FOMA: What you can expect in 2014

I remember the days when you could hit X's and XII's unamped on FOMA which was then CND. Now, you are lucky to hit IX's unamped, sometimes VIII's, and that's on ore!

If you run a level 7 amp, virtually every hit is a global, though I've had the odd XII and X running the 7.

When you drop below a level 6, you no longer can expect a global with every claim.

If you can't hit in 20 to 40 drops, my experience is its not a good time to mine up there. Give it an hour or two break. If you see other foma globals cycling through, then chances are you will get some claims too.

I have yet to actually totally nrf a level 7 amped run. Most of them break even or profit. If you should nrf a level 7 on foma, then, maybe its best to leave foma alone.

Based on my experience, if you see someone globalling a lot, or hof spamming three digit foma hofs, they are amped for certain. On a level 11 amp I was getting 180 to 280 ped hofs.

Further note: If you only plan running what you have for peds and going back to caly, it is best to just save your ores and ingots and take the TP down to caly. 7 peds is cheap security versus the odds of actually getting looted on the flight back to caly.

If you get shot down a few times carrying just a nova fragment or two, seems the pirates get the idea you are a no loot mob.

Either foma will hit or it will be cold, if it is cold, do not try to force it unless you have deep enough pockets to bomb every inch of every dome.

My Experience in Making My Own LUCK (CRAFTING)

I have had my hofs capped, by what I don't know, to 1322 peds or under. It is frustrating. All of the peds I cycle, all of the hours spent playing. It seems there is no way to break through this glass ceiling. I mean, I can see through it but I just can't punch through.

So, what did I do... I tried a few clicks of level 2 lights on condition. 5th click in I got 1320 ped hof. Seriously... Why is it keeping me in this range?

I then decided to get a few L prints, shear xr's, bull tacs... I proceeded to hit three more hofs 1K+ on these L prints.

My experience is that as long as you have the success rate maxed, you will get your best crafting return doing L prints on condition. A lot of things worth crafting use materials of such a high markup that I don't think it is possible to profit at all doing them on quantity, unless you can do short runs of bigger items that you can make with residue and turn a profit on that way... But, if you are tired of not hoffing, or just want to see if you can change your luck, get yourself a 20 or 30 click L bp, try a bull tac10 or a Shear XR 40 print. The tac10 runs about 3.5 peds a click. I promise most of you wont be deposited. AND

What further confuses and confounds me:

If I lose a bunch of peds hunting or mining, I can take a L print and usually get some or most if not all of my losses back. My experience is every 5 to 10 runs you can expect a hof, but whether the hof is big enough to recover your losses, hard to say. But if you play eco a lot, it doesn't hurt to shake up the system every so often with a condition L print run.