When I started in 2007 I did, as I am sure most do, use this forum to try to see what, where, when and how to hunt. What weapons, what amps and so on. The thing I got out of the hours of reading (which I enjoyed I must admit) was to use the most eco weapons and amps and try to hunt the biggest mob that your skills would allow. I now see a trend in thinking that I had not seen before. It seems the consensus is your loot is based on the amount of decay that you have when hunting. I have watched Star on stargazing and he is very eco, mod merc, dmg enhancers and ancient amps and gets a lot of gbls and hofs, of course he is hunting huge mobs but he burns through a lot ammo but, by comparison, I don't think his decay based on the amount the he burns is that high. For example, when I first started I got up to an LR53, as I recall, with an E-AMP-15 (this was before enhancers) and hunted Atroxes. I would almost bet that my decay was as much as Star's killing a spider stalker (well maybe not that much but close). Back then I was playing alot and would get 10-12 gbls a day, nothing big but I only did 50 ped runs.
So my point is, is it better to hunt using the most un-eco equiment because of more decay hence more loot and the chance to get bigger gbls or HOFs.
Just a side note, my first gbl was actually 659 ped HOF using a merc at lvl 21 handgunner (hit was 2.1/10 and I don't remember the dmg but I am sure is was about the same LOL) and it was months before I got just a gbl.
Just a thought. let me know what you think.
So my point is, is it better to hunt using the most un-eco equiment because of more decay hence more loot and the chance to get bigger gbls or HOFs.
Just a side note, my first gbl was actually 659 ped HOF using a merc at lvl 21 handgunner (hit was 2.1/10 and I don't remember the dmg but I am sure is was about the same LOL) and it was months before I got just a gbl.
Just a thought. let me know what you think.