By my calculations, I have found that it would be sufficient to triple the experience gained by datamining. This would make datamining roughly 80% as effective as missions if you didn't have to move to get to new nodes. Due to the fact that you do have to move it would be even less effective than 80%, but it would provide an alternate means to gain experience.
Triple Data Mining XP
18 posts · 2008-09-07 19:19:13 to 2008-09-19 02:46:59
I have to admit, there is a need for another to way to gain xp in decent amounts...
Could be a good idea within boundaries
Could be a good idea within boundaries
I like it. Wouldn't take a whole lot of dev time to implement (I think), and always nice to have alternatives to the mission grind.
True and then the lowbe could get some info to boot
I'm for this idea as well. There aren't any Supernodes left (that we know of) to exploit, and have the XP maybe scale along with the type of Data tap you're using in addition to scaling by difficulty. That way if you want to get the big XP, you'll have to use the upper taps and be subject to Data Node Spawns.
But only inside the Datamine.
Cadsuane wrote:
Why not outside too? It's just that outside you won't get as much $i, seems fair.
Good idea, though.
But only inside the Datamine.
Why not outside too? It's just that outside you won't get as much $i, seems fair.
Good idea, though.
You have to take extra risks if you want to earn extra rewards.
I made this suggestion back when Datamine phirst opened up. Agree XP should be available there in large amounts. Scaled just like the $i is. Would be great to have a different way phor low levels to earn XP.
As phar as everywhere else in the city... yeah, I think the XP should be increased there too. It's WAY too low the way it is.
From normal Data taps yes, but not from Datamine Tap, From lvl 30+ you can gain insaine amounts of info and XP from datamining in datamine, not from tapping the nodes themselves but from killing the spawns and getting the XP mod that gives 10% of your next lvl.
I should know, I recently lvled my 3rd 50 on syntax and before it took my main to get from lvl 1 to 50 in about 17 days, my second 50 took about the same around 17, the alt on Syntax took only 12 days to hit 50, aswell as get all the good trees in the game, still had time to farm good items like sakuras and Widows moor lenses and yea, under two weeks from archives and datamining, but mostly datamining.
Hee, I'd love it if this was implemented!
Is there some trick to getting those exp booster things? I mean like which tap is best and stuff.
The 2.0 and up data-taps get them, with certain spawns of course. From what I can remember from doing it myself, you get them from the Viral Simulacrum spawns (Half the time), Data Simulacrum spawns (Most of the time?), Lupine spawns, and Blood Drinker spawns. Nothing else pops into mind spawn-wise that has them.
From the lvl 20 tap and up you can get the xp boosts. The lvl 40 taps can spawn a Data Sim spawn that gets increasingly hard in order to get the lvl 45 tap so be weary of that. Lupine and gang spawns i tend to find mainly drops all code bits. Had a couple of xp amps from tactical security spawns. Fairly easy spawn aswell to.
But aye, since the info is tripled in DataMine, its only right that xp should be aswell.
But aye, since the info is tripled in DataMine, its only right that xp should be aswell.
I don't recall getting an XP amp from the Tac sec. spawns ever.
You should only get Amps from Data Sentry type spawns I think.
Must have been a freak occurence. I donno. Defo got 2 from the.
eval wrote:
Only Data Simulacrums give the XP amplifier. And there are 2 different Data Simulacrum spawns, one where many spawn simultaneously and one where one/two spawn in waves with one level higher after each wave. I think it's the multispawn one where you get it.
I don't recall getting an XP amp from the Tac sec. spawns ever.
Only Data Simulacrums give the XP amplifier. And there are 2 different Data Simulacrum spawns, one where many spawn simultaneously and one where one/two spawn in waves with one level higher after each wave. I think it's the multispawn one where you get it.