Ardorjies (Mêlée) Hunting Blog

I went on a mining run after the first hunt on Oratan, in Nusul territory. The mining was good, but the hunting bad.
Afterwards I did two more runs on Oratan Slasher, with both pretty nice returns and a few globals as well.


Then I went back to the Ferans, scoring one mighty good global (for this mob) and some small ones. I did two smaller hunts with an axe, because of reasons. I still have way to many (mêlée) weapons in Storage that I want to use and decay till oblivion. Axes are not a weapon of choose for Ferans, though. I wonder why?


I then gave myself three options again. This time it was 1) Oweko, 2) Sicarius Commander and 3) Monura Male. This wasn't a difficult one, so I flew to the Moon. Firstly finishing the mission for that orange toxic suit (I forgot the name ...)
And then I finished Stage 4 in three rather big hunts. The results went from acceptable to bad, unfortuatly. But I'm happy to have finished it, and might do the othe4 Sicarius types too after I'm done with the Ferans.


I finish this update with another Feran hunt. I expect to need just 2-3 more hunts to finish the 12k mission.
And when I was done with that Feran hunt I checked to see my progress on the Kinetic Attack Nanochip 10 (L) :


Done! That took me long enough lol.

Goals:
62. Prove my worth to the Smugglers, Part I (0 of 1).
68. Finish Carabok Stage 5 (3.750 of 10.000).
69. Get to level 30 Mutant Looter (24.88 of 30.00).
70. Completed! Max out Kinetic Attack Nanochip 10 (L) (26). I didn't think about a new goal, so this is vacant till the next update. Maybe maxing-out a big axe that I've looted a long time ago?
71. Visit Monria and spend 10.000 PED. (0 of 10.000).

Hunting weapons:

Bs.Ax.17L	Bloodstained Axe 17 (L)
Cas.CM4	Castorian Combat Mace Mk. 4
Cry.NC.3L	Cryogenic Attack Nanochip 3 (L)
Cry.NC.8L	Cryogenic Attack Nanochip 8 (L)
Elec.NC.1L	Electric Attack Nanochip 1 (L)
Khor.Ice	Khorum Ice Dagger
SB.L13L	Scott & Barlow LB-13 (L)
SB.S2L	Scott & Barlow SB-2 (L)
Son.Cor	Songkra Corrosive Dagger
+MTA6	Melee Trauma Amplifier 6

Hunts #1509 - #1518:

#	Creature(s)	Huntinggear	Costs	Results	%	Notes
1509.	532 KP Nusul	Son.Cor+MTA6 & Khor.Ice	0065	0036	055%	---
1510.	3003 KP Oratan Slasher	SB.L13L+MTA4 & SB.S2L	0351	0376	107%	Global (30, 40)
1511.	2006 KP Oratan Slasher	SB.L13L+MTA4 & SB.S2L	0235	0219	093%	Global (38) ; Scott & Barlow LP-10 (L)
1512.	200 Feran	Bs.Ax.17L & Elec.NC.1L	0076	0060	079%	---
1513.	150 Feran	Bs.Ax.17L & Elec.NC.1L	0056	0273	488%	Global (113, 12, 38) ; Scott & Barlow LR-4 (L) ; Piron PLR-7 (L)
1514.	1050 Feran	Cry.NC.3L & Elec.NC.1L	0388	0374	096%	Global (10, 10, 28) ; Max. 203 HP ; Level 44 Cryogenic (Hit)
1515.	350 Sicarius Commander	Cas.CM4+MTA6 & Cry.NC.8L	1937	1807	093%	Global (87, 80, 66) ; 4500 Light Melee Weapons
1516.	300 Sicarius Commander	Cas.CM4+MTA6 & Cry.NC.8L	1667	1494	090%	Global (88, 120, 91) ; Level 55 One Handed Clubber (Dmg) ; 84 Strenght
1517.	350 Sicarius Commander	Cas.CM4+MTA6 & Cry.NC.8L	1968	1558	079%	Global (74, 131) ; [System]: Your Castorian Combat Mace Mk. 4 has reached tier 5.8 ; 800 Mindforce Harmony ; Level 52 Knifefighter (Hit) ; Sicarius Commander Stage 4 Finished
1518.	1050 Feran	Cry.NC.3L & Elec.NC.1L	0384	0336	087%	Level 52 Cryogenic (Dmg)

I've bought two new rings from the über Oweko and the sale of large stacks of oils. Now I have an Athenic Ring, Modified (I had an Adjusted one) and an Ares Ring, Modified (I had an Aeglic Ring, Improved).
Quick note: the cost to kill a Sicarius Commander was (on average) 5,68 PED in August of this year and is now 5,57 PED. That's a reduction of ~11 PEC or ~2%. With 1000 killed to finish Stage 4, that's ~110 PED saved.

Results since tracking:
Mêlée : 82,5%
Ranged : 9,7%
Mindforce : 7,9%
Total decay: 477k PED
Total loot: 441k PED
Result: 92,4%
Ardorj

 

This year has been fucked-up for the fast majority of the human race. And it is no different for me. I'm not going into all the details, because compared to those that have lost loved ones, are in despair how to get their next meal, my life is still quite oke. Not good, but it can be a lot worse.

Last week I had a needed break from EU for a few days. And it sort of is contueing now with me being absent from the game from a day or more.
Again, not going into all the details, but I've left NBK. I joined them in the summer of 2017. Half october I became a colonel (NBK Rangers). Now I have joined a small group of other ex-NBK members who were feeling the same things as I do. We call ourselves Laid Back, to signal that we are here to have fun and enjoy each others compagny and the game. And, om my god! we're in the Top 50! #23, right above Warants and cK Coat Killers. Those socs were the absolute gods when I started all these years ago in my orange jumpsuit in the dangerous and wild fields of Eudoria.

I've finished yet another Stage 5: Ferans this time with a good Perception reward.


I've made list of the mobs of wich I have Stage 3 open and compared the rewards for Stage 3 and 4. I rank the skills from 5 to 1. Examples: Athletics = 5 ; Rifle = 4 ; First Aid = 3 ; Telepathy = 2 ; Plasma Weaponry Technology = 1.

Kadra.......... : 5 + 5
Scoria.......... : 5 + 5
Yuka............ : 5 + 3
Magurg Male... : 5 + 3
Badger_710R.. : 3 + 3
Teladon......... : 3 + 3
Kamaldon...... : 3 + 2

So, I went for the Kadraas afterwards. I'm not going to suffer the Scoria till then end of the combined IFN/ Codex Period. I finished Stage 3 in just 3 runs, gaining a good chuck of Courage ...

... and plenty of nice globals to make me happy.


Going for Magurg Male or Yuka next? It's a toss up, and I went for Yuka because a) Magurg Males are taxed and b) the potential for a big fat second über. Unfortuatly, they also cost a damn and the loot wasn't with me the first three hunts. Two fine globals, but not good enough to bring any hunt close to breaking even.


Next up was a random mob choose from three candidates: a) Magurg Male, b) Teladon, c) Mutated Madana. I could have gone for the Magurg Males, but I went for the Teladon instead. Not sure why, but I'm pleased with the results of the first two hunts.


Goals:
62. Prove my worth to the Smugglers, Part I (0 of 1).
68. Finish Carabok Stage 5 (3.750 of 10.000).
69. Get to level 30 Mutant Looter (24.99 of 30.00).
71. Visit Monria and spend 10.000 PED. (0 of 10.000).
72. New! Max out Bloodstained Axe 55 (L) (32 of 43). I have this one for a long time now (looted it from ... I don't know ... maybe I got it from someone else during a teamhunt?) Anyhow, I want to max it out now and when I wrote this one down I only had 19 of 43 uses per minute. So what happened?

From the last Teladon hunt of this update, yeah!

Hunting weapons:

Aak.Fir	Aakas Fire Dagger
Cas.CM4	Castorian Combat Mace Mk. 4
Cry.NC.3L	Cryogenic Attack Nanochip 3 (L)
Cry.NC.8L	Cryogenic Attack Nanochip 8 (L)
Elec.NC.1L	Electric Attack Nanochip 1 (L)
+MTA6	Melee Trauma Amplifier 6

Hunts #1519 - #1528:

#	Creature(s)	Huntinggear	Costs	Results	%	Notes
1519.	900 Feran	Cry.NC.3L & Elec.NC.1L	0327	0321	098%	Global (31, 32) ; 4800 Skinning
1520.	250 Feran	Cry.NC.3L & Elec.NC.1L	0090	0080	090%	Global (11) ; GYRO FAP-6 (L) ; Feran Stage 5 Finished
1521.	259 Kadra	Cas.CM4+MTA6 & Cry.NC.8L	1049	0990	090%	Global (70, 90, 54) ; Piron PLP-27 (L) ; GYRO FAP-26 (L)
1522.	300 Kadra	Cas.CM4+MTA6 & Cry.NC.8L	1292	1355	105%	Global (83, 67, 62, 89, 74, 80) ; Piron PLP-27 (L) ; 5400 Wounding ; 1000 Mindforce Harmony
1523.	400 Kadra	Cas.CM4+MTA6 & Cry.NC.8L	1689	1345	080%	Global (66. 85, 64) ; NeoPsion 20-B Mindforce Implant (L) ; Piron PLP-27 (L) ; Kadra Stage 3 Finished
1524.	25 Yuka	Cas.CM4+MTA6	0349	0324	093%	Global (113) ; Potted - Finger Palm
1525.	50 Yuka	Cas.CM4+MTA6	0649	0438	067%	---
1526.	50 Yuka	Cas.CM4+MTA6	0649	0558	086%	Global (108) ; 2x Potted - Finger Palm ; Potted - Villea ; Joined Laid Back
1527.	200 Teladon	Cas.CM4+MTA6 & Cry.NC.8L	1465	1317	090%	Global (56, 200) 2x Potted – Myrta
1528.	200 Teladon	Cas.CM4+MTA6 & Cry.NC.8L	1460	1405	096%	Global (142. 79, 53) ; Bullseye V (L) ; Level 55 One Handed Clubber (Hit)

In the beginning of 2021 I'll do another summary of the year.
And with that, I wish everyone a good, happy and above all healthy 2021!

Results since tracking:
Mêlée : 82,5%
Ranged : 9,6%
Mindforce : 7,9%
Total decay: 486k PED
Total loot: 449k PED
Result: 92,3%
Ardorj

 

This is a very small update of only the last two hunts done in 2020.
First one was Teladon, second one Yuka and both with a healer. Both had some nice globals, as you can see here.


Goals:
62. Prove my worth to the Smugglers, Part I (0 of 1).
68. Finish Carabok Stage 5 (3.750 of 10.000).
69. Get to level 30 Mutant Looter (25.00 of 30.00).
71. Visit Monria and spend 10.000 PED. (0 of 10.000).
72. Max out Bloodstained Axe 55 (L) (33 of 43).

Hunting weapons:

Cas.CM4	Castorian Combat Mace Mk. 4
Cry.NC.8L	Cryogenic Attack Nanochip 8 (L)
+MTA6	Melee Trauma Amplifier 6

Hunts #1529 - #1530:

#	Creature(s)	Huntinggear	Costs	Results	%	Notes
1529.	200 Teladon	Cas.CM4+MTA6 & Cry.NC.8L	1480	1333	090%	Global (165, 107) ; Healed by tongokongoski ; Level 39 Animal Looter
1530.	100 Yuka	Cas.CM4+MTA6	1303	1212	093%	Global (92, 234) ; Healed by Lorr ; 2x Potted – Villea ; Max. 204 HP

Results since tracking:
Mêlée : 82,7%
Ranged : 9,6%
Mindforce : 7,9%
Total decay: 489k PED
Total loot: 452k PED
Result: 92,3%
Ardorj

 

2020 Summary

Last year, with all its crazyness and ... well, 2020ness was an even more active year in Entropia for me as 2019 was. I've completed a ton of missions on three planets, and gained a few ranks in Calypso Codex. I got my first Über this year, and many more good things to look back at.

Let's see what I've done, archieved and gotten to this year. Not everything, just sort of the highlights for me.
I became a Smuggler - Part II, meaning that I now have the full Smuggler suit and clothes.
I got 200 HP and made it to 250k skills.
The massive 2048 PED Oweko (sorry, I can't stop talking about this one)
I bought two new rings (yet I also can't remember the names. Ares Modified and Athenic ehh ... Mod too?)
I've had some small succes in mining this year.
I've been waiting with the rest of you for Codex on Arkadia. I thought it would come in july first, then end of august / beginning of september. Lastly I had a little hope for the start of december. And now I've stopped predicting it.
I've moved soc more times (almost) then I did the previous 15 years. Now I'm in Laid Back, a newly formed society by ex-NBK members.
I unlocked four skills: Butchering, Xenobiology, Blueprint Comprehension and Mindforce Harmony.

And now for the 'bad' stuff.
I tried to start a Twich account, but my currect desktop isn't up to the task. Still, it remains something that I want to do.

I've spend this year a total of 289.997,08 PED, that's a little over 3,75 times more when compared to 2019. Of those PEDs 271.866,82 (93,75%) was the weapon-decay, markup from limited weapons (if I paid for them), enhancers (from weapons) and ammonution used. 17.733,75 (6,12%) was my total defense cost, rought one-and-a-half-time more then in 2019. 217,57 (0,08%) 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 and pills are in here. 178,94 (0,06%) is left for my Chikara InvestaFoe ES300 scanner-decay.
From all those PEDs spend I got back 89,80%, or 260.416,28, a loss of 29.580,80 PED, wich is a way more then in 2019. And truth be told, I had no idea that I lost almost $ 3k before I saw these numbers. I'm happy with the result I have. I dared to hope for my first solo Über in 2020, and that worked. Now let's hope for a positive year return in 2021, shall we?

With all that hunting done, I managed to finishing the following missions on Arkadia:
Stage 1: Pandi, Sicarius Brute, Sicarius Commander, GMC_Gamma, Badger_710R, Mutated Madana, Mutated Nusul, Kamaldon
Stage 2: Yuka, Korwil, Sicarius Brute, GMC_Gamma, Sicarius Commander, Teladon, Badger_710R, Magurg Male, Togolossi, Kamaldon, Scoria
Stage 3: Wombana, Oratan, Navi, Sicarius Worker, Oompa, Warhound, Sicarius Brute, Korwil, Sicarius Commander, GMC_Gamma, Madana, Kiana, IFN Defense Bot, Beladoth, Kadra
Stage 4: Wombana, Oratan, Navi, Feran, Ubo, IFN Defense Bot, Oompa, Oweko, Sicarius Commander
Stage 5: Wombana, Zadul, Navi, Tiarak, Bokol, Ostelok, Feran
Stage 6: None

The missions completed on Calypso:
Stage 1: Defender, Scipulor, Caperon, Mulmun, Maffoid, Araneatrox, Scaboreas, Hogglo, Longtooth, Formicacida
Stage 2: Eviscerator, Cornundacauda
Stage 3: Molisk, Berycled, Drone, Prancer, Kreltin, Aurli, Kerberos
Stage 4: none
Stage 5: Shinkiba/Daikiba
Stage 6: Snarksnot

The missions completed on Toulan:
Stage 1: Qaffaz, Duhol, TabTab, Jeef Qaher, Thawr
Stage 2: Qaffaz

The missions completed on Next Island:
Stage 1: Village Boar, Red Papoo, Yellow Papoo, Grey Papoo, Brown Papoo, Mountain Boar, Wild Boar, Shark, Storm Drake, Great White Shark
Stage 2: Yellow Papoo, Brown Papoo, Village Boar, Grey Papoo, Red Papoo, Mountain Boar, Shark, Wild Boar
Stage 3: Red Papoo

And now also the Codex completed on Calypso (in steps of 5):
Rank 5: Snarksnot, Berycled, Drone, Daikiba, Shinkiba, Aurli, Kreltin, Kerberos, Eviscerator
Rank 10: Berycled, Daikiba, Shinkiba
Rank 15: Daikiba, Shinkiba

Now I'm just casually working on completing more IFN missions. Right now I'm on Yuka, and it would be nice if I can complete this one. But I won't cry if we get Codex today (I must admit, I have no idea if there will be a VU today or not). If I knew before that it would be this long a wait, then I would have made some other choses. But, what's done is done.

Just like last year, 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 2020 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 2020 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 13,63 PEDs (Hunting Osteloks at the end of one evening with Herman ARK-0 (L) - and still it's almost 5x as big a hunt as the smallest from 2019). While the most expense has been a hunt of 2526,71 PEDs (Hunting 400 Beladoth, finishing Stage 3 and getting just 2 globals - and this one was almost twice as big as the one from 2019). Kinda fun to see the results from say hunt #200 jump upward a few times.


This graph shows the accumulated hunting costs on the x-axis versus the accumulated return on the y-axis. There are a few bumps in the slope, but overall it's pretty much downwards all the way.

Last few years I closed with a top worst / best mobs. But now I don't. I just don't find it that much of an interest, and besides I don't really adapt my hunts to it anyhow. To show what I mean, these are the top 5 best from 2019 and when I last hunted them:
Huon = 15 September 2019
Atrox = 14 December 2019
Hadraada = 12 November 2019
Calypso Puny = 01 Augustus 2020
Carabok = 12 November 2019

[EDIT]
I've wanted to add this in the beginning, but forgotten all about it.

I've looked at the results per month. There are numerous player that claim that the loot is bad during Mayhem, or in the summer, or at any other period or season. So, let's look how I did each month.

January	88,8%
February	84,0%
March	86,5%
April	89,5%
May	89,8%
June	91,8%
July	92,9%
August	93,3%
September	90,2%
October	98,2%
November	94,5%
December	91,0%

A few things about this table:
The big HOF was in november, that isn't my best month.
I was on Calypso the first three months.
I was on Toulan and Next Island basicly the entire month of September.
[/EDIT]

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 2021 and stay healthy!

 

A new year, a new change. But so far, at least geopolitical and Covid wise, it's just the same or worse.
I've had a ton of globals already, but that doesn't mean that I've always had a good return. It's mainly because I've been hunting strong mobs such as Yuka, Togolossi and big Badgers.

Firstly I completed a leg of thee Yuka hunts. The second was the best (of this update), but I didn't score the best global that day.


After those two Yuka I gave myself three options. 1) Kadra, 2) Scoria, 3) Togolossi. Scoria was scrapped inmidiatly and while Kadra has a better reward I went for the Togo. Main reason is that I've completed Kadra S3, but not Togolossi S3 yet.
All returns were rather bad, besides the many global that I've said earlier.


Back to Yuka again, where this time the first two out of three hunts were a profit. Here I've also scored a big one: 386 PED and the runner-up at 253 PED the same hunt.



And, as I'm doing now, I've switched to another mob again. This time my options were 1) Badger_710R, 2) Sicarius Brute, 3) Mutated Kamaldon. I went for the Badgers, because that's one of the mobs that I'm at S3 now and want to get to S4 before Codex starts on Arkadia, if possible. Reason for that being that I like to have the throphy hanging in my appartment, although I can imagine that the same will be available with Codex in one way or another.
Unfortuatly none of the Badger hunts went well. First I hunted the small ones (with a healer), but after looking at the cost per killpoint, I had good case to believe that the big Badgers are cheaper to hunt. And I'm right: small Badgers was 0,35 PED / KP and big Badgers twice 0,24 PED / KP. Even though the big ones are killers. I've been send to the revive numerous times the first time I went for the big Badgers, yet only onces the second hunt. I don't know why that is.


Goals:
62. Prove my worth to the Smugglers, Part I (0 of 1).
68. Finish Carabok Stage 5 (3.750 of 10.000).
69. Get to level 30 Mutant Looter (25.05 of 30.00).
71. Visit Monria and spend 10.000 PED. (0 of 10.000).
72. Max out Bloodstained Axe 55 (L) (34 of 43).

Nothing much happening with these goals. Carabok Stage 5 is waiting for Codex, same as the Smuggler chain (I need to finish a Stage 6 Wombana or Navi, and that too is waiting for Codex).

Hunting weapons:

Aak.Fir	Aakas Fire Dagger
Cas.CM4	Castorian Combat Mace Mk. 4
Kin.NC.10L	Kinetic Attack Nanochip 10 (L)
Son.Cor	Songkra Corrosive Dagger
+MTA4	Melee Trauma Amplifier 4
+MTA6	Melee Trauma Amplifier 6
+NPKA4L	NeoPsion Kinetic Amplifier 4 (L)

Hunts #1531 - #1541:

#	Creature(s)	Huntinggear	Costs	Results	%	Notes
1531.	125 Yuka	Cas.CM4+MTA6	1649	1378	084%	Global (128, 56, 72) ; 2x Bullseye VII (L) ; 6300 Melee Combat
1532.	75 Yuka	Cas.CM4+MTA6	0985	1185	120%	Global (51, 125, 213, 158) ; Healed by BerninG ; Piron PLP-32 (L)
1533.	3106 KP Togolossi	Cas.CM4+MTA6 & Kin.NC.10L	1558	1152	074%	Global (72) ; 2x Longreach II (L) ; Bullseye IV (L) ; Canis Arm Guards (F) ; 6900 Clubs
1534.	3104 KP Togolossi	Cas.CM4+MTA6 & Kin.NC.10L	1553	1297	084%	Global (82, 50, 64) ; Longreach II (L) ; Ardora Ballista MK3 (L) ; [System]: Your Castorian Combat Mace Mk. 4 has reached tier 5.9
1535.	4792 KP Togolossi	Cas.CM4+MTA6 & Kin.NC.10L	2391	2167	091%	Global (56, 58, 54, 76, 105, 70, 81) ; Scott & Barlow BP-30 (L) ; Ardora Ballista MK3 (L) ; Bullseye IV (L) ; Arsonistic Chip 2 (L) ; 5400 Bravado
1536.	100 Yuka	Cas.CM4+MTA6	1336	1407	105%	Global (51, 225, 83, 77, 53) ; Piron PLP-32 (L) ; Bullseye VII (L) ; 5100 Martial Arts
1537.	100 Yuka	Cas.CM4+MTA6	1320	1471	111%	Global (253, 386) ; Healed by dllr root ; Potted - Finger Palm
1538.	100 Yuka	Cas.CM4+MTA6	1335	1033	077%	Global (90) ; Healed by ich Pariah ; Piron PLP-32 (L) ; 4000 Combat Sense
1539.	4009 KP Badger_710R	Kin.NC.10L+NPKA4L & Aak.Fir+MTA4	1416	1023	090%	Healed by BerninG ; 1800 Reclaiming ; 1200 Mindforce Harmony ; 4500 Power Catalyst ; Level 40 Electro Kinetic (Hit)
1540.	3992 KP Badger_710R	Cas.CM4+MTA6 & Son.Cor+MTA6	0953	0933	098%	Global (127, 51, 116, 50)
1541.	5001 KP Badger_710R	Cas.CM4+MTA6 & Son.Cor+MTA6	1209	1094	090%	Global (71, 69, 83, 129) ; S & B Ardenner 36 (L) ; Level 35 Paramedic

I wanted to add one more thing about the Yuka. I can kill approxiatly 100 per hunt. That means, that when I finish S3 now and the grace period for Codex will be one year, that it will cost me 45-50 hunts to finish Yuka S4. Let's assume that I do 1 hunt per day (I don't, it's less), then one and a half month of hunting will be for the Yuka alone. And with that, it's unlikely that I'll finish every open IFN mission.
On the other hand, three mobs can be done quickly that I know of. Those are the three that I've been doing in between of the Yuka now, ie. Teladon, Togolossi and Badger_710R.

And here are too, in no particular order, my "you have gained a new rank in ..." pictures. I must say, I don't know what I keep all these pictures ...


Results since tracking:
Mêlée : 82,7%
Ranged : 9,5%
Mindforce : 7,8%
Total decay: 505k PED - passed the 500k Milestone
Total loot: 466k PED
Result: 92,3%
Ardorj

 

After the Badgers I went back to the Yuka once more.
The first one was a large hunt of 150 kills. I think I hadn't killed that much Yuka before. I also got a good 400+ global that made it to a ~200 profit hunt. The other hunt weren't that good though, but I did get a global from a Feran that was in the way lol.


After three hunt I had 200 Yuka left to complete the mission. That is possible, because I've done hunts of 100 or 125 before. However, I've also done hunts of more or less of 50 kills. So, I deceided to go for something else first. But what? Three options: a) Oweko, b) Teladon, c) Beladoth. I went for the Teladons because that is another mob on my list of wich I want to complete Stage 3. And I knew that I could finish that stage in 3-4 hunts. Wich I did, yeah!




Back to the last Yuka hunts. The first was a good one with a 341 ped global and a 100+ profit. On the second I lost that all fourfold lol. But I did make it: Yuka Stage 3 complete!



I had planned to go for the Magurg Males right after finishing Yuka S3 (Magurgs are another mob of wich I want to complete S3). Yet when I got to their little island and opened the mission log I realised that I needed 2100 kills and not 1200. That got me thinking how much it would cost me, also keeping in mind that Yuka cost me a kidney. Therefor I made a calculated guess how much it would cost me to finish the Stage 3 of the mobs that I wanted to go for initially.

Mob	Cost / kill(point)	Mission	Cost to complete x 1000
Magurg Male	06,62	2100	13,9
Badger_710R	00,41	6998	02,9
Kamaldon	10,64	1200	12,8
Scoria	10,82	1200	13,0
Yuka	14,24	1200	17,1

And thereby I came to the conclusion to scrap that idea. Yuka was a bit over the top for me, and I would have gotten the same doubts with any of the other mobs too. I'm glad I finished S3 of Yuka, Kadra and Teladon.
I had been thinking before to include the mobs that are at Stage 6 in the three options that I give to myself. And now, considering that I might not finish all the open missions I do. So naturally the first time I roll the dice it's none of those: a) Huon, b) Otorugi, c) Kadra. I've missed Otorugi and so I went for those. Last time I've hunted them was in april 2019! Now, the reward for the current mission (S4) is crap, namely Vehicle Repairing or Laser Tech, but I've always liked them and they like me too. On the third hunt I got a good 200+ global and a small, yet welcome profit.


I'm going to do at least one more Otorugi hunt, let's see what other suprises they got for me!

Goals:
62. Prove my worth to the Smugglers, Part I (0 of 1).
68. Finish Carabok Stage 5 (3.750 of 10.000).
69. Get to level 30 Mutant Looter (25.09 of 30.00).
71. Visit Monria and spend 10.000 PED. (0 of 10.000).
72. Max out Bloodstained Axe 55 (L) (35 of 43).

Hunting weapons:

Cas.CM4	Castorian Combat Mace Mk. 4
Cry.NC.3L	Cryogenic Attack Nanochip 3 (L)
Kin.NC.10L	Kinetic Attack Nanochip 10 (L)
Son.Cor	Songkra Corrosive Dagger
+MTA6	Melee Trauma Amplifier 6
+NPKA4L	NeoPsion Kinetic Amplifier 4 (L)

Hunts #1542 - #1552:

#	Creature(s)	Huntinggear	Costs	Results	%	Notes
1542.	150 Yuka	Cas.CM4+MTA6	2002	2206	110%	Global (55, 81, 435, 95, 214, 51, 184) ; Healed by gg96
1543.	35 Yuka	Cas.CM4+MTA6	0456	0360	079%	Global (11, 76) ; Corvus Harness (M) ; Level 43 BLP Sniper (Hit)
1544.	90 Yuka	Cas.CM4+MTA6	1210	0875	072%	---
1545.	250 Teladon	Cas.CM4+MTA6 & Kin.NC.10L+NPKA4L	1813	2005	111%	Global (57, 143, 50, 78, 62, 233, 51, 70) ; 2x Bullseye V (L) ; Piron PBR-52 (L) ; 4200 Ranged Damage Assessment
1546.	125 Teladon	Cas.CM4+MTA6 & Kin.NC.10L+NPKA4L	0914	0886	097%	Global (119, 135, 95) ; Bullseye V (L) ; Piron PBR-52 (L) ; 2800 Butchering
1547.	225 Teladon	Cas.CM4+MTA6 & Kin.NC.10L+NPKA4L	1629	1424	087%	Global (85, 52, 99, 73) ; 2x Bullseye V (L) ; Teladon Stage 3 Finished
1548.	100 Yuka	Cas.CM4+MTA6	1345	1460	109%	Global (56, 88, 83, 341, 53) ; Piron PLP-32 (L) ; Level 56 One Handed Clubber (Dmg)
1549.	100 Yuka	Cas.CM4+MTA6	1227	0808	066%	Healed by Vincent El Crusadoris ; Yuka Stage 3 Finished
1550.	150 Otorugi	Cas.CM4+MTA6 & Son.Cor	0622	0584	094%	Global (87, 95) ; GYRO FAP-22 (L) ; Headshot III (L) ; NeoPsion 10-B Mindforce Implant (L)
1551.	250 Otorugi	Kin.NC.10L+NPKA4L & Cry.NC.3L	1045	1022	098%	Global (51, 74, 69, 117) ; NeoPsion 10-B Mindforce Implant (L) ; Level 45 Cryogenic (Hit)
1552.	200 Otorugi	Kin.NC.10L+NPKA4L & Cry.NC.3L	0854	1185	104%	Global (223, 53)

I've made my choses of what to hunt the past 1,5 year for 90% based on the coming Codex. I would have done a lot of different things if it wasn't for that and would most likely have had an Otorugi Figurine in my appartment by now. Ahh well, let's see what the future holds.

Results since tracking:
Mêlée : 82,7%
Ranged : 9,4%
Mindforce : 7,9%
Total decay: 518k PED
Total loot: 478k PED
Result: 92,3%
Ardorj

 

I did two more Otorugi hunts, just because I like them and it worked the first time with one good global (and a second decent one). The last one destroyed all that, unfortuatly and that bad spell has been with me till now.

I'm now led by throwing the digital dice to pick the next mob to go for. And next up I picked Monura Male, 'cause I've been hunting too much big mobs lately that I wanted to go for something way smaller. As a bonus, I got to decay quite some powerfists that I had in a storage box. Yeah, you guessed it, leftovers from my Mêlée Collection.

After that I had these three options: 1) Tiarak, 2) Kamaldon, 3) Togolossi. Kamaldon was out fast, but then Tiarak or Togolossi? I went for the Togo, because I was close at finishing Stage 3 - and I did.


The first hunt I was very happy that I picked Togo, because the first global was a nice little HOF even! I got placed at #98 and was dropped out sooner rather then later, but I got the big swirlies once again lol.

Other globals from this update are.


Goals:
62. Prove my worth to the Smugglers, Part I (0 of 1).
68. Finish Carabok Stage 5 (3.750 of 10.000).
69. Get to level 30 Mutant Looter (25.11 of 30.00).
71. Visit Monria and spend 10.000 PED. (0 of 10.000).
72. Max out Bloodstained Axe 55 (L) (35 of 43).

Hunting weapons:

Aak.Fir	Aakas Fire Dagger
AML.20L	ArMatrix LB-20 (L)
Bs.Ax.24L	Bloodstained Axe 24 (L)
Cas.CM4	Castorian Combat Mace Mk. 4
Pir.BP2L	Piron PBP-2 (L)
+Long2L	Longreach 2 (L)
+MTA6	Melee Trauma Amplifier 6

Hunts #1553 - #1561:

#	Creature(s)	Huntinggear	Costs	Results	%	Notes
1553.	225 Otorugi	AML.20L+MTA6	0932	0936	100%	Global (183, 70)
1554.	75 Otorugi	Bs.Ax.24L+MTA6 & Aak.Fir+MTA4	0314	0200	064%	---
1555.	634 Monura Male	Pir.BP2L+Long2L	0033	0029	089%	---
1556.	1123 Monura Male	Different Mêlée Weapons	0083	0079	096%	---
1557.	900 Monura Male	Different Mêlée Weapons	0067	0059	089%	---
1558.	2206 KP Togolossi	Cas.CM4+MTA6	1099	1269	115%	HOF (362) ; Global (50, 75) ; Piron PBP-42 (L)
1559.	1404 KP Togolossi	Cas.CM4+MTA6	0690	0580	084%	Global (62)
1560.	3638 KP Togolossi	Cas.CM4+MTA6	1792	1314	073%	Global (77) ; Longreach II (L) ; Level 56 One Handed Clubber (Hit)
1561.	1754 KP Togolossi	Cas.CM4+MTA6	0863	0734	085%	Global (50) ; Arsonistic Chip 2 (L) ; Piron PBP-42 (L) ; Togolossi Stage 3 Finished

Goodie, let's see what's next:
1) Yuka
2) Teladon
3) Mutated Madana
Ehh ....

Results since tracking:
Mêlée : 82,5%
Ranged : 9,7%
Mindforce : 7,8%
Total decay: 524k PED
Total loot: 484k PED
Result: 92,3%
Ardorj

 

So, last time I ended up with three random mobs to go for after the Togolossi. I went for all three, since neither of them appealed to me much. I did only small hunts on these and I got bad loot from all too. It was nice to see that the Mutated Madana is now a medium to high spot and not a kill all high spot.

After those three hunts I rolled the dice to 1) Arkadian Hornet, 2) GMC_Gamma, 3) Riptor. I had to check, but Riptors don't have a good reward for the next stage and I sure do not want to push these all to Stage 4. So Hornets it was, and with them I got the good loot back as well.
Next the three options were 1) GMC_Gamma, 2) Warhound, 3) IFN Bots. I went for the bots in the Underground and the good loot stayed with me for 2 out of 3 hunts.

And then I switched a last time. Now I could choose between 1) Oratan, 2) Mutated Madana, 3) Teladon. I didn't wanted to go for the last two so soon again and thus I did a first Oratan hunt. I used a crossbow that I've looted one day. I think it's a cool weapon to hunt with, but not something that I would have paid for to use.


I didn't get a lot of globals this time, but a few of these are quite remarkable. A double swirly on IFN Bots: proffession + global. And a big Oratan global.


Goals:
62. Prove my worth to the Smugglers, Part I (0 of 1).
68. Finish Carabok Stage 5 (3.750 of 10.000).
69. Get to level 30 Mutant Looter (25.13 of 30.00).
71. Visit Monria and spend 10.000 PED. (0 of 10.000).
72. Max out Bloodstained Axe 55 (L) (35 of 43).

Hunting weapons:

Ard.BaK3L	Ardora Ballista MK3 (L)
Cas.CM4	Castorian Combat Mace Mk. 4
Elec.NC.1L	Electric Attack Nanochip 1 (L)
Leoi.Sho	Leoi Shock Dagger
Pir.BR27L	Piron PBR-27 (L)
Son.Cor	Songkra Corrosive Dagger
+Long2L	Longreach 2 (L)
+Long4L	Longreach 4 (L)
+MTA6	Melee Trauma Amplifier 6

Hunts #1562 - #1572:

#	Creature(s)	Huntinggear	Costs	Results	%	Notes
1562.	25 Yuka	Cas.CM4+MTA6	0377	0282	075%	Global (52)
1563.	100 Teladon	Cas.CM4+MTA6 & Son.Cor+MTA6	0726	0597	082%	Global (114) ; 5100 Inflict Melee Damage ; 3000 Alertness
1564.	1993 KP Mutated Madana	Cas.CM4+MTA6 & Son.Cor+MTA6	0584	0383	066%	---
1565.	698 Arkadian Hornet	Elec.NC.1L	0037	0037	101%	---
1566.	2150 Arkadian Hornet	Elec.NC.1L	0112	0111	099%	5100 Electrokinesis
1567.	850 Arkadian Hornet	Elec.NC.1L	0045	0055	122%	Global (14) ; Headshot I (L)
1568.	1050 Arkadian Hornet	Elec.NC.1L	0055	0051	094%	Piron PBP-0 (L)
1569.	4539 KP IFN Defense Bot	Pir.BR27L+Long2L & Leoi.Sho	0325	0307	095%	Global (50) ; Piron PLP-12 (L)
1570.	9665 KP IFN Defense Bot	Pir.BR27L+Long2L & Leoi.Sho	0676	0639	095%	Global (44)
1571.	6523 KP IFN Defense Bot	Pir.BR27L+Long2L & Leoi.Sho	0457	0296	065%	Level 47 Ranged BLP (Dmg)
1572.	5328 KP Oratan	Ard.BaK3L+Long4L & Leoi.Sho	0578	0665	115%	Global (257)

Something bothers me about the results in the table above. It's something that I have spotted before and it's rather obvious to me when I look at it. In short: small mob = good / big mob = bad.
My hypothesis is a) that the average return decline as the cost per kill(point) get higher and b) that there is a point (return + cost per kill) after wich the returns drop dramaticly.
What I want to do the next days or weeks is to plot all the data that I have in a graph and see if it's indeed true what I am thinking.

Results since tracking:
Mêlée : 82,3%
Ranged : 9,9%
Mindforce : 7,8%
Total decay: 528k PED
Total loot: 487k PED
Result: 92,3%
Ardorj

 

[QUOTE="...

Something bothers me about the results in the table above. It's something that I have spotted before and it's rather obvious to me when I look at it. In short: small mob = good / big mob = bad.
My hypothesis is a) that the average return decline as the cost per kill(point) get higher and b) that there is a point (return + cost per kill) after wich the returns drop dramaticly.
What I want to do the next days or weeks is to plot all the data that I have in a graph and see if it's indeed true what I am thinking.

Results since tracking:
Mêlée : 82,3%
Ranged : 9,9%
Mindforce : 7,8%
Total decay: 528k PED
Total loot: 487k PED
Result: 92,3%
Ardorj [/QUOTE]

I'd be curious to see what you find as well. Recall other hunting threads that seemed to imply there was a "sweet spot" for skill level/gear combo for each mob and seem to have noticed something similar but don't have the rigor to detail it so just might be perception bias (I'm looking for it so I see it).

 

It's a clear cut case of perception bias!

First thing I did was to seperate all the data. I made one entry for kills, and one for killpoints. I multiplied the cost per killpoints by 10 (this made it better comparable with kills). Removed all the hunts in teams and shared. After that I seperated mobs in small, medium and big. For example that gives me for Nusul: 1) Nusul KP (Small), 2) Nusul KP (Big), 3) Nusul kill (Puny), 4) Nusul kill (Small), 5) Nusul kill (Big), 6) Bokol + Nusul kill.

I plotted all that data in a graph ...

... OMG! Is there a mob that costs me >500 PED to kill?!
Well, kinda yes. But then, no it isn't. By all data, I mean that literally. It's every data point of all the hunts that made it in those entries of kills and killpoints. I put an Aakas run in my log as 1 kill. That one dot far to the right is based on one Aakas Key 6 run.
Besides, this graph shows way too much data going all the way up to a 500% return on one hunt!? That's a lonely Feran hunt of 488% return.

Next step was to average the returns of each mob (size). Followed by the removal of all mobs under six hunts. This made it a little bit better, but not really something out of wich to make a prediction.

The last step was to remove outliners from certain mobs. What I mean by that is best explained with an example: Berycled KP (Small). The first hunt was a cost of 4,248 PED/KP*10. The average of the next 13 hunts is 1,393 PED/KP*10.
Another example: Tiarak kill (Small). With all the hunts the average cost per kill is 0,76922 PED/kill, with an Standard Deviation of 0,57078. Wich is insane high, (it's 74,2% of the average.) So I deleted the first four high costs and then the average dropped to 0,54938 PED/kill, with an Std. Dev of 0,02906 (or 5,29% of the average).

In a way, this graph is much easier to look at, compared to the first one.

On the other hand, it's also pretty clear that it's all a perception bias.
I see bad returns on big mobs and good returns on small mobs as a comformation. Yet in the end, the smallest mobs were all under 100%.
Carabok @ 0,042 PED/kill = 91,93%
Carabok + Gallard @ 0,048 PED/kill = 90,78%
Monura Female @ 0,0545 PED/kill = 90,84%
While one the really big ones isn't that bad after all.
Korwil (Small) @ 9,249 PED/kill = 102,55%
GMC_Gamma (Small) @ 9,283 PED/kill = 88,71%
Yuka (not on the graph) @ 14,085 PED/kill = 91,29%

Just for fun, the best of them all:
Kiana @ 3,8558 PED/Kill = 112,39%
And the worst of all these mobs seems to be ...
Snarg (Big) @ 2,2266 PED/KP*10 = 78,59%

I believe that the perception bias comes from how much I/you can kill each hunt. For small mobs it's easy for me to kill 500-1000 in a hunt, so those hunts tend to converge to the mean. For big mobs even 100 kills can be a challenge, and I've had hunts with just 25 kills or less. And so those hunts tend to be diverged into the outliners with "bad hunts" of 60%.

Conclusion: hunt what you like

 

I'll try to keep it short this time. Nothing special happened and the loot was quite bad. Such things happen (see post above).
I've hunted Oratan, Wombana and Teladon.


Goals:
62. Prove my worth to the Smugglers, Part I (0 of 1).
68. Finish Carabok Stage 5 (3.750 of 10.000).
69. Get to level 30 Mutant Looter (25.16 of 30.00).
71. Visit Monria and spend 10.000 PED. (0 of 10.000).
72. Max out Bloodstained Axe 55 (L) (36 of 43).

Hunting weapons:

Aak.Fir	Aakas Fire Dagger
Cas.CM4	Castorian Combat Mace Mk. 4
Pir.BR32L	Piron PBR-32 (L)
Son.Cor	Songkra Corrosive Dagger
+Long4L	Longreach 4 (L)
+MTA6	Melee Trauma Amplifier 6

Hunts #1573 - #1581:

#	Creature(s)	Huntinggear	Costs	Results	%	Notes
1573.	10599 KP Oratan	Pir.BR32L+Long4L & Aak.Fir	1148	0861	075%	3800 Inflict Ranged Damage
1574.	7723 KP Oratan	Pir.BR32L+Long4L & Aak.Fir	0847	0633	075%	---
1575.	8347 KP Oratan Slasher	Son.Cor+MTA6 & Aak.Fir	09468	0825	087%	2x GYRO FAP-6 (L) ; Level 54 Knifefighter (Dmg)
1576.	6005 KP Wombana	Son.Cor+MTA6 & Aak.Fir	0915	0955	104%	Global (62, 60) ; 3x Piron PBP-27 (L) ; Bullseye IV (L) ; GYRO FAP-10 (L)
1577.	6003 KP Wombana	Son.Cor+MTA6 & Aak.Fir	0906	0871	096%	Global (87, 53)
1578.	8499 KP Wombana	Cas.CM4+MTA6 & Son.Cor	1278	0982	077%	Max. 206 HP
1579.	175 Teladon	Cas.CM4+MTA6 & Son.Cor+MTA6	1268	0981	077%	Global (104) ; Bullseye V (L) ; NeoPsion 50-B Mindforce Implant (L) ; Potted - Myrta
1580.	175 Teladon	Cas.CM4+MTA6 & Son.Cor+MTA6	1272	0933	073%	Global (77) ; 2200 Avoidance
1581.	175 Teladon	Cas.CM4+MTA6 & Son.Cor+MTA6	1247	0914	073%	Global (55, 150)

Results since tracking:
Mêlée : 82,3%
Ranged : 10,0%
Mindforce : 7,7%
Total decay: 538k PED
Total loot: 495k PED
Result: 92,1%
Ardorj

 

It's quite unbelievable, but this time I didn't had to wait 16 years. Not 16 months and not even 16 weeks. Yestereve I got my second sol0 Über! 1794 PED Otorugi Mature, woohoo!

Funny thing to mention is that I did two things a little bit different then I normally do. I took a weapon that I've looted before, a Piron PBP-27 (L) and attachted a Longreach 4 (L) to it. The Longreach hat maybe 25% TT left. What I normally do is that I would bring a spare one with me, but now I didn't. That's the first. I looted a Headshot III (L) from a global and now I used that one, because I didn't wanted to go back to storage. That's the second one, using items on the same hunt as I loot them is almost a taboo for me. I scored that big HOF a short while after I attached the Headshot.
I'm not sure yet what I'm going to do with these almost 1.8k PEDs. I'll propably just use it to cover to losses of the past weeks lol.

The Otorugi has been very good to me this past week, regardless of this massive one. On the first hunt I won over 80 PED and on the last I lost a little less then 35 PED.
I also did one small Nusul hunt in between as self defense during mining. That wasn't quite as good (both hunting and mining).

Other globals from these hunts:


Goals:
62. Prove my worth to the Smugglers, Part I (0 of 1).
68. Finish Carabok Stage 5 (3.750 of 10.000).
69. Get to level 30 Mutant Looter (25.17 of 30.00).
71. Visit Monria and spend 10.000 PED. (0 of 10.000).
72. Max out Bloodstained Axe 55 (L) (36 of 43).

Hunting weapons:

Pir.BP27L	Piron PBP-27 (L)
SB.A36L	S & B Ardenner 36 (L)
SB.BP30L	Scott & Barlow BP-30 (L)
+Be6L	Bullseye VI (L)
+Hs3L	Headshot III (L)
+Long4L	Longreach 4 (L)

Hunts #1582 - #1585:

#	Creature(s)	Huntinggear	Costs	Results	%	Notes
1582.	150 Otorugi	SB.A36L+Long4L	0645	0726	113%	Global (66, 64, 74) ; Headshot III (L)
1583.	1266 KP Nusul	Pir.BP27L+Long4L	0162	0137	085%	Corvus Gloves (M)
1584.	175 Otorugi	Pir.BP27L+Long4L	0752	2411	321%	HOF (1794) ; Global (80, 66) ; Headshot III (L) ; Piron PBR-22 (L)
1585.	225 Otorugi	SB.BP30L+Hs3L+Be6L	0974	0945	097%	Global (137, 59) ; Piron PBR-22 (L) ; Level 42 BLP Pistoleer (Hit)

Thanks MA for my second super loot!
Just a note: it doesn't get old just yet!

Results since tracking:
Mêlée : 82,1%
Ranged : 10,2%
Mindforce : 7,7%
Total decay: 540k PED
Total loot: 499k PED
Result: 92,4%
Ardorj

 

Just another small update.
The loot stayed good for me after that 1.7k Otorugi HOF. The "Über-curse" hit me in another way though, because now I'm lacking the time to play lol. I've continued with the Otorugi for two more hunts, and after that I have chosen Oratan (Slasher) from these three options: 1) Pandi, 2) Madana, 3) Oratan.
I've used ranged weapons that dropped in my own loot for all of these hunts. Same for the amplifiers.

The Otorugi globals:

The Oratan globals:


Goals:
62. Prove my worth to the Smugglers, Part I (0 of 1).
68. Finish Carabok Stage 5 (3.750 of 10.000).
69. Get to level 30 Mutant Looter (25.17 of 30.00).
71. Visit Monria and spend 10.000 PED. (0 of 10.000).
72. Max out Bloodstained Axe 55 (L) (36 of 43).

Hunting weapons:

Pir.BP17L	Piron PBP-17 (L)
Pir.BR22L	Piron PBR-22 (L)
Pir.LR7L	Piron PLR-7 (L)
+Be6L	Bullseye VI (L)
+Hs4L	Headshot IV (L)

Hunts #1586 - #1592:

#	Creature(s)	Huntinggear	Costs	Results	%	Notes
1586.	250 Otorugi	Pir.BP17L+Hs3L+Be6L	1080	1074	099%	Global (52, 67, 87, 66, 62) ; Headshot III (L)
1587.	225 Otorugi	Pir.BP17L+Hs3L+Be6L	1022	0916	090%	Global (85, 57) ; 2x Piron PBR-22 (L)
1588.	1586 KP Oratan Slasher	Pir.BP17L+Hs4L+Be6L	0189	0193	102%	Global (37) ; GYRO FAP-6 (L) ; Longreach II (L)
1589.	8113 KP Oratan Slasher	Pir.BR22L+Hs4L+Be6L & Pir.LR7L	0968	0831	086%	Global (34) ; Scott & Barlow LP-10 (L) ; Scott & Barlow SB-2 (L)
1590.	10658 KP Oratan Slasher	Pir.BR22L+Hs4L+Be6L & Pir.LR7L	1263	1336	106%	Global (31, 76, 52, 46) ; Scott & Barlow LP-10 (L) ; 2x GYRO FAP-6 (L) ; Level 43 Laser Sniper (Hit)
1591.	4632 KP Oratan Slasher	Pir.BR22L+Hs4L+Be6L & Pir.LR7L	0547	0504	092%	Global (30) ; Scott & Barlow LP-10 (L)
1592.	1513 KP Oratan Slasher	Pir.BR22L+Hs4L+Be6L & Pir.LR7L	0182	0198	109%	Global (40, 41) ; Scott & Barlow BP-25 (L)

Results since tracking:
Mêlée : 81,6%
Ranged : 10,7%
Mindforce : 7,7%
Total decay: 545k PED
Total loot: 504k PED
Result: 92,4%
Ardorj

 

It looks like I haven't updated in two weeks already. I've done quite a bit of hunting in those days.
First I went for some four Madana hunts. All of these had a return of 90% of more, with one (smaller) where I made a profit. The liked to global on me, as you can see:


After that I thought that Badgers would be a good idea. (Better at least then Riptor or Oweko). The first hunt wasn't bad (again >90% return), and I finished Stage 3 as well. I know, I said that I wouldn't finish another IFN mission untill Codex comes to Ark, but I thought this one would be oke. Stage 4 has a nice throphy of course, and both S3 and S4 have rather nice rewards.

But then the second hunt, and I didn't like them any more. I hunted the big ones on this one and the first, and I died a couple of times too many. The loot also felt down, so I stopped earlier and went for a small fishing trip. I still don't like Jori, but they were decent enough I guess. Good enough that I propably won't skipp them with Codex.
I went for the small Badgers on the last hunt, and the return was even less.


Next I went for the big Osteloks, mixed returns and ...
OMG! What is this?

Tier 8 HOF for the tiny GYRO FAP-6 (L) lol. I got it all up to tier 10, with still about 7 PED left of it's TT.


One Ostelok also had a very good 73 PED global. This one and the other Ostelok globals can be seen here:


Lastly I went for the first Tiarak hunt, that I picked out of three random mobs (Magurg Male, Tiarak, Monura Male). I'm off for a good start on this one, except that I used a Laser Pistol by accident.


Goals:
62. Prove my worth to the Smugglers, Part I (0 of 1).
68. Finish Carabok Stage 5 (3.750 of 10.000).
69. Get to level 30 Mutant Looter (25.23 of 30.00).
71. Visit Monria and spend 10.000 PED. (0 of 10.000).
72. Max out Bloodstained Axe 55 (L) (36 of 43).

Hunting weapons:

Cas.CM4	Castorian Combat Mace Mk. 4
Pir.BR22L	Piron PBR-22 (L)
Pir.LR7L	Piron PLR-7 (L)
SB.LP10L	Scott & Barlow LP-10 (L)
Son.Cor	Songkra Corrosive Dagger
+Be6L	Bullseye VI (L)
+Be7L	Bullseye VII (L)
+Hs4L	Headshot IV (L)
+MTA6	Melee Trauma Amplifier 6

Hunts #1593 - #1605:
TR][/TR]

#	Creature(s)	Huntinggear	Costs	Results	%	Notes
1593.	650 Madana	Cas.CM4+MTA6 & Pir.BR22L+Hs4L+Be7L	1400	1340	096%	Global (62, 68, 92, 46) ; Piron PLP-17 (L) ; 4800 Coolness
1594.	600 Madana	Cas.CM4+MTA6 & Pir.BR22L+Hs4L+Be7L	1295	1272	098%	Global (60, 54, 54) ; 3x Piron PLP-17 (L)
1595.	225 Madana	Cas.CM4+MTA6 & Pir.BR22L+Hs4L+Be7L	0461	0531	115%	Global (89) ; Scott & Barlow LP-13 (L) ; Piron PLP-17 (L)
1596.	575 Madana	Cas.CM4+MTA6 & Pir.BR22L+Hs4L+Be7L	1235	1126	091%	Global (66) ; Teleportation Chip 3 (L) ; Piron PBP-22 (L)
1597.	7017 KP Badger_710R	Cas.CM4+MTA6 & Son.Cor+MTA6	1718	1626	095%	Global (90, 89, 119, 93) ; Badger_710R Stage 3 Finished
1598.	2563 KP Badger_710R	Cas.CM4+MTA6 & Son.Cor+MTA6	0637	0522	082%	Global (50, 52)
1599.	400 Jori	Pir.LR7L	0080	0080	100%	---
1600.	3436 KP Badger_710R	Cas.CM4+MTA6 & Son.Cor+MTA6	1211	0878	072%	Global (68, 57)
1601.	4269 KP Ostelok	Pir.BR22L+Hs4L+Be6L & Pir.LR7L	0090	0087	097%	Piron PBP-7 (L)
1602.	4388 KP Ostelok	Pir.BR22L+Hs4L+Be6L & Pir.LR7L	0091	0080	088%	Global (11)
1603.	16747 KP Ostelok	PirPir.BP22L+Hs4L+Be6L	0352	0429	122%	Global (21, 13, 10, 18, 73) ; Piron PBP-7 (L) ; GYRO FAP-10 (L)
1604.	14616 KP Ostelok	Pir.BP22L+Hs4L+Be6L	0305	0281	092%	Piron PBP-7 (L)
1605.	3600 KP Tiarak	SB.LP10L	0185	0207	112%	Global (10, 22)

And last, but not least, two goodies that I got during the Badger hunts (it wasn't all bad, mind you).


Results since tracking:
Mêlée : 81,6%
Ranged : 10,8%
Mindforce : 7,6%
Total decay: 554k PED
Total loot: 513k PED
Result: 92,5%
Ardorj

 

I haven't played much lately, because I'm occupied with other things to do each day.
At first I continued hunting Tiarak. One hunt at Sanctuary Cove and two at the Event Area. In terms of cost, Sanctuary Cove is better, but I think I have more enjoyment at the Event Area. None of these three hunts were much good, unfortuatly.


I wanted to go for something bigger so I choose Korwil out of these three random mobs: Zadul, Scoria, Korwil. On two out of four hunts I used my bad-ass sword, just because I "can". I'm quite happy with these results, I got some very good globals and a nice profit on the last hunt.


The next three options were Pandi, Ostelok and Oweko. I already hunted Ostelok recently, and beside that mission is easy to finish. I've never hunted Pandi much, but I'm confident that I can finish S2 with no problem whenever we got Codex here on Ark. So therefor I went for the Oweko, at wich I'm just at the start of the 12.000 kill S5. The loot was bad, in 1.200 kills I got just one lousy global and no items at all.


Goals:
62. Prove my worth to the Smugglers, Part I (0 of 1).
68. Finish Carabok Stage 5 (3.750 of 10.000).
69. Get to level 30 Mutant Looter (25.27 of 30.00).
71. Visit Monria and spend 10.000 PED. (0 of 10.000).
72. Max out Bloodstained Axe 55 (L) (37 of 43).

Hunting weapons:

Aak.Fir	Aakas Fire Dagger
Camo.AJS	Camo Arms Jungle Stalker
Cas.CB.13ME	Castorian Combat EnBlade-13 Mentor Edition
Cas.CM4	Castorian Combat Mace Mk. 4
Pir.BP37L	Piron PBP-37 (L)
SB.BP16L	Scott & Barlow BP-16 (L)
Son.Cor	Songkra Corrosive Dagger
+Be7L	Bullseye VII (L)
+FRC.Dan	Fi/Ra/Co Dante
+Long2L	Longreach 2 (L)
+Long4	Longreach 4
+MTA6	Melee Trauma Amplifier 6

Hunts #1606 - #1615:

#	Creature(s)	Huntinggear	Costs	Results	%	Notes
1606.	3404 KP Tiarak	SB.BP16L & Pir.LR7L	0173	0138	080%	Level 43 BLP Pistoleer (Hit)
1607.	3007 KP Tiarak	Son.Cor+MTA6 & Aak.Fir	0193	0164	085%	---
1608.	10206 KP Tiarak	Son.Cor+MTA6 & Aak.Fir	0658	0553	084%	Global (30, 15) ; Scott & Barlow BP-13 (L) ; Electric Attack Nanochip 1 (L)
1609.	125 Korwil	Cas.CM4+MTA6	1083	0985	091%	Global (292)
1610.	150 Korwil	Cas.CB.13ME+MTA6 & Camo.AJS+FRC.Dan+(Long4+Be7L)+Be7L	1464	1374	094%	Global (84, 92, 118, 153) ; Piron PBP-47 (L) ; Cryogenic Attack Nanochip 1 (L) ; Cryogenic Attack Nanochip 2 (L) ; Potted – Snowdrop ; Cryogenic Attack Nanochip 3 (L) ; [System]: Your Castorian Combat EnBlade-13, Mentor Edition has reached tier 2.2
1611.	35 Korwil	Cas.CM4+MTA6	0281	0252	090%	Global (66) ; Headshot IV (L)
1612.	140 Korwil	Cas.CB.13ME+MTA6 & Camo.AJS+FRC.Dan+(Long4+Be7L)+Be7L	1346	1471	109%	Global (162, 50, 52, 152, 93) ; Piron PBP-47 (L) ; 2x Cryogenic Attack Nanochip 2 (L) ; Cryogenic Attack Nanochip 3 (L) ; 4200 Combat Sense
1613.	400 Oweko	Pir.BP37L+(Long2L+Be7L)+Be7L	1091	0870	080%	4200 Marksmanship
1614.	500 Oweko	Cas.CM4+MTA6	1304	1117	086%	Global (77) ; Teamhunt with Nishu
1615.	300 Oweko	Cas.CM4+MTA6	0792	0693	088%	---

And last thing to note is that I got a new disciple. HIs name is Nishu and he already has some knowledge of the game and some of the planets. He was kicked by his former mentor for inactiveness. We meet this past weekend and I took him along on my 2nd Oweko hunt.

Results since tracking:
Mêlée : 81,6%
Ranged : 11,0%
Mindforce : 7,5%
Total decay: 563k PED
Total loot: 520k PED
Result: 92,5%
Ardorj

 

Congrats on the new mentee and sorry for the poor hunting returns.

Do you track the skills you gain during your hunts? I'm curious if they're part of the "return" on hunting as there seem to be more of them from larger mobs and when the loot is poor or is that just because when the loot is good I'm not looking to the skills to justify the time/effort/$$$

 

Thanks and thanks
No, I don't track my skills during my hunts, I only check 11 skills before I make a new entry in this hunting blog. Those skills are: Clubs, Longblades, Power Fist, Shortblades, Whip [ie. Mêlée skills], Concentration, Power Catalyst [ie. MindForce skills], Aim, Handgun, Rifle, Support Weapon System [ie. Ranged skills]. So, no they are not calculated into the returns.
You do gain more skills on bigger mobs, of course, but that's more to do with the fact that you use bigger weapons too. Unless you take 5 min to kill one big mob, because you're using the same weapon as you do on an Ostelok.

And now I have a big announcement to make. This is the last entry of this hunting blog. Booom!
I've deceided to stop here and start over at the Calypso Forum (click link). This last entry will be mirrowed as the first entry over there.
The reasons for why I abandon it here are:
1) I'm no longer just a mêlée hunter, so no reason to continue calling it thus.
2) I don't like Arkadia as I used to do and I want to go to other places more, so no reason to have a blog on a forum that isn't active as much.

To be completely honest, I've lost my faith in the Arkadia Developers. A year a go I said to myself: 'it's a good thing that we don't have Codex yet, because now I can prepare for it by working up to stages with good rewards.' But now, it's all been taking them too long, in my opinion. And then there are other issues too, like the debacle with the AMDs just to name one. For the last you'll only have to look at my results from this entry (although I don't dare to say that it would have been any different on another planet).
I want to go out and visit other planets more. I think that I'll make Arkadia my home planet from wich to set out and explore the wider Entropia Universe. I have an appartment here, that's very cozy and nice to store a bunch of weapons. And the extra storage in the Underground is very convenient for me as a hoarder.

Before I fly to the stars I want to do a couple of things here on Arkadia still.
1) Finish S5 Carabok, using the ping-pong method of hunting that I've been using in the past. That is 3 hunts on mob A ; 3-5 hunts on mob B ; 3 hunts on mob A ; 3-5 hunts on mob C, etc. Another small difference with the past few months is that I"ll be focusing on stages 5 & 6 exclusively.
2) A once in a decade crafting run. I've bought all blueprints from the Ark Technician and I've stored enough materials for about 4.875 clicks or 2.1k PEDs (I might not have enough Carabok Leather).

And now for what I've been hunting now. The main theme is bad results.
First I went to the Underground for big IFN Bots. I'm almost done with S5 now. After that I started Zadul S6 on the big boys. Around that time I came to the conclusion that Arkadia is drifting off into the cold and lonely vacuum of space. So I went for the Caraboks after having put that mission on hold for the past 17 months or there about. I used the old skool powerfists on the first two hunts. The last one is a hunt on big Bokol, the start of S5.



Goals:
62. Prove my worth to the Smugglers, Part I (0 of 1).
68. Finish Carabok Stage 5 (6.031 of 10.000).
69. Get to level 30 Mutant Looter (25.30 of 30.00).
71. Visit Monria and spend 10.000 PED. (0 of 10.000).
72. Max out Bloodstained Axe 55 (L) (37 of 43).

Hunting weapons:

Cas.CM4	Castorian Combat Mace Mk. 4
Elec.NC.1L	Electric Attack Nanochip 1 (L)
Lac.NC.10L	Lacerating Attack Nanochip 10 (L)
Pir.BP37L	Piron PBP-37 (L)
SB.BP16L	Scott & Barlow BP-16 (L)
Son.Cor	Songkra Corrosive Dagger
+Be7L	Bullseye VII (L)
+Long4L	Longreach 4 (L)

Hunts #1616 - #1625:

#	Creature(s)	Huntinggear	Costs	Results	%	Notes
1616.	9270 KP IFN Defense Bots	Pir.BP37L+(Hs4L+Be7L)	0648	0502	078%	Global (70) ; Canis Shin Guards (M) ; Scott & Barlow LP-13 (L)
1617.	6456 KP IFN Defense Bots	Lac.NC.10L & SB.BP16L+(Hs4L+Be7L)	0432	0347	080%	Piron PLR-17 (L)
1618.	14568 KP IFN Defense Bots	Lac.NC.10L & SB.BP16L+(Hs4L+Be7L)	0999	0731	073%	Piron PLP-12 (L)
1619.	18019 KP Zadul	Cas.CM4+MTA6 & SB.BP16L+(Hs4L+Be7L)	1029	0943	092%	Global (54) ; Zadul Plush Toy ; Teleportation Chip 2 (L)
1620.	7181 KP Zadul	Cas.CM4+MTA6 & SB.BP16L+(Hs4L+Be7L)	0403	0369	092%	Level 57 One Handed Clubber (Dmg)
1621.	8130 KP Zadul	Cas.CM4+MTA6 & SB.BP16L+(Hs4L+Be7L)	0459	0417	091%	Global (50) ; S & B Ardenner 4 (L) ; Level 57 One Handed Clubber (Hit)
1622.	549 Carabok	Different Mêlée Weapons	0026	0023	086%	---
1623.	450 Carabok	Different Mêlée Weapons	0034	0030	088%	---
1624.	1281 Carabok	Elec.NC.1L	0067	0057	086%	---
1625.	10009 KP Bokol	Cas.CM4+MTA6 & Son.Cor+MTA6	1424	1102	077%	Global (144)

These are my skills and prostandings where I end/begin.

I hope to see you all on whatever planet we meet.
Maybe, with this change in approach to where I am, I'll join shared mobs more as well too.

Results since tracking:
Mêlée : 81,5%
Ranged : 11,0%
Mindforce : 7,5%
Total decay: 568k PED
Total loot: 525k PED
Result: 92,4%
Ardorj

 

Looking forward to future posts on your progress
I hunt with variety of weapons on smaller mobs where I do not need to wear armor.
I scan, then sweat, then kill. Rinse and repeat.
Happy hunting!!

 

Hello, I continued this blog on CalyForum (link).
I hope to see you there, and till then happy hunting!