Ardorjies (Mêlée) Hunting Blog

Looking forward to it. Hope I can make it this time.

 

2017 Summary

Just like last year, (speaking about 2016) this has been a great Entropia/Arkadia year for me. I've made some fine progress, even though I am I think one of the slowest players out there in the Universe.

So, what is it all that I've done, completed and gained in 2017?
First of all the Mêlée all the Way! on Arkadia: great fun, good times and I'm looking forward to repeating that with the coming MatW!
I've unlocked Treatment in the beginning of 2017, and Avoidance near the end!
I've looted an unlimited Dominax Original Boiga Adjusted.
Make my Museum of Mêlée look awesome, and continue to improve it. You can visited at Sanctuary Cove, first building on the left when looking from the TP, second floor.
After leaving Supremacy Reign I started looking for another society and found that with the NBK Rangers.
Doing a sochunt with the NBK on Cyrene.
Flying to Calypso and doing all kinds of missions there, such as cleaning a swamp and many Hunting Stage 1's.
First time I've organized an Mêlée all the Way! on a different planet then Arkadia. Getting of HOF and Uber for the first time since running MatW! on Calypso.
I've started to focus a bit more on MindForce hunting. Great fun! And also buying a Cryogenic Attack Nanochip VII to give my a goal to aim for.
Max-out my beloved, favorite and pride & joy GYRO Combat FAP-60 Smuggler, and getting it to Tier III.

I've spend this year a total of 48314,66 PED, that's an increase of roughly 147% compared to 2016. Of those PEDs 46139,40 (95,50%) was the weapon-decay and ammonution used. 1733,09 (3,59%) was my total defense cost, almost one percent more. 293,19 (0,61%) was the cost of everything else, that means flying with the DragonFly when I'd been killed or jumping with the TP-chips. Also the cost of the Aakas and Sal'diresh Keys are in here. It's still ~25 PEDs less then 2016. 148,98 (0,31%) is left for my Chikara InvestaFoe ES300 scanner-decay.
From all those PEDs spend I got back 89,20%, or 43098,71, a loss of 5215,95 PED. This overall year-return is less then previously, and less also then the 'promised' 90%. For now, I can't quite say what can be the cause of the low, albeit not in the least bad, result. I'm happy with the result I have. Entropia, to me, isn't about making money, it's about having a good time and getting better each and every time. And in that I've succeeded immensly!

All that hunting (for some that might be their monthly budget, for others a lifetime) went, among others, into finishing the following missions on Arkadia:
Stage 1: IFN Defense Bot, Magurg Male, Dehera Sentinel, Magurg Female
Stage 2: Kadra, Oratan, Oweko
Stage 3: Bokol, Rakta, Feran, Ubo
Stage 4: Nusul, Yarrijak
Stage 5: none
Stage 6: Halix, Hadraada

And the mission completed on other planets (read Calypso):
Stage 1: RipperSnapper, Gokibusagi, Combibo, Kerberos, Allophyl/Estophyl, Drone, Snarg, Prancer, Atrax, Cornundacauda, Eviscerator, Berycled, Feffoid
Stage 2: Snarg, Combibo, Prancer
Stage 3: Snarg, Daikiba/Shinkiba, Puny Creatures
Stage 4: Snarg

I've made two graphs to show how it went from hunt to hunt.

Here you can see for each hunt # on the x-axis (first hunt of 2017 is #1, it's not the same as the numbers in this blog, because I've started end of 2015) how much the total return % is for 2017 on the y-axis. The view can be a bit misleading, because there's a huge range in hunting costs. With the cheapest I've only spend 4,97 PEDs (Hunting Wombana with Herman ARK-0 (L) during SAGE IV). While the most expense has been a hunt of 1112,85 PEDs (Hunting 250 Otorugi with Castorian Combat Mace Mk. II + Melee Trauma Amplifier VI & Khorum Ice Dagger + Melee Trauma Amplifier I and Arsonistic Chip I (L), with only one global to show for it).


This graph shows the accumulated (som of) the hunting costs on the x-axis versus the accumulated return on the y-axis. Can you guess where that 1k hunt is? It looks likeI've been in the positive right at the beginning, and that is correct this year! 21,47 PEDs in the plus after the third hunt!

And I want to close this small summary with a top 5 of the best and worst mobs for me in 2017. This is heavily flawed, because all of these I've only hunted once or twice.

Worst mobs	---	Best mobs	---
Smuggler	49,35%	Second Entity	237,45%
Atrox	49,53%	Ambulimax	229,34%
Eviscerator	50,01%	Feffox	166,99%
Tripudion	55,34%	Maffoid	155,69%
Magurg Male	65,48%	RipperSnapper	148,37%

So, where I to remove all the mobs that I've hunted four times or less, then the top 5s look completely different:

Worst mobs	---	Best mobs	---
Kadra	65,99%	Berycled	117,81%
Dehera Defender	76,00%	Dromia	091,71%
Feran	76,35%	Nusul	091,58%
Prancer	79,01%	Oratan	091,21%
Rakta	80,78%	Allophyl	090,66%

And now there's only one thing left for me to say, and that is: ....

Best wishes to all of you and happy HOFfing in 2018!!

 

I've done quite a lot of different hunts lately, at least when compared to my 'normal' hunting activities, if there's even something like that to talk about with my hunting style. Let me first take a look at my goals:

Goals:
30. Buy tables for my Apartment (9 of 10).
33. Attend more Teamhunts/ Sochunts/ Events (4 of 10).
34. Max out Shagadi Disintegration (58.3 of 66.0).
35. Finish Dromia Stage 5. (8.2k of 10.0k).
36. Collect Arkoins (18.0k of 50.0k).

To say it with a bit more words: I've done a little sochunt on the first day of the new year. We've hunted Yukaas ... autch, it takes all I got to even stay alive when one thinks I've a tasty bite! Loot was absent, so we went to the Togolossies where we got a few globals. It was fun, as sochunts are meant to be.
Before that, also on 1st of January, I went on a small Oro hunt in search of Christmas Strongboxes. I wanted to loot a quality dividable by 5, so that I could open them myself with keys bought from the Webshop. Of course, I ended with too little (or much), and then some days later I returned. Soon I needed only one more, but then they stopped dropping for me all together. I kept on hunting, hoping that one would drop with every hunt. I switched to the high maturities, hours later, yet still no more Boxes. I got two nice globals on the big Oroos and I ended with a nice profit that hunt, so not all's so bad. Except that I stayed up way too late ... I didn't hunt the big ones with the same weapons as the small ones, of course. Yet I've noted in the table below only the weapons used in the beginning. The two hunts after that were on big Oro, and therefor the weapons used are different.
After hunting enough Oroos to have a nice little stack of Strongboxes (35?), I got the keys and opened them. One had an amp, the others weren't much of interest. Some of the pills might come in handy one day, I don't know.

Because maxing-out my Shagadi Sword is still a couple of levels away of my current level, I've set some goalpost for myself. With every new level in Swordsman (Dmg), I will go on 'Celebration Hunts'. These are hunts on big mobs that I normally don't hunt (much), and enough to complete one or two Stages that give a reward that contributes to the Swordsman (Dmg). One Bokol/ Nusul hunt I was thinking "Why haven't I gained a new level yet? How much longer will it take?" and when I got a look I saw this:


lol - 100.00% progress! Needless to say the next hunt was a first of the Celebration Hunts, and for level 44 Swordsman (Dmg) I've chosen the Oweko. Oh dear ... they are not nice to me. I'm now 1/3rd into the mission, and all I've got is one half broken gun. It also took me a while to find out how to hunt them, without something like this happening:

I believe I've found a way not to be beaten senseless by them. Now on to find a way to make a hunt profitable .... Enough talking for now, let's see how the hunts went.

Huntinggear:

Aak.Fir	Aakas Fire Dagger
Cas.CM3	Castorian Combat Mace Mk. III
Com.NC.4L	Combustive Attack Nanochip IV (L)
Cry.NC.1L	Cryogenic Attack Nanochip I (L)
Elec.NC.3L	Electric Attack Nanochip III (L)
Elec.NC.4L	Electric Attack Nanochip IV (L)
Elec.NC.5L	Electric Attack Nanochip V (L)
Gen.Ice.ELM	Genesis Icerage E.L.M Edition (L)
Lac.NC.1L	Lacerating Attack Nanochip I (L)
+MTA1	Melee Trauma Amplifier I
+MTA6	Melee Trauma Amplifier VI
+NPKA1L	NeoPsion Kinetic Amplifier I (L)

Hunts #526 - #539:

#	Creature(s)	Huntinggear	Costs	Results	%	Notes
526.	70 Oro	Elec.NC.4L & Cry.NC.1L	019,04	017,91	094,07%	3x Christmas Strongbox
527.	21 KP* Yuka	Gen.Ice.ELM+MTA6 & Com.NC.4L+NPKA1L	193,14	125,52	064,99%	Global (78, 70) ; NBK Teamhunt on Arkadia
528.	43 KP* Togolossi	Gen.Ice.ELM+MTA6 & Com.NC.4L+NPKA1L	225,72	21,04	093,05%	Global (58, 90, 82, 166) ; Combat Mask Portugal (M) ; NBK Teamhunt on Arkadia ; 3600 First Aid
529.	204 Bokol & 283 Nusul	Gen.Ice.ELM+MTA6 & Elec.NC.4L+NPKA1L	733,99	669,04	091,15%	Global (52) ; 260 Bioregenesis ; Level 22 Electro Kinetic (Hit)
530.	792 Oro	Elec.NC.4L & Cry.NC.1L	304,09	324,46	106,70%	Global (10, 44) ; 12x Christmas Strongbox ; 2800 Electrokinesis ; Level 28 Electro Kinetic (Dmg) ; [System]: Your GYRO Combat FAP-60 Smuggler has reached tier 3.3 & 3.4
531.	86 Oro	Elec.NC.5L+NPKA1L & Elec.NC.4L	070,06	046,53	066,41%	2x Christmas Strongbox ; Level 23 Electro Kinetic (Hit) ; 160 Avoidance
532.	87 Oro	Elec.NC.5L+NPKA1L & Elec.NC.4L	072,37	054,22	074,92%	4x Christmas Strongbox
533.	108 Bokol & 138 Nusul	Gen.Ice.ELM+MTA6 & Elec.NC.4L+NPKA1L	391,55	286,29	073,10%	Max. 168 HP
534.	175 Bokol & 226 Nusul	Gen.Ice.ELM+MTA6 & Elec.NC.4L+NPKA1L	621,87	516,62	083,08%	Level 44 Swordsman (Dmg) ; 6900 Longblades ; 4000 Martial Arts
535.	153 Oweko	Gen.Ice.ELM+MTA6 & Aak.Fir+MTA1	451,53	281,92	062,44%	---
536.	425 Dromia	Elec.NC.3L & Lac.NC.1L	068,48	055,42	080,93%	1600 Concentration ; 3000 Electrokinesis
537.	119 Oweko	Gen.Ice.ELM+MTA6 & Aak.Fir+MTA1	367,01	300,07	081,76%	---
538.	125 Otorugi	Cas.CM3+MTA6 & Aak.Fir+MTA1	620,80	531,58	085,63%	Global (58)
539.	128 Oweko	Gen.Ice.ELM+MTA6 & Aak.Fir+MTA1	349,06	279,31	080,02%	Piron PBP-37 (L)

AARGHHH!!! When will the next profitable hunt be?! That's 9 so far with less then 90% return!
I doubt that anyone has noticed, so I'll point it out. The thing is that I've used two weapons that I've never used before: Aakas Fire Dagger and Castorian Combat Mace Mk. III. Both aren't maxed-out, but the first I'm using as a finisher so that's oke and it might give me a bit more Knifefighting skills, so that's all right. The second I've used on the Otorugi just to see how that would go. I think that at this moment the Mk. II is still the better option for me, the Mk. III now lacks in speed.

And in closing, this has to be shown too:


Results since tracking:
Mêlée all the Way!: 90,6%
Mindforce without Remorse!: 6,5%
Total decay: 86623,47 PED
Total loot: 78820,90 PED
Result: 90,99%
Ardorj

 

This update is for only ten hunts, but I still have a lot to talk about.
To start with: I've finished the last Stage of the Dromia missions! I got Melee Combat as a reward and that went from 5203 to 5250, and subsequently my Swordman (Dmg) went from 44.1586 to 44.1825. It's not much, but every little bit helps. Dromia is one of the few mobs on Ark that ends at Stage 5, I think that's because it's considered to be a small mob. All the other mobs that have no (repeatable) Stage 6 are Arkadian Hornet, Carabok, Gallard and Monura (all these are single maturity mobs as well). I've ended this mission-chain with 86%. Not good, but I guess it could have been worse. They never were my favorite mob, and in the end I only did them to rush to the skill reward. I don't think I'll go hunting Dromia ever again, even If, or when, the A-team deceides to give us a new Dromia Stage 6. It's been fun while it lasted.
When the end of the Dromia Stage 5 was in sight I got an item to tier 10 for the first time!

It broke not long after that, and besides I don't use enhancers on small(er) weapons any more and hardly ever on the big weapons.

Second: I'm now going for the Jori Stage 4. I want to complete most, if not all, of the hunting missions on Arkadia. I've made a little random-mission-generator in my Excell sheet, with the first five mobs that would be in line (Jori, Feran, Ostelok, Oro, IFN Defense) and the Jori popped up. This doesn't mean that I'm going for the Jori all the way, when Stage 4 is completed I'll run the generator again to see wich mob pops up then.

Third: I've finished Oweko Stage 3! I did this as a celebration when I reached the milestone of Swordsman (Dmg) lvl 44, and they would give me a skill reward to push that on even further. .... except, it didn't. My Combat Reflexes went from 4444 to 4528, and Swordsman (Dmg) stayed at 44.2543. It was good though, just not what I expected it to be.

Now, the Oweko ended at only 78%. I've re-read my Mêlée all the Way! threads, to see if there's some lessons to be learned in there for the next edition (= this coming weekend!). I've always said that Oweko is an attractive mob for me. Can't explain it, but they just look super cool and even now it feels like I've really archieved something. Completed a real challenge. I wish the loot could have been better of course, I've only looted to pistols and both not even at full TT, yet still, I do kinda like them.

Enough talking for now, let's see how my goals are progressing!

Goals:
30. Completed! Buy tables for my Apartment (10 of 10).
33. Attend more Teamhunts/ Sochunts/ Events (4 of 10).
34. Max out Shagadi Disintegration (58.8 of 66.0).
35. Completed! Finish Dromia Stage 5. (10.0k of 10.0k).
36. Collect Arkoins (18.0k of 50.0k).
37. New! Organize my Apartment and make a thread about the museum (0 of 2). My end goal for my appartment is to turn it into a Mêlée Museum. It's now stuffed so full with swords, tables, dagger, cuddly toys and other things that I can't add anything else. So I need to organize it. See what goes where. And when It looks good, then I'll make a thread about the museum, so that you can all visit it. (It's already at public access; Sanctuary Cove 7.1)
38. New! Finish Jori Stage 4. (0.5k of 4.8k).

Huntinggear:

Aak.Fir	Aakas Fire Dagger
Com.NC.2L	Combustive Attack Nanochip II (L)
Com.NC.4L	Combustive Attack Nanochip IV (L)
Elec.NC.3L	Electric Attack Nanochip III (L)
Elec.NC.4L	Electric Attack Nanochip IV (L)
Elec.NC.5L	Electric Attack Nanochip V (L)
Gen.Ice.ELM	Genesis Icerage E.L.M Edition (L)
Lac.NC.1L	Lacerating Attack Nanochip I (L)
+MTA1	Melee Trauma Amplifier I
+MTA6	Melee Trauma Amplifier VI
+NPKA1L	NeoPsion Kinetic Amplifier I (L)

Hunts #540 - #550:

#	Creature(s)	Huntinggear	Costs	Results	%	Notes
540.	400 Dromia	Elec.NC.3L & Lac.NC.1L	066,63	058,52	087,83%	---
541.	150 Oweko	Gen.Ice.ELM+MTA6 & Aak.Fir+MTA1	400,09	311,90	077,96%	260 Avoidance
542.	600 Dromia	Elec.NC.3L & Lac.NC.1L	098,88	082,28	083,21%	---
543.	200 Oweko	Gen.Ice.ELM+MTA6 & Aak.Fir+MTA1	535,20	406,10	075,88%	---
544.	775 Dromia	Elec.NC.4L & Lac.NC.1L	125,93	105,34	083,65%	Level 29 Electro Kinetic (Dmg) ; Level 23 Cryogenic (Dmg) ; 1600 Cryogenics ; Level 24 Electro Kinetic (Hit) ; 2000 Power Catalyst ; Dromia Stage 5 Finished
545.	202 Oweko	Gen.Ice.ELM+MTA6 & Aak.Fir+MTA1	515,71	425,14	082,44%	Teamhunt with Bal at the end of the hunt
546.	350 Jori	Elec.NC.5L+NPKA1L & Com.NC.2L	160,66	132,73	082,62%	---
547.	148 Oweko	Gen.Ice.ELM+MTA6 & Aak.Fir+MTA1	398,55	279,60	070,15%	---
548.	100 Oratan Prospector	Com.NC.4L+NPKA1L & Com.NC.2L	066,95	048,68	072,71%	Oratan Payback Day 1 of 30 ; 2000 Diagnosis
549.	100 Oweko	Gen.Ice.ELM+MTA6 & Aak.Fir+MTA1	260,25	256,05	098,39%	Scott & Barlow BP-16 (L) ; Oweko Stage 3 Finished ; Level 48 Swordsman (Hit)
550.	100 Oratan Prospector	Com.NC.4L+NPKA1L & Com.NC.2L	055,60	051,59	092,79%	Oratan Payback Day 2 of 30

RED! I'm seeing Red!
That's 2.6k spend this update, without a single global or profit hunt. Or to put it in even worse words: the last hunt with >100% result was almost 5.7k PED ago, and the last global (58 PED) happened over 3.0k ago, or over 3k mobs killed.

But, the end with a good note. It's been a while, but I'm doing the IFN Missions again. Only two so far, and they give Longblades as a reward this Stage!
I've bought a Leoi Shock Dagger yesterday, making my collection of Aakas swords and shortblades complete. And I've also bought a set of 6A plates again, that I've sold years ago and might be arguably the one sale that I regret the most. 6A plates are good against bots with 11 Penetration and 12 Burn protection.

And remember, the Mêlée all the Way is coming to Arkadia this weekend! 9th to 11th February, starting friday at 18:30 MA-time with "Heavy Melee". See for more info the MatW!-thread here.

Results since tracking:
Mêlée all the Way!: 90,3%
Mindforce without Remorse!: 7,0%
Total decay: 89307,92 PED
Total loot: 80978,83 PED
Result: 90,67%
Ardorj

 

This post is mostly about the numbers in the hunting-table form the Mêlée all the Way. You can read in the thread there how that went and my thoughts about it. One thing that I don't think I've mentioned there: during the Huon hunts on friday I completed Stage 2 and got 13,9281 Longblades as a reward. I didn't check how much my Swordsman (Dmg) went up because of that, but I can say that now I'm at roughly level 44.5.
I've done one hunt that was bigger then most others. That was a Bokol/ Nusul hunt and I got four globals from that and ended with a very nice profit too. All the notes from that are a bit too much to put in the hunting-table, so I list it here.

In pictures it looks like this:

And the notes form the first Mêlée all the Way hunt is rather big too, so that goes here as well:

Lately I've also been thinking that I want too many things (in EU) done at the same time, and as a consequence can't focus on anything.
I want to max-out the Shagadi Sword. I want to finish the Nusul missions. I want to get a Smuggler Coat. I want to visit Crystal Palace. I want to max-out my Cryogenic Attack Nanochip VII. I want to have the best Mêlée Museum in EU. I want to finish the Oro missions. I want to get more skills in Clubs, and eventually become better in clubbing then in sword fighting. I want to finish the missions from any Underground mob. I want to have a good MatW on Calypso or Cyrene. I want to finish the Zadul missions. I want to visit places I've never been to, like Toulan and RockTropia. I want to do my first solo Huon-hunt. I want to finish all the Arkadian hunting-missions. I want an solo Über. I want .... I want it all.

Goals:
33. Attend more Teamhunts/ Sochunts/ Events (5 of 10).
34. Max out Shagadi Disintegration (59.4 of 66.0).
36. Collect Arkoins (18.0k of 50.0k).
37. Organize my Apartment and make a thread about the museum (0 of 2).
38. Finish Jori Stage 4. (0.9k of 4.8k).

Huntinggear:

Aak.Fir	Aakas Fire Dagger
Cas.CB.13ME	Castorian Combat EnBlade-13 Mentor Edition
Cas.CM2	Castorian Combat Mace Mk. II
Com.NC.2L	Combustive Attack Nanochip II (L)
Com.NC.4L	Combustive Attack Nanochip IV (L)
Gen.Ice.ELM	Genesis Icerage E.L.M Edition (L)
Kat.D.SGA	Katsuichi Determination, SGA Edition
Leoi.Sho	Leoi Shock Dagger
Loka.Ele	Lokabhu Electrifier Sword
Man.KTL	MAKO FAL-TT (L)
Ozp.SB.1	Ozpyn RSB S1X1
Rep.BA.1	RepEdge Battle Axe 1x0
Rep.BA.2	RepEdge Battle Axe 2x0
.Sha.Dis	Shagadi Disintegration Sword
+MTA1	Melee Trauma Amplifier I
+MTA4	Melee Trauma Amplifier IV
+MTA6	Melee Trauma Amplifier VI
+NPKA1L	NeoPsion Kinetic Amplifier I (L)

Hunts #551 - #572:

#	Creature(s)	Huntinggear	Costs	Results	%	Notes
551.	143 Bokol & 205 Nusul	Gen.Ice.ELM+MTA6 & Aak.Fir+MTA1	0509,08	0562,49	110,49%	Global (75) ; Scott & Barlow LR-25 (L) ; 1600 Analysis
552.	175 Jori	Com.NC.4L+NPKA1L & Com.NC.2L	0079,56	0073,05	091,82%	3000 Pyrokinesis
553.	54 Huon	Cas.CM2+MTA6	0221,56	0243,46	109,88%	See note above
554.	26 Huon	Cas.CM2+MTA6	0082,82	0070,67	085,33%	MatW!-18 A #02
555.	341 KP Mutated Beladoth & 141 KP Mutated Otorugi	Cas.CM2+MTA6	0229,36	0184,12	080,28%	MatW!-18 A #03 ; Level 35 One Handed Clubber (Hit) ; Global (75, 63)
556.	649 KP Wombana	Aak.Fir+MTA1	0053,61	0033,03	061,61%	MatW!-18 A #04
557.	738 KP Navi	Aak.Fir+MTA1	0139,14	0125,84	090,44%	MatW!-18 A #05
558.	92 KP* Nusul and 38 KP* Madana	Man.KTL	0035,94	0025,31	084,76%	MatW!-18 A #06
559.	243 KP* Oro	Rep.BA.2 & Rep.BA.1	0018,63	0015,79	084,76%	MatW!-18 A #07
560.	640 KP Mutated Hadraada & 40 KP Mutated Nusul & 180 KP Mutated Zadul	Cas.CB.13ME+MTA6 & Kat.D.SGA+MTA4	0165,56	0193,27	116,74%	Global (65) ; Combat Mask Italy (F)
561.	206 KP* Kiana	Kat.D.SGA+MTA4	0118,21	0097,98	082,89%	MatW!-18 A #08 ; Global (54)
562.	138 KP* Teladon	Cas.CB.13ME+MTA6	0203,10	0148,78	073,25%	MatW!-18 A #09 ; Global (76, 77)
563.	65 KP* Scoria	Cas.CB.13ME+MTA6	0119,90	0073,29	061,13%	MatW!-18 A #10
564.	1909 KP Oratan Miner	Cas.CB.13ME+MTA6	0225,62	0150,98	066,92%	MatW!-18 A #11 ; Global (88)
565.	253 KP* Huon	Cas.CB.13ME+MTA6	0329,73	0235,66	071,47%	MatW!-18 A #12 ; Global (164) ; Combat Mask Belarus (F)
566.	908 KP* Nusul	Loka.Ele+MTA1 & Leoi.Sho	0176,36	0141,48	080,22%	MatW!-18 A #13
567.	304 Zadul	Leoi.Sho & Ozp.SB.1	0137,08	0117,98	086,07%	MatW!-18 A #14 ; Global (22)
568.	589 KP* Kadra	Sha.Dis+MTA6	0413,40	0345,14	083,49%	MatW!-18 A #15 ; 3600 Evade ; Global (51, 52) ; Piron PLP-27 (L)
569.	824 KP* Otorugi	Sha.Dis+MTA6	0553,27	0469,19	084,80%	MatW!-18 A #16 ; Global (138, 70, 50, 57) ; Combat Mask Israel (M)
570.	2140 KP Mutated Hadraada & 90 KP Mutated Nusul & 882 KP Mutated Zadul	Sha.Dis+MTA6	0352,23	0241,65	068,61%	MatW!-18 A #17
571.	304 Bokol & 394 Nusul	Gen.Ice.ELM+MTA6 & Aak.Fir+MTA1	1077,82	1359,52	126,14%	See note above.
572.	250 Jori	Com.NC.4L+NPKA1L & Com.NC.2L	0111,62	0082,42	073,84%	---

That very large Bokol/ Nusul hunt got me thinking "what is the average and deviation of my hunts?" It turns out that on average I spend 165,20 PED with a standard deviation of 167,71 PED! Not really a suprise of course, but my hunting-costs are not normally distributed.
I think I've said all that I wanted to now.

Results since tracking:
Mêlée all the Way!: 90,6%
Mindforce without Remorse!: 6,8%
Total decay: 94661,52 PED
Total loot: 85969,93 PED
Result: 90,82%
Ardorj

 

This picture is from a month ago already. I've never had a global like this before. The Combat Masks just kept on popping. Add to that a full TT Piron PLR-22 (L) and some nice stacks of oils and shrapnel.

I wanted to write an update earlier, but didn't. And now I'm at a loss for words of just about all I've done.
I've been to Calypso in the mean time. Did a mission to kill 200 mobs (of wich I've killed 1 way back). The challenge was that the area is haunted by Spiders. Fortuatly I can survive some of them long enough to drown them in the river. The reward was pretty good, one full point in Psyche and some other skill. I forgot to take a picture, and now I've forgotten what it was.
I've participated into a Gauntlet Team for the first time. Hunting special types of Drones (and other kinds of tin cans) and Marcimexes with three other noobs. So now I have my own special Vivo S10, yeah!
I'm back on Arkadia now, and took a bag full of axes, swords, daggers and one unlimited club with me. I need to do a check-up of what I have, because I'm not sure what I have and what not, although I have an Excel-file with all the mêléel weapons. And I really need to use them too, of course.

Goals:
33. Attend more Teamhunts/ Sochunts/ Events (5 of 10).
34. Max out Shagadi Disintegration (59.8 of 66.0).
36. Collect Arkoins (18.0k of 50.0k).
37. Organize my Apartment and make a thread about the museum (0 of 2).
38. Finish Jori Stage 4. (1.6k of 4.8k).

Huntinggear:

Aak.Fir	Aakas Fire Dagger
Cas.CM1	Castorian Combat Mace Mk. I
Com.NC.1L	Combustive Attack Nanochip I (L)
Com.NC.2L	Combustive Attack Nanochip II (L)
Com.NC.4L	Combustive Attack Nanochip IV (L)
Cry.NC.1L	Cryogenic Attack Nanochip I (L)
Gen.Ice.ELM	Genesis Icerage E.L.M Edition (L)
+MTA1	Melee Trauma Amplifier I
+MTA6	Melee Trauma Amplifier VI
+NPKA1L	NeoPsion Kinetic Amplifier I (L)

Hunts #573 - #589:

#	Creature(s)	Huntinggear	Costs	Results	%	Notes
573.	116 Bokol & 201 Nusul	Gen.Ice.ELM+MTA6 & Aak.Fir+MTA1	487,44	490,96	100,72%	Global (55); Global (55) ; 2x Dominax Original Garter Adjusted (L)
574.	100 Oratan Prospector	Com.NC.4L+NPKA1L & Cry.NC.1L	055,72	070,37	126,29%	Global (15) ; Oratan Payback Day 3 of 30
575.	108 Bokol & 129 Nusul	Gen.Ice.ELM+MTA6 & Aak.Fir+MTA1	365,39	636,65	174,24%	See picture above.
576.	475 Jori	Com.NC.2L & Cry.NC.1L	109,18	110,18	100,92%	---
577.	143 Bokol & 187 Nusul	Gen.Ice.ELM+MTA6 & Aak.Fir+MTA1	494,09	413,15	083,62%	1200 Medicine ; Level 40 Knifefighter (Hit) ; 4200 Serendipity
578.	100 Oratan Prospector	Com.NC.4L+NPKA1L & Cry.NC.1L	087,48	079,09	090,41%	Oratan Payback Day 4 of 30 ; Level 24 Pyro Kinetic (Hit) ; 1800 Concentration
579.	553 KP Ostelok	Com.NC.4L+NPKA1L & Cry.NC.1L	012,20	010,33	084,67%	---
580.	1952 KP Snarg	Gen.Ice.ELM+MTA6 & Cas.CM1+MTA1	404,49	315,97	078,12%	---
581.	1395 KP Snarg	Gen.Ice.ELM+MTA6 & Cas.CM1+MTA1	293,84	239,36	081,46%	Lacerating Attack Nanochip I (L) ; Iron Snarg V Finished ; 3400 Perception
582.	325 KP* Bristlehog & 160 KP* Itumatrox	Gen.Ice.ELM+MTA6 & Cas.CM1+MTA1	138,24	281,28	203,47%	Global (41) ; Global (148)
583.	597 KP* Bristlehog & 295 KP* Itumatrox	Gen.Ice.ELM+MTA6 & Cas.CM1+MTA1	253,90	216,75	085,37%	“Clean the Area” Finished
584.	434 Calypso Puny	Com.NC.1L & Cry.NC.1L	030,30	031,62	104,36%	---
585.	398 Calypso Puny	Com.NC.1L & Cry.NC.1L	030,54	028,80	094,30%	Sollomate Rubio (L) ; Level 24 Cryogenic (Dmg)
586.	134 Calypso Puny	Com.NC.1L & Cry.NC.1L	008,78	013,03	148,41%	---
587.	500 KP* Gauntlet Mobs	Com.NC.1L & Cry.NC.1L	004,56	010,76	235,96%	Gauntlet I & II ; Vivo S10 ; Robot Beacon (0110010101111010)
588.	89 Calypso Puny	Com.NC.1L & Cry.NC.1L	007,74	005,59	072,22%	---
589.	150 Jori	Com.NC.2L & Cry.NC.1L	029,23	028,52	097,57%	---

That's all for now.

Results since tracking:
Mêlée all the Way!: 90,5%
Mindforce without Remorse!: 7,0%
Total decay: 97474,64 PED
Total loot: 88952,34 PED
Result: 91,26%
Ardorj

 

I have suffered from Riptorophobia ever since I've hunted them during the first 24 Hours Mêlée all the Way! on 10 januari 2015 at 15:40. To quote myself from that experience:

About a week ago, after a failed Madana hunt, I was thinking what to hunt. I wanted something special for my 600th hunt since starting this blog. Something big, out of the ordinary, not something that I normally hunt.
I have a list of all the mobs on Ark with HP/lvl from the lowest and highest maturity. And as I scrolled by the Riptors, I noticed something. HP = 960, that's about the same as Otorugi - and I can handle those! Lvl = 19, and that's lower then the lvl23 Oweko - and I sort of can kill those too! So I thought, why not just try it? And what do you know? it worked! They are even slightly better to hunt to Oweko. And besides that, the loot wasn't too shabby either. Defiatly a mob I will return to some later day.
Yeah! I'm cured from my Riptorophobia!

What else have I done this time?
I've done one Aakas #5 run with a small team. It was nice, running one with strangers, and the globals from opening the chests.


I've reached level 30 Pyro Kinetic (Dmg) while on an IFN Defense Bot hunt. Therefore I am now 'great' in my first MindForce skill. Too bad the Cryogenic levels are still falling short, since I have an unlimited VII chip. But first I want to use all the other MindForce chips that I've bought.

I've started using some of my double Mêlée weapons in my collection. I have four, or even six of some (L) swords and daggers (mostly). The first was a hunt with a S & B Fractal Katana 35 (L), and man that sword is slick! It slices through big Zaduls like a knife through hot butter. Love it!

Goals:
33. Attend more Teamhunts/ Sochunts/ Events (5 of 10).
34. Max out Shagadi Disintegration (60.0 of 66.0).
36. Collect Arkoins (18.0k of 50.0k).
37. Organize my Apartment and make a thread about the museum (0 of 2).
38. Finish Jori Stage 4. (2.6k of 4.8k).

Huntinggear:

Cas.PEnB6L	Castorian Pioneer EnBlade-6 E.L.M Edition (L)
Com.NC.1L	Combustive Attack Nanochip I (L)
Com.NC.2L	Combustive Attack Nanochip II (L)
Com.NC.4L	Combustive Attack Nanochip IV (L)
Cry.NC.1L	Cryogenic Attack Nanochip I (L)
Gen.Ice.ELM	Genesis Icerage E.L.M Edition (L)
Kolu.Gla	Kolukhar Glacier Sword
SB.FK35L	S & B Fractal Katana 35 (L)
+MTA1	Melee Trauma Amplifier I
+MTA6	Melee Trauma Amplifier VI
+NPKA1L	NeoPsion Kinetic Amplifier I (L)

Hunts #590 - #602:

#	Creature(s)	Huntinggear	Costs	Results	%	Notes
590.	250 Jori	Com.NC.2L & Cry.NC.1L	052,30	066,55	127,25%	Piron PLP-2 (L)
591.	100 Oratan Prospector	Cas.PEnB6L	061,83	047,73	077,20%	Oratan Payback Day 5 of 30
592.	17 Dehera Sentinel & 7 Magurg Male & 9 Ubo & 3 Yarrijak	Com.NC.4L+NPKA1L & Com.NC.2L	064,65	047,13	072,90%	Teamhunt
593.	250 Jori	Com.NC.2L & Com.NC.1L	050,20	047,78	095,18%	---
594.	5617 KP IFN Defense Bot	Com.NC.4L+NPKA1L & Com.NC.2L	362,27	323,02	089,17%	3200 Pyrokinesis ; Level 24 Pyro Kinetic (Hit) ; Level 30 Pyro Kinetic (Dmg)
595.	100 Jori	Com.NC.2L & Com.NC.1L	023,90	016,95	070,92%	---
596.	225 Zadul	SB.FK35L+MTA6 & Kolu.Gla+MTA1	384,44	351,35	091,39%	---
597.	150 Jori	Com.NC.4L+NPKA1L & Com.NC.2L	029,71	025,84	086,97%	10 Skinning ; Level 15 Animal Looter
598.	250 Jori	Com.NC.4L+NPKA1L & Com.NC.2L	050,01	049,49	098,96%	Piron PLP-2 (L) ; 20 & 40 Skinning
599.	125 Madana	Gen.Ice.ELM+MTA6 & Kolu.Gla+MTA1	277,43	180,08	064,91%	67 & 110 Skinning
600.	82 Riptor	Gen.Ice.ELM+MTA6 & Kolu.Gla+MTA1	316,19	282,17	089,24%	Piron PLP-32 (L) ; 160 Skinning ; Riptor Stage 1 Finished
601.	100 Oratan Prospector	Com.NC.4L+NPKA1L & Com.NC.2L	073,33	072,43	098,77%	10 & 20 & 40 Scourcing ; Oratan Payback Day 6 of 30
602.	153 Oro	Com.NC.4L+NPKA1L & Com.NC.2L	040,76	042,51	104,29%	2200 Power Catalyst ; Oro Stage 4 Finished

And I'll be logging back in, after having left Entropia Universe after roughly a week. And in the middle of a Nusul hunt at that too.
Stay tuned to read the outcome of that hunt!

Results since tracking:
Mêlée all the Way!: 89,9%
Mindforce without Remorse!: 7,6%
Total decay: 99261,66 PED
Total loot: 90505,37 PED
Result: 91,18%
Ardorj

 

So, let's see what I've done and accomplished this month.
For the most part I've hunted Jori trying to complete the mission. I'm now about 500 kills short, wich can be done in one or two hunts.
I've done a bit of Wombana hunting, and now I've finished Stage 2. Rifle isn't a much needed skill for me of course, but still it's nice to progress on any mob. And later rewards are more to my liking.
Speaking of needless skills, I had this weird idea in my head for a few days to go hunting Hornets. So that's what I did and in two hunts I finished Stage 3, and got some Aim as my reward.

Last saturday I had a sochunt on Arkadia. We hunted Teladon, Togolossi, Korwil and Yuka. I broke almost even on the Teladons, had a loss on the Togolossies, and Korwils and Yukaas combined were a nice profit. These two babies helped to enjoy the fun and comraderie:


Goals:
33. Attend more Teamhunts/ Sochunts/ Events (6 of 10).
34. Max out Shagadi Disintegration (60.2 of 66.0).
36. Collect Arkoins (18.0k of 50.0k).
37. Organize my Apartment and make a thread about the museum (0 of 2).
38. Finish Jori Stage 4. (4.3k of 4.8k).

Huntinggear:

AML.40L	ArMatrix LB-40 (L)
Ars.C.2L	Arsonistic Chip II (L)
Cas.CM3	Castorian Combat Mace Mk. III
Com.NC.1L	Combustive Attack Nanochip I (L)
Com.NC.2L	Combustive Attack Nanochip II (L)
Com.NC.4L	Combustive Attack Nanochip IV (L)
Cry.NC.3L	Cryogenic Attack Nanochip III (L)
Cry.NC.5	Cryogenic Attack Nanochip V
Gen.Ice.L	Genesis Icerage (L)
Gen.Ice.ELM	Genesis Icerage E.L.M Edition (L)
Kin.NC.2L	Kinetic Attack Nanochip II (L)
Kolu.Gla	Kolukhar Glacier Sword
+MTA1	Melee Trauma Amplifier I
+MTA6	Melee Trauma Amplifier VI
+NPKA1L	NeoPsion Kinetic Amplifier I (L)
+NPKA2L	NeoPsion Kinetic Amplifier II (L)

Hunts #603 - #619:

#	Creature(s)	Huntinggear	Costs	Results	%	Notes
603.	245 Nusul	Gen.Ice.ELM+MTA6 & Kolu.Gla+MTA1	329,59	301,05	091,34%	260 Skinning ; Level 16 Animal Looter; Dominax Original Garter Adjusted (L)
604.	58 Otorugi	Gen.Ice.L+MTA6 & Kolu.Gla+MTA1	271,37	184,56	068,01%	---
605.	1755 KP Wombana	Gen.Ice.L+MTA6 & Kolu.Gla+MTA1	292,62	270,56	092,46%	Global (54)
606.	1680 KP Wombana	Gen.Ice.L+MTA6 & Kolu.Gla+MTA1	274,22	286,96	104,65%	Wombana Stage 2 Finished
607.	325 Jori	Com.NC.2L & Com.NC.1L	066,84	059,17	088,52%	---
608.	325 Jori	Com.NC.4L+NPKA1L & Com.NC.2L	065,41	061,03	093,30%	460 Skinning
609.	585 Arkadian Hornet	Com.NC.1L & Kin.NC.2L	034,47	028,74	083,38%	3400 Pyrokinesis; 3200 Electrokinesis; Level 25 Electro Kinetic (Hit)
610.	380 Arkadian Hornet	Kin.NC.2L	021,36	019,90	093,16%	Level 30 Electro Kinetic (Dmg) ; Arkadian Hornet Stage 3 Finished
611.	1266 KP Navi	AML.40L+MTA6 & Kolu.Gla+MTA1	452,26	351,65	077,75%	---
612.	300 Jori	Com.NC.4L+NPKA1L & Com.NC.2L	063,43	053,36	084,12%	---
613.	675 Jori	Com.NC.4L+NPKA1L & Com.NC.2L	138,72	126,10	090,90%	---
614.	4983 KP Ostelok	Cry.NC.3L+NPKA1L & Com.NC.2L	108,00	097,83	090,58%	600 Treatment
615.	67 KP* Teladon	Cry.NC.5+NPKA2L & Arc.C.2L	098,33	095,35	096,97%	NBK Teamhunt on Arkadia ; Level 17 Animal Looter ; Global (129, 74, 221, 52)
616.	57 KP* Togolossi	Cry.NC.5+NPKA2L & Arc.C.2L	074,91	057,57	076,85%	NBK Teamhunt on Arkadia ; Global (54, 50, 52) ; HOF (206)
617.	57 KP* Korwil & 23 KP* Yuka	Cry.NC.5+NPKA2L & Arc.C.2L	105,09	114,80	109,24%	NBK Teamhunt on Arkadia ; Level 25 Cryogenic (Dmg) ; HOF (366) ; Global (57, 52, 108, 73)
618.	808 KP Badger_710R	Cas.CM3+MTA6	304,55	211,45	069,43%	10 till 110 Reclaiming
619.	150 Jori	Cry.NC.3L+NPKA1L & Com.NC.2L	029,47	027,03	091,72%	---

That's it for now. Slowly kicking my way forward.

Results since tracking:
Mêlée all the Way!: 89,4%
Mindforce without Remorse!: 8,2%
Total decay: 101992,30 PED <-- I broke through the 100k PED spend here!
Total loot: 92852,48 PED
Result: 91,18%
Ardorj

 

It's been a while since I've made an update, but here it is. I've been inactive more then active, and the first hunt is from three months ago. Needless to say, I can't remember much from most of these hunts, and will just leave it at that.

Goals:
33. Attend more Teamhunts/ Sochunts/ Events (6 of 10).
34. Max out Shagadi Disintegration (60.6 of 66.0).
36. Collect Arkoins (18.5k of 50.0k).
37. Organize my Apartment and make a thread about the museum (0 of 2).
38. Completed! Finish Jori Stage 4. (4.8k of 4.8k).
39. New! Finish Oro Stage 5. (0.4k of 12.0k). It's a long way to go, but yeah, I just want to get them all done one day.

Huntinggear:

AML.40L	ArMatrix LB-40 (L)
Ars.C.2L	Arsonistic Chip II (L)
Cas.CM3	Castorian Combat Mace Mk. III
Cas.PEnB6L	Castorian Pioneer EnBlade-6 E.L.M Edition (L)
Com.NC.2L	Combustive Attack Nanochip II (L)
Cry.NC.3L	Cryogenic Attack Nanochip III (L)
Dehe.Imm	Dehera Immolation Sword
Kin.NC.2L	Kinetic Attack Nanochip II (L)
Kolu.Gla	Kolukhar Glacier Sword
Sha.Dis	Shagadi Disintegration Sword
+MTA1	Melee Trauma Amplifier I
+MTA6	Melee Trauma Amplifier VI
+NPKA1L	NeoPsion Kinetic Amplifier I (L)

Hunts #620 - #638:

#	Creature(s)	Huntinggear	Costs	Results	%	Notes
620.	100 Tiarak	AML.40L+MTA6 & Kolu.Gla+MTA1	249,59	186,38	074,76%	Max. 170 HP
621.	168 Bokol & 237 Nusul	AML.40L+MTA6 & Kolu.Gla+MTA1	620,13	564,17	090,98%	600 Skinning; Skildek P 40 (L)
622.	425 Jori	Cry.NC.3L+NPKA1L & Com.NC.2L	087,07	090,83	104,32%	Jori Stage 4 Finished
623.	A) 5 Dehera Sentinel & 5 Marurg Female; B) 140 Ubo & 440 Rakta & 300 Yarrijak	A) Sha.Dis+MTA6 & B) Cry.NC.3L+NPKA1L & Kin.NC.2L	140,25	107,30	076,51%	---
624.	100 Oratan Prospector	Cas.PEnB6L	048,32	042,80	088,58%	Oratan Payback Day 7 of 30
625.	1685 KP Wombana	AML.40L+MTA6 & Kolu.Gla+MTA1	264,93	259,05	097,78%	4000 Inflict Melee Damage
626.	365 KP* Smuggler	Cas.CM3+MTA6 & Ars.C.2L+NPKA1L	151,09	065,33	043,24%	Level 11 Robot Looter
627.	100 Oratan Prospector	Cas.PEnB6L	060,12	043,66	072,62%	67 Scourging ; 110 Genetics ; Oratan Payback Day 8 of 30
628.	152 Nusul	Dehe.Imm+MTA6 & Kolu.Gla+MTA1	200,14	214,89	107,37%	Dominax Original Garter Adjusted (L)
629.	2805 KP IFN Defense Bot	Cry.NC.3L+NPKA1L & Kin.NC.2L	171,49	167,41	097,62%	160 Reclaiming ; 2000 Concentration
630.	225 Zadul	Cry.NC.3L+NPKA1L & Kin.NC.2L	128,17	099,19	077,39%	Level 26 Cryogenic (Dmg) ; Level 20 Cryogenic (Hit)
631.	100 Oratan Prospector	Cas.PEnB6L	055,04	040,32	073,26%	110 Scourging ; Oratan Payback Day 9 of 30
632.	35 Teladon	Sha.Dis+MTA6	281,27	245,86	087,41%	800 Skinning
633.	275 Oro	Cry.NC.3L+NPKA1L & Kin.NC.2L	093,07	065,92	070,83%	Level 18 Animal Looter
634.	100 Oratan Prospector	Cry.NC.3L+NPKA1L & Kin.NC.2L	052,06	039,38	075,64%	Level 10 Mutant Investigator ; Oratan Payback Day 10 of 30
635.	100 Oratan Prospector	Cry.NC.3L+NPKA1L & Kin.NC.2L	064,62	050,51	078,16%	160 Scourging ; Oratan Payback Day 11 of 30
636.	125 Oro	Cry.NC.3L+NPKA1L & Kin.NC.2L	041,36	037,40	090,43%	Level 21 Cryogenic (Hit)
637.	46 Otorugi	Sha.Dis+MTA6 & Kolu.Gla+MTA1	218,02	180,90	082,97%	Headshot III (L)
638.	45 Riptor	Sha.Dis+MTA6 & Kolu.Gla+MTA1	440,24	372,04	084,51%	460 Avoidance

I can't tell what the following three months are going to be like.

Results since tracking:
Mêlée all the Way!: 89,0%
Mindforce without Remorse!: 8,6%
Total decay: 105279,56 PED
Total loot: 95725,82 PED
Result: 90,93%
Ardorj

 

Hello Ardorj, gratz on your melee endeavor so far! Just wanted to let you know the Songkra Valley has a great event, Lucky 7's Event, going on that will maximize your returns so you can continue to skill up more. You get 7 Peds per global plus more additional ways to win. On top of that the Mutated Belodoth and Mutated Otorugi mission chain are somewhat geared towards melee rewards. Stage 6 Mutated Beladoth gives 61.68 ped Athletics and stage 6 Mutated Otorugi gives 54.35 Alertness.

Good luck to you and on completing your goals. Finish up 2018 strong!

 

Thanks for the note chongpha.
I'm not sure I can take on either of those Mutated mobs. I can kill some that are around the same level (M. Beladoth: 25 and M. Otorugi: 22), but still I'm a bit unsure. Last Mêlée all the Way! we went there as well, and I remember it as a pretty tough fight.
I can, and do, hunt Otorugi up to Providers, so those shouldn't be a problem. (And a young is lvl 27, higher then the Mutated?!?)
I've tried solo'ing Beladoths only once, and that was more then a year ago.
I'll check it out soon. I do get stronger with every hunt. In fact, I'm now celebrating this milestone:



I'm celebrating it by hunting Huons till either a) I complete Stage 3 with the Inflict Melee Damage as reward, or b) I get to level 46.

Ard

 

No worries mate. Mutated Beladoths will still be here when you are ready.

 

So, yeah, I've done it. I've unlocked Wounding at level 45 Swordsman (Dmg)!
I had this idea in my head to go on "celebration hunts" after every milestone that will bring me closer to maxing out my Shagadi sword. And that's what I did, for this milestone the Huons stood on my list. However, I hadn't taken Wounding into consideration when I made up that plan of celebration hunts. Therefore, I've already reached the next milestone long before the end of the celebration period. It ended with a bang too:

Not all is loaded in that picture yet. There are a total of eight masks in that loot, and the notes on that hunt look like this:

Some globals and other pictures from the Huons.


At first I was testing what armour to wear. I've tried a) Musca Adjusted + 5B, b) Viceroy, c) Gnome + 5B, d) Musca (L) + 5B. And then I knew that what I was wearing first is working best.

Goals:
33. Attend more Teamhunts/ Sochunts/ Events (6 of 10).
34. Max out Shagadi Disintegration (63.5 of 66.0).
36. Collect Arkoins (18.5k of 50.0k).
37. Organize my Apartment and make a thread about the museum (0 of 2).
39. Finish Oro Stage 5. (0.4k of 12.0k).

Huntinggear:

Cor.NC.5L	Corrosive Attack Nanochip V (L)
Dehe.Imm	Dehera Immolation Sword
Gen.Ici.L	Genesis Icicle (L)
Kat.D.RetL	Katsuichi Destiny Retro (L)
Kin.NC.2L	Kinetic Attack Nanochip II (L)
Kolu.Gla	Kolukhar Glacier Sword
Loka.Ele	Lokabhu Electrifier Sword
Sha.Dis	Shagadi Disintegration Sword
+MTA1	Melee Trauma Amplifier I
+MTA1L	Melee Trauma Amplifier I (L)
+MTA6	Melee Trauma Amplifier VI
+NPKA1L	NeoPsion Kinetic Amplifier I (L)

Hunts #639 - #650:

#	Creature(s)	Huntinggear	Costs	Results	%	Notes
639.	1584 KP IFN Defense Bot	Dehe.Imm+MTA6 & Kolu.Gla+MTA1	0102,23	089,07	087,13%	IFN Defense Bot Stage 2 Finished
640.	100 Oratan Prospector	Cor.NC.5L+NPKA1L & Kin.NC.2L	0058,36	040,30	069,05%	Level 26 Evader ; Oratan Payback Day 12 of 30
641.	75 Madana	Dehe.Imm+MTA6 & Kolu.Gla+MTA1	0167,93	140,36	083,58%	Canis Gloves (M)
642.	107 Bokol & 150 Nusul	Sha.Dis+MTA6 & Kolu.Gla+MTA1	0390,58	372,35	095,33%	Level 45 Swordsman (Dmg) ; [System]: Congratulations, you have acquired a new skill; Wounding ; 10 till 110 Wounding
643.	126 Huon	Kat.D.RetL+MTA6 & Kolu.Gla+MTA1	0778,50	814,67	104,65%	Global (103) ; Combat Mask Sweden (F) ; Combat Mask Latvia (F) ; 160 & 260 Wounding ; 6300 Anatomy ; 100 Skinning
644.	56 Huon	Gen.Ici.L+MTA4 & Kolu.Gla+MTA1L	0363,06	251,78	069,35%	360 Wounding
645.	95 Huon	Sha.Dis+MTA6 & Kolu.Gla+MTA1L	0629,97	491,83	078,07%	---
646.	73 Huon	Sha.Dis+MTA6 & Loka.Ele+MTA1L	0477,64	392,98	082,28%	Global (87) ; Combat Mask Norway (M) ; 460 Wounding
647.	157 Huon	Sha.Dis+MTA6 & Loka.Ele+MTA1L	1002,55	804,08	080,20%	[System]: Your Shagadi Disintegration Sword has reached tier 2.2
648.	115 Huon	Sha.Dis+MTA6 & Loka.Ele+MTA1L	0725,19	622,54	085,85%	Global (54) ; 1200 Skinning
649.	110 Huon	Sha.Dis+MTA6 & Loka.Ele+MTA1L	0703,20	522,24	074,27%	4000 Heavy Melee Weapons ; 800 Wounding ; Level 46 Swordsman (Dmg)
650.	35 Huon	Sha.Dis+MTA6 & Loka.Ele+MTA1L	0219,73	614,51	279,67%	See Above

Needless to say, I'm an happy Entropian and Arkadian right now.
The next unlock, Commando, lurks just around the corner with just one more level in Swordsman (Hit) to go.
Exciting to see what the Moon will be like. And what real life will be the next months and years. Big changes lay ahead of me, ingame and on the outside.

Results since tracking:
Mêlée all the Way!: 89,5%
Mindforce without Remorse!: 8,2%
Total decay: 111017,94 PED
Total loot: 100918,64 PED <--- another milestone, 100k in loot since tracking.
Result: 90,90%
Ardorj

 

I've been to the Ark.Moon and back again. Although, back means on Calypso this time.
But a lot of other things has been happening too. First of all: I've joined the Natural Born Killers - the top of the NBK socs. It still baffles me at time that I'm in a Top 50 soc.
Second is that I've done several Aakas runs, #2 and #3. On one of those I got a nice global from a Dehera, nothing grant, but it's hard enough to get one as it is already.


And after that I went to the Ark.Moon. Did some exploring, completed the missions 1 and 2 of the Oompa, Warhounds and Sicarius. It looks fine, but I must admit that there's still a lot left to do here for the developers. I never was meant to be a place for beginners, yet even I can still struggle with the aggressive Warhounds or mid-high level Sicarius. Those Gamma's are just plain deathly to me. In my opinion a lot has already been said about the PvP zone surrounding the Moon, and the lack of options to leave savely. I'll just add my voice to that and say that I agree. It was a pain to get a flight leaving Ark.Moon to Caly. Thanks to Granny Rowan and Katica panda I had been able to take my lootables with me.


So now I'm back on Caly. Hunting some Snargs, maybe some other mobs although I don't know what I'll go for yet. And then I'm going back home - Arkadia! and take a small collection of (L) mêlée, some tables for my appartment/museum and (with a bit of luck) my loot.

Goals:
33. Attend more Teamhunts/ Sochunts/ Events (6 of 10).
34. Max out Shagadi Disintegration (64.9 of 66.0).
36. Collect Arkoins (22.0k of 50.0k). I forgot to note how many I really have before flying to the moon. I think it's closer to the 23.5k
37. Organize my Apartment and make a thread about the museum (0 of 2).
39. Finish Oro Stage 5. (0.4k of 12.0k).

Huntinggear:

Com.NC.2L	Combustive Attack Nanochip II (L)
Cor.NC.5L	Corrosive Attack Nanochip V (L)
Elec.NC.1L	Electric Attack Nanochip I (L)
Kin.NC.2L	Kinetic Attack Nanochip II (L)
Loka.Ele	Lokabhu Electrifier Sword
Sha.Dis	Shagadi Disintegration Sword
+MTA6	Melee Trauma Amplifier VI
+NPKA1L	NeoPsion Kinetic Amplifier I (L)

Hunts #651 - #662:

#	Creature(s)	Huntinggear	Costs	Results	%	Notes
651.	100 Oratan Prospector	Cor.NC.5L+NPKA1L & Com.NC.2L	039,72	036,11	090,91%	Oratan Payback Day 13 of 30
652.	A) 4 Dehera Sentinel & 4 Magurg Female & 60 Dehera Defender ; B) 464 Ubo & 234 Rakta & 392 Yarrijak	A) Sha.Dis+MTA6 & Loka.Ele+MTA4 ; B) Cor.NC.5L+NPKA1L & Kin.NC.2L	298,96	262,97	087,96%	Joined Natural Born Killers ; Level 26 Electro Kinetic (Hit) ; Rakta Stage 4 Finished
653.	A) 6 Dehera Sentinel & 6 Magurg Female & 205 Dehera Defender ; B) 636 Ubo & 438 Rakta & 522 Yarrijak	A) Sha.Dis+MTA6 & Loka.Ele+MTA4 ; B) Cor.NC.5L+NPKA1L & Elec.NC.1L	660,88	651,95	098,65%	Global (84) ; Lacerating Attack Nanochip III (L) ; Arkace Dining Table ; Global (61) ;Level 27 Pyro Kinetic (Hit) ; Level 20 Animal Looter ; Level 11 Telepath
654.	100 Oompa & 75 Warhound	Sha.Dis+MTA6 & Loka.Ele+MTA4	276,39	202,27	073,18%	Oompa Culling Stage 1 Finished ; 1000 Wounding
655.	23 Oompa & 25 Warhound & 1 GMC Gamma	Sha.Dis+MTA6 & Loka.Ele+MTA4	102,44	131,50	128,37%	Level 16 Mutant Looter ; Warhound Culling Stage 1 Finished
656.	17 Oompa & 14 Warhound & 22 Sicarius & 3 GMC Gamma	Sha.Dis+MTA6 & Loka.Ele+MTA4	228,46	228,94	100,21%	Exploring Arkadia Moon ; Global (64)
657.	78 Sicarius & 3 Oompa	Sha.Dis+MTA6 & Loka.Ele+MTA4	234,36	186,87	079,74%	1400 Skinning ; Sicarius Culling Stage 1 Finished
658.	274 Oompa & 186 Warhound & 4 Sicarius	Sha.Dis+MTA6 & Loka.Ele+MTA4	643,44	514,69	079,99%	360 Scourging ; Oompa Culling Stage 2 Finished ; Warhound Culling Stage 2 Finished
659.	134 Sicarius & 1 Warhound	Sha.Dis+MTA6 & Loka.Ele+MTA4	423,01	341,32	080,69%	[System]: Your Shagadi Disintegration Sword has reached tier 2.5 ; 3200 Coolness
660.	62 Sicarius & 3 Oompa	Sha.Dis+MTA6 & Loka.Ele+MTA4	258,93	184,64	071,31%	Sicarius Culling Stage 2 Finished
661.	116 Oompa & 143 Warhound	Sha.Dis+MTA6 & Loka.Ele+MTA4	397,89	363,67	091,40%	Max. 171 HP
662.	2050 KP Snarg	Sha.Dis+MTA6 & Loka.Ele+MTA4	425,73	289,74	068,06%	2x Lacerating Attack Nanochip I (L) ; 1200 Wounding

That's all for now.
Happy HOFfing and see you soon on Arkadia!

Results since tracking:
Mêlée all the Way!: 89,4%
Mindforce without Remorse!: 8,4%
Total decay: 114968,43 PED
Total loot: 104277,20 PED
Result: 90,70%
Ardorj

 

It's been a while since I've posted anything and a lot has happened.
First thing is that I'm back on Arkadia! But before that I've enjoyed the Snargs on Caly. One even was so good to give me a small global with an (L) sword. After I've completed Iron Snarg VII I went for some puny hunting. Completed Iron Puny IV as well and then flew back home.



Back on Ark I first did a bit of every day hunting (not that I log in every day, but you get my drift). Then I went for an Aakas run, a #4 this time. It looks like I am now close to what I can handle on my own. The Magurg Female is still not much of a problem with a bit of armour, but the Dehera Sentinel is. He hits me almost every time, and hard too. I didn't die, but I can closer then comfort. I hadn't put on my biggerst armour, rather far from it, so I am wondering if I could solo an Aakas #5? I've used Gnome+5B, Viceroy+5B is my top armour. I'll find out in due time, I still have a couple of #4 keys to run.

After the last Aakas I noticed that I was very close to finishing one of my personal goals. So I grabbed a sword and went for some Tiarak killing. Boom! Here it is!

Today I've also finished another goal. My apartment is now a Mêlée Museum! Come visit it at Sanctuary Cove 7.1, I have a link in my updated signature now.



Goals:
33. Attend more Teamhunts/ Sochunts/ Events (6 of 10).
34. Completed! Max out Shagadi Disintegration (66.0 of 66.0).
36. Collect Arkoins (26.9k of 50.0k).
37. Completed! Organize my Apartment and make a thread about the museum (2 of 2).
39. Finish Oro Stage 5. (0.6k of 12.0k).
40. New! Max out Cryogenic Attack Nanochip V (8.8 of 10.0 hit). A year ago I've bought a Cryo VII with the idea to use it on teamhunts. I'm still quite far from maxed out on that one. This Cryo V is a bit of a sub-goal so to speak. I also have way too many (L) mindforce chips, of all types, so maybe I can complete this goal without even using this chip.
41. New! Use all extra (L) Mêlée weapons (0 of 44). I not only have way too many (L) mindforce, I also have a lot of (L) Mêlée weapons. Extra that is, meaning I have one (unused) in my Mêlée Museum and/or collection, and one or more in Storage waiting to be used. I've only counted the ones that I've maxed (or have SIB), there are even more. What kind of extra Mêlée weapons are these? Dominax Original Garter Adjusted (L) that I looted from Nusuls, Rocktropia Axes, ArMatrix swords and knives, some (L) Katsuichi Retro, and more!

Huntinggear:

AML.35L	ArMatrix LB-35 (L)
AML.40L	ArMatrix LB-40 (L)
Cor.NC.5L	Corrosive Attack Nanochip V (L)
Elec.NC.1L	Electric Attack Nanochip I (L)
Loka.Ele	Lokabhu Electrifier Sword
Lac.NC.3L	Lacerating Attack Nanochip III (L)
Sha.Dis	Shagadi Disintegration Sword
+MTA4	Melee Trauma Amplifier IV
+MTA6	Melee Trauma Amplifier VI
+NPKA1L	NeoPsion Kinetic Amplifier I (L)

Hunts #663 - #677:

#	Creature(s)	Huntinggear	Costs	Results	%	Notes
663.	2224 KP Snarg	Sha.Dis+MTA6 & Loka.Ele+MTA4	523,40	404,64	077,31%	Healed by Dr0gul3tz ; Iron Snarg VI Finished ; 3200 Athletics
664.	1000 KP Snarg	AML.40L+MTA6 & Loka.Ele+MTA4	216,35	224,85	103,93%	Global (59) ; Kilic Mak (L)
665.	3012 KP Snarg	AML.40L+MTA6 & Loka.Ele+MTA4	664,70	512,39	077,09%	Lacerating Attack Nanochip III (L)
666.	1969 KP Snarg	AML.40L+MTA6 & Loka.Ele+MTA4	447,78	297,01	066,33%	[System]: Your S.I. H.E.A.R.T. has reached tier 3.2 ; Iron Snarg VII Finished
667.	373 Calypso Puny	Lac.NC.3L & Elec.NC.1L	029,55	028,74	097,26%	Skildek Lancehead (L)
668.	742 Calypso Puny	Lac.NC.3L & Elec.NC.1L	071,13	061,70	086,74%	1400 Wounding
669.	422 Calypso Puny	Lac.NC.3L & Elec.NC.1L	031,51	035,96	114,12%	Sollomate Rubio (L) ; 3400 Electrokinesis
670.	496 Calypso Puny	Lac.NC.3L & Elec.NC.1L	036,88	036,91	100,08%	Iron Puny Creatures IV Finished
671.	100 Oratan Prospector	Lac.NC.3L & Elec.NC.1L	054,27	052,64	097,00%	Oratan Payback Day 14 of 30
672.	170 Tiarak	AML.35L+MTA6 & Loka.Ele+MTA4	407,58	388,90	095,42%	Scott & Barlow BP-20 (L) ; [System]: Your S.I. H.E.A.R.T. has reached tier 3.3 ; 5400 Melee Combat
673.	275 Oro	Cor.NC.5L+NPKA1L & Elec.NC.1L	094,36	076,71	081,30%	---
674.	A) 1 Dehera Sentinel & 1 Magurg Female & & 27 Magurg Male & 109 Dehera Defender ; B) 53 Ubo & 33 Rakta & 34 Yarrijak	A) Sha.Dis+MTA6 & Loka.Ele+MTA4 ; B) Cor.NC.5L+NPKA1L & Elec.NC.1L	239,69	217,00	090,53%	1600 Skinning
675.	100 Oratan Prospector	Lac.NC.3L & Elec.NC.1L	047,12	036,71	077,91%	Oratan Payback Day 15 of 30
676.	A) 2 Dehera Sentinel & 2 Magurg Female & & 54 Magurg Male & 210 Dehera Defender ; B) 106 Ubo & 66 Rakta & 68 Yarrijak	A) Sha.Dis+MTA6 & Loka.Ele+MTA4 ; B) Cor.NC.5L+NPKA1L & Elec.NC.1L	489,98	479,21	097,80%	Dehera Defender Stage 2 Finished ; Level 21 Animal Looter
677.	100 Tiarak	AML.35L+MTA6 & Loka.Ele+MTA4	154,31	101,33	065,67%	Level 47 Swordsman (Dmg)

I won't have much time the next couple of weeks ... or months ... or years. I have just started a new study. I'm going to become a teacher of elementary school!
Therefor, my progress wich isn't the fastest to begin with will go even slower. But I'll get there one day. Whatever or whereever there may be.

Results since tracking:
Mêlée all the Way!: 89,4%
Mindforce without Remorse!: 8,5%
Total decay: 118639,39 PED
Total loot: 107439,34 PED
Result: 90,56%
Ardorj

 

Wow, a lot of things has happened. To tell it as chronologicly as possible, I went on a couple of Kiana hunts to start with. That was for part 1 of my celebration for completing two personal goals. First hunt was good with a nice global, but the next four hunts were all worse then the previous one. Ending with just 62% return *yuck*. But luckely for me I got another good global on the last Kiana hunt.



For the 2nd part of my celebration hunts I went on some Mutated mobs over at Khorum Coast: Hadraada, Nusul and Zadul. On the second I looted an unlimited Gravis GLP-33 off a Mutated Zadul (or an Hadraada, as my notes say). And a little note to add: at first glance I thought it would be easy peasy missions on them. But now I know that's far from the truth. I am only halfway on the Nusul and Zadul and just about 75% progress on the Hadraada. And that's just from stages 1!


Next up a little teamhunt with the boys from NBK. We went in two teams for a big Ostelok hunt with small guns. The winner was the team with the most loot and that was 'team 1' who scored a global. I was in team 2.
I enjoyed it hunting together with a few socmates from NBK so asked who was up for another teamhunt. Only Tomashar wanted to join me. Off to the Huons we went. And only after the 4th Huon or so this explosion occured:

Yep, I totally forgot to add the teamname in Tracker, so completely missed all the fireworks lol. I was too stupified to even think about hitting PrntScrn too lol. It had a lot a oils and a lot of shrapnel.
This is only my third Über, all wich I had while in a team so far. Yeah, I'm damn happy with this!
I am not too far away from Combat Sense now. That unlocks at lvl 50 (Hit), I'm about lvl 49.5 (Hit). I wonder if I will get there without scoring at least one solo Über? I know it's rather unique. I also know that 99% of my hunting is done on mobs that won't ever Über, so there's that. But still, I do wonder sometimes when my first solo Über will strike?

The last hunt was an Oro-hunt. Or it wasn't. I screwded my data and discarted it. The decay on my second MF-chip was 3-4 times as high than what I had on the primary MF-chip.

Goals:
33. Attend more Teamhunts/ Sochunts/ Events (7 of 10).
36. Collect Arkoins (26.9k of 50.0k).
39. Finish Oro Stage 5. (0.8k of 12.0k).
40. Max out Cryogenic Attack Nanochip V (8.9 of 10.0 hit).
41. Use all extra (L) Mêlée weapons (0 of 44).

Huntinggear:

Cry.NC.5	Cryogenic Attack Nanochip V
Herm.A0L	Herman ARK-0 (L)
Loka.Ele	Lokabhu Electrifier Sword
Sha.Dis	Shagadi Disintegration Sword
+MTA4	Melee Trauma Amplifier IV
+MTA6	Melee Trauma Amplifier VI
+NPKA2L	NeoPsion Kinetic Amplifier II (L)

Hunts #678 - #689:

#	Creature(s)	Huntinggear	Costs	Results	%	Notes
678.	43 Kiana	Sha.Dis+MTA6 & Loka.Ele+MTA4	162,35	207,44	127,77%	Global (107)
679.	104 Kiana	Sha.Dis+MTA6 & Loka.Ele+MTA4	406,84	367,32	090,29%	[System]: Your Shagadi Disintegration Sword has reached tier 2.9
680.	99 Kiana	Sha.Dis+MTA6 & Loka.Ele+MTA4	373,74	285,48	076,38%	---
681.	125 Kiana	Sha.Dis+MTA6 & Loka.Ele+MTA4	467,40	311,95	066,74%	Kiana Stage 2 Finished
682.	89 Kiana	Sha.Dis+MTA6 & Loka.Ele+MTA4	334,10	208,13	062,30%	1600 Wounding
683.	117 Kiana	Sha.Dis+MTA6 & Loka.Ele+MTA4	432,46	580,65	134,27%	Global (125) ; Blank Arkadian DNA Cartridge 4 ; Level 28 Paramedic
684.	690 KP Mutated Hadraada & 834 Mutated Nusul & 915 Mutated Zadul	Sha.Dis+MTA6 & Loka.Ele+MTA4	414,91	314,98	075,92%	[System]: Your GYRO Combat FAP-60 Smuggler has reached tier 3.6
685.	1054 KP Mutated Hadraada & 602 Mutated Nusul & 1017 Mutated Zadul	Sha.Dis+MTA6 & Loka.Ele+MTA4	440,02	447,46	101,69%	Gravis GLP-33 ; Global (61)
686.	1500 KP Mutated Hadraada & 1328 Mutated Nusul & 1275 Mutated Zadul	Sha.Dis+MTA6 & Loka.Ele+MTA4	696,78	612,37	087,89%	Potted - Correa ; Global (60) ; Piron PBP-27 (L) ; Scott & Barlow LR-25 (L) ; 3600 Perception
687.	1462 KP Mutated Hadraada & 917 Mutated Nusul & 1390 Mutated Zadul	Sha.Dis+MTA6 & Loka.Ele+MTA4	640,52	458,57	071,59%	1800 Wounding
688.	1833 KP Ostelok	Herm.A0L	036,17	031,35	086,67%	NBK Teamhunt on Arkadia ; 3200 BLP Weaponry Technology
689.	69 KP* Huon	Cry.NC.5+NPKA2L	089,89	613,85	682,89%	HOF (1139) ; Teamhunt with Tomashar

Woot! Good times are in the past and good times will lie ahead.

Results since tracking:
Mêlée all the Way!: 89,7%
Mindforce without Remorse!: 8,3%
Total decay: 122972,22 PED
Total loot: 111671,45 PED
Result: 90,81%
Ardorj

 

So, it's been a little over a month already. Time flies when you're having fun ... and when you're busy in real life lol.
I haven't stood still in Entropia either. First thing to note is that I've maxed out my Cryo V (I just now notice that I was at 26/27 attacks per minute when I made the pic, it's propably truely maxed-out by now.

To celebrate that personal goal I went on some Beladoth hunting. And for good measurement I took one of my old skool swords* out of my collection: Castorian Combat EnBlade-13 Mentor Edition. I am using that one now with Katsuichi Determination, SGA Edition to push myself forward to the next level: 50 Swordsman (Hit). And it goes S-L-O-W- ....
* With old skool I mean the weapons from the first few version of the old Project Entropia. These weapons are maxed-out at level 100, have no SIB and anyone can use it (although not really recommended that you do).
The Beladoths were quite nice, and the first global was the best:


After that I helped garci with his Kamaldons. We were praised with a nice HOF. I forgot to add the teamname in the Tracker, so didn't get the swirlies.

Now I am concentration on level 50 Swordsman, using only the Castorian and Katsuichi.
Some other pictures I took last month:


Goals:
33. Attend more Teamhunts/ Sochunts/ Events (9 of 10).
36. Collect Arkoins (26.9k of 50.0k).
39. Finish Oro Stage 5. (2.7k of 12.0k).
40. Completed! Max out Cryogenic Attack Nanochip V (10.0 of 10.0 hit).
41. Use all extra (L) Mêlée weapons (0 of 44).
42. New! Get to level 50 Swordsman (Hit) (49.80 of 50.00). So close, yet so far away! Can't make it before 2019, that's for sure.

Huntinggear:

Cas.CB.13ME	Castorian Combat EnBlade-13 Mentor Edition
Cor.NC.5L	Corrosive Attack Nanochip V (L)
Cry.NC.5	Cryogenic Attack Nanochip V
Herm.A0L	Herman ARK-0 (L)
Kat.D.SGA	Katsuichi Determination, SGA Edition
Lac.NC.4L	Lacerating Attack Nanochip IV (L)
Lac.NC.3L	Lacerating Attack Nanochip III (L)
+MTA4	Melee Trauma Amplifier IV
+MTA6	Melee Trauma Amplifier VI
+NPKA1L	NeoPsion Kinetic Amplifier I (L)
+NPKA2L	NeoPsion Kinetic Amplifier II (L)

Hunts #690 - #704:

#	Creature(s)	Huntinggear	Costs	Results	%	Notes
690.	250 Oro	Cor.NC.5L+NPKA1L & Lac.NC.3L	083,54	084,64	101,32%	3600 Pyrokinesis ; Level 22 Cryogenic (Hit)
691.	500 Oro	Cor.NC.5L+NPKA1L & Lac.NC.3L	175,36	139,36	079,47%	Level 22 Animal Looter ; Level 34 Pyro Kinetic (Dmg)
692.	135 Oro	Cor.NC.5L+NPKA1L & Lac.NC.3L	041,08	037,30	090,80%	---
693.	421 KP* Oro	Herm.A0L	032,16	025,22	078,42%	NBK Teamhunt on Arkadia
694.	247 Oro	Lac.NC.4L+NPKA1L & Lac.NC.3L	078,87	070,34	089,18%	---
695.	600 Oro	Lac.NC.4L+NPKA1L & Lac.NC.3L	208,68	173,16	082,98%	Global (10) ; Potted - Bynxia ; 2600 Cryogenics ; Level 30 Cryogenic (Dmg)
696.	62 Beladoth	Cas.CB.13ME+MTA6 & Kat.D.SGA+MTA4	463,99	767,38	165,39%	Global (216, 90, 100) ; Piron PLP-37 (L)
697.	79 Beladoth	Cas.CB.13ME+MTA6 & Kat.D.SGA+MTA4	602,87	530,81	088,05%	Global (54) ; Piron PLP-37 (L) ; 600 Avoidance
698.	20 Beladoth	Cas.CB.13ME+MTA6 & Kat.D.SGA+MTA4	147,43	145,06	098,39%	78 Strenght
699.	79 Beladoth	Cas.CB.13ME+MTA6 & Kat.D.SGA+MTA4	601,63	599,60	099,66%	Global (58, 54) ; Piron PLP-37 (L)
700.	56 KP* Kamaldon	Cry.NC.5+NPKA2L & Kat.D.SGA+MTA4	091,11	187,90	206,23%	HOF (371) ; Teamhunt with garci ; 3800 Dexterity ; Level 23 Cryogenic (Hit)
701.	1127 KP Navi	Cas.CB.13ME+MTA6 & Kat.D.SGA+MTA4	474,42	608,08	128,17%	Global (269)
702.	71 Huon	Cas.CB.13ME+MTA6 & Kat.D.SGA+MTA4	509,01	369,94	072,68%	Empty Skill Implant (L) ; 2000 Skinning
703.	99 Otorugi	Cas.CB.13ME+MTA6 & Kat.D.SGA+MTA4	491,92	371,13	075,45%	2000 Wounding
704.	153 Oweko	Cas.CB.13ME+MTA6 & Kat.D.SGA+MTA4	497,95	543,67	109,18%	Global (100)

I could be that I'm just lucky, but the past eight hunts with old skool weapons got me a return of almost 104%!
Merry Christmas and a happy new year!

Results since tracking:
Mêlée all the Way!: 89,5%
Mindforce without Remorse!: 8,5%
Total decay: 127472,24 PED
Total loot: 116325,04 PED
Result: 91,26%
Ardorj

 

End of the year is almost apon us, so time to make up the balance. But first the last hunts of 2018! I'll post a summary somewhere the first week of 2019.

I've been quite active the past two weeks. I needed a break from all the big mobs hunting with the old skool Castorian 13-ME. Yeah, failed that "I want to get to level 50 using only Castorian and Katsuichi" with the first hunt. So I went for some puny whipping. Fun for a change, not something I can do for long without going mentally insane (like I'm not already?!) Although lootwise ... more on that in the summary 2018

I tried hunting Togolossi solo for the first time. Not really solo, because I asked for a healer. Fun to hunt, I can survive the Youngs without a healer, no problem. Probably up to old shouldn't be that much of death wish. Nothing special though, but I enjoyed it.


After the Togo I went for the Magurg Males. Note to myself: avoid the Stalkers! I can't kill one without being sent to the revival at least one time. That hunt went fantastic, including two great globals (both in my top 20 on Tracker).


The last big mob that I've hunted were the Kadraas. And that hunt just sucked. One global, but that was all that prevented me from losing even bigger. Maybe my armour was too big? I don't know, but I got deflected 99% of the hits.


Some other pictures and globals I took along the way.


Goals:
33. Attend more Teamhunts/ Sochunts/ Events (9 of 10).
36. Collect Arkoins (27.4k of 50.0k).
39. Finish Oro Stage 5. (3.2k of 12.0k).
41. Use all extra (L) Mêlée weapons (9 of 44).
42. Get to level 50 Swordsman (Hit) (49.94 of 50.00).

Huntinggear:

Ars.C.2L	Arsonistic Chip II (L)
Cas.CB.13ME	Castorian Combat EnBlade-13 Mentor Edition
Cas.PEnB5L	Castorian Pioneer EnBlade-5 (L)
Dom.OG.AdjL	Dominax Original Garter Adjusted (L)
Lac.NC.3L	Lacerating Attack Nanochip III (L)
Lac.NC.4L	Lacerating Attack Nanochip IV (L)
Kin.NC.2L	Kinetic Attack Nanochip II (L)
Kat.D.SGA	Katsuichi Determination, SGA Edition
Pir.LP2L	Piron PLP-2 (L)
RCAxeL	Road Crew Axe (L)
+MTA4	Melee Trauma Amplifier IV
+MTA6	Melee Trauma Amplifier VI
+NPKA1L	NeoPsion Kinetic Amplifier I (L)

Hunts #705 - #719:

#	Creature(s)	Huntinggear	Costs	Results	%	Notes
705.	100 Carabok & 89 Gallard	Dom.OG.AdjL	009,54	0011,20	117,40%	Piron PBP-0 (L)
706.	247 Gallard	Cas.PEnB5L & Dom.OG.AdjL	015,18	0015,17	099,93%	---
707.	184 Carabok & 104 Gallard	Cas.PEnB5L & Dom.OG.AdjL	015,30	0012,26	080,13%	---
708.	226 Gallard	Cas.PEnB5L & Dom.OG.AdjL	014,00	0013,20	094,29%	Piron PBP-0 (L)
709.	93 Gallard	Cas.PEnB5L & Dom.OG.AdjL	005,82	0006,27	107,73%	---
710.	678 Carabok	RCAxeL & Dom.OG.AdjL	028,77	0025,43	088,39%	---
711.	275 Oro	Lac.NC.4L+NPKA1L & Lac.NC.3L	087,78	0084,82	096,63%	---
712.	200 Feran	Lac.NC.4L+NPKA1L & Lac.NC.3L	159,13	0133,40	083,83%	Global (19) ; Piron PLR-7 (L) ; 2800 Cryogenics
713.	A) 6 Dehera Sentinel & 6 Magurg Female ; B) 168 Ubo & 528 Rakta & 359 Yarrijak	A) Lac.NC.4L+NPKA1L & Ars.C.2L+NPKA1L ; B) Lac.NC.3L & Kin.NC.2L	160,32	0108,77	067,85%	Yarrijak Tail ; Level 31 Cryogenic (Dmg) ; Level 27 Electro Kinetic (Hit) ; 2600 Power Catalyst
714.	200 Arkadian Hornet	Kin.NC.2L	011,04	0010,20	092,39%	---
715.	821 KP Togolossi	Cas.CB.13ME+MTA6 & Kat.D.SGA+MTA4	464,71	0365,18	078,58%	Healed by Dr Clausius
716.	114 Magurg Male	Cas.CB.13ME+MTA6 & Kat.D.SGA+MTA4	853,42	1167,68	136,82%	Global (295 ; 197) ; Piron PBP-37 (L) ; Level 48 Swordsman (Dmg)
717.	225 Oro	Lac.NC.4L+NPKA1L & Lac.NC.3L	071,53	0060,81	085,01%	Level 24 Cryogenic (Hit)
718.	157 Kadra	Cas.CB.13ME+MTA6 & Kat.D.SGA+MTA4	823,26	0617,20	074,97%	Global (72)
719.	541 Carabok & 89 Gallard	Pir.LP2L & Dom.OG.AdjL	027,34	0026,79	097,99%	---

One last thing before closing: I am also planning something else for 2019. Won't say what it is yet, but it will happen soon.
Happy new year and good luck in 2019!

Results since tracking:
Mêlée all the Way!: 89,3%
Mindforce without Remorse!: 8,7%
Total decay: 130219,38 PED
Total loot: 118983,42 PED
Result: 91,37%
Ardorj

 

2018 Summary

It has been a fantastic Entropia/ Arkadia year for me. I've done some good stuff, and can look forward to even greater achievements.
Time is short lately, so I'll keep this short. And it also is quite a bit of copy-past from the 2017 Summary.

So, what is it all that I've done, completed and gained in 2018?
First of all the Mêlée all the Way! on Arkadia: great fun again, good times. No new MatW! planned yet ...
I've unlocked Wounding this summer!
I've joined the Natural Born Killers, the top NBK.
Flying to the Arkadian Moon and doing some hunting there. Haven't been back since the opening.
Getting an Huon Uber with a socmate.

I've spend this year a total of 48084,72 PED, that's roughly 99,5% compared to 2017. Of those PEDs 46038,67 (95,74%) was the weapon-decay and ammonution used. 1779,50 (3,70%) was my total defense cost. 136,35 (0,28%) was the cost of everything else, that means flying with the DragonFly when I'd been killed or jumping with the TP-chips. Also the cost of the Aakas and Sal'diresh Keys are in here. 130,20 (0,27%) is left for my Chikara InvestaFoe ES300 scanner-decay. These values are all very similar to 2017.
From all those PEDs spend I got back 91,22%, or 43861,45, a loss of 4223,27 PED. This overall year-return is more then previously. I'm happy with the result I have. Entropia, to me, isn't about making money, it's about having a good time and getting better each and every time. And in that I've succeeded immensly!

All that hunting (for some that might be their monthly budget, for others a lifetime) went, among others, into finishing the following missions on Arkadia:
Stage 1: Riptor, Oompa, Warhound, Sicarius
Stage 2: Huon, Wombana, IFN Defense Bot, Oompa, Warhound, Sicarius, Dehera Defender, Kiana
Stage 3: Oweko, Arkadian Hornet
Stage 4: Oro, Jori, Rakta
Stage 5: Dromia
Stage 6: none

And the mission completed on other planets (read Calypso):
Stage 4: Puny Creatures
Stage 5: Snarg
Stage 6: Snarg
Stage 7: Snarg

I've made two graphs to show how it went from hunt to hunt.

Here you can see for each hunt # on the x-axis (first hunt of 2018 is #1, it's not the same as the numbers in this blog, because I've started end of 2015) how much the total return % is for 2018 on the y-axis. The view can be a bit misleading, because there's a huge range in hunting costs. With the cheapest I've only spend 4,56 PEDs (Doing a Gauntlet on Calypso). While the most expense has been a hunt of 1077,82 PEDs (Hunting 304 Bokol & 394 Nusul with Genesis Icerage E.L.M Edition (L) + Melee Trauma Amplifier VI & Aakas Fire Dagger + Melee Trauma Amplifier I, with four globals and 126% return).


This graph shows the accumulated (som of) the hunting costs on the x-axis versus the accumulated return on the y-axis. Can you guess where that 1k hunt is?

And I want to close this small summary with a top 5 of the best and worst mobs for me in 2018. This is heavily flawed, because all of these I've only hunted once or twice. Funny, Magurg Male was also in this list last year, but then on the other side.

Worst mobs	---	Best mobs	---
Smuggler	43,24%	Kamaldon	206,23%
Scoria	61,13%	Bristlehog & Itumatrox	127,00%
Oratan Miner	66,92%	Magurg Male	115,98%
Badger_710R	69,43%	Beladoth	112,50%
Madana	71,84%	Korwil	109,24%

So, where I to remove all the mobs that I've hunted four times or less, then the top 5s look completely different:

Worst mobs	---	Best mobs	---
Snarg	76,76%	Bokol	103,15%
Otorugi	80,61%	Nusul	101,86%
Sicarius	81,45%	Huon	098,62%
Oweko	81,68%	Calypso Puny	098,34%
Rakta	81,92%	Gallard	097,37%

And now there's only one thing left for me to say, and that is: ....

Best wishes to all of you and happy HOFfing in 2019!!

 

Yes! I did it, I got to level 50 Swordsman (Hit) and with that I unlocked Combat Sense! Also got to 7200 Longblades - my highest ranking skill - that hunt. I knew it would be coming that hunt, I asked a socmate to team-up with me for heals and I went for some big boys: Teladon. Never knew, but the youngs and matures are doable for me solo. So we went a big bigger to the level of old and providers. Guardians are yet too strong.

What is the most unlogical thing to do when just unlocking Combat Sense? Right, doing something that does not give that skill: hunting Mindforce! I wanted to celebrate it by hunting Bokol/ Nusul with MF, but didn't realize that CS doesn't contribute to those profession.

Later I did some other weird things. Over 1k kills of Monura. One Oratan Prospector hunt that I totally fucked up, because I dumped all the loot into storage before checking how much it all was.

Here are some more pictures of globals and things I've done:



Goals:
33. Attend more Teamhunts/ Sochunts/ Events (9 of 10).
36. Collect Arkoins (27.5k of 50.0k).
39. Finish Oro Stage 5. (3.2k of 12.0k).
41. Use all extra (L) Mêlée weapons (11 of 44).
42. Completed! Get to level 50 Swordsman (Hit) (50.00 of 50.00).
43. New! Max out Castorian Combat Mace Mk. III (38 of 42). I've used it more then once already. I like this weapon very much, it's also a sort of last resort weapon when I encounter something that needs a bit more damage to be convinced to die. Not maxed-out yet, so that's a good goal.

Huntinggear:

AML.40L	ArMatrix LB-40 (L)
AMS.35L	ArMatrix SB-35 (L)
Cor.NC.5L	Corrosive Attack Nanochip V (L)
Cry.NC.5L	Cryogenic Attack Nanochip V (L)
Cas.CB.13ME	Castorian Combat EnBlade-13 Mentor Edition
Dom.OG.AdjL	Dominax Original Garter Adjusted (L)
Forc.MA	Force Mace Assail
Herm.CTL	Herman CAP-TT (L)
Kat.D.SGA	Katsuichi Determination, SGA Edition
Kin.NC.2L	Kinetic Attack Nanochip II (L)
Lac.NC.3L	Lacerating Attack Nanochip III (L)
Pir.LP2L	Piron PLP-2 (L)
+MTA1	Melee Trauma Amplifier I
+MTA4	Melee Trauma Amplifier IV
+MTA6	Melee Trauma Amplifier VI
+NPKA1L	NeoPsion Kinetic Amplifier I (L)

Hunts #720 - #733:

#	Creature(s)	Huntinggear	Costs	Results	%	Notes
720.	67 Huon	Cas.CB.13ME+MTA6 & Kat.D.SGA+MTA4	0490,77	0530,70	108,14%	Global (124)
721.	73 Otorugi	Cas.CB.13ME+MTA6 & Kat.D.SGA+MTA4	0367,25	0382,75	104,22%	Global (62) ; 2x Headshot III (L) ; 4200 Courage
722.	41 Teladon	Cas.CB.13ME+MTA6 & Kat.D.SGA+MTA4	0560,26	0573,98	102,45%	Healed by Bal ; Global (210, 97) ; 7200 Longblades ; Level 23 Animal Looter ; Level 50 Swordsman (Hit) ; [System]: Congratulations, you have acquired a new skill; Combat Sense ; 10 till 40 Combat Sense
723.	110 Bokol & 136 Nusul	Cry.NC.5L+NPKA1L & Lac.NC.3L+NPKA1L	0389,46	0310,52	079,83%	54 Combat Sense
724.	56 Bokol & 79 Nusul	Cry.NC.5L+NPKA1L & Lac.NC.3L+NPKA1L	0221,32	0162,92	073,61%	Level 27 Evader
725.	298 Bokol & 502 Nusul	Cry.NC.5L+NPKA1L & Lac.NC.3L+NPKA1L	1298,02	1203,74	092,74%	Global (23, 37) ; Bullseye IV (L) ; 3000 Cryogenics ; Level 32 Cryogenic (Dmg) ; Level 25 Cryogenic (Hit) ; 2200 Skinning ; Max. 173 HP ; 3800 First Aid
726.	76 Bokol & 105 Nusul	Cry.NC.5L+NPKA1L & Lac.NC.3L+NPKA1L	0280,13	0281,88	100,62%	---
727.	270 Carabok & 397 Gallard	Pir.LP2L & Dom.OG.AdjL	0033,94	0033,31	098,14%	2x Piron PBP-0 (L)
728.	100 Oratan Prospector	Cor.NC.5L+NPKA1L & Lac.NC.3L	0067,23	0058,78	087,43%	460 Scourging ; Level 33 Cryogenic (Dmg) ; Oratan Payback Day 16 of 30
729.	4162 IFN Defense Bot	AML.40L+MTA6 & AMS.35L+MTA4	0247,73	0204,93	082,72%	110 Combat Sense ; 260 Reclaiming
730.	1110 Monura Female	Pir.LP2L	0060,93	0053,73	088,18%	Piron PLP-0 (L) ; 160 Combat Sense ; Level 34 Ranged Laser (Dmg)
731.	A) 1 Dehera Sentinel & 1 Magurg Female ; & 34 Dehera Defender B) 183 Ubo & 73 Rakta & 87 Yarrijak	A) Cas.CM2+MTA6 & Forc.MA+MTA1 ; B) Cor.NC.5L+NPKA1L & Lac.NC.3L	0108,45	0095,18	087,76%	---
732.	100 Oratan Prospector	Cor.NC.5L+NPKA1L & Lac.NC.3L	0078,60	0064,14	081,60%	Oratan Payback Day 18 of 30
733.	362 KP Hadraada & 2413 KP Ostelok	Kin.NC.2L & Herm.CTL	0060,72	0056,13	092,44%	Global (13)

That's all for now!

Results since tracking:
Mêlée all the Way!: 87,7% <-- going down
Mindforce without Remorse!: 10,3% <-- because this is going up
Total decay: 134484,19 PED
Total loot: 122996,52 PED
Result: 91,46% <-- little increase
Ardorj