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Grouping may be the only way to go now. As long as you get a hit on anything you should get full xp once target is destroyed. I was around same level as you hunting level 80+ bols and pikets (with cl 80 groups) on Dantooine and getting around 5k xp a kill. Just make sure you take a shot at everthingyour group is attacking. Only problem will be getting past having to use the launcher pistol as it area attacks, I went for Rocket launcher certification and used that the rest of the way as it didn't area attack. It doesn't do anything for damage but as long as you get a hit in the full xp is yours

Message Edited by luzahan on 05-15-2005 07:30 PM

If you can't get a group all of the time, then here's the method I've used. It's not as glamorous or macho as soloing krayts, but it will get you the xp -

First, get yourself a combat droid, a probot would be best. Practice using it outside Eisley or Bestine on the small creatures there, telling it to attack and calling it back with the follow command.

Next go to Soemwhere like Valley of Death or Mos Taike on Tatooine and pick up a couple of Bantha missions.

Go to the mission point. Call up the droid and get it to group with you. Now see if you can find a hill to stand on overlooking the lair - you also want to be about 80 meters away from the nearest Bantha.

Target the nearest and tell your droid to attack (making sure your droid has a line-of-site first, or the droid will jam and refuse to do anything but follow you until the target is killed)

As soon as you see the ! above the target, tell the droid to follow you. You might need to repeat the follow command a few times until the droid gets close to you.

As soon as the bantha is within range then open up on it, but keep moving - the movement is not for you, it's for the droid to follow you. This way the droid lasts longer. The longer the droid survives, the less damage you'll have to take.

If the droid gets incapped, just revive it when you've killed the bantha.

When you originally get the droid to pull on of the bantha's towards you, if others also show the ! and follow, then it's best for you to move away. Usually the others will give up and go back to the lair. At the worst the droid will get incapped, but you can go and revive it afterwards.

Like I said, it's not a glamorous method, but it will get you between 2k-6k xp per kill. Also, Bantha's don't deathblow, and they usually don't persue you when you've been incapped if you move away quickly. As a bonus, if you've got novice scout you can harvest the hides and sell them on the bazaar afterwards.

Get in a group with a couple of high level Jedi. Run missions with them getting at least one hit on all the creatures. Try to avoid agroing stuff onto yourself if you can't kill it by yourself.

Ya I agree with the previous post, most jedi will allow you to hunt with them since getting on the terms is practically unvoidable. I was in a group with 3-4 jedi grinding out novice commando, and I was getting 5k xp per creature on level 80 creatures. I respected to commando 0001 and i've been using a heavy acid rifle to grind. I trained commando 1111, and then I repected to 4000, this will allow you to use the regular flamethrower, but not the plasma ones. All you need to do is hit the target once ,regardless of how much damage you do, you get the full xp. Also remember to listen or watch an entertainer for a couple mins before you go out, I think it give an xp bonus.