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Thanks. Does anyone have a real suggestion?

Har har. Nevermind, close the thread.

the best way to get xp while you are first starting out is going for anythng that cons white to you. get in on a good group and try to go on a hunting trip to the squill caves in tat or get in a good hunting group and go kick some ass and grind xp on dathomir or dantooine. its a long road for a teras kasi but i dont regret doing it ever.

I started hunting giant carrion spats on corellia as a tk 0/0/1/1. They were giving around 1800 xp per kill for me.

Now, I'm 0/2/3/2 and I prefer to kill giant dalyrakes. They die fast using unarmed2 and I still get around 1300xp for them. I made just over 300k UNARMED xp in a little over 5 hours last night. I can /med out any poison they deal, so that shouldn't be a problem even for a fairly novice tka.

I won't say my classes atm, but my current melee defense is 49.

To be successful in fast burning the xp trees, you just need to learn to pull single, agressive creatures. non-agro creatures are much harder as they love to assist each other once you attack, though it can still be done =)

I did Unarmed 1-3 outside cities on starter planets, I did Unarmed 4 and got the 125k needed for Novice on the medium planets (Rori and Talus) by just killing anything I thought I could handle.

Get yourself some VK's if you haven't already, although you aren't certified you will hit much faster and will be able to kill tougher creatures using them and a combination of intimidate, warcry, and berserk.

Good luck and good hunting.

Starting out find stuff that does the least damage to you while giving the most XP... I probably killed a million Capper Spineflaps while trying to get unarmed 4.

Um anyone who has studied the classes and can add can figure out what other classes you are Mr 49 melee def... There are others doing the same as you.

I'm trying to go TKA...once I get unarmed dizzy everything will be great, since I have that ranged knockdown. But to get novice TKA and that unarmed dizzy, I'm still searching for something that gives decent exp with just unarmed IV. Any specific creatures you all can name?

Having just been through this [just shy of Master Artisan this morning, should have it by noon, and then Novice Architect by tonight, latest.], I'd like to chime in.

First tip, do only those things that require a single crafting pass. That is, don't do anything that needs sub-components that have to be crafted seperately. Since this is all grinding XP, quality is irrelevant. Buy/sample/harvest what is plentiful and cheapest/easiest to get. Use practice mode. It doesn't add much but since XP is all you are interested in, every little bit helps.

For most things, XP= 2x resources used. This breaks down a bit on some things [like harvestors] but is a good general rule. The more resources an item needs to be crafted, the more XP you get for crafting it. Item complexitymay factor in on this but if it does, it'sfairly subtle.

Step 1 - Crafting tools [except general crafting tools, it uses less resources than the specialized tools]. Buy/sample the necessary minerals/metals/chemicals. Easily get to Survey I/II with the sampling. If I recall correctly, you get something like 70-80 XP for a weapon/droid/general craft tool. If you're quick on the mouse, you can do two at once [using two tools of course]. Be careful though, you'll need to be quick to finish the second one before the first one finishes or else you'll get the dreaded 'this craft session has ended' error and lose your materials.

Step 2 - Get to Dom I and then do Hide Boots. You'll need to have sampled a good supply of inert petrochemicals and bought/harvested a good supply of hides. You can use this to power your way to up Eng III. You should also reach Survey III with this.

Step 3 - Get to Eng III and then make Harvestors. I chose Wind Harvestors due to the reduced Steel requirement. You get 446 XP per shot with these. With a quick mouse hand, you can easily do two at once and perhaps even 3 at once if you are truly a uber crafting god [me, I'm lucky to get 2 done at once].

Step 4 - Profit!

Hope that helps.

I went to Naboo to grind TK Novice and Unarmed 4. The beach on Kadaara is prime grinding ground. Basically kill the thugs, nightspiders, snakes, chubas, nunas, butterflies... everything. I usually got 1000 xp every 5 minutes at this place.

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jakak wrote:
punching yourself should yield good xp.. or kill million and million of nunas.

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no kidding, if you duel yourself and win...you should get exp, as well as a badge =P

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Of course, if you want to get xp and cash, do the artisan missions. If you want fast, and a little cash, do in town missions. Some are only a few feet away (I do that in Moenia all the time). You get 50 xp for each mission. If you want serious cash (12-15k an hour), do the moenia to deejah peak and back. Take 2 missions at a time. 100 xp per way, 1350-1450 cr per mission. I was still able to level fairly quickly, and got survey 4 along the way.. (while waiting on the shuttle, sample for that minute or 3). I typically have a 4 min wait in deejah, and 1 min wait in Moenia. This will also give you cash to buy hides if you decide to grind later...or cash to buy a factory with (avg price 45-55k on most servers).