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Originally Posted by Skippie
True, the gear costs alot. I paid ~220k for the MM alone. Market on the Adj Fap is running ~50k, i guess. Add to that that my total skill of ~165k that is largely straight up and down the Laser Pistoleer, Damager, Evader and Paramedic professions and that it caries a market value of ~150k. This experiment should show the results of what around 400k+ of skill and gear (and 30 months of hard work) can produce. Does it produce a profitable hunting experience?
We shall see.
I think the point is when threads are posted about how ppl with Mod Mercs that say they profit consistantly are full of BS cause someone with CB 13 L is not having the same experience as them, it's usually cause ppl with Mod Mercs are too busy firing them to document results.
So I figured what's the harm in a little documentation and sharing.
I hope to do 100 such 1000 PED runs solely on mobs that can be killed by pretty much any player in game. I'll skip the Bibos, Exas and Snables. But expect the usual suspects of Feff, Drones, Bristle, etc.
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well, that's just the thing. if i can break even on tt, hunting tiny mobs with significant overkill and less than maxed stats, then every L gun user in game should be able to, theoretically, if they put their eco to the same conditions that i put mine too.
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Actually, i don't see how you justify that. His point was to validate or repudiate statements from uber gear owners that they profit all the time.
He picked "tiny" mobs to minimize his decay, because he knew that to profit on tt that would be important (the best way to simulate being an uber with uber gear is to hunt a mob you can kill just as economically and just as fast). Pick "tiny" mobs for your weapons and you'll be doing a valid comparison. He's currently running slightly below 100% pretty consistently, so i expect if you pick reasonable mobs and hunt with amped P4A and almost no other decay, you'll eventually see about the same.
I have consistently had an overall tt return of 90% or perhaps a bit better through my hunting career, and much of that was with M2A on truly tiny mobs. I found almost the same tt return on scipulors over the last two months, a big mob using a big gun -- but still getting less armor/fap decay relative to the output than you did that first run. There are more and bigger ups and downs on big mobs, though.