I've made a
Huntinlog on PlanetArkadiaForum about the returns with some uneconomic PowerFists hunting on Halix. A short summary:
[Fact] I used four different PowerFists: Castorian EnKnuckles-A (2,738 Dmg/PEC), Castorian EnKnuckles-1 (2,558 Dmg/PEC), Mux-1 EnergyGlove (1,693 Dmg/PEC), and Mux-2 EnergyGlove (1,435 Dmg/PEC)
[Fact] I've done 25 hunts with each weapon. A little over 2000 PED in PowerFists decay, a small 100 PED in other costs (Bukin's Blade, S.I. H.E.A.R.T., InvestaFoe ES300) and ~1425 PED returned in loot. That is ~71% return on PowerFists and ~68% return on all costs.
[Fact] The returns split on each weapon, not taking the InvestaFoe ES300 into account are EnKnuckles-A: 85,65%; EnKnuckles-1: 78,81%; Mux-1: 66,09%; Mux-2: 58,88%.
[Fact] Short on 9200 Halixes had to die a horrible death for this experiment.
[Fact] I was a non-believer and not I am convinced that the Dmg/PEC plays an important role.
[Probably] There is a linear relationship between the Dmg/PEC of the weapon and return, in PEDs, you can expect to get back. This is roughly speaking Return% (Dmg/PEC) = 0,19*Dmg/PEC + 0,33.
[Probably] To get 90.00% return you will need a weapon with 3.000 Dmg/PEC.
[Probably] You need to take the Globals into the equation.
[Plausible] A weapon with better Eco gives loot with a better Markup.
[Doubt] To get better skillgains, you need to hunt as Uneco as possible.
[Doubt] The Dmg/PEC that is used is as if the weapon is maxed-out.
[Unknown] If the size of the Global/HoF depends on the Econess of the weapon used.
Thanks for this thread, without it I might still be using (unmaxed) uneconomic weapons believing that it doesn't matter.
Ardorj