Talk:Scavenging
One slight problem, theres anecdotal evidence supporting a night time search penalty to scavenging making results time dependant. Also the game engine is entirely the same as the french version the only differences are translation and whether certain items and buildings are available. And the french version DOES have night time penalties. Discordance 17:44, 27 September 2011 (PDT)
- Thanks for the note, might worth looking into, a complication at cost of 4 more tables. I don't expect anybody to bother too much logging that, anyway. Found most of the items at night last time contrary to almost empty auto-search session during the day, so I guess I still need to notice. Any clue on exact time boundaries? Or is it determined by just lighting and colouration dimmed seen in the map window, figures? I'll keep them separated for now until it's clear about the penalty. It also makes auto-search results unreliable to account now. --KlarkMorrigan 00:29, 28 September 2011 (PDT)
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Search Results
It was never brought up, but it shouldn't hurt to get some data and see average chances of a successful find during searching. Until it's clear about night time scavenging penalty, log only manual searches, auto-searches will have to wait.
Results of searches in 
Depleted Zones can be found at the corresponding talk page. Log here results of searches in non-depleted/replenished zones only.
Scavengers (day)
Scavengers are less likely to fail a search, thus should be separated from the rest. Factors:
- Basic search stats (non-depleted zones)
- Scavengers' search bonus
| Searches | Items found | Recorded by (signature) |
| <...> | <...> | <...> |
| <...> | <...> | TOTAL |
Non-Scavengers (day)
Anybody else than scavengers are supposed to have lowest find chances, might give a clue how scavengers' bonus is good. Factors:
- Basic search stats (non-depleted zones)
| Searches | Items found | Recorded by (signature) |
| <...> | <...> | <...> |
| <...> | <...> | TOTAL |
Scavengers with Learned Camper status (day)
To see how 
Learned Camper impacts scavengers with their search bonus. Factors:
- Basic search stats (non-depleted zones)
- Scavengers' search bonus
- Learned Camper search bonus
| Searches | Items found | Recorded by (signature) |
| <...> | <...> | <...> |
| <...> | <...> | TOTAL |
Non-Scavengers with Learned Camper status (day)
To see how Learned Camper impacts non-scavengers. Factors:
- Basic search stats (non-depleted zones)
- Learned Camper search bonus
| Searches | Items found | Recorded by (signature) |
| <...> | <...> | <...> |
| <...> | <...> | TOTAL |
Scavengers (night)
Factors:
- Basic search stats (non-depleted zones)
- Scavengers' search bonus
- Night time search penalty (needs proof)
| Searches | Items found | Recorded by (signature) |
| <...> | <...> | <...> |
| <...> | <...> | TOTAL |
Non-Scavengers (night)
Factors:
- Basic search stats (non-depleted zones)
- Night time search penalty (needs proof)
| Searches | Items found | Recorded by (signature) |
| 12 | 6 | --KlarkMorrigan 14:38, 27 September 2011 (PDT) |
| 8 | 4 | --KlarkMorrigan 15:38, 27 September 2011 (PDT) |
| 20 | 10 | TOTAL |
Scavengers with Learned Camper status (night)
Factors:
- Basic search stats (non-depleted zones)
- Scavengers' search bonus
- Learned Camper search bonus
- Night time search penalty (needs proof)
| Searches | Items found | Recorded by (signature) |
| <...> | <...> | <...> |
| <...> | <...> | TOTAL |
Non-Scavengers with Learned Camper status (night)
Factors:
- Basic search stats (non-depleted zones)
- Learned Camper search bonus
- Night time search penalty (needs proof)
| Searches | Items found | Recorded by (signature) |
| <...> | <...> | <...> |
| <...> | <...> | TOTAL |
