Ardorjies (Mêlée) Hunting Blog

I've complete three more missions in a row: Ostelok, Navi and Beladoth.




Now I'm working on Stage 6 Hadraada and a bit of Monura Female till the thousanth (recorded) hunt. My plan, as yet, is as follows:
#999. Korwil, I've bought a set of 5D plates with cold protection. But I'm still not sure if I can solo them.
#1000. Yuka, it's save to say that I need a healer for this hunt.
#1001. Aakas-key, it took me 30 minutes to figure out how to solo an Aakas-key with a treasure chest at the end. But now that I know how to, I will do so and here's to hoping that I can get past the big boss Dehera.

Goals:
36. Collect Arkoins (29.3k of 50.0k).
41. Use all extra (L) Mêlée weapons (47 of 50).
46. Visit Arkadia Moon and spend 10.000 PED. (0 of 10.000).
49. Finish Korwil Stage 1. (33 of 75).
50. Max out Songkra Corrosive Dagger (48 of 65).

Huntinggear:

Aak.Fir	Aakas Fire Dagger
Ars.C.3L	Arsonistic Chip III (L)
Cas.CB.13ME	Castorian Combat EnBlade-13 Mentor Edition
Herm.PTL	Herman PF-TT (L)
Lac.NC.3L	Lacerating Attack Nanochip III (L)
Lac.NC.8L	Lacerating Attack Nanochip VIII (L)
Leoi.Sho	Leoi Shock Dagger
+MTA1	Melee Trauma Amplifier 1
+MTA4	Melee Trauma Amplifier 4
+MTA6	Melee Trauma Amplifier 6

Hunts #985 - #995:

#	Creature(s)	Huntinggear	Costs	Results	%	Notes
985.	3691 KP Ostelok	Lac.NC.8L & Lac.NC.3L	075,94	080,19	105,60%	Global (14) ; Ostelok Stage 4 Finished
986.	835 KP Navi	Cas.CB.13ME+MTA6 & Leoi.Sho+MTA1	320,74	209,39	065,28%	---
987.	1168 KP Navi	Cas.CB.13ME+MTA6 & Leoi.Sho+MTA1	456,87	100,43	065,28%	Global (63, 79) ; Arsonistic Chip 2 (L) ; 1800 Combat Sense
988.	1523 KP Navi	Cas.CB.13ME+MTA6 & Ars.C.3L	605,73	518,94	085,67%	Global (69) ; 4000 Pyrokinesis ; Navi Stage 2 Finished
989.	63 Beladoth	Cas.CB.13ME+MTA6 & Ars.C.3L	472,50	356,82	075,52%	Global (52)
990.	47 Beladoth	Aak.Fir+MTA4 & Ars.C.3L	306,00	279,59	091,37%	Beladoth Stage 2 Finished
991.	300 Monura Female	Herm.PTL	017,03	014,16	083,15%	---
992.	5138 KP Hadraada	Aak.Fir+MTA4 & Leoi.Sho+MTA1	563,00	539,51	095,83%	Global (63, 53) ; Skildek P 40 (L)
993.	625 Monura Female	Herm.PTL	033,79	032,36	095,77%	Piron PLP-0 (L) ; Level 44 Knifefighter (Hit) ; 3200 Power Fist ; 3600 Coolness
994.	5519 KP Hadraada	Aak.Fir+MTA4 & Leoi.Sho+MTA1	598,29	459,07	076,73%	Skildek P 40 (L)
995.	A) 1 Dehera Sentinel & 1 Magurg Female ; B) 88 Rakta & 28 Ubo & 60 Yarrijak	A) Aak.Fir+MTA4 & Leoi.Sho+MTA1 & B) Herm.PTL	025,93	014,50	055,92%	---

Results since tracking:
Mêlée all the Way!: 80,2%
Mindforce without Remorse!: 17,1%
Total decay: 186.520,22 PED
Total loot: 172.082,32 PED
Result: 92,26%
Ardorj

 

Done it! One thousand hunts - and beyond!
Before that I've done a good Hadraada run and two smaller Caraboks. I want to finish my Hadraada Stage 6 before moving over to Calypso, because I want (and need ...) their Evade reward.

Hunt #999 Korwil
Autch, they hurt. Agressive cats. I've died more times then I cared to remember and couldn't get back to at least one after I died. Too many of her friends were protecting her and I couldn't find a save landing.
Bespite all the dying, it was great fun and a good hunt in the end.



Hunt #1000 Yuka
At first I was planning to do this one with a healer, but couldn't find one quick enough and a socmate got me over to try them solo. So I did. And killed my first Yuka Young. ... and then I got killed by a Mature ... and sometimes a Young, or an Old would ninja on me. One time it was even a Yuka Provider who was angered by my presence.
And in the end I got absolutely nothing. Well, two plants, but those are worthless.
I couldn't even finish Stage 1. I want to come back after Hadraada Stage 6 with some better Evade and a healer this time for sure.


Hunt #1001 Aakas Key #6
I got in there with the help of Garci. At first it felt kinda strange, running a key without looting all the mobs, normally I run a key without a chest at the end. The end boss, a Dehera Furion L46 wasn't as bad as the Yuka either.

All the chests gave me a global, which is nice of course. But not enough for me to break even this time, yet it was fun to do and will do so again.


And after these three celebration hunts I've done three more Hadraada's. And one of them had a nice suprise for me in its belly.


Goals:
36. Collect Arkoins (32.0k of 50.0k).
41. Use all extra (L) Mêlée weapons (47 of 50).
46. Visit Arkadia Moon and spend 10.000 PED. (0 of 10.000).
49. Completed! Finish Korwil Stage 1. (75 of 75).
50. Max out Songkra Corrosive Dagger (49 of 65).
51. New! Finish Yuka Stage 1. (50 of 75). This reward isn't much, Weapons Handling, but it gives 1 HP/1600 at least. Yet the reward for Stage 2 is a lot better, imo: Anatomy. No HP this time, but it's good for Dmg prostandings, Paramedic and Looting pro's. (Maybe Weapons Handling isn't such a bad choose?)

Huntinggear:

Aak.Fir	Aakas Fire Dagger
Ars.C.3L	Arsonistic Chip III (L)
Ars.C.4L	Arsonistic Chip IV (L)
Cas.CB.13ME	Castorian Combat EnBlade-13 Mentor Edition
Cas.CM3	Castorian Combat Mace Mk. III
Cry.NC.7	Cryogenic Attack Nanochip VII
Leoi.Sho	Leoi Shock Dagger
Herm.PTL	Herman PF-TT (L)
Man.KTL	MANTA K-TT (L)
Sha.Dis	Shagadi Disintegration Sword
+MTA1	Melee Trauma Amplifier 1
+MTA4	Melee Trauma Amplifier 4
+MTA6	Melee Trauma Amplifier 6

Hunts #996 - #1004:

#	Creature(s)	Huntinggear	Costs	Results	%	Notes
996.	3919 KP Hadraada	Aak.Fir+MTA4 & Leoi.Sho+MTA1	415,57	0505,46	121,63%	Global (57, 95, 52) ; Skildek P 40 (L) ; Scott & Barlow LR-13 (L) ; Level 28 Animal Looter
997.	350 Carabok	Man.KTL	014,81	0012,53	084,60%	---
998.	650 Carabok	Herm.PTL	027,54	0026,60	096,59%	---
999.	42 Korwil	Cas.CB.13ME+MTA6 & Ars.C.3L	612,44	0690,92	112,81%	Global (53, 164, 88, 52) ; [System]: Your GYRO Combat FAP-60 Smuggler has reached tier 4.3 ; Max. 181 HP ; Korwil Stage 1 Finished
1000.	34 Yula	Cas.CM3+MTA6 & Cry.NC.7	536,48	0362,84	067,63%	2x Potted - Villea ; Level 44 One Handed Clubber (Dmg) ; 1000 Treatment
1001.	1 Dehera Sentinel & 1 Magurg Female & 122 Dehera Defender & 97 Magurg Male	Cas.CM3+MTA6 & Ars.C.4L	510,45	0413,40	080,99%	Global (71, 70, 69, 65, 63, 71) ; Arsonistic Chip 3 (L)
1002.	8899 KP Hadraada	Cas.CM3+MTA6 & Aak.Fir+MTA4	950,62	1230,98	124,49%	Global (72, 74, 333, 54) ; Scott & Barlow LB-13 (L)
1003.	2283 KP Hadraada	Sha.Dis+MTA6 & Aak.Fir+MTA4	247,22	0185,26	074,94%	---
1004.	6498 KP Hadraada	Cry.NC.7 & Aak.Fir+MTA4	707,21	0892,10	126,14%	Global (56, 74, 57) ; Piron PLR-17 (L) ; Potted – Correa ; Piron PLR-12 (L) ; Level 14 Telepath ; Level 12 Translocator ; 3600 Wounding ; Level 46 Knifefighter (Dmg)

Let's talk about the Codex and Calypso.
At the end of the summer, when the new mission style was announced, I said to myself to complete as many missions on Ark as I can. I think I'm now nearing the point where completing another mission is either costing me too much time, too much money, or both. The best progress, except Hadraada and Yuka, is Mutated Nusul at 69%.
I'm sure that I can do more on Caly right now. Really, I can't say out of the top of my head what missions I'm close to completing. It will be a suprise for me too what the next completed Caly mob & stage will be. Therefor I'll be taking a trip soon. And while I'm over there I'll start organizing the Mêlée all the Way! 2020 too!

Results since tracking:
Mêlée all the Way!: 80,2%
Mindforce without Remorse!: 17,2%
Total decay: 190.542,56 PED
Total loot: 176.402,41 PED
Result: 92,58%
Ardorj

 

The Hadraada's no longer liked me, after the last profitable hunt on them. I've hunted the small ones at Quarry at four o'clock in the morning. I was wide awake and couldn't sleep any more. Then I've went to the big ones near Victorious and back again to Quarry. All to no avail.
Yet, in the end, Hadraada Stage 6 done for the third time!


The last hunt on Arkadia in 2019 was to complete Stage 1 Yuka. Another archievement done!

I needed time to get used to Calypso -again- after arriving there by Mothership warp. I've made a list of all the Caly mobs and their old-style missions (if any) and my progress on these. Made a note of those that give skill good for Evade and/or HP. First mob to do were the Longu. I got my first Caly global on them since coming back too!
Next the first of two Atrax hunts, and another succes. There I hunted them in a spot amass with other mobs like Armax and Thorifoids.
And then the loot made a landslide down the drain. Rextelum: I'm now an Apprentice fighter with no loot. Feffoids: still working on completing that mission, but with no luck yet. Mourner, oh help! Those must be the strongest L5 mobs in the whole of Entropia! They are agressive, hit hard (100% impact) and often, and killed me 2-3 times for a small 50 mob hunt. Stupid me going for a Daily that I shouldn't do. Also, this is a typical Caly mob that one just shouldn't try with mêlée weapons but with a long ranged rifle in stead.


Goals:
36. Collect Arkoins (32.0k of 50.0k).
41. Use all extra (L) Mêlée weapons (47 of 50).
46. Visit Arkadia Moon and spend 10.000 PED. (0 of 10.000).
50. Max out Songkra Corrosive Dagger (50 of 65).
51. Completed! Finish Yuka Stage 1. (75 of 75).
52. New! Finish Argonaut Stage 3. (200 of 1000), they are easy enough to do and there is a good LA at New Switzerland for them.

Huntinggear:

Aak.Fir	Aakas Fire Dagger
Ars.C.2L	Arsonistic Chip II (L)
Ars.C.4L	Arsonistic Chip IV (L)
Cas.CM3	Castorian Combat Mace Mk. III
Cry.NC.5	Cryogenic Attack Nanochip V
Cry.NC.7	Cryogenic Attack Nanochip VII
Herm.PTL	Herman PF-TT (L)
Lac.NC.3L	Lacerating Attack Nanochip III (L)
Lac.NC.8L	Lacerating Attack Nanochip VIII (L)
Leoi.Sho	Leoi Shock Dagger
+MTA1	Melee Trauma Amplifier 1
+MTA4	Melee Trauma Amplifier 4
+MTA6	Melee Trauma Amplifier 6
+NPKA2L	NeoPsion Kinetic Amplifier II (L)

Hunts #1005 - #1017:

#	Creature(s)	Huntinggear	Costs	Results	%	Notes
1005.	5401 KP Hadraada	Cry.NC.5 & Leoi.Sho+MTA1	432,39	363,52	084,07%	Global (12, 11, 22) ; Bullseye I (L)
1006.	3699 KP Hadraada	Lac.NC.8L & Leoi.Sho+MTA1	403,28	353,29	087,60%	---
1007.	3144 KP Hadraada	Cry.NC.7 & Leoi.Sho+MTA1	267,11	239,83	089,79%	Global (30) ; Skildek P 40 (L)
1008.	3173 KP Hadraada	Cry.NC.7 & Ars.C.2L	357,89	301,20	084,16%	Piron PLR-12 (L) ; Level 43 Cryogenic (Dmg) ; Hadraada Stage 6 Finished (3)
1009.	200 Carabok	Herm.PTL	008,25	007,21	093,45%	---
1010.	25 Yuka	Cas.CM3+MTA6 & Ars.C.4L+NPKA2L	397,47	209,72	052,76%	Healed by Schnitzel ; [System]: Your GYRO Combat FAP-60 Smuggler has reached tier 4.4 ; Yuka Stage 1 Finished
1011.	67 Longu	Cas.CM3+MTA6 & Aak.Fir+MTA4	128,68	167,37	130,07%	Global (80) ; Longu Rank 1 & 2 ; Iron Longu I Finished
1012.	239 CP Armax & 58 Atrax & 179 CP Thorifoid	Cas.CM3+MTA6 & Aak.Fir+MTA4	322,10	381,06	118,30%	Isis LLP 13 (L) ; Lacerating Attack Nanochip 2 (L) ; Armax Rank 1 ; Atrax Rank 1 & 2 ; Thorifoid Rank 1
1013.	178 Atrax	Cas.CM3+MTA6 & Leoi.Sho+MTA1	235,71	198,75	084,32%	Atrax Rank 3 & 4 ; Iron Atrax II Finished
1014.	115 CP Rextelum	Cas.CM3+MTA6 & Ars.C.2L	249,80	139,39	055,80%	“The Apprentice Rextelum Fighter” Finished ; Rextelum Rank 1
1015.	77 Feffoid	Cas.CM3+MTA6 & Aak.Fir+MTA4	215,24	169,53	078,76%	Feffoid Rank 1 & 2 ; 160 Genetics
1016.	50 Mourner	Leoi.Sho+MTA1 & Lac.NC.3L	070,52	046,87	066,46%	Mourner Rank 1 & 2
1017.	104 Argonaut	Cry.NC.7 & Leoi.Sho+MTA1	113,65	094,95	083,55%	Argonaut Rank 1 & 2

Let's talk about the Codex and Calypso some more.
What I like about the new mission style is that it starts automaticly when interacting with a new kind of mob. Either by attacking it, being attacked by it, or simply from scanning. I also like that you'll continue to score points for it when a rank is completed and you haven't claimed a reward yet. The rewards are, of course, a dozen different skills to choose from. It looks like there is a slight difference from mob to mob, yet not so much as to make it really worthwhile to go for one or the other.
What I also don't like is that all progress is now just something like Rank 2 : 56.7%, and no way of tracking the number of kills (or killpoints). I'm working at making an equitation that translates a progress in the Codex to a kind of Codex Points (CP). As long as I don't have that, it will show here as ?? CP. [Edit] Added CP.

Results since tracking:
Mêlée all the Way!: 79,6%
Mindforce without Remorse!: 17,8%
Total decay: 193.744,65 PED
Total loot: 179.075,60 PED
Result: 92,43%
Ardorj

 

Argonauts: done!
Feffoids: done!
Hiryuuu: ... there just isn't a good spot for them, is it? From the start that I landed on Caly two weeks ago, the Hiryuu mission had the most progress. Yet, I just can't seem to get it done. I only have to kill 15 or so of them. I now just kill 1 or 2 before each hunt, and hope to get it done that way. It's not that they have a very good reward any how.
Allophyl: done too!


In between finishing Argonauts (didn't like them by the way) and Feffoids (bit better) I tried to hunt the Falxangius. I have the Daily 3 open for years now, just biding my time. And now I wanted to have it done ... and got halfway of 60 kills. They are so damn hard, even Youngs in a team. Level 36? Make that 63 please. But I will get this Daily 3 done, and Falx Stage 1 too!


The loot now was bad from the Atrax right to the Allophyls, really bad with returns of 60% even! I decided to go for the Atrox as the next mission to take on (by the power of a random number generator) and wasn't expecting much of it. Atroxes have never been good for me. But now they were, with no less then 5 globals!


I didn't wanted to do another Atrox hunt after that one, and went for the Warriors at Emerald Lakes. Mixed in with Molisk, one Eviscerator, some Troopers and ... Atrox. This hunt was done after the update last week and the resolution was quite low and I didn't knew how to fix it (now I do), so these pics are a bit smaller.


Goals:
36. Collect Arkoins (32.0k of 50.0k).
41. Use all extra (L) Mêlée weapons (47 of 50).
46. Visit Arkadia Moon and spend 10.000 PED. (0 of 10.000).
50. Max out Songkra Corrosive Dagger (51 of 65).
52. Completed! Finish Argonaut Stage 3. (1000 of 1000).
53. New! Finish Atrox Stage 2. (251 of 500). I can do them in 1 or 2 more hunts, I warrant.

Huntinggear:

Aak.Fir	Aakas Fire Dagger
Ars.C.4L	Arsonistic Chip IV (L)
Cas.CM3	Castorian Combat Mace Mk. III
Cry.NC.5	Cryogenic Attack Nanochip V
Cry.NC.7	Cryogenic Attack Nanochip VII
Khor.Ice	Khorum Ice Dagger
Leoi.Sho	Leoi Shock Dagger
+MTA1	Melee Trauma Amplifier 1
+MTA4	Melee Trauma Amplifier 4
+MTA6	Melee Trauma Amplifier 6
+NPKA2L	NeoPsion Kinetic Amplifier II (L)

Hunts #1018 - #1027:

#	Creature(s)	Huntinggear	Costs	Results	%	Notes
1018.	290 Feffoid	Cry.NC.7 & Leoi.Sho+MTA1	924,51	0677,79	073,31%	Global (65) ; Martial Thigh Guards (F,L) ; “Liaison Guiying's Task” Finished ; Feffoid Rank 3 to 5 ; Level 19 Mutant Looter ; 800 Scourging
1019.	100 Argonaut	Cry.NC.7 & Leoi.Sho+MTA1	112,84	0085,29	075,58%	Argonaut Rank 3
1020.	13 Atrox & 215 KP Falxangius	Cas.CM3+MTA6 & Ars.C.4L+NPKA2L	367,69	0222,94	060,63%	NBK Teamhunt
1021.	400 Argonaut	Cry.NC.7 & Leoi.Sho+MTA1	456,27	0380,03	083,29%	Argonaut Rank 4 & 5
1022.	300 Argonaut	Cry.NC.7 & Leoi.Sho+MTA1	336,56	0269,68	080,13%	Argonaut Rank 6 ; Level 37 Cryogenic (Hit) ; Iron Argonaut III Finished
1023.	122 Feffoid	Cry.NC.7	378,87	0336,82	088,90%	Global (73) ; Martial Gloves (F,L) ; Iron Feffoid II Finished
1024.	Many different	Cry.NC.5 & Khor.Ice	067,94	0055,08	081,07%	Exarosaur Rank 1 ; Hiryuu Rank 1
1025.	160 Allophyl	Cas.CM3+MTA6 & Aak.Fir+MTA4	799,52	0787,92	098,55%	Global (69, 118) ; Aurora Arm Guards (F,L) ; Allophyl Rank 1 to 4 ; 3400 Skinning ; 79 Strenght ; Iron Allophyl/Estophyl II Finished
1026.	191 Atrox	Aak.Fir+MTA4 & Cry.NC.7	818,79	1107,61	135,27%	Global (83, 73, 74, 65, 76) ; Electric Attack Nanochip 5 (L) ; Atrox Rank 1 to 3 ; Max. 182 HP
1027.	10 Atrox & 36 KP Trooper & 95 Warrior	Aak.Fir+MTA4 & Cry.NC.7	329,16	0380,39	115,56%	Global (60, 53) ; Warrior Rank 1 & 2 ; Iron Warrior I Finished

An announcement: Mêlée all the Way is coming to Calypso in 2020! From friday 31st of January till sunday 2nd of February. Expect the choas and trumpets and lots of death mobs (and some teammembers)!
Click on this link to the thread on CalyForum.

Results since tracking:
Mêlée all the Way!: 78,9%
Mindforce without Remorse!: 18,6%
Total decay: 198.336,80 PED
Total loot: 183.379,15 PED
Result: 92,46%
Ardorj