Info: Longtime's IMK2 Hunting Log

I'm not entirely sure what you're complaining about. Those of us without access to imk2's think 80% returns is as good as it gets and 50% is routine.

Tips: Kreltins might be too hard for your weapon, your returns were much higher with feffs and weaker mobs. Imho, ideally you want a main weapon that does X max damage, 2X for crits and use it against a mob that has a max of 3-4X hit points (so you kill the mob in maybe 5 shots max.) Then, keep another wep that does 1/3X to 1/4X to finish it off. I used a melee weapon to get str. Baby troxes, feffs, medium allo, estophyl, etc. are good for their fast regen/lower no-loot rate. For the amount you cycled, imagine one less or one more shot per kill over thousands of kills to calculate the difference.

For extreme eco hunting, Star put up some videos. S/he used an imp fapper and went without armor to hunt dasps and such. No deaths, no healing pauses, just shooting.

June, 2015

Total Cycled: 67,684.96 PED
Total Return: 63,240.70 PED
Base TT Plus/Minus: -4,444.96
Base TT %: 93.43%

Defensive Cost: 1.35%

$5 Rebate Program Rebates: 6.59 PED
Adjusted Plus/Minus: -4,437.66 PED
Adjusted TT%: 93.44%

Hunting Markup Earned: 4,428.27 PED
Best Loot: Ubo Poison Globule (Golden Key)
Effective Plus/Minus: -9.39 PED
Effective TT%: 99.98%

Big Industries Hypercharged Weekly Reward Bonuses: 0 PED
Final Plus/Minus: -9.39 PED
Final Return%: 99.98%

Skills Earned (in TT): 865 PED

Auxilliary Data:
Skill Boosts: 92
Globals: 179
HOFs: 18
Highest HOF: 515 Beladoth Mature

Start Laser Hit: 73.01
Start Laser Dmg: 69.89
Start Evader: 46.23

End Laser Hit: 75.18
End Laser Dmg: 71.63
End Evader: 46.76

Tiers Achieved: None

Summary: With the event going on, I was unable to hunt on my land areas. I instead was working on finding the right focus and balance on the imk2. I later went to Rocktropia (where I posted the WORST returns but the best markup overall) to help a friend with his mission. The majority of the month was spent without enhancers.

I hit 72 dmg and 76 hit a couple days ago and I now have had my imk2 for 4 months now as of today.

My total returns are as follows.. for period of March 6th to July 6th:

Out: 338113.85
In: 306018.59
Return: 90.507%, -32095.26

There has been a 2.5% improvement between March to June 1st and June 1st to now.

After markup: -12998.86
Return: 96.15%

Total Gain in skills: 4664 ped

Defensive cost: 1.60%

Hit: 62.86 to 76.12
Dmg: 62.1 to 72.21
Evader: 45.05 to 47.06

Highest hof was 1530 on my LA.
Best Loot was a 185ped esi on my LA.

A few disciplines I need to work on is to grind and stop worrying about cycles and trying to catch the good times. I also do not enhance.

861 globals, 31 hofs... 467 skill boosts.

I'll be honest.. last few days I have been contemplating going back to mining full time and selling gear. Only reason why I haven't is that my returns will get better as I continue to level. I also dismiss some advice about being maxed on the imk2 because most who have expressed that I need to be maxed was before they adjusted the ha and cha. I am currently 8.6 hit and 8.7 cha.

Another uber.. 1458 on Mutated Otorugi. Brings month up to 95.6% tt. I've currently cycled almost 40k this month thus far which is a major increase from previous months. Also finished the 2nd motorhead 1k mission for 128ped of aim.

I need more missions like that 128 ped of aim.

Added cumulative table on the first post.

Very enlightening when you include skill gain.

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