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Tuesday, October 18, 2011

ADVICE: The Importance Of Tracking Where Your Peds Go

The surest way to lose money in any venture is to not keep track of your income and expenditures. You should track how much value your equipment has before you start a run. Write down how much ammo or probes you buy. Then, when you are all done hunting or mining, write down what you sold your loot for.

By taking a look at where your peds went, and your profits or losses, you will soon understand that you aren't doing as bad as you thought, or maybe you are doing worse than you thought. If the latter is true, then you should make necessary changes: i.e. more eco weapons and armor.

Over the course of a 200 ped hunt or mining run, if you lose only 5 or 10 peds you do well, and especially if mining, 5 or 10 peds can easily be made up by getting even one more ped out of each stack of resources you sell. Always try to get the best markup you can.

If you don't keep track of your results, it is much harder to make up for losses when you don't know what they are, or where you can cut back your expenses at. The more economic your equipment, the closer you will be to breaking even on every run.  And soon, you will be broke and wonder where your peds all went.

The other benefit to keeping track of your results, is that over time you will have enough data to construct a chart or graph which will easily show how much of the time you are on a down cycle and how much of the time you are on an upcycle. Many would argue this information is unimportant, but ideally, you want to do something as long as you are on the upside of it, and when it heads down, do something else.

It is very easy to waste peds if you don't track them. I think you will notice you do a little bit better if you do take notes and watch your finances in the game like a hawk. Stretch all you can out of every pec. Even if you only save enough to make one more click at the crafting terminal, that one more click might be what hofs you. I've seen it happen, even with my avatar. In real life it's happened to me so many times. Get down to my last 5 nickels on a poker machine and either hit four of a kind or straight flush. That actually happened four times in one session to me. I couldn't believe it! But believe it. The crappier your luck is, the more unusual the good luck will be when it finds you!

Saturday, October 15, 2011

How To HOF: The Short Answer

I do pretty good job at catering to the needs and wants of my visitors by examining the search results that lead to your finding my blog. When I see something that isn't covered by my blog clearly, I write regarding that topic. It is the least I can do for my valued visitors.

So, to answer a recent search...

The surest way to hof, not only from observation but personal experience, is to choose one thing, whether it be hunting argo, or prospecting or surveying or crafting Finder Amplifier Level 2's ;) and stick to it. Though I am not saying to keep going when the loot is extremely bad. When it does go extremely bad it is adviseable to go do something else. With three professions, when one or two do poorly the other usually does well. But choose one or two things to stick to. If you have been hunting argo, don't switch mobs. If you have been crafting ore amps, don't switch to weapons. It doesn't matter what you are doing, as long as you stick to it you will hof!!!

See... It has a lot to do with ped turnover. If you turnover all your peds on all the different things you do, then that ped turnover is divided over many areas and your globals and hofs tend to be smaller than if you focus on just a few things.

Eventually, you will hit it big if you stick with it.

I know someone who has had two or three ATH's just from sticking to the same item. Not saying those ATH's broke them even or made them any profit, but let me just say this... If you treat Entropia like a casino, you will get the results of a casino, and it will treat you like a gambler. But the difference between Entropia and a Casino is primarily that in a casino, you can play your entire life and never hit a jackpot. In Entropia, if you play long enough, you are going to eventually hit a big one. I can guarantee that. But I can't guarantee the same about a casino.

Also... Every indication is, that skills DO affect the outcome of Entropia, thereby circumventing the definition of a casino. Skill based games are not gambling. The only gamble is in whether or not you will make a profit.

If you spend a couple weeks mining amped or unamped, constantly turning over those peds, I would guarantee you should hit a nice hof in that much time. At least in 9 out of 10 instances.

Good luck, and happy hoffing!

Friday, October 14, 2011

MINING: Arkadia / Rocktropia Ores / Enmatters Average Depths!

I promised it, and here it is! Again compiled from stats found at www.mininglog.com... No, i'm not affiliated with them in anyway, just their method of collecting data allows for relative accuracy over the long run, and is as scientific as one can get in Entropia.

Along with the Calypso average depths posted here for ores and enmatters in earlier posts,

Here are the remaining average depths for any exclusive ores and enmats to Rocktropia and Arkadia.

ORES:
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Alternative Rock ~413
Banite Stones ~597
Blues Rock ~310
Folk Rock ~468
Glam Rock ~704
Grunge Rock ~398
Hard Rock ~1052
Hebredite Stones ~748
Jazz Rock ~646
Kaz Stones ~935
Lidacon Stones ~846
Ospra Stones ~447
Punk Rock ~547
Telfium Stones ~678
Veda Stones ~433
Wenrex Stones ~644
Yulerium Stones ~650
Zulax Stones ~738

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Enmatters:
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Florican Mist ~576
Hurricane Cocktail ~884
Hydrogen Steam ~656
Mai Tai ~478
Pel Crystals ~756
Pina Colada ~373
Quil Sap ~580
Somin Tar ~498
Star Particles ~817
Vorn Pellets ~802
Xelo Haze ~685
Zolphic Oil ~450


And that concludes the average depths for the Current Entropia Universe.

As more planets with more resources are added, I will do more posts to keep a list going here.

I am not familiar with planet specific finders... However, a safe bet is to use eMine or F-105's for finding most everything...  But if you can use the super high level finders and afford them, by all means go that route. The main thing is, target the average depth of that which you are seeking, and you will more likely find it if you are in the right place for that resource to be found.

Good luck and happy prospecting!

Tuesday, October 11, 2011

The Differences Between Surveying and Prospecting

We use mining as an interchangeable term that covers both prospecting and surveying. But one is not the same as the other. Prospecting is the search for ores, and mining is the extraction of them. Surveying is the search for enmatters, and drilling is the extraction of them.

But the main difference is... Unamped, surveying costs half as much, and while the average claim sizes tend to be greater than in previous version updates, they are still significantly smaller than the average ore claim.

Though, perhaps an equalizer to this is amping. It would seem now that if you amp, the amps decay the same amount for ores as they do for enmatters, meaning proportionately larger claim sizes from amping.

However, I tend to surmise that you have a greater chance at overall profit with surveying. You will have more probe drops for your gains to balance out your losses, losses will be slower and smaller than if looking for ores. And it doesn't take a very big claim to correct a 10 or 20 probe NRF streak.

And as unbelievable as it sounds... I have heard of people hitting unamped enmatter towers long before they ever hit their first unamped ore tower... But this is going to change depending on what you do the most I think.

If you drop 5 or 10 in a row and find nothing, move to another area, a cold streak in Entropia seldom will turn around by trying to squeeze blood out of a turnip.

Good luck!  And happy mining!

Sweating: Is It a Waste Of Time? Or Is It Something Everyone Should Do?

Sweating is very slow, and very tedious. I can't stand having to sweat. It is an annoying thing to have to do and gets monotonous very fast. Very big kudos to those of you who have established your Entropia existence by only sweating and not depositing. I can't imagine a slower way to progress, nor can I imagine any harder work than that. But perhaps even those of you who rush straight into depositing are missing out on some valuable benefits from not sweating... So here are my observations and thoughts on the issue. I am not trying to talk anyone into or out of sweating. I am merely trying to answer the question of "Why should I bother?"

Sweating was a lot easier Pre-VU 10... I say this because I used to get 10 sweat or so per success... Which actually, makes it not sound so bad as it used to be... Well, Between 5 to 10 I guess is what I used to get. But now, I have to make half a dozen attempts at sweating and then, if I succeed, I only get 1 or 2 bottles?! This is insanity!

But...

You gain athletics, and evade from sweating. Very important defensive skills.  I suspect your other attributes like concentration and intelligence are affected as well. Point is, you gain some very important skills from sweating, that contribute to the other things you do in the game. I begin to wonder if people who have sweated a lot spending the same peds as someone who's never sweated will have better results over the long run.

The defensive skills will help you save money on armor decay. They will eventually get you to the point where you might not even need armor if you get enough of them. I will do some sweating and see what all skills you get from doing it, and I will revise this post and add them here.

If you don't want to die of boredom from having to sweat, just commit yourself to doing it for say 15 or 30 minutes a day, and it's going to add up over a week or two.

The price of sweat should be going up eventually, so long as MA keeps giving us more stuff to craft with it. I have seen the price currently running anywhere between 3 and 5 peds... You won't get rich very fast, but 1K of sweat will get you quite a few rookie bombs and rookie finders, and yes, those do global and hof... Though I have yet to see one ATH :P

Good Luck and Happy Sweating.

MINING: Enmatters Finders VS Average Depths On Calypso

Here is the second part to my average depths and finders post, covering enmatters on Calypso. Please see the first post regarding ores and finders here! http://entropiauniverseguide.blogspot.com/2011/09/mining-ore-finders-vs-average-search.html

The reason I think it best to focus on the AVERAGE depths is logical since you have a large number of claims that have been recorded by various players with various equipment as provided by www.mininglog.com... This means that most claims for these resources are found at these depths the most. The minimum or maximum depths don't really mean a lot, because regardless of what finders you use, you will find something. But if you want to target specific resources, you should aim for those depths they are found at on average. In my own experience, it indeed increases the likelihood of hitting what you are after. I found my first deposit of Redulite following my own advice!

So... Enmatters are for the most part in the 500's and 600's... Only a couple are in the 800's. This means either an un enhanced F-105 or unenhanced eMine finder for most of these, and depth enhancers to about three tiers to hit the deeper stuff.

So... Here we go!

Untiered eMine or F-105 With 0 or 1 tiers of depth
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Acid Root ~657m
Alicenies Gel ~559
Angelic Grit ~599
Ares Head ~506
Azur Pearls ~616
Blood Moss ~441
Cave Sap ~621
Crude Oil ~556
Devils Tail ~693
Dianthus Liquid ~718
Dunkel Particle ~594
Fire Root ~670
Force Nexus ~607
Garcen Grease ~572
Growth Molecules ~607
Henren Stems ~696
Lumis Leach ~623
Lytairian Dust ~616
Magerian Mist ~648
Melchi Water ~535
Solis Beans ~570
Sweetstuff ~561
Typonolic Steam ~606
Vegetation Spores ~697

eMine Finder + 3 tiers of depth, or F-105 with about 4 tiers of depth:
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Binary Fluid ~879
Ferrum Nuts ~886
Energized Crystal ~817

Monday, October 10, 2011

ADVICE: How Much Should You Deposit?

Money is a lot like manure... It does little good in small amounts.

If you are just starting out, I recommend a $10 or $20 deposit,, it will get you your weapons, basic armor, and enough ammo for you to keep going quite a while on. Mining, it should last a long time too under normal circumstances. I made it 6 months on my first $10!

But, if you are wanting to do some serious mining... I recommend $100 to deposit. If you take 1000 Ped, and say you mine with that... You are going to have a less volatile result by the time you are done than if you only did 100 ped mining run. Quite honestly, you should hof or at least global by the time you are through that 1000 Peds.

I think I will never again deposit less than $50, because for me, 500 peds eliminates most of the volatility that bankrupts me with smaller deposits. You will either have a really good run, or a really bad run with just a few peds. With a lot of peds, you will tend to have a good chance of both the good and bad times, but the good times are good enough to get you past the bad times and survive to see good loot again.

If I deposit $20 at a time like I have been doing, it's a 50/50 chance if I go broke or not. But in all cases, if I start with say 500 peds, I can play for weeks. It just gives more chance that you will survive a given cold streak to have a bigger deposit.

I guarantee the smaller your deposits the more frequently you will deposit (and the greater the sum of the deposits) than if you make just one bigger deposit.

Friday, October 7, 2011

Contaminated Zone Glitch: WARNING DO NOT BELIEVE THE PVP INDICATOR

I am about to file a complaint with MindArk regarding this bug... But my friend and I both were in the contaminated zone mining... FORTUNATELY I was able to tp chip out of there just as incoming rockets were detonating on my position. But my friend was not so lucky.

See, when we flew in, the pvp indicator said we were in a PVP zone, and was Red... When we got out of the vehicles, the indicators shown yellow, that we were near a PVP zone. We couldn't even shoot each other.

That's when some people landed and attempted to rob us... They were successful but we weren't able to fight back.

It doesn't matter WHAT the indicator says. If you know you are in a PVP zone, treat it like a PVP zone. Just because the indicator is green or yellow don't mean a thing! And if you experience this kind of a glitch be sure to report it, the more reports they get the more likely they are to patch and fix it. Though it is unclear if the issue was addressed in this last update, I haven't tried since the last patch. But in any case, it would seem not everyone is "bugged" and it may just depend on what server you are logged in on, who knows.

Be safe, and good luck to ye.

Wednesday, October 5, 2011

Would you like to have a Mentor?

The new mentoring system seems to have a competitive edge to it now, so let me put my qualifications out to those of you reading my blog, and see if I can't drum up some disciples for myself. No sense letting the uber ubers get all the goodies when all they really care about is what fancy gift MA has in store for them. How would you like a mentor that really cares about your success?

As of now, I am level 24.5 in Prospecting, and nearly level 20 in BLP, and I think level 18 in Laser. Not uber by many standards, true...

But if you want someone that is there when you are, I am online at least 12 hours a day usually. I have learned the hard way where to mine and with what equipment to get best results. I know many of the details of crafting, to help you be successful going that route as well. Hunting, well... All one can do for hunting is wish in one hand and hope MA doesn't give you dung in the other.

I will always help you with anything you could ever need help with, except don't ask me for free peds lol... Though from time to time I will be happy to craft some armor for you or maybe a weapon.

If you like what you see in my blog, consider choosing me as your mentor. All you have to do is right click to get the menu in Entropia, and I think it is under System, where you can find the mentor directory. Just search for goldbaron357, I will most likely be the only result, but goldbaron goldbaron357 maximus is my full Entropia name.

Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Entropia Universe Update 12.1.0 Comments

Well, you can now tell Scotty you need warp speed... Warp drives are here! Don't even want to speculate how rare and expensive they will be though...

And for all you Pker heads in the PVP zones and CZ areas that like to drag and drop your targets status bars for a tactical advantage, you are finally SOL. Thank god that exploit is gone! No more dragging status bars in PVP zones!

Well... For the full details on this update,
http://account.entropiauniverse.com/news/pages/2011/10/04/6551/index.xml