Bounty Hunter Archive
Thread: So we'd better loose the Master box when hunting NPC marks ?
When pub21 hit, as a MBH we could have either "regular" weak marks, "elite" single silver chevron marks and "boss" double golden chevron marks. They would ALL drop the same kind of loot... Fair enough...
Now, as MBH we only have the "elite" or "boss" marks and only "boss" will now drop (as I understand it) the high-end power cells and such.
But if the "regular" marks keep dropping good loot, why not loosing the Master box for a while (until we decide to hunt Jedi again) and re-take it later (as anyway we probably have enough combat xps banked to buy it again) ???
There might be somewhere I'm mistaken, so please enlighten me, because this is getting me a little confused for now...
Marssk wrote:
might as well drop to x444 so all the bounties are on the same planet
EEEEEEK
Are you serious ???
FortunoFiasco wrote:
Marssk wrote:
might as well drop to x444 so all the bounties are on the same planet
EEEEEEK
a respeccer eh?
Marssk wrote:
FortunoFiasco wrote:
Marssk wrote:
might as well drop to x444 so all the bounties are on the same planet
EEEEEEK
a respeccer eh?
Nice try, but back when I first made MBH it was on TC (go there count the shuttleports for once) and :
-----> more than half of missions were bugged (water / not spawning at all / wp not updating) see one of my answer in early 2004
! Or you could also check (in 2004 too) when I thought BH missions were dull and see what I suggested... Blix did make some improvement for us, but we're far (still) from what we could be. Yet I do think Smugglers should have something first from now on...-----> Starport wait was 10mn if you just missed the ship.
-----> When you were a newb BH some "easy" marks could one-shot incap you.
-----> Not all planets were connected (to go to dath from Kadaara was 2 jumps).
-----> No JtL an easy free planet jumps.
-----> I just had a mount, then in the middle of my hard grind we got vehicles.
Etc... I do *not* consider myself as an old-school BH as I didn't make my hunts on foot, but I'm definitely not a respec BH either...
FortunoFiasco wrote:
Lil' bit of history first :
When pub21 hit, as a MBH we could have either "regular" weak marks, "elite" single silver chevron marks and "boss" double golden chevron marks. They would ALL drop the same kind of loot... Fair enough...
Now, as MBH we only have the "elite" or "boss" marks and only "boss" will now drop (as I understand it) the high-end power cells and such.
But if the "regular" marks keep dropping good loot, why not loosing the Master box for a while (until we decide to hunt Jedi again) and re-take it later (as anyway we probably have enough combat xps banked to buy it again) ???
There might be somewhere I'm mistaken, so please enlighten me, because this is getting me a little confused for now...
I'm BH 1444 and I only get elite and boss marks.
StarSiderShadrach wrote:
I'm BH 1444 and I only get elite and boss marks.
So what was said earlier is true
??? Better loose MBH and go down to 0444 to get easy kills, Naboo->Naboo (plenty of shuttles everywhere) and good loot all the time ???Nah ??? That can't be ???
FortunoFiasco wrote:
StarSiderShadrach wrote:
I'm BH 1444 and I only get elite and boss marks.
So what was said earlier is true
Nah ??? That can't be ???
my friend doesn't have a single box in bh except novice and he's gettin all the good loot
TheGreatFreyr wrote:
my friend doesn't have a single box in bh except novice and he's gettin all the good loot
Well let me make some math... [thinks] [calculate] [ponder] [light-bulb] :
Hmmmmm that's like 15 skill points there right ?
SO I CAN TAKE THE NOVICE ENTERTAINER BOX AGAIN
???(I've always wanted to be a dancer too : oh my !!!)
Eniko wrote:
if you drop mbh, many of you will also be dropping cl 80
Do we need that to kill the marks ? I don't think so...
I have been platin since 2 months into this game. I consider myself an oldschool bh. I rmember having to walk to my marks (no shuttles or mounts then) and you couldnt have cm in there cause you had to master scout and marksman to get novice bh. I do have a problem with masters getting the same loot as novices if not worse loot than novices.
Investigation branch is one of the toughest to do without going insane espeacially back then and it is a bit disheartening when the rewards arent as good as they maybe should be.
things an MBH gets now over novice:
1. More money for marks (whoopdee doo)
2. Ability to hunt jedi (while intriguing not all bh's want to do this)
I have seen some posts about "scaling" the quality of loot to the tier of investgation and that seems ok to me. I am not complaining at all i will continue to play as a bh until i leave this game and it wont be soon. I think a novice bh will get along ok with a slight drop in loot quality seeing as how they are getting a slight pay increase per mission as a bh.
The last item i wanted to touch on is why on earth do lower cl marks give better loot than higher ones. WHile i was grinding bh recently i dropped master box to test this theory and its true. i was lvl 72 and took on lvl 78 marks and got trandoshan crap on 8-10 marks, at that same lvl 72 i took on lvl 72-73 marks and got bh schematics and clothing attachments. makes no sense i would gladly take the 1k difference in payout for the easier mark and better loot lol. I am sure many bh's out now are doing the same thing. i feel this is something that needs to be addressed .