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- was Kobe PStar Tai, now Femme Fatale
Since the results we seem to keep getting appear ambiguous, I thought we might be barking up the wrong tree. While everyone seems to be focusing on HA multipliers, I thought I would do a small experiment to see if skillgains are the actual intended effect of lasers and scopes. Many people have suggested this, but I have seen no actual tests yet.
The setup: Opalo +A101
Target: Foul Young only.
I did not track the hits or misses, did not track the loot, in fact I did not even track the number killed. I went out with 20 PED ammo for each run, approximately 1 hour of hunting. I checked my skills before the hunt and noted them. I recorded my skills after the hunt and recorded them. I did 10 hunts one after the other, alternating between the naked Opalo +A101 and one loaded with a Seizzt 1950RS and two Seizzt 2000L+ for a 15% skill bonus. Each run with the scope and sights added 0.65 PED to my decay bill. My Opalo has been maxed for years, my laser sniper (hit) is 26. I used the chip optimizer tool to determine the PED value of the skills earned for each run. I believe that regardless of level the PED value of skills on identical runs should be equal as the optimizer tool accounts for the varying value of skills at differing levels. I used auto-aim only. Here are the results:
Run #1 (With attachments)
9 PED of skills
Run #2 (Naked)
6 PED of skills
Run #3 (With attachments)
8 PED of skills
Run #4 (Naked)
4 PED of skills
Run #5 (With attachments)
9 PED of skills
Run #6 (Naked)
6 PED of skills
Run #7 (With attachments)
7 PED of skills
Run #8 (Naked)
7 PED of skills
Run #9 (With attachments)
9 PED of skills
Run #10 (Naked)
7 PED of skills.
Naked total = 30 PED of skills
Attach total = 42 PED of skills.
Now, granted, the optimizer tool includes chip prices, so that would have to be subtracted out somehow. 200 PED for a test may not sound huge, but trust me, I killed a rather obscene number of foul youngs. The other problem is the rounding to the highest PED by the optimizer, it is not an accurate enough tool to get exact stats. I do know I spent an additional 3.25 in attachment decay in return for an additional 12 PED towards my skills (should I have purchased chips instead). That sounds like a pretty good deal, and does not count the agility bumps I picked up along the way either.
Perhaps this is why they raised the curve for hunting related skills... now you need uber scopes and sights to get past 5.0 HA before you retire.
You make the call. One critter only tested, one single setup. I wonder if the results would vary with different guns and different targets. Or if this is simply a statistic anomaly.
PS: selling foul bone buttons
BIG apologies for the off topic here, but, MY GF has created a new ava and we went through over 15k of ammo (150 ped) with an opalo and she's only got 320 rifle skills !! I have no idea how you have gained so much skills !
back on topic
PS, I keep seeing statements like, well as theres definate evidence for that, we'll exclude it as wrong ! Surely someone stated the earth was round before they had definate proof. Little arrorgant in my opinon to say that.
Good work though otherwise