Problem with harvesting?

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   I have noticed inconsistencies in the notifications for harvesting animal parts. For example, I sent skinners to a location and the first notification said, "skinners arrived and began harvesting Scritcher Heart." But later on when they finished I got a notification saying they actually harvested Scritcher Carapace, and that is what was delivered.
Another strange one happened when the first notification said, "skinners arrived and began harvesting Giant Scuttler Exoskeleton" but what was actually harvested turned out to be Wild Dog Bone and Wild Dog Fur.

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Zagmar Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List New Poster Joined: 13 Jun 2014 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 9	Post Options Post Reply Quote Zagmar Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Problem with harvesting? Posted: 11 Oct 2014 at 03:42
	I have noticed inconsistencies in the notifications for harvesting animal parts. For example, I sent skinners to a location and the first notification said, "skinners arrived and began harvesting Scritcher Heart." But later on when they finished I got a notification saying they actually harvested Scritcher Carapace, and that is what was delivered. Another strange one happened when the first notification said, "skinners arrived and began harvesting Giant Scuttler Exoskeleton" but what was actually harvested turned out to be Wild Dog Bone and Wild Dog Fur.

Berde Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Forum Warrior Joined: 10 Dec 2011 Status: Offline Points: 380	Post Options Post Reply Quote Berde Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 11 Oct 2014 at 03:45
	Honestly, I think the slackers just get there, look around, poke at a few things, take multiple coffee and smoke breaks and then grab the closest thing at hand when they realize it's time to come back. (Which is to say "Yes. I've experienced this.")

Llannedd Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Wordsmith Joined: 28 Jun 2014 Status: Offline Points: 139	Post Options Post Reply Quote Llannedd Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 11 Oct 2014 at 17:23
	The notifications on animal parts are usually wrong. Generally I've found that skinners will harvest the most abundant part first if there is more than one type, but that may not always be true. And that's not a bad thing: the most abundant part is usually the useful one (if any of the parts have a use). But like most "rare" resources in this game, most of them have no use. Edited by Llannedd - 11 Oct 2014 at 17:24

Brandmeister Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Postmaster General Joined: 12 Oct 2012 Location: Laoshin Status: Offline Points: 2396	Post Options Post Reply Quote Brandmeister Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 11 Oct 2014 at 17:31
	The skinner notification just randomly shows one item from the square. There is no guarantee that they collect that part. The wild dog harvest was probably from a scuttler vs dog battle. Both types of parts were on the square.