Stones, Fruit, Dung and Claims

[Snipe]

Hi everyone

I was wondering if anybody noticed that claims, stones, fruit and dung seem to spawn in the same areas?

For example today i updated my Mining database again and i saw that in 2 cases i found a claim, stones and fruit/dung on the EXACT same co-ords over a period of a day or two.

I also noticed that in some cases i find fruit directly next to a mining claim. Even the last global i had was directly next to some fruit.

If i look at my mining map, i can see that over a longer time (about a year or 2) i have found alot of claims and fruit in the same areas and since stones were introduced into the game, it seems to also spawn where i have found claims in the past.

It is because of the above that i drop a bomb/probe whenever i find fruit/dung/stones and sofar i have had a bit of luck with it.

I told a SOC mate of myne about this, she tried it and she said that it doesnt work for her at all...

now i would like to know, is there anybody els that have noticed this or currently doing this and had some luck?
If it does work, it could possibly be a good tip for new players if they start mining

[Sofia]

Yes,

I have noticed that rebombing fruits or stones might yield a larger find for me.

However, not always.

[Cron]

I always tell everyone to keep their eyes open when a bomb goes off nearby. I can be running and see fruit when the screen shakes. I am very sure 80% of all my fruit finds have been due to a bomb dropping.

I doubt that a bomb spawns the items (In what I am seeing) but makes them stand out and not have the same motion as their surrounding graphics. There have been a few times that the piles of fruit I have noticed have been doing a slow movement from surface to underground. Usually I turn off wind effects when I am mining or near miners to catch the motion of fruit piles (dung too actually). I have not seen the same thing with rocks yet, but they are a bit smaller.

[Atraie]

Ha ive been thinking of making a thread for this for a while now.

The only problem is....

When i spot a ground spawn right before i drop a bomb/probe its almost always a NRF. Ive been keeping track on the last few and im 1 claim in 10. (edit make that 1 in 13, 3 more today so far, wtf this topic comes up and i am finding lots right before i drop :p )

Ive found a load of ground spawns mining too(214, i tracked em ;p). But most are when im moving, or extracting. Not as many when im about to drop.

Anyone else notice that the piles you find are much smaller these days ? I never had a single didget count of an item befoer then, and ive had 12 finds of 8 or 9 since then, with a lot of 10s and other small ones as well.

[Returns_Again]

I have not noticed a lower count lately. I don't really look for fruit and stones that often, maybe I should open my eyes more, but the last fruit I just picked up was a stack of 51. It was while hunting, argos north of Twins Mall, not mining.

[Taz]

I have found fruits, stones, dung nearby claims too. And the other way round too. But it was very uncomon.

IMO: Claims spawn at the same area .... hardly at the same spot, it is just luck. The same will be fruits, stones, dung ... probably

[Karmic]

I find fruit, dung, and stones near claims too, because that's when I've stopped moving...

I tried an experiment once where I walked between every drop, and I found 5 fruit spawns, 2 dung spawns, and 1 stone spawn at random places in 100 probes. It wasn't worth the time.

[Snipe]

thanks for the replies

Sofar based on everybodys replies, i think it is safe to assume that when you find stones/fruit/dung, there is a bit of a bigger possibility that you can find a claim at the spot or near it

I dont think anybody will argue with me when i say we need all the help we can get to break even in this game... this tactic could possibly help to break even more often

[Sofia]

Originally Posted by Snipe

thanks for the replies

Sofar based on everybodys replies, i think it is safe to assume that when you find stones/fruit/dung, there is a bit of a bigger possibility that you can find a claim at the spot or near it

I dont think anybody will argue with me when i say we need all the help we can get to break even in this game... this tactic could possibly help to break even more often

Well, actually there is no clear strategy for that

[club]

interesting thread but yes , when i was still on my mining, i think it happened to me sometimes