Kawalorn Posted July 8, 2016 Share Posted July 8, 2016 (edited) Anyone figured this out? I went to Derelict, scanned 6 feral Kavats and got nothing. Am I doing this wrong? Or is it RNG? Edited July 8, 2016 by Kawalorn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 CorrinAvatan Posted July 9, 2016 Share Posted July 9, 2016 5 hours ago, Ketec said: Furthermore - normal scanners do not work anymore when you have finished scanning them. Incorrect. If you scan a Kavat with a normal scanner, it will still work. It SAYS that you have completed the codex for them, but will still let you scan. Are you sure you're not scanning a Hyekka? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 IFHQ Posted July 10, 2016 Share Posted July 10, 2016 personally I find it to be rather easy with Ivara, I just pop an energy pad, be careful to avoid literally all dangers, stay in prowl always, and just use sleep arrows to put the kavats to sleep, and then I shoot S#&$ with redeemer, rinse, repeat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 i.chit.you.not Posted July 10, 2016 Share Posted July 10, 2016 scanned 53 kavats and only got 1 signature i gave up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 revergenie Posted July 10, 2016 Share Posted July 10, 2016 21 hours ago, SaamSaam said: Yes, but how much time ? If it's more than a week, then I'll buy it. you just answer yourself, mate. Just rank up another thing to the next period then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 WrathAscending Posted July 10, 2016 Share Posted July 10, 2016 22 hours ago, Flambeau83 said: Does anybody know if Helios scans work? Helios Scans do not work. Not only does Helios doing a Scan mean no Genetic Code will drop, a Helios scan of any target prevents you from using your own Scanner on it since the target has already been Scanned. If you're taking a Sentinel in either unequip its Attack Precept(s) so it doesn't kill Kavats before you Scan them, or remove its weapon for the same reason. I ran through 6 ODEs today seeing at least 6 Kavats each time and got no Codes whatsoever. The RNG will always RNG but it seems the chance is abysmally low. I wish the Code was something they dropped rather than requiring Scans. Ultimately I gave up and bought three of the Kavat Starter Sets since constructing the Kavat segment requires 10 Codes by itself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Kinxil Posted July 10, 2016 Share Posted July 10, 2016 Helios scanned for me Kavat a couple of time. No DNA. And now he's no longer doing it because the Codex is done about it. I didn't tested with Synthesis ones, I'm afraid he'll start to scan again everything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Rokador Posted July 10, 2016 Share Posted July 10, 2016 Got it on third scan. RNG was unusually good for me. But still I'm not forgiving it for those 40 formas from farming for Odonata wings! Keep scanning, that's all you can do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Madame_Werewolf Posted July 10, 2016 Share Posted July 10, 2016 Vauban's Bastille is the answer. It keeps kavats and enemies still so you can scan them. But I still hope that the DE will increase the drop rate, it's truly insane for what is nothing else than a mere aesthetic item. I'd do that for a good drop, but not for this. I've read on the wiki that only unharmed kavats will give genetic codes, can someone confirm or deny this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Bibliothekar Posted July 10, 2016 Share Posted July 10, 2016 11 hours ago, DrPinkieDIe said: personally I find it to be rather easy with Ivara, ... 1 hour ago, wolfsongcry said: Vauban's Bastille is the answer. No, it is not. The problem isn't to get Kavats to hold still long enough for a scan but that the Genetic Code drop chance is abysmally low. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 BBOTAA Posted July 10, 2016 Share Posted July 10, 2016 Agree, the drop chance is too low... Did 40 runs , with an average I'd say of 5, 6 scans per run and i have 7 dna codes.. Not to mention the mess it is when you get to a room full of mobs fighting each other(but fun to watch),sometimes its even difficult to understand if theres a kavat in the room or not. On my last mission entered a room with more then 10 grineer heavy units lol it was crazy, and those napalms aoe attack has a huge range and go trough walls... Probably not doing it anytime soon untill they change the drop rate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 TheSteelRat Posted July 10, 2016 Share Posted July 10, 2016 (edited) Kubrow Dens have a 10% chance to drop an Egg. and you only need ONE egg per kubrow. I can usually get an egg every 6 to 20 dens. which takes about 2 to 5 easy missions (level 1-3 Exterminate before Star Chart 3.0) For Kavats You need a Key for a to do a mission, and while doing the mission, and being attacked by Enemies and the wild Kavats, you need to scan the Kavat for a rare chance of getting DNA (less then 5%?). And you need 10 DNA fragments to build the incubator, and another 10 to make a Kavat. One of these is not like the other Edited July 10, 2016 by kkinnison Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Lycrius Posted July 10, 2016 Share Posted July 10, 2016 (edited) Finally got 10 dna thingamajigs and it only took ~190 scans (had 176 when I last checked and finished couple more missions). Best mission gave me 3 dna fragments 2 missions gave 2. Rest of the ones and zeros fall in between so suffice to say I wont be breeding too many of these things. And by god if they somehow manage to introduce something like the chesa incubation thing from back when that was a new thing (rip 50 doges). Edited July 10, 2016 by Lycrius I kinda felt like it I guess? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Madame_Werewolf Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 18 hours ago, Bibliothekar said: No, it is not. The problem isn't to get Kavats to hold still long enough for a scan but that the Genetic Code drop chance is abysmally low. After trying with Loki and nearly getting killed myself without get a single scan, believe me, it was a problem. XD But you got a point, drop rate is excessively low no matter the strategy to get the dna. Let's keep talking about it, I'm sure the DE will fix this. :) we don't want easy drop, we want... humane chances of drop. Seriously. I love this game and I understand the challenge, but this is too much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 UncaIroh Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 (edited) Play exterminate, kill all enemies in the room then scan the kavat, which goes into non-hostile mode unless you hit it while clearing the room. Also, because of the lousy drop rate of the DNA, I'll go farm void traces instead while waiting for a fix. FAAAR more consistent drop rate (twice per fissure, with the option to desecrate) Edited July 11, 2016 by TonyWong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 SCRIPtRaven Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 Very helpful thanks everyone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 TennoPain Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 meh so lame they did this to playerbase Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Shockwave- Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 On 7/9/2016 at 7:44 AM, Flambeau83 said: Does anybody know if Helios scans work? I think so but helos stops scanning once the codex entry is done... so he won't scan them for you repeatedly I wouldn't think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Shockwave- Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 I just hope if they decrease the number of codes needed they give players back codes. If they lower it to 5 codes to produce a kavat players should receiver 5 dna strands for every bred kavat that is active/in stasis as credit. I farmed my DNA scans for the segment and for the Kavat which is ready today. I'll be a little salty if they suddently make it a ton easier without doing something obvsious/easy for players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 (PSN)CoolD2108 Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 (edited) "Scan" Sry, ps4 didn't get them yet...like manuall Scan or Helios afk scanning? Sounds like a S#&$ton of work. Worth Building a Helios till they Release? Edited July 11, 2016 by (PS4)CoolD2108 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Bibliothekar Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 23 minutes ago, (PS4)CoolD2108 said: like manuall Scan or Helios afk scanning? Manual scan. Helios will stop once you've got the Codex entry complete (as with any other enemy or item). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 skidnik Posted July 12, 2016 Share Posted July 12, 2016 (edited) Kubrow egg = 20p, 10% drop chance from a den on easy to do missions, Kavat genetic code = 5p, about the same drop chance from the scan of a creature somewhere deep in the infested ship full of Ignis spamming grineers. Can't see no logic in such difficulties and no reason to farm those samples, it's much easier to earn 50p and buy them. I wanted an adventure, so i farmed two in about six missions, than bought the rest. Edited July 12, 2016 by skidnik Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 BC721 Posted July 12, 2016 Share Posted July 12, 2016 On 7/10/2016 at 5:02 AM, g4yb4ll said: scanned 53 kavats and only got 1 signature i gave up im starting to think that's just the best way, sadly. LOL i tried to scan one and my kavat killed it right before i could... THE IRONY!!!! But, i guess im just going to try and keep scanning. I can't keep dumping Plat into codes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 UncaIroh Posted July 12, 2016 Share Posted July 12, 2016 Tried scanning after hotfix 4... you have a pretty good chance of getting 1-2 dna per mission, if you scan all the kavats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Sloan441 Posted July 12, 2016 Share Posted July 12, 2016 On 7/8/2016 at 4:00 PM, Pendragon1951 said: You know that is something I noticed also when I was playing Ivara and we were invisible it's like they knew where I was. They probably did. There's precedence for this in Real Life(tm). I remember being out in Chiricahua mountains and hanging out in the pitch black night around the campsite wearing NVGs. No one could see us, since it was like being a yard up a...well, it was really dark. That was amusing until some deer wandered through the campsite. They spotted us right away. Also, cats. Cats see bloody everything. It's What They Do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 -Sharpz- Posted July 13, 2016 Share Posted July 13, 2016 I feel the RNG is way to much. I got one Kavat and that is enough for me. Going back to my Kubrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Anyone figured this out? I went to Derelict, scanned 6 feral Kavats and got nothing. Am I doing this wrong? Or is it RNG?
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