Creature Handler Archive
Thread: Publish 21 First impressions
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Indene
Thu Aug 04, 2005 1:53 pm
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Day 2. Spent 4 hrs as a Nch. Leveling is goning to be a pain for sure.
tamed 28 babies. Got 3 specials to learn. Found that my probot is broken. It won't autoheal anymore. Guess I will have to become a droid engineer so I can use the repair kits.
I will try to put the 3 different specials in that other thread.
While leveling my first pet to learn its special I found that I did best by tanking for the pet (lvl 2 spineflap) and having it kill yard trash.
I would prep the kill command then (equiped with a CDEF rifle for low damage) I would attack the target once and then sic the pet on it.
The pet always got the kill and credit. I did the most damage so I got to tank. This is going to be a pain at higher levels. 
I learned the special (eye gouge L1) now I have to train another pet to be able to train eye gouge into it. Boy talk about a lot of work. Maybe I would be better off as a rifleman/pistoller. I only have to level myself not myself and my weapon. And powerups are cheap and keep artisans employed.
All that extra work to put specials on pets that you will have to throw away as you become stronger. 
I didn't bother to name any of the pets cause they won't be with me long. Thanks SOE. At least in WoW the owl I chose at lvl 8 could grow to lvl 25 with me if I kept up its training.
So I guess others are correct. SWG is not like WoW.
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Day 1: Leveling our pets is going to be a bit of a pain.
I took out one of my narglatches (l22)and went after a giant peko-peko (l25). It cut her up pretty badly. I had to step in and help (I was expecting to ) she got about 1500 xp. Great I think. Wait she needs 50,000+ xp to get her first training tick.
) she got about 1500 xp. Great I think. Wait she needs 50,000+ xp to get her first training tick.Hmmm. 50,000/1500~= 33 so maybe only 35 giant Peko-pekos must die to get her over 1 hump.
bring out the other 2. Sic all of them on a giant-peko peko. Ah each one got ~1500 points. and the first is only half dead.
Thats not so bad. can level 3 at a time if their total CL is low enough.
now group them. Another Giant Peko-Peko bits the dust. No obvious xp. So I won't be able to track their heath. Bummer.
I presume if we group with others and group with our pets we will get xp fairly fast against creatures ~= our group level. Oh wait I forgot. No one will want us in the group with our pets. Well maybe the pets will get even more xp. Just hold them back a few so aggro is established then send them in.
Babies. Saw quite a few. They all despawned while I was busy cleaning out the area so I could tame them. (Naboo - Kaduu). Yes I could have tamed them first but maulers don't respect mask scent.
Tamed about 5 babies. No specials
Did notice that if I train them I could get 6kxp Training seemed cumbersome at first with 4 more mouse clicks and a key but I quickly figgured out that if I click on train and let go (re-recording that action into memory ) then select from the list and hit return, the letter p, return that i could fly thru the training list and the list shows right away what is still needed. It went a LOT faster than the old method of training.
) then select from the list and hit return, the letter p, return that i could fly thru the training list and the list shows right away what is still needed. It went a LOT faster than the old method of training.Generic nature of all pets.
while I was taming I tamed a spitting rawl. It is lvl 22 same as the Narglatches. It had EXACTLY the same stats as the narglatches but it has a ranged attack. I guess I will be trading in my 3 girls for 3 snakes
Oh on pet xp have them kill the empty lair. I got over 5k xp each for the 3 narglatches so only 10 lairs must die to level them 1.
More to follow as I find it.
-Indene-
Message Edited by Indene on 08-05-2005 12:39 PM
Indene
Fri Aug 05, 2005 7:10 pm
#3
Yeddi wrote:
Anyone can use the droid repair kits A-D FYI
Really. Cool. I must have bought the wrong kind cause it says I have to be a Droid Engineer to use it.
-Indene- (Off to the droid shop to get repair kits A-D )
Indene
Fri Aug 05, 2005 7:19 pm
#4
Yeddi wrote:
Anyone can use the droid repair kits A-D FYI
Really. Cool. I must have bought the wrong kind cause it says I have to be a Droid Engineer to use it.
-Indene- (Off to the droid shop to get repair kits A-D )
Mortiar
Sat Aug 06, 2005 11:17 am
#6
well my first impression of the new Ch was good but then I started to notice the growing thing.
I don't hunt that much and I'm starting to find the pets only growing through combat as an annoyance was planning on giving my none ch friends some mounts to ride...but not gona happen if I have to run around for days killing little beasts to get the pet big enough to mount
I don't hunt that much and I'm starting to find the pets only growing through combat as an annoyance was planning on giving my none ch friends some mounts to ride...but not gona happen if I have to run around for days killing little beasts to get the pet big enough to mount
Indene
Sat Aug 06, 2005 1:12 pm
#7
One thing for sure. NonCH mounts are going to be a LOT more expensive.
-Indene-
Anobaca
Sat Aug 06, 2005 2:51 pm
#8
For me it feels like I am trying to be a JEDI for 10th of the power. Yes JEDi are suppose to be strong but unless these ablities are super good it is far more work then I think it should be. Guess there soultion to new mounts is to make doing mounts more time comsuming then it is worth. I like the idea but till I see the other profession haveing to grind there weapon xp to make there weapon stronger it just seems way to much.
Wonder were this ride will take me
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