speculative digging

A AtroniteOP

OP 20/12/2006 · 07:19 PM #1

You know, what annoys me most about digging is that it`s simply too vague besides all the conventional stuff that`s already known. I mean what`s the ultimate way to dig? How do "luck" artifacts work, and how long do they last?

Seriously, I wish I could look at the code and find out every little thing that affects your chances at finding stuff. I mean, according to the site, it says that your chances of finding an artifact goes down every time u find one. So, logically, it might seem good to dig using only 1-3 turns to have the best chances of finding something, but if u try it during rare time, you won`t have as much luck in my experience.

So the question is, what would it take to have the highest possible chance of finding lots of artifacts?

Do not mention these things because they`re already well known:

2 land U Spaz
get a paid
dig at the proper times

What I am asking specifically is what "actions" increase or decrease your chances of finding artifacts:

"Actions you have taken in the last 20 mins will effect your chances"

Anything else known to increase chances is appreciated as well.

It would be nice to just look at the code and find out once and for all how the digging system works.

K Killer1700

22/12/2006 · 01:13 PM #11

/me knows all the secrets

ok heres what u do...

stand on ur head for an hour before dig time, then smash one of ur fingers with a hammer. log onto any yahoo email and sent a message to [email protected] and then immediately dig with 9 turns and refresh and dig again. this will make the server go nuts and give you 9 rares every time.

H Hiigarans

21/12/2006 · 09:35 AM #10

the dig time start from server time (+8GMT)13:00 and end at 22:00. of course, Rare dig was at 16:30 to 17:00, while UnCommon dig was 20:30 - 21:00. the followwing information is a general detail which was excluded races n paid acc factor.

in the dig time, u can get artifacts easily (in QUANTITY) no matter what planet type (include cluster) u dig on.

if the dig time was over, then the planets amount (clustered colonies) will affect the dig result. of course, the less u have the result u get.

even u dig with 1 planet + dig time was over, now the planet type will be the key. u will found out U.Spazial n Gas will have better result (again, in QUANTITY).

luck artifact do affect the dig result. loyalty? no.

C chessRPGrulerKoA

21/12/2006 · 06:48 AM #9

I`m not positive about this, but I think all the minor actions that affect digging combine to help generate the seed for the random() whatever function, but it would be really impractical to experiment with trying to generate a certain seed for that without having access to the code backend. According to other references we`ve had, the paid account does a 20% increase in chance, time affects it greatly and directly, and planet type also affects it directly. All the other actions would most likely combine indirectly, as it`s improbably stephen has 101+ other little if-thens for modifying chances of getting some artifact. But I agree, if stephen would show us the code for digging, I`m sure we could dig out all the little things... which is probably a main reason for him not to.

C CaNnAbIsViLLe

21/12/2006 · 06:24 AM #8

Dreamland, doubtful as all one has to do is ask for me to come outta DP and if i`m not working on something i`ll be more than glad to come out... plus i`m outta DP fairly often, lol :P

D DreamlandReformed

21/12/2006 · 06:03 AM #7

cannabisville probably a rumor so people can hit you outa dp :P

atronite....i tried asking em for formula but no one gave me one -_-

C CaNnAbIsViLLe

21/12/2006 · 01:49 AM #6

I`ve heard if you`re outta DP it increases your chances of finding stuff but that might just have been a rumor... dunno... never really paid attention when i was digging and outta DP, lol

P PandoraLives

21/12/2006 · 12:48 AM #5

4:30pm server time has a few uncommons and rares every day

H Hiigarans

20/12/2006 · 10:45 PM #4

well, i had dig for awhile.

digging mainly affect by dig time. planet amount, planet type, land size, and other factors were just minor.

in the coeerect dig time, u can get ton of artifacts EASILY.

K KnightOfBaa

20/12/2006 · 09:38 PM #3

Try to keep the stocks of each orb even, there is a slightly higher chance of finding the same colour of orb that you have the most of, hence the reason that there are hardly ever yellow orbs turn up, if you have a good stock of them all the time you will find more.

Thank you please

A AtroniteOP

20/12/2006 · 07:23 PM #2

like, for example, does day of the week have anything to do with it?

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