Bio Engineer Archive

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GreenStok wrote:
I load my pistol in toolbar and keep it unloaded.

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You'll still try to auto attack with unarmed attacks and atract the attention of it's friends. I find the /peace method the most effective for avoiding aggro of the whole pack. Also I never sample without armor on even though it makes the mind cost go up. The mind cost can be offset with muon gold. The extra protection often means the difference between getting away and having to run back out from the cloning center.

Try to look for creatures that will attack their own kind as well. Nothing funnier than being saved by a critter you might ultimately kill, (or be killed by). Good examples of critters that are like this are mantigrue screechers. They are CL 60+ (i believe), do not DB and you can normally walk up to sampling range without maskscent. (just watch out for disease with them ). If one gets in a fight and you don't fight back, other screechers will attack your attacker , giving you time to flee.

Speaking of mantigrue, has anyone id'd the reapers to see what cl they are? I really need to break down and get measter scout so I can see the cl on this new stuff.

erm, master scout...

I love being a Smuggler/BE. Feign Death works great when you accidentally aggro a creature.

You just have to make sure to run out of the aggro range of the lair, so that when the creatures walk back to the lair you can stand up without getting hit again.

Not sure if this is anything but it was something. I sampled two peko-peko's about ten times each. I would wait about 2 mins or so between samples, they did not aggro or die until I got greedy. I thought, well maybe they are bugged and tried at a faster rate, nope I had to kill one. The other died. Anyone else see this, maybe I will test it tonight.

Wow, I sampled a peko albatross the other day. Agroed right away and killed me quick.

Great tip Tal-n good job.

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Talthazar wrote:
Speaking of mantigrue, has anyone id'd the reapers to see what cl they are? I really need to break down and get measter scout so I can see the cl on this new stuff.

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Yeah, I saw them out on the endor desert (congrats if you see the new blurrg sandcrawler, i only came across 2 so i think they're rare) they aren't a super high CL rating I know that much or I'd have taken a special note of it. I think the Screechers are CL55 now and these other ones are around CL30ish.

great tips tal (didnt know about the maskscent/posture %'s).

a few things that help me:

-put weapon away before u get close to the creature!

-try to come up *behind* the creature slowly- they seem to be less likely to notice you if you come from behind them.

-when they attack hit peace and run - many creatures drop aggro quickly, like 50m - and just heal yourself as you run. if you cant heal well, have a friend with you that can heal stand about 30m away from the lair/creature waiting to heal you as you run past him - works great!

-tell your sampling buddy to attck the creature *only* if you get knocked down - then he can peace it and run it off its aggro (if you do have a sampling buddy with you, that is)

-method 2: bring a group (or strongpets)and have them wait (or "stay")60m away for you to pull each creature. instead of healing you and running off the aggro, just kill the creature - as long as you are far enough away from the other creatures they will not attack you even if they normally pack together.

-if you get a creature that just wont forget you (attacks every time u get close) or the lair/spawn is empty and damaged, just run 250m away and come back -brand new lair w/ full health andfresh mobs around it! (note: there has to be nobody in the area for this to work so if youre with a group everyone has to do this at the same time).

Good info Tal.

Here's a few tips from my journey to MBE.

A good supply of Fishak surprise is always good. I picked some up during DNA IV and it was a life saver. +541 Mind, 826 seconds, 8 charges per stack. This was much better than Muon Gold as it does not have a downer.

Also..I use /threatenshot;/pause 1;/Peace;/Peace;/Peace as my "flee" macro. I was only capped 3 times while sampling Pickets during DNA IV training using this macro. I could run about 100M and immediately return to the lair. No burst run needed.