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Thread: How often does your camo breaks?

AzucarSalado
Fri Apr 02, 2004 5:05 am
#1

I have the highest possible skil in mask scent in the game (racial bonus, master ranger, clothes with bonus), but both mask scent and camo break quite often. The mostfrustrating thing in this profession is (not mention the useless tramps and High Tech Camps that no repeal critters)that there is NOdifference in using mask or camo against creatures. So, why to spent that bunch of skill points in this weak profession???



The only cool skill is tracking, I love explorer missions. But if i weren´t skilling in rifle I would never defeat the creatures.


I' ve decided to write this as I flipped yesterday when someone inisted me to hire me to apply him a camo in Dathomir (he paid me a round trip form Corellia). I advised him that It'll break... he didn't pay attention... I tried... surely he is RIP now...



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Imperial Colonel "Azuc Ar'Salad".
Proud Bothan of his Lineage.
Ehope
Fri Apr 02, 2004 6:26 am
#2

Now THERE'S an idea. Rangers selling camo like a Doc sells a buff. As it is now, I follow whoever I'm trying to mask, watch them sample (BE) and just keep hitting camo when it breaks. I would hunt at the same time but it seems I arrgo my friend that way.




AzucarSalado
Fri Apr 02, 2004 6:37 am
#3

Yep, you might charge a fee for applying camo in some planets.


A graul or a rancor mayslap you downfrom your bike while you travel. I usually camo friends for free in Dantooine and Dathomir before riding a bike (in any other situation I find camo is unuseful 'cause it breaks a lot).




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Imperial Colonel "Azuc Ar'Salad".
Proud Bothan of his Lineage.
Calculus_Entropy
Fri Apr 02, 2004 8:39 am
#4

The other day my groups was hunting Rancor. Iconcealed the group, we took 3 steps, then it broke. I concealed everyone again, we took 3 steps and BAM it broke again. I was tired of stopping everyone to conceal them again (I am only marginally good at concealing them on the run) so I stoppped concealing them and only concealing myself. After 10 kits, my conceal stuck for a good half an hour straight! I have a crapload of camo in crates, so I will start using it again and see whatI can discover about it.



Calculus Entropy
Ranger Blue Glowie Emeritus
Garindan used /areatrack to find Han.
AgonThalia
Fri Apr 02, 2004 10:10 am
#5

I rarely use camo, maskscent works better and it doesnt take resources.



Draknev
The Last Ranger Correspondent
Subterfuge and Sabotage, Concealment and Camouflage:
Colonel: Rebel Alliance

Conan3rd
Fri Apr 02, 2004 10:58 am
#6

I had absolutly you could move while using camo kits. Unless your trying to crawl How does it work when you see the bush stand up and chase after whatever it was trying to sample or milk or something. I hit /conceal in the underground tunnels at fort tusken with the witch doctor, the executioner and observer right on top of me. Was fine for like 20 minutes. Then i accidently said something out loud instead of group chat. insta-death. I havn't tried any large group conceals though...



Febob





Febob Ewister
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TalKurgan
Fri Apr 02, 2004 11:33 am
#7

My camo breaks about once or twice a week. I haven't been to dath lately though. I didride my bikeright into a rebel camp while overt on Dantooine and the just ignored me.


"Why's that tree floating around our camp?"


"I guess it's some kind of strange flora."


"But it sounds like a speederbike."


"It's nothing. Ignore it."


"Ouch! I think it's shooting me! That branch looks an awful lot like a t21... Ouch!"


"Yeah, some plants have really sharp thorns. Try to be more careful will ya? Just watch our dancing General." *clap clap clap*


I went hunting on Yavin with a doc pal of mine and I started using camo since his mask scent would only last 3 or 4 seconds and then break. I told him to stop masking and I camo'd him up. It didn't work as well as mine, but it did last a good long time. I hate pulling arggo all over the planet.





"And so our player base was coming around the corner and we were all BOOM! HEADSHOT! And then the veterans were coming down the stairs and, you know what? BOOM! HEADSHOT!" -FPSDev
Fred_Skinner
Fri Apr 02, 2004 12:16 pm
#8

Sorry Talisa but I can do that w/o using camo. You are getting some of thisfrom the concealment mod from rifle (that effect does not happen standing btw, only prone. Test this against a Swoop Leader, Rebs do not automatically attack an overt imp or vice versa). I do conceal prone, the combination works well that way. When I go through a pile of Imps they also pay me no heed, concealed or no. However, conceal is constantly dropping, in ways it should NOT drop. The lowest of challange level critters will make it drop, every time a check is rolled. This is simple wrong and should be looked at.



Frederick Skinner
Antarian Ranger, Ranger(0030), Master Rifleman, CH(4214)
Ranger is not a profession. It's a lifestyle.


Dleobold
Fri Apr 02, 2004 2:11 pm
#9

I like using Camo cause for both animals and NPC's mine rarely breaks. I do wear I specops duster with +3 camo in skill tapes so Im sure that helps, but its great. Ive gone camoed into the middle of a imp. base and started fighting and was able to keep the camo on AND the npcs didnt aggro on me.. good stuff




Asher Stone - Master Ranger
Chalrhynn
Fri Apr 02, 2004 2:47 pm
#10

i agree with calc, think there needs to be more consistancy involved it could break at the sight of a kreedle but then again it could stick when coming across giant canyon krayt dragons (yes this happened to me )




Assistant Force Leader Chalrhynn
Reconnaissance Officer
Ranger/Rifleman
JBMat
Fri Apr 02, 2004 6:37 pm
#11

Someone uses camo kits other than for 6 picks?


wow cool.


JB


brandedglacier
Fri Apr 02, 2004 7:48 pm
#12

I made 2 Dath camo kits to celebrate the fact that I made master and that I could now. Then I realized camo sucks, so I ran around the outpost and camo'd up 2 groups, one of which I was in. I camo'd them and masked myself, they all got aggroed on the way to the mission, I did not. =/



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Cerstian Rowen - Ranger/TKA - Kettemoor

Rangers offering directions?

"Take a left out of the spaceport, then go up. *looks at compass, tilts head, squints eyes* Yup. Up. Then go north a bit. Hang a right at the mission terminal and....you'll be as lost as I am"
-Ehope
TalKurgan
Sat Apr 03, 2004 1:46 am
#13

Oh, I see. Thanks for the clarification.


Man, I though I was being so sneaky, too!





"And so our player base was coming around the corner and we were all BOOM! HEADSHOT! And then the veterans were coming down the stairs and, you know what? BOOM! HEADSHOT!" -FPSDev
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