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Has anyone else accumulated 0 xp points using this? I have used it over 300 times while running, walking, anything and never has a message informed me of getting xp. Am I alone?

SWD,

In order for mask scent to give you XP, you need to be getting within 64 meters of an aggressive "red" creature and not have it attack you, or break the scent. If that happens you'll get a message saying you've received X number of experience points.

Maskscent doens't work against yellow creatures, but the yellow creatures can break it.

The higher up in explore you are, the more effective maskscent is. At the lowest level, after explore 2, you won't get much XP. By the time you hit Master Scout or the higher Ranger levels, it will work more consistently.

B

I have used maskscent many times, and have only been successful a few times. To my understanding there is a method to using it with good success but I have yet to find out exactly what that method is. There are several posts on this subject, and each one seems to have an idea on this issue, but very few are consistant in what works. It seems that what race you are will directly affect what works for maskscent at Exploration I. That is about the only thing that I have found in other posts that is consistant, and that really doesn't help much, as most of us are already well into our characters, and won't be changing just for better inate camo. Another idea on this is that if you get within 64M of a red con camp, go prone, and then put up maskscent, any mobs that walk within a certain distance of your character will give you XP. To me this seems to be a waste of time as it is random where the mobs will walk, and the XP you gain doing this is not worth the time it takes to gain it.

Hi,

I know maskscent is broken but Im not sure to what degree. I dont usually look in this forum but wanted to ask a question.

I'm a CH withWayfaring 4 also. I've been running around Dantooine all day and usually I just "steer-by radar" to avoid any encounters. However I always have maskscent up.

Is maskscent 100% broken or is it 50/50, sometimes its working sometimes its not, as you dont see any messages you dont know (until its too late).

What are people finding with the situation currently?

Thanks

Ammo,

Read the bug thread.

For low level Scouts, maskscent is breaking on yellows and killing them.

For high level Scouts and Rangers, maskscent rarely - if ever - fails, and they are invisible.

No one is getting any XP.

B

Ooh ooh..

Don't forget to add my favorite bug ever.

Maskscent SORTA breaking (not giving ANY message whatsoever, and staying on in the HAM bar) and having that Cannibal Dewback chewing on my bum.

YeahI read that thread beforehand. Problem is even at Wayfaring 4 I cant wandering into packs of reds. Seems like everything is aggroing, even lowly tatooine sycks.

Im currently on Endor searching for babies. Arachne love to run up to me when i get within 60-64m.

Amm,

That's odd. I've been able to run everywhere without any problems. Another bug, I guess.

B

Ok I think I see what the problem is. It appears some of the high end creatures are not affected by maskscent like the arachne's and Mantigrous (sp?) on Endor. Everything else I can successfully walk up to.

If anyone is having success walking up to Arachne's then I guess its a bug.

Why sycks still aggro on me on Tatooine is a mystery though.

Why does scent only seem to work on the mob you first shoot at?

In doing destroy missions, you walk up with scent on, shoot the first mob which wonders back and forth for a moment trying to find you. But everything else at the lair knows right where you are as you fire that first shot! And they all come running right away, while the target mob is still trying to figure at where you are.

I have Exploration 4, but being a Bothain, I get a +15 to camo, so I'm at 45 camo.

Yeah, that's really annoying. Everything spots you automatically except your target. That's obviously an oversight. At least it works on Non-cooperative MOBs.

Alot of people believe that maskscent is for running around undetected, but I don't think it was meant to work that way.

Star,

That's another issue that I think needs to be brought up. I'm going to do that.

It's a huge pain in the ass. There are certain creatures that I basically just simply avoid (Krevols) because I know I'm going to get smacked around if I even try and kill them and it takesmore than one shot.

B

Is maskscent working as it should now? It didnt break as much yesterday then before patch, and when it broke a few times they critters didnt aggro like they always did on me before.