It would appear my flaming boycott had an impact on Land area owners. Atrox Valley I believe it was had a mining tax BELOW 1%!!!! Kudos to the LA Owner! I will be mining every opportunity I get there!
Z apparently has thinned out the Armax spawns on the old Miners Haven LA. Or is it Heaven? Well it may have been Miners Heaven, but it's still not quite back to that yet... But, it is mostly wide open and miner friendly!!! Although... I haven't had many good claims there the last couple times I was through, but to be honest, Calypso has been almost as bad as the Asteroid for any mining... And THAT is bad!
I want to leave a reminder to all LA Owners: Even the Land Grab winners...
MAKE SURE that you denote the ores and enmatters that are findable in that area in the info. If I walk into a land area that has no list in the info box of ores and enmatters, and all I see are tax rates, I am not likely to drop many bombs!!! Unless I know from past experience what is there.
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Tuesday, January 15, 2013
January 2013 New Years Advice, Comments, Etc.
I am sorry I was unable to get here to wish you all happy holidays and a merry new year... But here we are, another year gone where I don't know, but let's hope time slows down a bit so we can enjoy life. I swear, the clock starts spinning any faster might as well hook a generator to it... That's just about how bad time seems to fly any more.
There are a few issues I want to touch on.
A. Yes, the Android app is working from what I am told. I hear people might be having issues with it but it is working. As of now, you do not need to have your blueprints in books to be able to use them at the crafting terminal. This may change, who knows. And from what I see, it doesn't seem to matter what planet my prints are on, I seem perfectly able to use them, which makes sense. An app like this needs global access to all your items if it is to work. But who knows where things will end up after a while with the way MA tinkers with stuff.
B. Mining is inexplicably volatile and high risk. EVEN ON CALYPSO, you can go 50 bombs without a claim. This is ridiculous. And the software doesn't exactly do anything to balance it out either. If I didn't know any better I would say MA fubared the mining grid and won't come forward and admit to it. On the other hand, I visited FOMA. Please, don't be foolish enough to go there. Do so at your own risk. I paid 150 peds for a V oil before I realized why I vowed never to go back to FOMA, but I decided it couldn't have stayed that bad forever... Ummm yeah right. FOMA is definitely having issues. If you do go, you are going to want at least 10,000 drops for it to average out. I have done 1,000 drop amped runs without so much as a global, so it is forseable that 10K drops MIGHT give you a shot at something. But if you ask me, it's not worth the stress. There are a few things I can tell you... 1. You cannot buy a hof. 2. You cannot buy a global. They seem to happen on their own accord. So don't plan on being able to hit anything just because you are running big amps.
C. ROCKTROPIA: Loot is infinitely better balanced for me on RT. That said, it may not be for you or the next guy. Instead of 25% returns like is normal for me on Caly no matter what I do these days, RT actually keeps me around the 80% and up range on a run, doesn't matter if I craft, mine, or hunt. So I want to applaud the RT team for keeping a fair and balanced planet.
Mining advice: The F103 seems to be golden in Hell, and it is definitely doing better than the 105 on the surface for me. In general the ores on RT are shallower than elsewhere... Not saying you won't hit well with a deep finder of course... But I've tried most finders on RT, and the F103 is the one I keep going back to when I am there. If you are not doing well on RT, try either the Demonic or the F103, I think you will notice a big difference. And I still have not hit a SOOTO on RT.
Crafting: The RT armor prints, and tool prints available at the technician are quite cheap per click to craft, and I notice I gain more skill on RT than elsewhere. If you want to cheaply skill, clicking these prints on RT might be the answer. It certainly seems to be for me, and even on full condition crafting I can usually break even or profit even on a short run.
If there is ANY resources you need, and you are on RT... Please do us a favor and place orders for it... I mean, when we don't see anything listed on the AH, and we don't see orders, we don't tend to know someone needs it unless we advertise in Lagoon and someone speaks up. If we know something is in demand we are less likely to TT it or "give" it to a trader for peanuts.
Hunting: I can definitely say that my loot is best with ARK weaponry... Who knows why, but I see a huge difference in loot between various guns... And Arkadia guns always give me the best % return so far of anything.
D. ARKADIA: Treasure hunting was good to me last year, I know it's been a while already since I been there doing that, but, the only SOOTO's I've had in about two years came from ARK, and were vases.
The keys, I did try last winter. I am happy with how it works... But I had just ran through all the mobs to get to the end and fight the boss... Apparently... All those little mobs on the way, loot from the goes into one of the treasure chests. The other treasure chest just has the boss item and what not... So as it turns out I didn't end up having much of a haul on my attempts. Now, I guess they changed things so you can't really just bypass the mobs on the way... At least is what I heard, and I am not uber enough to bother doing another key... Well I just don't have good enough gear for hunting. I am a miner, crafter... Hunting is a joke... Anyone want a good laugh, look me up on entropialife... Hunting is the biggest damn joke I ever did see.
E. HELL: I am impressed with my hit rates in hell. They are reminiscent of the hit rates I had on the asteroid before Foma ended up with it... i.e. I can hit at least once in 10 to 20 drops, instead of 50/50 chance of hitting one claim with 200 drops on FOMA :P Seriously, that is literally how bad FOMA is for me. Beginning to think the only way to hof there would be to have someone at MA tell you where to bomb.
One thing I have noticed... If you can't hit a claim fairly close to the TP, you probably won't in the rest of the dome, at least for many drops. If you are doing badly, just drop a few bombs around each TP and see what happens. You have nothing to lose if you are losing already!
MISC:
They are practically giving Marber Bravos away now... +90 peds mu! Seriously! At least thats the most recent one I seen... I heard of them selling even cheaper. Used to be +200 for one. It makes me wonder what other opportunities are out there.
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I am not sure if there is a way out of the Prison on RT now or not... The TP was there, then it wasn't, and I don't honestly know if it is back yet... But before you go to prison on RT.. Just make sure you have some Mind Essence and a TP chip so that you can TP out even if someone hid the TP!
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I know officially there are no personal loot pools... But I don't see how. It is obvious something is personal with us and MA... My loots seemingly are "capped". In 6 years time... Of running big amps, small amps, no amps, full condition crafting, quantity crafting... Hunting big mobs, little mobs... I have ONLY broken through the 1,000 ped level ONCE. I have only gone past 500 peds, three or four times. What is keeping me capped? I have plenty of skill... I've deposited plenty... The fact I have an invisible glass ceiling above my loot must in and of itself indicate my loots are tied to my avatar. Whether they want to call it a personal loot pool or not, it has the same effect.
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I dunno, I thought I had more stuff to report, but too many things on my mind to sort out. I have one more post to do for today, and then after couple days I will get back to quality posts on specific issues and advice. I know a few recent posts have been quite general and nothing really special... It is time we get back to business and help you all prosper a bit more easily. Which,, interestingly enough has a lot to do with my next post!
There are a few issues I want to touch on.
A. Yes, the Android app is working from what I am told. I hear people might be having issues with it but it is working. As of now, you do not need to have your blueprints in books to be able to use them at the crafting terminal. This may change, who knows. And from what I see, it doesn't seem to matter what planet my prints are on, I seem perfectly able to use them, which makes sense. An app like this needs global access to all your items if it is to work. But who knows where things will end up after a while with the way MA tinkers with stuff.
B. Mining is inexplicably volatile and high risk. EVEN ON CALYPSO, you can go 50 bombs without a claim. This is ridiculous. And the software doesn't exactly do anything to balance it out either. If I didn't know any better I would say MA fubared the mining grid and won't come forward and admit to it. On the other hand, I visited FOMA. Please, don't be foolish enough to go there. Do so at your own risk. I paid 150 peds for a V oil before I realized why I vowed never to go back to FOMA, but I decided it couldn't have stayed that bad forever... Ummm yeah right. FOMA is definitely having issues. If you do go, you are going to want at least 10,000 drops for it to average out. I have done 1,000 drop amped runs without so much as a global, so it is forseable that 10K drops MIGHT give you a shot at something. But if you ask me, it's not worth the stress. There are a few things I can tell you... 1. You cannot buy a hof. 2. You cannot buy a global. They seem to happen on their own accord. So don't plan on being able to hit anything just because you are running big amps.
C. ROCKTROPIA: Loot is infinitely better balanced for me on RT. That said, it may not be for you or the next guy. Instead of 25% returns like is normal for me on Caly no matter what I do these days, RT actually keeps me around the 80% and up range on a run, doesn't matter if I craft, mine, or hunt. So I want to applaud the RT team for keeping a fair and balanced planet.
Mining advice: The F103 seems to be golden in Hell, and it is definitely doing better than the 105 on the surface for me. In general the ores on RT are shallower than elsewhere... Not saying you won't hit well with a deep finder of course... But I've tried most finders on RT, and the F103 is the one I keep going back to when I am there. If you are not doing well on RT, try either the Demonic or the F103, I think you will notice a big difference. And I still have not hit a SOOTO on RT.
Crafting: The RT armor prints, and tool prints available at the technician are quite cheap per click to craft, and I notice I gain more skill on RT than elsewhere. If you want to cheaply skill, clicking these prints on RT might be the answer. It certainly seems to be for me, and even on full condition crafting I can usually break even or profit even on a short run.
If there is ANY resources you need, and you are on RT... Please do us a favor and place orders for it... I mean, when we don't see anything listed on the AH, and we don't see orders, we don't tend to know someone needs it unless we advertise in Lagoon and someone speaks up. If we know something is in demand we are less likely to TT it or "give" it to a trader for peanuts.
Hunting: I can definitely say that my loot is best with ARK weaponry... Who knows why, but I see a huge difference in loot between various guns... And Arkadia guns always give me the best % return so far of anything.
D. ARKADIA: Treasure hunting was good to me last year, I know it's been a while already since I been there doing that, but, the only SOOTO's I've had in about two years came from ARK, and were vases.
The keys, I did try last winter. I am happy with how it works... But I had just ran through all the mobs to get to the end and fight the boss... Apparently... All those little mobs on the way, loot from the goes into one of the treasure chests. The other treasure chest just has the boss item and what not... So as it turns out I didn't end up having much of a haul on my attempts. Now, I guess they changed things so you can't really just bypass the mobs on the way... At least is what I heard, and I am not uber enough to bother doing another key... Well I just don't have good enough gear for hunting. I am a miner, crafter... Hunting is a joke... Anyone want a good laugh, look me up on entropialife... Hunting is the biggest damn joke I ever did see.
E. HELL: I am impressed with my hit rates in hell. They are reminiscent of the hit rates I had on the asteroid before Foma ended up with it... i.e. I can hit at least once in 10 to 20 drops, instead of 50/50 chance of hitting one claim with 200 drops on FOMA :P Seriously, that is literally how bad FOMA is for me. Beginning to think the only way to hof there would be to have someone at MA tell you where to bomb.
One thing I have noticed... If you can't hit a claim fairly close to the TP, you probably won't in the rest of the dome, at least for many drops. If you are doing badly, just drop a few bombs around each TP and see what happens. You have nothing to lose if you are losing already!
MISC:
They are practically giving Marber Bravos away now... +90 peds mu! Seriously! At least thats the most recent one I seen... I heard of them selling even cheaper. Used to be +200 for one. It makes me wonder what other opportunities are out there.
---
I am not sure if there is a way out of the Prison on RT now or not... The TP was there, then it wasn't, and I don't honestly know if it is back yet... But before you go to prison on RT.. Just make sure you have some Mind Essence and a TP chip so that you can TP out even if someone hid the TP!
---
I know officially there are no personal loot pools... But I don't see how. It is obvious something is personal with us and MA... My loots seemingly are "capped". In 6 years time... Of running big amps, small amps, no amps, full condition crafting, quantity crafting... Hunting big mobs, little mobs... I have ONLY broken through the 1,000 ped level ONCE. I have only gone past 500 peds, three or four times. What is keeping me capped? I have plenty of skill... I've deposited plenty... The fact I have an invisible glass ceiling above my loot must in and of itself indicate my loots are tied to my avatar. Whether they want to call it a personal loot pool or not, it has the same effect.
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I dunno, I thought I had more stuff to report, but too many things on my mind to sort out. I have one more post to do for today, and then after couple days I will get back to quality posts on specific issues and advice. I know a few recent posts have been quite general and nothing really special... It is time we get back to business and help you all prosper a bit more easily. Which,, interestingly enough has a lot to do with my next post!
Monday, December 10, 2012
Misc Mining News
From time to time I like to bring you some updates on how mining seems to be going...
A lot of spawn areas seem to have shifted around or new spawns of things not typically found in a certain region being found there. I don't know how extensive the changes are, but some are quite pronounced. I can't give you the specifics since my favorite areas are already seeing a huge influx of miners and there are too many theories needing confirmation to decide if more people mining an area is better or worse.. I've seen enough arguments for both. Ultimately, I think it comes down to your equipment and whether it is suited for the region you are mining in or not... I know the F 105 used to be the standard by which miners said ok, we have a good reliable ATH capable finder. However, with the increased mining depths, the F 106 has came out, which now appears to be the new mining standard, but is ridiculously expensive, and I really don't know if it makes that big of a difference between the 105. So, the next logical option is to use eMine or the TK series of finders.
However, it still seems to follow suit that the best finder for ore on RT seems to be the F 103 as most claims tend to be on the shallow side there.
So, just keep an open mind when you are out mining, and it may surprise you what turns up in your inventory after a run.
There was an alicenies shortage that spiraled the price up to around 350%... I was able to cash in on it a little, I could only hit alice in one small region which I relentlessly bombed, but no I did not get rich even at this markup. Now, its back down to the 140 range and maybe lower that we were so accustomed to. Remember when you are crafting, if you aren't worried about crafting markup items, it is more cost effective to only craft TT food that has TT food ingredients!
A lot of spawn areas seem to have shifted around or new spawns of things not typically found in a certain region being found there. I don't know how extensive the changes are, but some are quite pronounced. I can't give you the specifics since my favorite areas are already seeing a huge influx of miners and there are too many theories needing confirmation to decide if more people mining an area is better or worse.. I've seen enough arguments for both. Ultimately, I think it comes down to your equipment and whether it is suited for the region you are mining in or not... I know the F 105 used to be the standard by which miners said ok, we have a good reliable ATH capable finder. However, with the increased mining depths, the F 106 has came out, which now appears to be the new mining standard, but is ridiculously expensive, and I really don't know if it makes that big of a difference between the 105. So, the next logical option is to use eMine or the TK series of finders.
However, it still seems to follow suit that the best finder for ore on RT seems to be the F 103 as most claims tend to be on the shallow side there.
So, just keep an open mind when you are out mining, and it may surprise you what turns up in your inventory after a run.
There was an alicenies shortage that spiraled the price up to around 350%... I was able to cash in on it a little, I could only hit alice in one small region which I relentlessly bombed, but no I did not get rich even at this markup. Now, its back down to the 140 range and maybe lower that we were so accustomed to. Remember when you are crafting, if you aren't worried about crafting markup items, it is more cost effective to only craft TT food that has TT food ingredients!
Sunday, December 9, 2012
New Crafting Terminal!!!
The interface for my blog has not been working for me until now, so I am going to update the blog as much as I can while I can. We will start with the new crafting terminal:
FEATURES:
-Built in auction access
-Automatically loads all prints and sorts by how many clicks you can make with your materials on your avatar and in your storage (doesn't seem to matter if they are in a book or not)
-Autosell option: It will not auto sell components, only partial condition items. You can set the threshold for what conditions you want to keep... i.e. to sell everything but full TT you set to 100%. so everything under 100% will sell automatically. I wish they would let you go to 101% so that even 100% items could be sold automatically.
-Statistics tracker: Tells you what your tt return is, and gives you a breakdown of how your loot added up. Only problem is they count returned materials as tt return, which is only a problem because when you click the returned materials back in, you end up with an inflated TT value of stuff returned when compared to whats actually left after you are done crafting. It also tells you what % of your clicks were successful. I tend to average between 2 and 10% on full condition crafting success rate, and between 25 and 55% success rate on quantity... Though it does widely vary based on a lot of factors. One thing I did learn though, the hard way: If you don't have a big pedroll, and want to take a gamble on rare L prints paying off... You really don't want to click less than a 10 click L bp on condition... Figure in 10 clicks you will have at least one success. If you click anything smaller, just do quantity.
So... While this is a big improvement over the old terminal... It seems that crafting runs are no where near as consistent in their loot and returns as they used to be. Either you do extremely well once in a while, or unless you have a large run for it to average out you will likely do terribly.
I don't care how much loot I get or don't get. What I do care about is the lack of consistency. There are times, even on quantity, on 100QR prints, that I can go 25 or 50 clicks without a success. I can understand doing that on condition, but seriously, on quantity? And its been heard of there being 200 fails straight on condition clicking. Perhaps people have had worse streaks. So, I really cannot offer an opinion as to how "honest" the crafting system is any more.
I have heard that it is now possible to craft from an android app when you are mobile, but I have yet to see the app and verify in person... Though the interface on the new craft terminal would indeed seem to be configured in such a way as to allow for use on a mobile device.
FEATURES:
-Built in auction access
-Automatically loads all prints and sorts by how many clicks you can make with your materials on your avatar and in your storage (doesn't seem to matter if they are in a book or not)
-Autosell option: It will not auto sell components, only partial condition items. You can set the threshold for what conditions you want to keep... i.e. to sell everything but full TT you set to 100%. so everything under 100% will sell automatically. I wish they would let you go to 101% so that even 100% items could be sold automatically.
-Statistics tracker: Tells you what your tt return is, and gives you a breakdown of how your loot added up. Only problem is they count returned materials as tt return, which is only a problem because when you click the returned materials back in, you end up with an inflated TT value of stuff returned when compared to whats actually left after you are done crafting. It also tells you what % of your clicks were successful. I tend to average between 2 and 10% on full condition crafting success rate, and between 25 and 55% success rate on quantity... Though it does widely vary based on a lot of factors. One thing I did learn though, the hard way: If you don't have a big pedroll, and want to take a gamble on rare L prints paying off... You really don't want to click less than a 10 click L bp on condition... Figure in 10 clicks you will have at least one success. If you click anything smaller, just do quantity.
So... While this is a big improvement over the old terminal... It seems that crafting runs are no where near as consistent in their loot and returns as they used to be. Either you do extremely well once in a while, or unless you have a large run for it to average out you will likely do terribly.
I don't care how much loot I get or don't get. What I do care about is the lack of consistency. There are times, even on quantity, on 100QR prints, that I can go 25 or 50 clicks without a success. I can understand doing that on condition, but seriously, on quantity? And its been heard of there being 200 fails straight on condition clicking. Perhaps people have had worse streaks. So, I really cannot offer an opinion as to how "honest" the crafting system is any more.
I have heard that it is now possible to craft from an android app when you are mobile, but I have yet to see the app and verify in person... Though the interface on the new craft terminal would indeed seem to be configured in such a way as to allow for use on a mobile device.
Sunday, October 14, 2012
MISC ANNOUNCEMENT
I only post this to my blog because a lot of Entropians are bitcoin miners and or otherwise involved with bitcoins... I have found a Bitcoin auction site called BitMit that is too good not to share with you. And there are quite a few items listed considering what a novelty Bitcoins still are. If you click the link it will open in a new window so you won't leave the blog.
I try to keep everything posted to be Entropia related since this is my Entropia blog, but every once in a while there is something I think a lot of you could use or otherwise make extra money with, which is something you can turn into peds and avoid having to sweat.
I try to keep everything posted to be Entropia related since this is my Entropia blog, but every once in a while there is something I think a lot of you could use or otherwise make extra money with, which is something you can turn into peds and avoid having to sweat.
Friday, October 12, 2012
The New VU is AWESOME!
Well.. I am referring to the crafting. I can't speak on the rest of it at the moment... But now you no longer have to look through your prints, no more dragging materials into the crafting window. And no more having to write down your spend on a run and track your returns... There is now a statistics button on your crafting run! If you never liked crafting, I bet you will now!
HOWEVER... I have been warned by an uber crafter that normally does well, that he's gone as much as 60 clicks WITHOUT a success, yes it is on full condition, but it is also a new record for him. So I suspect it may take some time for the loot pools to operate properly.
Hunting loot is supposed to have been rebalanced, but we will see how that goes as well.
HOWEVER... I have been warned by an uber crafter that normally does well, that he's gone as much as 60 clicks WITHOUT a success, yes it is on full condition, but it is also a new record for him. So I suspect it may take some time for the loot pools to operate properly.
Hunting loot is supposed to have been rebalanced, but we will see how that goes as well.
Monday, October 1, 2012
Outrage of the Week: A Land Area with 10% Mining Tax???!!!
Apparently Outback Land Area 64 south of Shinook has 10% mining tax as of this posting, with 3% hunting tax...
Everyone is favoring the hunters, and shafting the miners. Anyone going past 5% on their taxes is ASKING to be boycotted and lose their visitors.
If I ever find that the tax has changed I will update this post or delete it depending on how good the fix is... But seriously... I don't expect anyone will want to mine with giving the owner 10% of their finds... I am sure the land owner will realize they are losing miners, and have to lower the taxes to get them back. If it turns out they are the only source for certain ores on the whole planet, then maybe, maybe they can get away with 10% taxes. But I for one will not be going back there any time soon.
I am not only trying to bring you guys quality information, but I am also trying to take on the role of watchdog. Someone has to, and everyone will benefit from warnings and cautions. I would expect a 5% tax to bring four or five times the business that a 10% tax land area would bring.
Everyone is favoring the hunters, and shafting the miners. Anyone going past 5% on their taxes is ASKING to be boycotted and lose their visitors.
If I ever find that the tax has changed I will update this post or delete it depending on how good the fix is... But seriously... I don't expect anyone will want to mine with giving the owner 10% of their finds... I am sure the land owner will realize they are losing miners, and have to lower the taxes to get them back. If it turns out they are the only source for certain ores on the whole planet, then maybe, maybe they can get away with 10% taxes. But I for one will not be going back there any time soon.
I am not only trying to bring you guys quality information, but I am also trying to take on the role of watchdog. Someone has to, and everyone will benefit from warnings and cautions. I would expect a 5% tax to bring four or five times the business that a 10% tax land area would bring.
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