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What is the best way to get survey EXP draining out my HAM for 60ish for every 2 min or so seems to be rough. Is there no any other way to get exp?

well for one get a pet or something to group with you for the group bonus

didnt seem like a pet made a difference.

Just a hint for people starting out. If your going to master Artisan or any other crafting proffession... go out in the wild, build a camp (or not, doesn't really matter) and grind while your surveying. Don't even have to go in the wild, but I was trying to get survival xp too. Just craft in the city if you want and survey while you do it. Two birds, one stone. Migrate your stats to Action and Mind secondaries and you'll never have to stop and rest. I think I had my HAM looked something like 800/400/400, 800/550/550, 700/550/550. Just get the secondaries up there, primaries don't matter. And get some Muon Gold for when your out surveying looking for a good spot so you don't have to stop all the time. It can be pretty painless as long as you do some grinding during it. If your going to be grinding you might as well sample.

Oh yeah, and don't do the little event things. Like the concentration option, or the other one. Hit ignore and ok. Takes more HAM and gives no extra xp.

Nope. Sampling is the only way to get survey exp. Sample in a high concentration spot (90%+), this will let you get more success sampling, which means faster xp.

Could I buy the stuff from FP?

AFK macro sample. Earn XP while you sleep or work or do whatever other stuff.

macro macro macro macro. spend free time shopping or watching TV... about 5 hours worth.

1 of two methods to use to get around "HAM" problems. First... get quickness and stamina buffs. If you get a nice master doctor buff to both these stats you'll have 1 1/2 - 2 1/2 hours of HAM penalty-less surveying.

2nd method is getting a crate of high quality stim-b's. And simply working your macro to heal yourself when you need it. I generally do about 8 iterations of

/sample;

/pause 5;

/stand;

/pause 25;

before doing a

/healdamage;

It's important to let the macro run thru a time or two to make sure you got the timing correctly. So that you don't end up sampling without action to actually sample.

Find the highest percent spot of ANY resource (other than radioactive) to sample from. The higher the percent the more likley you will have successfull samples.. thus more xp.

Beyond that... check your pc every hour or so, train in survey as needed so you don't waste time by cappin your survey xp.