Pikeman Archive
Thread: So uhm, how does one get XP now?
This is a SOE product.
This is EQ in Space and follows the same tenets. No group, No playing.
You need a group!!
No soloing for anyone anymore.
And they did this at a time when most ppl left in disgust.
yeah take missions from terminals you will get XP no problem,,,, but for example If I take bol missions out of dantooine, (which I suggest since they dont swarm) I can get like 5500 XP per kill if Im in a group of 8 people doing bol missions,,, super fast and you only need to hit the target once for full XP,,, I get 7200 XP per target,,,, so you can see why most people do group hunts,,,
They go super fast with 8 people hitting the target and the missions and creatures fly by as well as the XP,,,, I got 800k pike XP,,, around 700k swords xp and capped out my combat xp and got around 90k doctor xp last night in about a 2 and a half hour hunt not bad for the new system
Ciao wrote:
This is a SOE product.
This is EQ in Space and follows the same tenets. No group, No playing.
You need a group!!
No soloing for anyone anymore.
And they did this at a time when most ppl left in disgust.
rez cyber arm and forcerun 2 powered cyber legs, never say that.
Lets see ...
1) Spend 20-30 minutes looking for a group
2) When you find a group, hope they aren't full of morons who don't know what they're doing
one of the reasons i quit 3 months ago was because soloing was so boring. now with groups i dont mind grinding because of people around me to talk to and joke with. sure i cant solo macro a lair likebefore but now im leeling fast and haviung great fun.
and you can solo it ried it to se and it worked. but poopy to solo!
I have gotten exp two ways:
Solo, take the missions from the mission terminal. Learn to pull one critter from the lair at a time killit. Rinse and repeat. If you have a combat droid this works really well. Set him on one while you take out the other.
For grouping, its basically the same but much quicker. Also if you ahve a group with many different profession specialties (Tanks, Crowd control, Damage dealer) you can rool through pretty fast. I would also suggets doing the mydderyl cave quests on Kashyyyk. With a well put together grouyp that has healers and at least one or two level 80's you can run through most of the Brain Bugs there no problem and because they are "elite" critter you get fantastic exp. Do not get me wrong, you need healers, tanks and crowd control to make it work and you need at least a group of 4 to even consider it. But the exp is fantastic.
MasterMarksmen wrote:
Lets see ...
1) Spend 20-30 minutes looking for a group
2) When you find a group, hope they aren't full of morons who don't know what they're doing
3) Spend another 20-30 minutes on bugged missions
4) Once at a working mission, pull one - hit once then repeat (refer to step #2 and hope someone doesn't use an area attack and aggro the entire lair).
5) Watch ranged take out the critter before you (melee) can get a hit in. Then get that lovely message "-TOO FAR-" when you're inside of the target
6) Refer to # 3
7) Try not to fall asleep from the extreme boredom
I'm not a big CU fan, but i've been open-mined enough to give it a try. I will say, however, grinding XP is easier (perhaps more boring) than pre-CU.
IMO the above are not bugs/issues according to the devs ...it's working as intended because the more time you invest in activities, the more money SOE ends up getting from you.
lol