The idea has sprung when I read about a thread of designed avatars. The threadstarter wrote that because some avatars have much more luck in one profession then another, MindArk might assign what you will become when you create your avatar. I got the feeling myself that I have much more luck mining then I do hunting. Even though I am much better in hunting.
Here are my profession levels in mining and hunting:
The idea of this
Hunting vs. Mining is to see if I really get better results mining. Both my skills and my gear are much better for hunting. Each will begin with 500 PEDs. To ensure that I calculate the profit/loss in the same way, I’ve made some rules for myself.
1. Spend about the same each run on hunting as on mining.
2. All items that I have can be used. All I have to pay for is decay. For limited items the same applies.
3. The use of a Teleport Chip is free of charge, including MindEssence.
4. Everything that I get and don’t sell to the TradeTerminal will be stored for free.
5. Space Ships that I find will be split 40/10 mining/hunting.
6. Auction fees have to be paid by the profession that is selling.
7. Refining is optional.
8. Improvement on gear will be paid by the professions that will use it.
9. It is over when one profession has less then 18 PEDs. This is approximately one Castorian Combat Enblade A or 12 bombs and probes.
10. Skills will not be counted. I may of course list new skill ranks or profession levels.
11. Fruit etc. will be split as good as it gets.
12. If the amount spend for one is lower then 90% of that for the other, then this will be corrected.
13. If what I calculate to have spend is not the same as the difference on the PEDcard, the PEDcard will be considered to have the "true" amount.
I have decided where my first five runs will be. I may not hunt here very much, but I got some idea what to encounter there and what armour to wear, thanks to Entropedia. I haven’t mined here before, with the exception of nr. 2 (ores) and nr. 4 (enmatter), but not much there either.
1. Southwest of Hadesheim: Maffoid and Drone.
2. Southwestside of Treasure Island: Cornundacauda.
3. South of Shinook Jungle: Argonaut and Hiryuu.
4. Shinook River: Tripudion.
5. West of Tethys Creek: Snarg and Feffoid.
I will (most likely) stay on Calypso. I don’t like camping at all and will face both easy as difficult mobs.
Hunting Conditions
I will use the following for hunting:
Weapons
Katsuichi Valor, Korss H380 (L) + A103 and Marber Bravo-Type + A104. When I can’t repair the Katsuichi Valor anymore, I will use a Castorian A and/or Opalo + A101.
Armour
Pixie, Gremlin, 4C, 6A and a mix of 2A/5B (4/3).
Fap
EK-2600, Hedoc SK-20 (L) and Vivo T1.
Sochunts
Will not be counted here.
I will only post the hunting related part here.
Here is a link to Mining vs. Hunting
