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Thread: FS XP!! DO THE MATH!!!
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Telemachus2
Mon Sep 06, 2004 3:31 pm
#1
900,000 weapons xp = 30,000 FS xp
90,000 combat xp =30,000 FS xp
1 cap of elite combat profession yields 60,000 FS xp
1,225,000 FS xp per tier / 60,000 FS xp per cap = roughly 20.5 caps!
1 phase = 3 weeks
3 weeks= 21 days
20.5 caps / 21 days per phase = roughly .98
WHICH MEANS!!!
IN ORDER TO COMPLETE ONE COMPLETE TIER OF FS SKILL
ONE MUST CAP AN ELITE COMBAT PROFESSION WEAPON XP
APPROX. ONCE PER DAY!
HAPPY GRINDING!!!
PaulyX
Mon Sep 06, 2004 3:38 pm
#2
Minus the fact that the XP conversion was made by sadists - because it realy was. I mean holy **edit** SOE - way to drop the game's fun factor.
Do you have to max all 4 boxes in a phase's time?
Greegor
Mon Sep 06, 2004 3:41 pm
#3
Okay first things first - yes this is my first ever post on the forums - so I expect the flames to come but....
As far as I am aware you dont need to get all the XP for the Branch in this phase that you got it - you just need to unlock the branch and then you can take as long as you want to get the necessary FS XP be that the 3 Weeks of the phase or the next year. I guess if you want your Jedi as quick as possible though 1 XP Cap a day is the minimum.
Nysalykk - Valcyn.
Mosodos
Mon Sep 06, 2004 4:17 pm
#4
Sure the numbers sound crazy, but all that we need to do is prepare ourselves for it. I got glowy as a master bounty hunter. Hopefully I will get at least 1 free branch when this old man finally decides to pay me a visit. Right now though I am redoing my template to make the grind easier.
1. Go melee, it is much easier in my opinion to cap melee skills.
2. If I do get a free unlock, it will be the melee speed line, putting me at 92 speed.
3. I am going swords and tkm, once master I will be able to cap both skills in one buff session.
This is my plan as of right now, and I am ok with the fact that it might be a while before I get my jedi.One of the things I have realized about gaming self is that I don't mind the grind, it is not so bad to have a goal out there to shoot for.
Don't forget, those that went before us had it much worse than we do. Imagine doing this whole grind, dying once and then having to make the decision to re-roll because of perma-death. Seems like a fair deal to me.
mintor4262
Mon Sep 06, 2004 5:02 pm
#5
just way sony want you to grind more so take pay check every month instead making game fun and add more stuff to do such as new caves,missions and quest like grind away so have do any thing .
MannyCalevera
Mon Sep 06, 2004 5:28 pm
#6
29 profs = 5 free unlocks
1 fs branch = 1.275 mil fs exp
1.275 mil fs exp = 12.75 mil medical exp
guy doing pet trick while i heal him = 600-700 exp/heal
med exp cap = 80k
80k med = 8k fs
8k fs exp every 5 minutes = 96k/hour
I got my last branch in about 15 hours of actual grinding time (minus time spent waiting for tumblers, stomach, internet problems, etc)
Taelo
Mon Sep 06, 2004 6:28 pm
#8
what do you think the geo caves are for? Just pick up SL and get capped on XP every 5 minutes...and that is no exxageration.
edit: grr
edit: grr
Message Edited by Taelo on 09-06-2004 08:29 PM
Dharma812
Mon Sep 06, 2004 6:40 pm
#10
mafiree wrote:
its the same thingas the holo grind
its a little different.
You can keep master all the way through.
try this..
Im a rebel...and lets say that I had two imprial bases placed at a certain distance from each other. Now say i was able to run back and forth between these two bases farming xp at each end.As a pistoleer using a moderate damage geo, and if im lucky, the BH0040 speed cap...
50(conservative) STs x 3500xp each = 175k pistol xp/17.5k combat xpfor about 10 minutes work
175k x 18(number of runs perbuff) = 3.15m pistol xp/315k combat xpper buff.
I dont know any novices who can bring in these numbers.
PS: I havent actually done this, but from what I know of pitsols, its not unreasonable.
AEK
Mon Sep 06, 2004 11:54 pm
#11
Telemachus2 wrote:900,000 weapons xp = 30,000 FS xp90,000 combat xp = 30,000 FS xp1 cap of elite combat profession yields 60,000 FS xp1,225,000 FS xp per tier / 60,000 FS xp per cap = roughly 20.5 caps!1 phase = 3 weeks3 weeks = 21 days20.5 caps / 21 days per phase = roughly .98WHICH MEANS!!!IN ORDER TO COMPLETE ONE COMPLETE TIER OF FS SKILLONE MUST CAP AN ELITE COMBAT PROFESSION WEAPON XPAPPROX. ONCE PER DAY!HAPPY GRINDING!!!
This is exactly what I was thinking but didn't have the numbers available in front of me. Everybody forgets about combat xp which albeit is harder to cap, but brings in a much better conversion ratio.
People who are moderate-hardcore players will do a single buff session per day to stay even with the village cycles.
Casual players will take a bit longer, maybe 2-3 times as long (around a year)
Powergamers will get all the xp they need in the next couple weeks and then whine about the quests being gated
Don't forget weapon/combat xp only applies to 2 of the trees, I think it is heightened senses (which has luck and persuasion) can only take things like healer/scout/creature handler xp, so a lot of people can actually double dip here if they want any of those skills, or just want to complete the xp requirements faster.
Bajonett
Tue Sep 07, 2004 6:05 am
#12
Well it wasnt planned to get all trees full in the shortest time.. it was meant to fill them whilst playing over a longer time.
Thank goodness, and previous grinding,i have now 21boxes full, and will get the rest inTKA-Exp.
Then Exit Quest. Jedi trials, and on with my second slot... who wants Jedi anyway, i´d rather Play the game.
Message Edited by Bajonett on 09-07-2004 06:05 AM
McSauron
Tue Sep 07, 2004 5:05 pm
#13
The difference with this way to the holo grind is that, when grinding through all those profs there was every chance you might
make a thing or two to sell back to the community.
With this way you just pick two combat profs so you can go back to the village with 1.8 million weapon xp and 180k combat xp.
Can you really see anyone getting jedi by grinding all the craft and sense trees?
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