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[BankableK]

For those that have progressed further than I have, how important is it to get EVERY bit of resource off a planet?  It seems there are quite a few "small" or "medium" peaks (only 2-4 square peak on the indicator) that don't give many resourcees.  The "big" peaks tend to chagne color and give more like 1k+.  Outside of Element Zero (which is pretty scarce so I hear) how important is it to probe all of the small/medium peaks for a planet?  Are resources that big of a problem or is it easier to just hit the biggest peaks?  I want to make sure I can get all the upgrades, but don't want to waste too much time since the Xbox scanner is pretty sluggish.

Thanks!

[BankableK]

Somehow my original topic double posted - sorry about that! Not sure how that happened - I only clicked submit once...

[N7R C7]

I hear for all the stuff to upgrade you don't need much, i know for a fact i have scanned more than I need (200,000+ of everything and 40,000 of Element Zero) but I like scanning, as boring as it may be to some ppl lol

[S1nn3d]

Do so... I was carefull and took some time scanning planets now and then... and still many many many more planets I havent touched yet.



Got more then ~75K Eezo and more then ~160K of all the other resources and nothing to spend it on.



Big spikes on the sensor are all ya really need...

[NKato]

The biggest spike produces the largest resource payoff. It has to be a really sharp spike for it to be worthwhile.



You will need to get as much Iridium as you possibly can because that stuff is used for researching weapons and armors. I had over 100k Iridium and ran out of the stuff in a hurry.

[spin156]

Yes, I think just big, hand buzzing spikes are worth probing. But, you still have to find them. The Prima game guide is a great reference for where the good stuff can be found. I'm not ashamed to use it for this purpose. Please see my "Planetary Scanning comments/tips/suggestions" thread for much more.

[FreeKnight81]

I posted this in another thread about scanning.



To research every single upgrade you need the following:

eezo: 38.5k (+3750 for every respec, if you respec)

iridium: 200k

platinum: 270k (-50k if you do not upgrade medial research [which you shouldn't need to unless you're a vain Renegade])

palladium: 195k (-25k if you do not upgrade your melee attack [which you shouldn't need to unless you're a melee Vanguard or a weird Soldier])

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Breakdown:

Light Weapons

iridium: 55k for Assault Rifle, 55k for SMG

platinum: 55k for Shotgun, 55k for Sniper Rifle

palladium: 55k for Pistol



Heavy Weapons

iridium: 60k



Biotic

eezo: 11k



Tech

eezo: 11k



Medi-gel

platinum: 55k



Shields

palladium: 55k



Squad

eezo: 3k for Subject Zero, 3k for Mordin, 7.5k for Shepard bonus power, 3750 for each respec

iridium: 0k

platinum: 20k for Grunt, 20k for Legion

palladium: 55k for Shepard (-25k if you do not upgrade the melee attack damage)



Normandy

eezo: 3k

iridium: 30k

platinum: 65k (-50k if you do not upgrade medial research [which you shouldn't need to unless you're a vain Renegade])

palladium: 30k

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Hope this helps someone.

[BankableK]

FreeKnight81 wrote...

I posted this in another thread about scanning.

To research every single upgrade you need the following:
eezo: 38.5k (+3750 for every respec, if you respec)
iridium: 200k
platinum: 270k (-50k if you do not upgrade medial research [which you shouldn't need to unless you're a vain Renegade])
palladium: 195k (-25k if you do not upgrade your melee attack [which you shouldn't need to unless you're a melee Vanguard or a weird Soldier])
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Wow, thanks for the fantastic breakdown - I didn't see your original post and they disabled searching for some reason.  Thanks for the re-post!

[hgroce15]

That list is awesome. Thanks so much. Now if only there was a list of all the various upgrades and item locations

[FreeKnight81]

BankableK wrote...

I didn't see your original post and they disabled searching for some reason.  Thanks for the re-post!

Is that what the hell happened? I've been going crazy for the past 5 minutes trying to find the damn search option. What kind of forum doesn't allow you to "search" through tens and hundreds of pages of threads? It was working this morning...

And you're welcome!