may be set individually, in the range 0 to 10%, according to the will of the owning society.
All revenue generated from the society-owned land will automatically be distributed between the society members.
The land owning societies will also in a later stage be given the opportunity
to sell house-building lots to any Project Entropia participant.
The lots available for sale will vary in number and size depending in the size of the land owned by the society.
This is from a time before planet partners and stuff, so this is how the system worked and I assume still does. Interpret as you wish.
As for LA owners knowing something and have NDAs and stuff.... That's like saying ModFappers have an NDA or ImkII owners have NDAs about hunting and stuff like that... It's a purchase... that is about it when it comes to the relationship we have with MA... In fact some people might even have more affiliations with MA, while owning nothing or whatever than you think!
Now as for the rest of this thread, all I have to say is there is a lot of hypocritical nonsense going around... I am trying to find evidence of what im saying, and I know they explained may years ago how "Amethera" would be the landgrab continent and loot there would be higher than on Eudoria, within Land Area borders. I am having a hard time finding it though.
This was the main selling point for Amethera, and it came up with a discussion over something like "why kill an atrox inside a taxed area, when theres untaxed atrox in Fort Ithaca?" kinda thing...
Now! If instead of being asshats and arguing over nothing, maybe once, just once! Be helpful and do try and help find this information, so we can all rest our heads... This forum used to be a lot more helpful than nowadays, that's for sure.
Sorry for the rant, but I just couldn't help myself.
P.S.: Also found this while at it.
https://www.planetcalypsoforum.com/forums/showthread.php?29969-Dude-where-s-my-PED
Take the time to read some of the replies and even the opening post, and maybe you'll get some ideas in. You will find me scrounging the internet about this issue.