Why not start with some pesky boars on Next Island!What a great read!
Does mining suffer the same "You spent too much/too long on this loot event so here's Shrapnel." that hunting does? If not, maybe I'll give mining a shot under a new method, I'll call it "swining"
Dry a mob for 1-3 PEC, drop a probe, pick up anything found, move to a new mob.
Kinda makes sense if you think about it, with loot 2.0 just paying you back based on spend. This would explain why everyone says just run and auto-use tool. The loot engine decides it's time to pay back, it'll generate a hit.
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I got told I was doing it wrong spacing my 54m drops 108m apart and double dropping on hits. Seems as if I agree with you, the ores and enmatter aren't in the ground, just like the oils, hides, and items aren't in the mobs. They're just generated at "loot event" based on what you're shooting at, and what you've spent.
But the auto drop does not even work properly.. I think mining tools drop at a rate of 8 drops per minute, which when actually timed, at least with me, is not correct. I have never been able to drop 8 probes in a minute.. The tooltip is just wrong.Kinda makes sense if you think about it, with loot 2.0 just paying you back based on spend. This would explain why everyone says just run and auto-use tool. The loot engine decides it's time to pay back, it'll generate a hit.
Edited to add
I got told I was doing it wrong spacing my 54m drops 108m apart and double dropping on hits. Seems as if I agree with you, the ores and enmatter aren't in the ground, just like the oils, hides, and items aren't in the mobs. They're just generated at "loot event" based on what you're shooting at, and what you've spent.
Generally the skill comes into play with being able to use better finders IE deeper ones but yeah it's a dog's dinner out their ATM unless you own all the ul gear.
I am starting to think that this is true..
Noticed the same tbh but kinda expected pre mayhem, got to have some carrots to feed out during mayhem. Suppose at least I unlocked miner skill been rough last leg on that 1 both skill gain and tt wise.
"Dynamic"
The range on each finder is inconsistent.
I think your find the reason you can get multiple hits 1m from your previous drop is your finding ore etc at different depths compared to your previous drop at least my take on it.
so follow your reasoning and your experience this game and aim for the rich who in the end still lose 5% of the value of their deposit... really nice pastime
Id probably agree with the time based, you can clearly see every 15 to 30 mins a server update on arrets when your blitzing them first 50 100 mobs drops mu stuff then goes like completely dry. Highly noticeable with just shrapnel drops same stuff with mining tbh although slightly different but clearly visible when you try to find clear crystal on cyrene, what a joke that is.
you have to be aware that this game and control, you have to be fooled not to notice it, the table of hofs is just returns of deposits, there is something to look at, the hofs and the globs are very often the same players, they are those who make many and many deposits, they are all losers whatever happens, this game is not based on skills or feeling, it is just the card of credit that speaks...
This is a gear based game also some of us are free to play here lol.
like many people who play I have an irl life, I can't spend my life on entropia investing thousands of euros in equipment hoping not to lose too much money at the end of each session. I know a few players with very good equipment in the end the outcome and the same. a lot stops and the new ones don't stay. You probably have to ask some questions, right?
