Tiro_ Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 Hey there! I have been looking around for some numbers on the average number of materials returned by sending your companion on a crew skill mission, both for Gathering and Missions skills. Nevertheless, I found none. Thus, what I am wondering is first, is there anything beyond the listed yield and randomness that affect how many items you get? Next, and ATM more importantly, what are some very crude averages for the different yield levels, i.e. Moderate, Bountiful, Abundant, Rich, etc.? In advance, thank you very much! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medouneu Posted February 15, 2012 Share Posted February 15, 2012 (edited) I was looking for this myself, but haven't found anything. I've been keeping track a little bit, so here are my highly unscientific AVERAGE amounts for gathering GREEN items: Moderate: 4Abundant: 8Bountfiul: 10Rich: 12Prosperous (missions only): ?Wealthy (missions only): 50 Please note, these are averages. For instance, Moderate typically yields 2-4, but can sometimes yield 7. These amounts don't seem to vary based on Tier level (i.e., Moderate T1 and Moderate T6 both seem to average 4). Edited February 16, 2012 by medouneu Added Wealthy quantity Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cleet_Xia Posted February 15, 2012 Share Posted February 15, 2012 Companion affection and crew skill bonuses have a big influence on mission yields from what I've seen. I've seen 10 mats drop from a moderate yield. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GnatB Posted February 15, 2012 Share Posted February 15, 2012 IME the "yield" is largely meaningless as a measurement when comparing different items in different skills. A "Rich" yield of whatever the grade 5 fluxes are might be 30+. A "Rich" yield of the grade 2 fluxes might be ~15.A "Rich" yield of Grade 4 UT metal (titanium?) might be ~8. About the only thing you know for certain is that a "Rich" yield of grade X whatever will be more than an "Bountiful" yield of grade X whatever, which is more than "Abundant" which is more than "Moderate". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medouneu Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 Companion affection and crew skill bonuses have a big influence on mission yields from what I've seen. I've seen 10 mats drop from a moderate yield. I'm not sure that this is accurate. I have 10,000 affection or close to it with most companions, and while I see the occasional "crit" result, I don't know that I see any more than when I was starting out, but I could be mistaken. However, affection most certainly DOES affect how FAST they gather materials. When you send companions to gather, compare the time listed for the mission to the time your companion actually takes. The greater your companion's affection, the greater the reduction in time (15% time reduction at 10,000 affection). It's the same thing with crew skill bonuses for the most part. Almost all are bonuses to EFFICIENCY, meaning they gather more quickly. As far as I know, efficiency bonuses do not produce additional criticals, but I could be wrong. Only a few companions have bonuses to crit instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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