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  • Bio-Engineering - Beginner's Guide to Bio-Engineering
    By: Jexx Obo, Posted at: Tue, Jul 22nd 4:15 PM 2003
    Rated 5.00 by 30 people

    Beginner's Guide to Bio-Engineering
    By Jexx Obo / Field Scientist of the Imperial Guard


    Part I: Introduction to BE / DNA Sampling and Clone Enginering skills

    I. Introduction

    So you want to play god do you, genetically manipulating the dna you obtain from creatures found in the wild and creating new and improved creatures from them? If this sounds appealing to you then perhaps you were born to practice the science of Bio-Engineering, a profession that combines a hybrid of skills from the scout and medic classes. It is my opinion that the Bio-Engineering profession is a natural counterpart to Creature Handling, afterall, what could be better than taming the creatures you make and having them fight by your side in the field! Fortunately there are ample skill points available to you so that you may pursue both professions.

    II. Pre-requisites

    Before you are able to visit the npc Bio-Engineering trainer in your area you must first complete the 4 blocks of Hunting from the scout profession and the 4 blocks of Organic Chemisty from the medic profession. Once you have completed these skill blocks don't throw your tools away yet, for you still have a bunch of Medical Crafting experience (10k at last check) to work on to have the completed pre-requisite experience to train Novice Bio-Engineer. You will probably have several packs filled with your stimpacks and medicines, these should sell well to medics and doctors or will provide useful to you if you engage in combat with your creations at your side as creature handler pets.

    III. DNA Sampling

    So you have trained Bio-Engineer and now you are unsure of what to do. At the time of this writing the profession is a bit buggy, the main command that allows you to carry out your field research does not automatically show up in your command panel (ctrl-a) so you must create a macro to use it, or you can simply type the command out. The command is 'sampledna' and you use it on a living creature that you have targetted and that is relatively close (about 15m). Sampling dna can have several outcomes, depending on your skill in the DNA Sampling skill subtree.

    1) Failed dna sample and the creature attacks
    2) Failed dna sample and the creature remains peaceful
    3) Successful dna sample but the creature attacks
    4) Successful dna sample but the creature dies
    5) Successful dna sample and the creature lives (or seem to mind)

    Your skill level in DNA Sampling determines the chance of your getting the best possible results, before training even the first block expect most creatures to either die after a successful sample or attack you whether you succeed or fail. At DNA Sampling 4 it is common to be able to sample 3 or 4 times from the same creature.

    A successful sample will net you some DNA Sampling experience and as you sample more and more dna you will advance up this skill tree, it doesn't take all that long to reach DNA Sampling 4. A successful dna sampling session will also result in a new item placed in your inventory, 1 unit of dna from the creature. This dna sample, like all resources in SWG, has an overal quality, which is dependent on your skill level. At Novice BE expect most samples you take to be of Low Quality or Below Average, while at DNA Sampling 4 your samples will range from Above Average to High Quality.

    A unit of DNA is comprised of 10 numerical qualities in addition to the overal quality of the sample, these qualities range from 0 - 1000 and are broken up as follows:

    A) Physical Condition
    1. Hardiness
    2. Fortitude
    B) Prowess
    3. Dexterity
    4. Endurance
    C) Mental
    5. Intellect
    6. Cleverness
    D) Psychological
    7. Dependability
    8. Courage
    E) Aggression
    9. Fierceness
    10. Power

    Creatures you encounter in the wild will have differing strengths and weaknesses, some may be in better physical condition but not make very good pets due to their psychological weaknesses, others may be very intelligent and dependable but physically weak. Low Quality samples will have the quality numbers reflect which traits are stronger for which characters but the numbers in general will be lower than a sample with a High Quality. It is typical to see High Quality intellect and cleverness valus for a creature that is naturally smart reach into the mid 900s.

    So , what do all these numbers mean and how do I make use of them?

    IV. Creature Cloning 101

    Creature cloning is the process of taking the dna you sampled in the field and using it in a DNA Template to create a schematic for a genetically mixed creature. When you train Novice Bio-Engineer you are given 3 beginning templates that you can use, these are: Bearded Jax, Eopie, Kaadu .

    You will need to have sampled at least 5 units of dna before you can start the cloning process and if you don't have one already have an artisan create a Food and Chemical crafting tool for you. Two of the very basic creature templates can be used with the Generic Crafting Tool, but everything after that requires the Food and Chem specialty crafting tool, and after your first block of Creature Cloning you will also need access to a public Food and Chemical crafting station for the newer templates you gain access to (from the Dewback template on requires a public Food and Chem station).

    In your crafting tool open the tab for the Genetics Category, at novice level you will see entries for the Bearded Jax and Eopia, and if you are using the specialty tool you will also see the Kaadu. In the schematic you will see 5 slots, each slot requiring 1 unit of dna. The labels on these slots should seem familiar to you now, they correspond to the various qualities discussed above (Physical, Prowess, Mental, Psychological, Aggression). Your job is to examine the samples you have and choose the best samples for a specific quality and use those in the dna template. At novice levels it doesn't matter all that much which samples you use, to be honest the creatures you create will be inadequate and you will be cloning (creature crafting) merely to gain experience so that you can advance in the skill trees.

    Using a base DNA Template and creating a new template is only the first step of a two step process for creating a new creature. Check your inventory after your tool has reported completion and you will see a new template there, labelled according to the base template you used (Bearded Jax, Eopie, etc). The next step involves taking this template and creating the creature.

    Start your crafting tool again and this time open the tab for Bio-Engineering. You will now see a list of all of the creatures you can create; the list directly corresponds to the names in the dna templates (Bearded Jax, Eopia, Kaadu, etc).Choose the creature that matches the name of the template you just finished creating and move on to the next screen. You will now see a list of all available resources on the left side, this includes meats, flora and dna templates (those that match the same creature). All creatures that are clonable will be created from these resources so now would be a good time to setup a Flora Farm and start collecting tons of flora food as well as hunting out in the field to collect some meat. It is unclear to me at this time how much the various qualities of the meat and flora affect the outcome of creature cloning, though the schematic clearly shows that Overall Quality is of 50% importance.

    Once the crafting tool has finished you will see a miniature image of the creature you created in your inventory. If you have basic creature handler skills one of the options that you can perform with this creature is to Tame it. It is my opinion that taming the creatures made at the novice levels is a waste of resources as you can Tame better from the wild. On the contrary, one of the other options available to you is the familiar Sample DNA. This is exactly what you want to do and you will see why as soon as you have succeeded. The experience netted from sampling dna from one of your creations is 10 times that of sampling in the wild. This is a particularly great perk of the Bio-Engineering class as nothing goes to waste and you'll find yourself advancing nicely with repeated dna sampling, creature cloning and subsequent resampling.

    V. Conclusion

    This guide is meant as an introduction to the Bio-Engineering profession and is by no means considered complete, by the time of your reading this it may not even be entirely accurate. Left for further discussion is the skill subtree of Creature Engineering Techniques, which provides experimentation bonuses, and Tissue cloning, which at the time of this writing is a skill who's purpose is unknown.

    -Jexx Obo

    SWG: Profession: Bio-Engineering - Beginner's Guide to Bio-Engineering, by Jexx Obo
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       lev Reply...
      Posted @ Sat, Mar 5th 4:14 PM 2005
      By: Wusha
      4 posts
      Score: Decent [3.00]

      I am a CH BE and I dont know what level I need in cloning to clone a Wrix. Anyone know give me a tell.                                                                

       
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       lev Reply...
      Posted @ Sat, Mar 5th 4:14 PM 2005
      By: Wusha
      4 posts
      Score: Decent [3.00]

      I am a CH BE and I dont know what level I need in cloning to clone a Wrix. Anyone know give me a tell.                                                                

       
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       lev Reply...
      Posted @ Sat, Mar 5th 4:14 PM 2005
      By: Wusha
      4 posts
      Score: Decent [3.00]

      I am a CH BE and I dont know what level I need in cloning to clone a Wrix. Anyone know give me a tell.                                                                

       
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       Help Please Reply...
      Posted @ Wed, Dec 22nd 2:47 AM 2004
      By: Bottintesta
      Scholar
      20 posts
      Score: Default [2.00]

      Does anyone know an easy way to get Medical Crafting xp??                                                                             

       
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      The Force is like duct tape. It has a light side, a darker side, and it binds everything together.

      Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it seems like an hour. Sit with a pretty girl for an hour, and it seems like a minute. THAT'S relativity. -- Albert Einstein

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       secret research data Reply...
      Posted @ Wed, Apr 7th 2:54 AM 2004
      By: senne
      3 posts
      Score: Decent [3.00]

      Where do I get this secret research data from needed for caloric conversion supplement for example                                                                

       
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       Where you get milk Reply...
      Posted @ Tue, Apr 6th 4:53 PM 2004
      By: XiasLarkand
      Scholar
      52 posts
      Score: Decent [3.00]

      You guys were wondering where to get milk,i know how if you still are. if you have mask scent it is very easy. go to Dantooine and get some piket missions. they are fairly easy. put your mask scent on and then go up to it and radial menu it and it shoul say collect milk. walk with the piket until you are done and you should have about 200 milk minimum. this sh*t is worth alot as of today on my server.

      Xias larkand===Ahazi Server===
      Come visit my Vendors on Lok at 3425 4500 on the ahazi server ^_-

       
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       b-e marco Reply...
      Posted @ Fri, Apr 2nd 3:46 AM 2004
      By: Olyror
      2 posts
      Score: Default [2.00]

      heya i play on farstar on swg and i got bio-eng for a holo.
      Does anyone have a marco or anything to make it go faster?                                                                

       
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       Creature Food Reply...
      Posted @ Fri, Mar 5th 11:26 AM 2004
      By: Tizian
      14 posts
      Score: Decent [3.00]

      hi, to all BE ))

      i started today 5.03.2004.  Creature Food ? what
      is it (ok Eggs) ---- where to harvest a good amount ? 2. Quest: Research Data ?                                                   

       
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         RE: Creature Food Reply...
        Posted @ Mon, Mar 8th 9:30 AM 2004
        By: Wilda
        3 posts
        Score: Decent [3.00]

        just started myself and found that "creature food" is what they call the meats that you can harvest from mobs. IE the herb and insect from mobs.                                                    

         
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       secret research data Reply...
      Posted @ Sat, Feb 21st 10:51 AM 2004
      By: sveltwolf
      1 posts
      Score: Decent [3.00]

      anyone know were secret research might be driving me nustsi if so pleas let me know                                                                

       
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       Milk Reply...
      Posted @ Wed, Feb 11th 4:20 PM 2004
      By: astrik
      1 posts
      Score: Decent [3.00]

      I have a ton and know where to get it like none other... Took me hours and months but I found it... If your on chalistra Look me up.. I sell it by the boat loads                                                    

       
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       Armorsmith Bio questions Reply...
      Posted @ Mon, Dec 29th 11:48 PM 2003
      By: Orackipe
      1 posts
      Score: Decent [3.00]

      My name is orackipe im on the scylla server. I an armorsmith and have been searching for what these bio components can do for my armor. Any body have a solid set of stats for this stuff or does it vary? What do the different components do?
      Well any how I am looking to do buisness with a Bio-E Like I said im on Scylla Thanks in advance for the help. Orackipe            

       
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       BE Reply...
      Posted @ Sat, Nov 22nd 9:58 AM 2003
      By: Anonymous
      Score: Default [2.00]

      I am a master BE and I would say don't bother. You can't find half the resources you need to make the stuff. Experimentation is bugged so the creatures you make are weaker than in the wild, or at least not much stronger. I am glad I finished, and I assume they will fix us eventually, but if I had it to do again, I wouldn't.                         

       
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       sikison Reply...
      Posted @ Fri, Nov 14th 10:23 PM 2003
      By: Anonymous
      Score: Default [2.00]

      can anyone give me the macro for making nutrients?
                                                                                   

       
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       Mollusk Reply...
      Posted @ Mon, Nov 10th 1:35 PM 2003
      By: jarchuleta
      5 posts
      Score: Decent [3.00]

      Has anybody found any Mollusk or is it like milk and we are just SOL not going to find it?

      J                                                                

       
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         RE: Mollusk Reply...
        Posted @ Mon, Dec 6th 1:14 AM 2004
        By: Bottintesta
        Scholar
        20 posts
        Score: Decent [3.00]

        Milk can be found on tatooine.  Get a bantha matriarch mission and go to the waypoint. Then mask scent and go up to one of the bantha matriarchs and select "Get Milk" from the Radical Menu. Wait a few seconds, and bingo!                                      

         
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        The Force is like duct tape. It has a light side, a darker side, and it binds everything together.

        Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it seems like an hour. Sit with a pretty girl for an hour, and it seems like a minute. THAT'S relativity. -- Albert Einstein

        The most common mistake made by people designing something completly foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.--Douglas Adams
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         RE: Mollusk Reply...
        Posted @ Sat, Nov 22nd 10:00 AM 2003
        By: Anonymous
        Score: Default [2.00]

        People are selling milk, so its out there somewhere. Of couse, they aren't sharing where. A friend got some off an npc on endor, but only 3 units and BEs just weren't made to go fight on endor. No idea how to get mollusks. If I find either I will let you know.                                      

         
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       Is It Worth it? Reply...
      Posted @ Wed, Oct 29th 3:27 PM 2003
      By: SeriusBlack
      5 posts
      Score: Decent [3.00]

      I am at the brink of being a BioEn but i am having second thoughts. Is it worth it? Is CH a better way to go I hear that bio eng createures are weaker than tamed createures and thus not that great. I was looking for a secondary skills to help with my pistol exp                           

       
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      Tomorow sees undone what happens not today. Indecision cause delays, Days lost lamenting lost days.
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       i need help Reply...
      Posted @ Mon, Oct 20th 8:56 PM 2003
      By: Anonymous
      Score: Default [2.00]

      I just got novice BE can anyone tell me what items are good for getting exp. ahhhhh i need help                                                                

       
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         RE: i need help Reply...
        Posted @ Sun, Oct 26th 5:55 AM 2003
        By: Anonymous
        Score: Default [2.00]

        i just grind Micronutrient Supplements...

        100xp, not too too many resources, and you have it from the start, so it applies to everything but DNA Sampling                                                   

         
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           RE: i need help Reply...
          Posted @ Sun, May 23rd 7:15 PM 2004
          By: rasip
          22 posts
          Score: Decent [3.00]

          as of today (5-23-04)

          Multisaccharide Dimate (must have milk) is 136xp each and Constrictor Cloth is 101xp each.
          Thats with practice checked.                                                   

           
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       i neeed hewlp Reply...
      Posted @ Mon, Oct 20th 8:55 PM 2003
      By: Anonymous
      Score: Default [2.00]

                                                                                   

       
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       good starting guide Reply...
      Posted @ Tue, Oct 14th 6:07 AM 2003
      By: Anonymous
      Score: Default [2.00]

      ...good job...i just got Novice BE today and i really needed the direction....id like to know if you need creature-specific DNA samples at higher levels, though....since a Jax made from Chuba dna is ok...but a Graul made from Chuba dna is just silly.....ok, they're both silly...but one seems fair


      ~Teopani
      Golrath/Naboo/Theed

      ^the author of this post would like to thank himself for not mentioning jedi....oh wait...he just did....get him

       
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         RE: good starting guide Reply...
        Posted @ Tue, Oct 21st 9:56 AM 2003
        By: Anonymous
        Score: Default [2.00]

        Yes, higher level creatures need specific DNA.

        Shikaze
        Scylla                                                                

         
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       Milk Reply...
      Posted @ Sun, Oct 12th 6:22 PM 2003
      By: Anonymous
      Score: Default [2.00]

      Can anyone tell me how you collect milk and where to find it?

      Thanks for the info.                                                                

       
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         RE: Milk Reply...
        Posted @ Wed, May 5th 12:13 PM 2004
        By: jiblits
        2 posts
        Score: Decent [3.00]

        um any female creature out there has milk!! you just mask sent and it is a option "collect milk"
                                                                        

         
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         RE: Milk Reply...
        Posted @ Mon, Oct 13th 11:25 AM 2003
        By: Fixxer
        3 posts
        Score: Decent [3.00]

        That is the one thing I am missing too.  I can't find milk anywhere. Someone plz help. There are at least 2 items that I, and many others, can't make.

        Fixxer Upper (corbantis)
        Master Medic/novice BE                                      

         
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           RE: Milk Reply...
          Posted @ Wed, Oct 29th 12:20 PM 2003
          By: Anonymous
          Score: Default [2.00]

          Eopie lairs have had milk from time to time                                                                             

           
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       Tissue Engineering Answers Reply...
      Posted @ Wed, Oct 8th 9:12 AM 2003
      By: Anonymous
      Score: Default [2.00]

      Ok..here goes..
      I am a tailor/bio-engineer and i have found the following usefull in crafting clothing

      for Synthetic cloth (used in MOST clothing and some armor)

      Myoflex/enhanced myoflex
      passive biosensors
      tensile resistance
      toughened fibers

      for Reinforced fiber panels(used in military clothing and some armor)

      confidence cloth
      constrictor cloth
      scent camo
      visual camo

      so these could be sold to tailors who would be interested in making bio-wear, as i do :)

      hope this helps some of you..i am only 2nd tier in fibers, so beyond that i havn't figured out yet

      PS...does anyone know where to get MILK?
      thanks
      Dyanna
      Flurry
      Naboo

      for

       
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       DNA sampling = cash and lots of it Reply...
      Posted @ Wed, Oct 8th 7:11 AM 2003
      By: Anonymous
      Score: Good [4.00]

      If you are a novice bio like me you have an incredible weapon, so I say use it. Heres how to get the most out of bio and earn a bunch of cash. Head to Dantooine miners camp. This is the one with the mission terminals. Get 2 missions close to each other for SEETHING bols. they were 13k credits for me. They are not aggressive so whats the risk? Head over to the lair, there will prolly be 2 or 3 out. keep mask scent up in case a bad kitty roams around. If one does and you successfully mask for it then go over and DNA sample it. chances are if you suck like me you'll kill it. XP, a cool sample and no more threat. easy. Back to the bols. Pop and wait tactic on the house. they have plenty of hp too (44k+) shoot till one comes out. if it attacks try to get another couple shots on the house before it incaps you. No deathblow. When you get back up make SURE you target and sample the one that incapped you. if you don't kill it then he will kill you if he incaps you again. Repeat as necessary enoy your newfound xp, samples, and cash. BTW I was getting about 400 or so xp per sample and was there when I didn't even have DNA sample 1. worked out great. Enjoy

      Scratcy McCrust, Intrepid

       
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         RE: DNA sampling = cash and lots of it Reply...
        Posted @ Fri, Oct 10th 11:36 AM 2003
        By: Anonymous
        Score: Default [2.00]

        If you like to know a new way to castrate, do what Scratcy said lol, The new patch ruined this strategy, and thank you all for informing the world so it could be fixed.                                                   

         
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           RE: DNA sampling = cash and lots of it Reply...
          Posted @ Sat, Oct 11th 12:48 PM 2003
          By: Anonymous
          Score: Default [2.00]

          Awww, did they mess up your exploit?  Poor thing.                                                                             

           
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       PB Reply...
      Posted @ Mon, Oct 6th 7:36 AM 2003
      By: Anonymous
      Score: Default [2.00]

      Who can use the Bio-strength formula? And some of the other injection looking items.                                                                

       
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       Lok Reply...
      Posted @ Fri, Oct 3rd 4:44 PM 2003
      By: Anonymous
      Score: Default [2.00]

      something really crazy, go to Nym's compound on Lok, and right next to him are his two pets, both labled as red (but they dont agro easily, only if you mess up your sample) both pets give about 300 to 400 dna sampling xp, and it is great to do that, come back, and sample again.  Good for novice bio engineers looking for quick and easy xp.            

       
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       tons of cash and xp Reply...
      Posted @ Wed, Oct 1st 9:34 PM 2003
      By: Anonymous
      Score: Default [2.00]

      hello there.....I'm sure i am not the first to discover this, and there are probably nearly every BE in the game doing it, but i just discovered it and i wish someone would have pointed it out to me earlier so i am going to give away my newly discovered secret to almost endless credits and BE/CH xp

      step one...go to one of the better planets where you shouldnt be able to kill much...Endor is my fave but everyone has their preference i guess

      step two...get a mission for creatures that there is absolutely no way you can kill for lots and lots of credits (most that i do are 20k each which is TONS for a easy solo mission)

      step three...mask scent and go find your mission...once there, sample everything that is part of it (sampling along the way too of course)...and if you get lucky, you will find some babies too if you are a CH so you can get some nice CH xp as well

      step four...once everything is dead from sampling, shoot lair two times and peace....rinse and repeat...you should get 3-4 sets of creatures from each lair...and at 1-3 samples per creature (for me anyways...may be able to sample more at higher levels...im only at sample 2 at the moment), you get alot of xp from very red mobs...and after you clear the lair completely, kill as normal and collect your easy money

      step five....thank Tabue for the tip and have a nice day



      Tabue from Wanderhome
      1/1/2/0 BE
      1/2/1/2 CH
      Master Scout
      1/4/4/4 marksman
      novice pistoleer
      2/0/0/4 medic

       
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         RE: tons of cash and xp Reply...
        Posted @ Wed, Oct 1st 9:36 PM 2003
        By: Anonymous
        Score: Default [2.00]

        hehe...guess i shoulda scrolled down and read a lil bit before my post but i was just excited to share my new joy                                                                

         
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       max rancor dmg Reply...
      Posted @ Fri, Sep 26th 5:56 PM 2003
      By: Anonymous
      Score: Default [2.00]

      659 is the highest damange i have been able to get with one and ive tried a lot of different high quality ingredients and samples

      btw  im noiprox on kauri                                                   

       
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