I am no stranger to posting pissed off threads and getting typical neg rep from the usual MA ass-kisser etc.. This one is no different so don't read on if you don't like rants - casue this is one but imo a fucking valid one!
After being told for years that i am wrong and no way i can lose as often as i say i do, i decided to make a log and prove it to myself. Now i know others lose a lot more than me and i never deposited a lot but i have earned a 1000's in game in trading etc.. and lost most of it. To me that is the same as depositing and is actually more work.
I have never taken a penny out of the game nor do i care to. all skill are 100% earned and not bought on a credit card and yes i took many breaks over 10 years due to - that's right absolutely shit loot that almost broke me several times. I never hunt above my level, never used un-maxed weps. There were maybe a hand full of team hunts on mobs above my level.
In all the 10+ years in game i looted exactly 1 Nemesis F shins in like 2008/9 for a whopping +70 ped i believe. My first hof was a daki young for 400+ ped in 2008-ish? and then nothing above that for 7+ years! Finally in i think 2015 i got a 500 ped Kerb guardian - after losing the requisite amount of ped more than that hof. Another 500 ped kerb after a year + of even more losses and since then more loses with nothing over 200-ish ped from an argo.
So now that i have maybe a few K of ped of items, gear and ped left, which is not enough to hunt any mob anywhere near my level or even below my level, i decided to see if all the advice i gotten from so many players that have come and gone since i been here is worth the time listening to. The most common thing told to me was you have to kill many more mobs before loot evens out, don't hunt above you level, use maxed weps, cycle enough ped on a mob. oh yea and that i cant track right without a log.
HMMM So what mob would a player with 115K skills have to kill enough of, cycle enough ped on and is not above my level and i have enough remaining ped to hunt --OHHH!!!! i know a 12 hp mob on Ark!! of course and surely since skills matter, cause everyone says they do so, i can use my skills and at least break even - dont care about profit just prove i can break even.
Results below - not a single positive run, not one, not one pec. SO THANKS MA for taking 1000's of my ped on noob mobs while i get to watch those same mobs drop 5K + hofs to others and then shafting me on the smallest of noob mobs.
i'll wait for the replies that tell me all the things i should have done and weps i should have used etc.. but in reality if this were a 500 HP mob i would have lost the same % (likely more) which would have just ended in a much larger $ amount lost - and since MA took all me ped- 12 hp mobs is what i can hunt.
Weps used were SI combat knife (Shortblade), Falx, Bukins blade, a batsim for a short run of 1 shot kills when i was really pissed and wanted to finish a mission.
I finished male - 1k, 5K, Female 1k, and am 1500 into the 5K so that's at lest 8500 kills but call it 7K as i was part way into the 1k male before the log (i think).
Run 1
Total Ped out 40.84
TT return 37.81
Gain/(Loss) -3.03
TT Return % 0.925808031
overall % 0.925808031
Overall Profit/(Loss) -3.03
Run 2
Total Ped out 38.8
TT return 38.33
Gain/(Loss) -0.47
TT Return % 0.987886598
overall % 0.956052235
Overall TT out 79.64
Overall TT in 76.14
Overall Profit/(Loss) -3.5
Run 3
Total Ped out 43.68
TT return 39.87
Gain/(Loss) -3.81
TT Return % 0.912774725
overall % 0.940723321
Overall TT out 123.32
Overall TT in 116.01
Overall Profit/(Loss) -7.31
Run 4
Total Ped out 38.8
TT return 35.24
Gain/(Loss) -3.56
TT Return % 0.908247423
overall % 0.932950901
Overall TT out 162.12
Overall TT in 151.25
Overall Profit/(Loss) -10.87
Run 5
SI Blade 9.70ped x 2 = 19.40 19.4
falx 11.65 * 3, 40 ped gun 74.95
Total Ped out 94.35
TT return 91.58
Gain/(Loss) -2.77
TT Return % 0.970641229
overall % 0.946816392
Overall TT out 256.47
Overall TT in 242.83
Overall Profit/(Loss) -13.64
Run 6
Total Ped out 54.44
TT return 49.17
Gain/(Loss) -5.27
TT Return % 0.903196179
overall % 0.93917854
Overall TT out 310.91
Overall TT in 292
Overall Profit/(Loss) -18.91
Run 7
52.7
Total Ped out 52.7
TT return 47.13
Gain/(Loss) -5.57
TT Return % 0.8943074
overall % 0.932675119
Overall TT out 363.61
Overall TT in 339.13
Overall Profit/(Loss) -24.48
Run 8
67.83
Total Ped out 67.83
TT return 57.69
Gain/(Loss) -10.14
TT Return % 0.850508625
overall % 0.919757093
Overall TT out 431.44
Overall TT in 396.82
Overall Profit/(Loss) -34.62
Run 9
25.31
Total Ped out 25.31
TT return 23.4
Gain/(Loss) -1.91
TT Return % 0.924535757
overall % 0.920021894
Overall TT out 456.75
Overall TT in 420.22
Overall Profit/(Loss) -36.53
Run 10
34.09
Total Ped out 34.09
TT return 28.89
Gain/(Loss) -5.2
TT Return % 0.847462599
overall % 0.914982479
Overall TT out 490.84
Overall TT in 449.11
Overall Profit/(Loss) -41.73
Run 11
32.13
Total Ped out 32.13
TT return 29.11
Gain/(Loss) -3.02
TT Return % 0.906006847
overall % 0.914431038
Overall TT out 522.97
Overall TT in 478.22
Overall Profit/(Loss) -44.75
After being told for years that i am wrong and no way i can lose as often as i say i do, i decided to make a log and prove it to myself. Now i know others lose a lot more than me and i never deposited a lot but i have earned a 1000's in game in trading etc.. and lost most of it. To me that is the same as depositing and is actually more work.
I have never taken a penny out of the game nor do i care to. all skill are 100% earned and not bought on a credit card and yes i took many breaks over 10 years due to - that's right absolutely shit loot that almost broke me several times. I never hunt above my level, never used un-maxed weps. There were maybe a hand full of team hunts on mobs above my level.
In all the 10+ years in game i looted exactly 1 Nemesis F shins in like 2008/9 for a whopping +70 ped i believe. My first hof was a daki young for 400+ ped in 2008-ish? and then nothing above that for 7+ years! Finally in i think 2015 i got a 500 ped Kerb guardian - after losing the requisite amount of ped more than that hof. Another 500 ped kerb after a year + of even more losses and since then more loses with nothing over 200-ish ped from an argo.
So now that i have maybe a few K of ped of items, gear and ped left, which is not enough to hunt any mob anywhere near my level or even below my level, i decided to see if all the advice i gotten from so many players that have come and gone since i been here is worth the time listening to. The most common thing told to me was you have to kill many more mobs before loot evens out, don't hunt above you level, use maxed weps, cycle enough ped on a mob. oh yea and that i cant track right without a log.
HMMM So what mob would a player with 115K skills have to kill enough of, cycle enough ped on and is not above my level and i have enough remaining ped to hunt --OHHH!!!! i know a 12 hp mob on Ark!! of course and surely since skills matter, cause everyone says they do so, i can use my skills and at least break even - dont care about profit just prove i can break even.
Results below - not a single positive run, not one, not one pec. SO THANKS MA for taking 1000's of my ped on noob mobs while i get to watch those same mobs drop 5K + hofs to others and then shafting me on the smallest of noob mobs.
i'll wait for the replies that tell me all the things i should have done and weps i should have used etc.. but in reality if this were a 500 HP mob i would have lost the same % (likely more) which would have just ended in a much larger $ amount lost - and since MA took all me ped- 12 hp mobs is what i can hunt.
Weps used were SI combat knife (Shortblade), Falx, Bukins blade, a batsim for a short run of 1 shot kills when i was really pissed and wanted to finish a mission.
I finished male - 1k, 5K, Female 1k, and am 1500 into the 5K so that's at lest 8500 kills but call it 7K as i was part way into the 1k male before the log (i think).
Run 1
Total Ped out 40.84
TT return 37.81
Gain/(Loss) -3.03
TT Return % 0.925808031
overall % 0.925808031
Overall Profit/(Loss) -3.03
Run 2
Total Ped out 38.8
TT return 38.33
Gain/(Loss) -0.47
TT Return % 0.987886598
overall % 0.956052235
Overall TT out 79.64
Overall TT in 76.14
Overall Profit/(Loss) -3.5
Run 3
Total Ped out 43.68
TT return 39.87
Gain/(Loss) -3.81
TT Return % 0.912774725
overall % 0.940723321
Overall TT out 123.32
Overall TT in 116.01
Overall Profit/(Loss) -7.31
Run 4
Total Ped out 38.8
TT return 35.24
Gain/(Loss) -3.56
TT Return % 0.908247423
overall % 0.932950901
Overall TT out 162.12
Overall TT in 151.25
Overall Profit/(Loss) -10.87
Run 5
SI Blade 9.70ped x 2 = 19.40 19.4
falx 11.65 * 3, 40 ped gun 74.95
Total Ped out 94.35
TT return 91.58
Gain/(Loss) -2.77
TT Return % 0.970641229
overall % 0.946816392
Overall TT out 256.47
Overall TT in 242.83
Overall Profit/(Loss) -13.64
Run 6
Total Ped out 54.44
TT return 49.17
Gain/(Loss) -5.27
TT Return % 0.903196179
overall % 0.93917854
Overall TT out 310.91
Overall TT in 292
Overall Profit/(Loss) -18.91
Run 7
52.7
Total Ped out 52.7
TT return 47.13
Gain/(Loss) -5.57
TT Return % 0.8943074
overall % 0.932675119
Overall TT out 363.61
Overall TT in 339.13
Overall Profit/(Loss) -24.48
Run 8
67.83
Total Ped out 67.83
TT return 57.69
Gain/(Loss) -10.14
TT Return % 0.850508625
overall % 0.919757093
Overall TT out 431.44
Overall TT in 396.82
Overall Profit/(Loss) -34.62
Run 9
25.31
Total Ped out 25.31
TT return 23.4
Gain/(Loss) -1.91
TT Return % 0.924535757
overall % 0.920021894
Overall TT out 456.75
Overall TT in 420.22
Overall Profit/(Loss) -36.53
Run 10
34.09
Total Ped out 34.09
TT return 28.89
Gain/(Loss) -5.2
TT Return % 0.847462599
overall % 0.914982479
Overall TT out 490.84
Overall TT in 449.11
Overall Profit/(Loss) -41.73
Run 11
32.13
Total Ped out 32.13
TT return 29.11
Gain/(Loss) -3.02
TT Return % 0.906006847
overall % 0.914431038
Overall TT out 522.97
Overall TT in 478.22
Overall Profit/(Loss) -44.75