Rowells
ANZAC ALLIANCE
Fidelas Constans
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Posted - 2015.09.16 01:48:06 -
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TL;DR: scanning for wormholes is boring as ****, and spreadsheets was apparently more occupying and satisfying.
Here's a little anecdote from lasts night attempt to scan some holes down for a good roam or trading opportunities:
I undock in my astero and set a roundabout route to take me through a reasonable amount of space without going to far. I begin trekking and every time I see sigs I drop probes and begin the process.
This happens for about 5-10 jumps before the doldrums settle in. I have my web browser open and am aimlessly perusing when I somehow end up looking at one of my industry spreadsheets.
*readjust probes for another scan*
I'm looking at it and think to myself, "wow this looks like ****".
*re-readjusts probes because the UI is fighting me*
so I begin digging in to figuring out how to optimize it and add some more information. It requires more user input then it really should and is just a glorified calculator at this point.
*its a gas site, moving on*
So I look into figuring out how to use '=VLOOKUP' in order to make a selectable drop down tab (btw VLOOKUP is amazing IF YOU CAN GET THE DAMN THING TO WORK PROPERLY)
*system has quite a few sigs, might save me some travel time if I'm lucky*
So after getting a good ore composition table working, I begin remaking my original info tools around the new set up. It looks pretty good and appears to have no issues with retrieving the info I want properly, so I spend a few minutes making it look pretty and presentable (I have no eye for flair, so it looks like unicorn vomit).
*2 days sites, 1 combat site, and finally a wormhole, let's see where it goes*
With my newfound knowledge of using a query, I begin to analyze my normal procedure when procuring my resources.
*WTF there's nothing here. Sig is sill at 100% am I bugged? Nope, a fellow scanner warps in to confirm a FUBAR hole. Moving on*
So I start to make a modified copy of my primary hauler's pricing tool. I get the basic functionality down and start working on attaching its details and functions to inputs from my ore sheet, to simplify the process.
*oops, forgot about my scanning. Uncloacked on a gate with rats shooting me*
I have to google a few tips on getting IF, AND, OR, and other logic statements flowing properly, and making sure the nested challenges are interacting right.
*found another hole, unfortunately EOL. Won't do me much good since the possible trek back is 60+ jumps and I don't feel like trying to blitz through highsec towing a fleet along with criminal sec status*
So I'm getting into the nitty gritty details on what I want the final results to look like and making sure it's usable to me, when I look to the top right at the clock: it's 5:30 AM (due to weird work hours, going to bed at 3 in the morning is usual but approaching the sunrise is really pushing it.
* last wormhole led to a C2 with a C4(?) static.*
Well I guess it's off to bed then.
I really do like the idea. Wormholes have much better tools of restriction and allow actual limits on how badly they can be used, so a. Uff to finding them would be good. |