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Tesa: /* BURST DIGGING */

2016-03-09T16:53:05Z

BURST DIGGING

Tesa at 19:29, 27 February 2016

2016-02-27T19:29:35Z

Tesa: /* Dig Preparation */

2016-02-19T12:56:12Z

Dig Preparation

Tesa at 12:40, 19 February 2016

2016-02-19T12:40:34Z

Tesa: /* Why Dig? */

2016-02-19T12:39:37Z

Why Dig?

Tesa: /* Why Dig? */

2016-01-30T23:54:44Z

Why Dig?

Tesa at 23:42, 30 January 2016

2016-01-30T23:42:12Z

Flowbar: /* Dig Theory */

2015-12-08T14:57:43Z

Dig Theory

Silden at 00:07, 9 November 2015

2015-11-09T00:07:40Z

Flowbar: /* Dig Theory */

2015-11-04T21:37:35Z

Dig Theory

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	We were able to reliably get 4-6 Cuttable Stone and 0-1 medium per hole with 4 people using Grilled Onions, tower buff and 7k shovels. - Lechai		We were able to reliably get 4-6 Cuttable Stone and 0-1 medium per hole with 4 people using Grilled Onions, tower buff and 7k shovels. - Lechai
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		+	==Byproducts==
		+	Depending on your [[Arthropodology]] skill level, digging can produce [[produces::Blister Beetle]]s, [[produces::Clay Slug]]s, [[produces::White Mealybug]]s, [[produces::Mud Asp]]s, [[produces::Pickel Slug]]s, [[produces::Queen Maggot]]s, and [[produces::Corkscrew Asp]]s.

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 You'll need:
 *Diggers
-** Early tale, with iron and slate shovels, it takes four diggers or more just to get anything, but 15+ is recommended
+** Early tale, with iron and slate [[requires::Shovel]]s, it takes four diggers or more just to get anything, but 15+ is recommended
 ** As the tale proceeds, diggers will get hand crafted metal shovels, higher basic endurance and better endurance food, meaning that fewer diggers are needed
 *A place.

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 ===Why Dig?===
-[[Digs]] are one of the co-operative activities that produce resources, specifically [[produces::Cuttable Stone]], [[produces::Medium Stones]], [[produces::Gypsum]] and [[produces::Bauxite]]. It's also a way to get together, exchange rumours, sign petitions, drink, smoke, teach techs, or congregate for acrobatics.
+'''[[Digs]]''' are one of the co-operative activities that produce resources, specifically [[produces::Cuttable Stone]], [[produces::Medium Stones]], [[produces::Gypsum]] and [[produces::Bauxite]]. It's also a way to get together, exchange rumours, sign petitions, drink, smoke, teach techs, or congregate for acrobatics.
 ===Dig Preparation===

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 ===Why Dig?===
-Digs are one of the co-operative activities that produce resources, specifically [[produces::Cuttable Stone]], [[produces::Medium Stones]], [[produces::Gypsum]] and [[produces::Bauxite]]. It's also a way to get together, exchange rumours, sign petitions, drink, smoke, teach techs, or congregate for acrobatics.
+[[Digs]] are one of the co-operative activities that produce resources, specifically [[produces::Cuttable Stone]], [[produces::Medium Stones]], [[produces::Gypsum]] and [[produces::Bauxite]]. It's also a way to get together, exchange rumours, sign petitions, drink, smoke, teach techs, or congregate for acrobatics.
 ===Dig Preparation===

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 * A hole has room for 8 stones (combination of Medium Stone and Cuttable Stones) and a generous number of bauxite or gypsum
 * When the hole shrinks to size 0, it will disappear. It is possible to open up a new hole at the same spot afterwards.
-* Every dig attempt will start a basic 40 second END timer. With increased endurance, the recovery time is shortened. Every character has a hidden buffer for three tiresome activities per stat, so everyone can start by digging three times, and then again once every 40s.
+* Every dig attempt will start a basic 40 second END timer. With increased endurance, the recovery time is shortened. Every character has a hidden buffer for the cost of one tiresome activity plus 38 seconds, so everyone can start by digging three times during two seconds, and thereafter once every 40s.
 * Endurance 7 means halved recovery time, 20s.
-* Iron and Slate shovels dig exactly one step, either making the hole one level deeper, or digging up an item
+* Iron and Slate shovels dig exactly one step, either making the hole one level deeper, or digging up one item (if there is room)
 * Crafted shovels can be more efficient, and will dig 1-4 steps, depending on quality
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 * A digger with E endurance has 7+E "effective endurance", or "ee", at 0 END you have 7 ee.
-* With simple shovels, it takes a combined 70 ee just to keep the hole open, which means 10 diggers at endurance 0 ( (7+7) * 10 )
+* With simple shovels, it takes a combined 70 ee just to keep the hole open, which means 10 diggers at endurance 0 ( (7+0) * 10 )
-* With shovels that dig two steps, somewhere near q9000, a team with 70 ee or more can keep the hole open and get one stone per dig attempt by rotating and digging once every time the hole shrinks one step. This is greatly simplified if all have the same endurance (no need to switch places over time).
+* With shovels that dig two steps, somewhere near q9000, a team with 70 ee or more can keep the hole open and get one stone per dig attempt forever by rotating and digging once every time the hole shrinks one step. This is greatly simplified if all have the same endurance (no need to switch places over time).
 This gives the following table for diggers with equal endurance (it gets a bit complicated when endurance levels are spread, so count on all having the lowest in the group for simplicity):
 * One digger, iron shovel, 0% efficiency  at END 63, slowly increasing with more endurance
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 * With grilled onions (+2 END) we get 40 seconds * (7/(7+2)) = 31.11 seconds per dig, or 1.93 digs per minute. This gives 8 diggers.
-* There is a technique called "burst digging" which can be done with (i think) 8 unaugmented people where the host starts the hole and everyone does their three initial digs as fast as possible. Then you all wait for your timers to refresh and do it again. The output is small, but it is non-zero. The recovery time is 2 mins (3*40s) from the first dig attempt with 0 END, less with more END.
+* There is a technique called "burst digging" which can be done with 4 or more unaugmented people where the host starts the hole and everyone does their three initial digs as fast as possible. Then you all wait for your timers to refresh and do it again. The output is small, but it is non-zero. The recovery time is almost 2 mins (2*40 + 38) from the first dig attempt with 0 END, less with more END.
 ===Dig Etiquette===

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 *A place.
 **Digs have to happen on [[Dirt]], but dirt is almost everywhere so that isn't much of a restriction.
-**It should be near a compound, which can have
+**It helps to be near a compound which has:
 ***Chests for stashing the stones
 ***A [[Carpentry_Shop| Carpentry Shop]], where you can make Slate or Iron Shovels, less necessary as the game progresses and people have their own metal shovels.
 ***Two [[Kitchen|Kitchens]] for mixing some high-endurance and blocker food
-***Always bring a supply of [[Grilled_Onions| Grilled Onions]], if there are no kitchens, or the kitchen food is out.
+***Bring a supply of [[Grilled_Onions| Grilled Onions]] if there are no kitchens, or no-one can cook an END meal.
-*A time. Sometimes you can luck out and get enough people in a reasonable time by just announcing on E!, but generally people like to plan it into their day. Give some advance notice. If you're feeling civic-minded (or masochistic) announce that you'll be running at a certain time on a certain day for a few weeks.
+*A time. Sometimes you can luck out and get enough people in a reasonable time by just announcing on selected channels (or on Egypt Today), but generally people like to plan it into their day. Give some advance notice. If you're feeling civic-minded (or masochistic) announce that you'll be running at a certain time on a certain day for a few weeks.
 *A cause. (This can help with the publicity)
 **Research
 **Personal
 **A clear understanding of the division rules. "100% for research", "100% for the diggers", or some combination.
-*A duration. Generally one hour is all anyone can stand. Again, be clear and be firm. Some people will want to continue past the published end time, but others will have other plans. You don't want to impose on people. Your digs will get a bad reputation and people will stop coming.
+*A duration. One hour is the most common duration, but be clear and be firm - maybe the food lasts 1 hour and 10 minutes, and the dig will last the duration of the food. Some people will want to continue past the published end time, but others will have other plans. You don't want to impose on people. Your digs will get a bad reputation and people will stop coming.
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 * A freshly opened hole is at depth 10. Depth is not shown in the game, but the hole increases in size with its depth.
 * Any dig attempts that would result in a depth greater than 20 will leave the hole at depth 20 and an item may pop up, if there is room for it on the ground
-* A hole has room for 5 cuttable stones and an unlimited number of medium stones, bauxite or gypsum.
+* A hole has room for 8 stones (combination of Medium Stone and Cuttable Stones) and a generous number of bauxite or gypsum
 * When the hole shrinks to size 0, it will disappear. It is possible to open up a new hole at the same spot afterwards.
-* Every dig attempt will start a basic 40 second timer. With increased endurance, the recovery time is shortened. Every character has a hidden buffer for three tiresome activities per stat, so everyone can start by digging three times, and then again once every 40s.
+* Every dig attempt will start a basic 40 second END timer. With increased endurance, the recovery time is shortened. Every character has a hidden buffer for three tiresome activities per stat, so everyone can start by digging three times, and then again once every 40s.
 * Endurance 7 means halved recovery time, 20s.
 * Iron and Slate shovels dig exactly one step, either making the hole one level deeper, or digging up an item