Perception: What I've Learned About The Skill

Perception has been a useful skill gain. It tells me something is nearby. It could be anything. But generally, most of my globals are accompanied by a Perception gain. Some people argue there is no connection. But it seems that Perception really means there is something that your avatar sees that is beyond your radar range... In many cases, I notice that if you keep going the direction you are going when you get the gain, you will sometimes see, or find, what your Perception gain was from. In many cases, it turns out there is another avatar just a little further than I can detect on Radar, which lends credibility to this.

But it isn't limited to stuff above ground. I surmise that it is as easily indicative of something on the ground, in the ground, maybe in the air, who knows. But it indicates to me there is some change up ahead that my Avatar perceives.

I guess the bottom line is, it tells us something, but it can be anything. Doesn't mean it is not useful, but you will have to play around with it and see what you observe. In my case, sometimes another person is up ahead, or someetimes the mining gets better, or sometimes it is a mob, other times a REALLY BIG MEAN MOB! So it is plausible it means something is there. There is just no knowing until you see it for yourself or find it.

A look into "Double-bombing"

You may be wondering if double bombing actually works. I cannot say with 100% certainty... But what I can say with certainty is that it works for me.

What is double bombing?
Double bombing means dropping another bomb or probe immediately after hitting a deposit or sometimes a skill gain. There are a few varieties some of them work exceptionally well for me but it could just be a statistical anomaly for me but we really don't know until we drop the bombs.

Generally if I hit a deposit and get perception or intelligence gain, I will go over to my claim marker and drop another bomb or probe. About 70% of the time I will hit something and I have globalled by double bombing but who knows how mindark set their algorithms up.

Another method involves dropping a second bomb over the exact spot as the first bomb. I have had poor luck doing this on calypso but on CND, er, the asteroid if bombing after a perc or intelligence I do seem to hit something.

It is also generally accepted that if you get a geology skill to switch to the other kind of probe or bomb... Sometimes I would find ore if not finding enmatter or vice versa.

The only conclusion I can offer is... Try it and see for yourself. It will either work or it won't!