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SharkBoy007
Tue Jul 27, 2004 9:08 pm
#1
OK, I've tried searching the threads, only to come up with nothing. Can someone tell me what the best place or mob is to grind xp for commando? I've done quenkers (multiple types), pikets, even rancors, and the best I can ever seem to get is around 2.4k - 2.6k xp. When I've grinded for other ranged professions, I could hit these for 3k +.
Please someone tell me what I am doing wrong. And btw, I use the LP and the flamethrower. I'm 3/2/4/2.
Thanks,
Mox Shehalis
JeepJedi
Tue Jul 27, 2004 10:10 pm
#2
Quenkers in a group. They are one shot kills with a good flamethrower and Flamesingle2 and will get you 3k exp each. If you are in a good sized solo group (or traditional) you will get up to 15 spawn instead of the 5-6 you get in solo. It makes a difference. After months of putzing around with Commando (and little time to play) I have cleared 4 boxes over the course of the last few nights of casual play. Feels good.
What you are missing is heavy wep exp caps at 3k, you can't get higher. If you want safe and fast exp, go the route I just gave you. Other than the thrill of the hunt, why solo harder for the same amount of exp (besides credits of course)?
I'm 4 4 4 2+ now... almost there. However, I won't be dropping it again... damn Holocrons.
What you are missing is heavy wep exp caps at 3k, you can't get higher. If you want safe and fast exp, go the route I just gave you. Other than the thrill of the hunt, why solo harder for the same amount of exp (besides credits of course)?
I'm 4 4 4 2+ now... almost there. However, I won't be dropping it again... damn Holocrons.
Geauxx
Wed Jul 28, 2004 7:00 am
#3
I am trying to level a different way because quenkers can get boring fast. So far I have used the following methods
1) Get a mount and ride around shooting EVERYTHING with my LP around Cororent. I just circle the city. Not great xp but still pretty fun for a little while.
2) I take missions out of Coronet and ride a mount to the missions shooting EVERYTHING with my LP.
3)I went to the Rogue Corsec base on Corellia last night. The XP isn't the greatest, I was getting around 800xp/kill, but it is fun clearing out the base. When you get to the lower levels that is when it gets tricky with theLP and FT. I did find that my Frag Grenades were effective for 200 combat xp/kill.
Next I mayhead to the squill caves then the tusken fort and light up some stuff on Tat. Iam just trying to level and see all of the aspects that thisgame has to offer.
Geaux Darkcloud
Slicer17
Wed Jul 28, 2004 2:29 pm
#4
Squill Cave. Get a TANK if you can.. but if you cant kiting works... Just have Cone 1 for the Flamer, and you can run thru aggroing everything getting 3000exp on some kills, killing 10-15 at a time....
Nevertheless goodbuffs and a good weapon with some kinetic ubese will DEFINETLY help, and a tank makes your chances of dieing greatly diminish. Give it a shot.
I went from 0/0/2/0 to 3/0/4/3 in 2 buff cycles. And thats not using the whole buff. GL
TNCCDelta
Wed Jul 28, 2004 9:32 pm
#5
THe squill caves are a great place for xp. I went solo grouped w/ others already there and we all did our thing. In about 2h 30m I managed to get 900k of xp. Not a bad night I'd say.
Evelas
Thu Jul 29, 2004 12:08 am
#6
Get a flamethrower, head to the rebel base on Rori, and do Torton missions (or whatever those big turtles are called).
cobratheblue
Thu Jul 29, 2004 7:16 am
#7
Get in a solo group and do sharnaff missions on coronet or out of a player city with a mission terminal. You can pull 60k+ exp per missions and sharnaff's dont DB you. When you get Flame 1 and cone 1 you a do a mission every 15 minutes. I made master in a week playing a buff a nite.
Stupmster
Thu Jul 29, 2004 4:37 pm
#9
i'm a very impatient person, so i would much rather spend a little more time grinding if it means i don't have to go buff every 2.5-3 hours... so how i grinded it, i just ran tortur lairs on talus constantly for about 4 days, and that was all the time i need to go from 0030 to master.... plus i found killing torturs alot of fun, seeing something that big going to down after one flamesingle never got boring....
HanDual
Fri Jul 30, 2004 7:53 pm
#10
I'm doing BH0040/mcommando/pistol0040 you can really get the grind going if you lvl commando last with the lp. All i have to say is pistols line in bh rocks with the lp. some might say that the pistol line in smuggler is dirty fighting, but wait til you eyeshot spam with the lp, now that's durrrty 
Namyr/Lowca
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Namyr/Lowca
Futang Corwan/Bloodfin
Blazzer888
Fri Jul 30, 2004 9:44 pm
#12
doctor buffs and ubese are highly recommended. try tortons on rori with vulnerability to fire.
Lonermonkey
Sat Jul 31, 2004 12:40 am
#13
Thank you for this Thread - I was wondering the same thing!! I just finished TKA and was clearing a couple thousand more per kill than as a commando! I used Dant to grind before and had a blast - now I'm getting a little bored with grinding commando. I have a FT, AR and LP. LP is the most fun because it is fast. I got a 1.8 speed from WyldFyre and love it, despite the low damage vs. the FT.
I am Commando 1/1/2/0 and I'm missing a lot with my FT and my damage spread is huge (flame single does 2500-5800 damage) and its really slow. Am I just spoiled with TKM? I thought it would be a ton of fun doing commando, but I am not enjoying it that much. It is actually seeming tedious. I tried solo on Dant and I am having trouble with 8k credit missions with my FT (buffed wearing partial comp). So I tried grouping with 2 others. But my exp dropped from 2500 per kill to about 250 per kill!! I must be doing something wrong here.
Finally, what are the dynamics of flamecone1? It only seems to hit more than one guy once out of every 20 attacks for me. It used to do more - perhaps I'm doing the wrong missions. Does it have actually a cone affect area, like xx degrees left and right of the target? Or does it work like other area attacks that hit more or less everything nearby?
Thanks
Suc of TGC
TKM
Commando 1/1/2/0
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