Ranger Archive

Aye, I'd agree with that.

and also I just love skinning wild animals that I've just killed, muahahaha!

Thats why we are who we are...and every now and then we get asked to help out a hunting group when it comes down to these giant beasties...there is where our experience can come into play.

I was helping a group lead a party against a giant canyon krayt dragon a few weeks ago and just being able to track em isn't enough. I was able to help them (1st time, although plenty of people in group) organize properly to hunt the KD's...advice on using tanks and cold weapons...good placement for doctor's and camps while the group took on the beast (this is where our RL smarts and exp come in...track those NPC's and other aggro's as well here for good doc location)...

This is where we rangers can really be of service until the dev's straighten a few things out...I'm a good ranger not because I can hit examine and find out the giants are only 40% resist to cold vs. 70% to all else...but I am a good ranger cause I 'already' know this ahead of time due to my hunting experience...thats what separates us pro rangers from the rest.

Now take me to Lok and I'm a mess....only hunted kimo's once...but tend to stay near tattooine anyway...I am a much more effective ranger there.

Plus our camps can really be a good break-in-the-action typ eof place until they get upgraded.

Still waiting for that hunting trip though Shaden...will be back online after my move in a few days!

Ok, y'all finally have been "JB-itized" to steal a term, sorta.

I have been screaming forever that grinding sucks, that it's the journey, not the destination.

I took several weeks to finally Master. Of course I did it literally minutes before the server shutdown when the patch do drop Survival XP went into effect, but I did it under the old system. Never did macro camp, why? Waste of electricity, cat could crawl on keyboard, just plain somehow "not right".

The big test comes after opening your holocron and getting a profession that is so easily grindable - like Chef. With enough resources you could sit in your little house and grind your fingers off, only coming out to train. I realized that I was not in the game to do that, said poop on it, and sold all the stuff I did have to a friend, who also got Chef.

(Side note - 3 people who know one another all get Chef? Statistical probability of that?)

Anyhow, after tossing that grinding idea crap into the toidy, I figured I can dabble here and there if I want. But I will remain a Ranger. Happiness to me is revamping Jedi so you keep your original character and the skills would be locked at what you have when you open the slot, but hey, what do I know, or count for?

Rangers lead the way.

JB

Well I have to disagree with this post.. I chose to master the Ranger profession as a nice compliment to being a Master Creature Handler. Aside from the camping exp, I essentially got Master Ranger in about 5 days, and it wasnt really 'grinding', nor was I really 'enjoying' the leveling. Truthfully I have found that in SWG that 95% of the professions are not really 'rewarding' until you get to the master level, and I find that any profession I choose next, I will try to Master it at hologrind pace simply because most professions arent fun until you are master. Granted, its FUN to go out a hunt with your friends, and in that regards its fun to 'get experience'. But as for satisfaction from the skills you gain in a profession, they are never fully actualized until you get master.

Truthfully in comparison to most other professions, Mastering Ranger is quite easy. Trapping exp is by far the EASIEST tree to master, maybe in the game. I tanked my pet on Voritor Hunter and tossed trap after trap, for 976 exp per toss. I didnt even kill one, but I got 75k exp in about 7 minutes. ?? As for scout exp, just /maskscent and ride around Dathomir in Rancor country. Took me about 2-3 days to get the 2 scout trees without really spending ridiculous hours on it. I got maybe 50k exp an hour.

So to conclude, I feel that the Ranger profession really isnt that difficult when you take out the camping exp.. and in my opinion its quite easy to power level through, regardless if its hologrinding or simply trying to get Master. Camping exp is the only lead weight in this profession, but yeah, you can sit in camp and grind away. It probably did permanent damage to my eyes from staring at the screen, but it does get done eventually.

-Fitzhume MR/MCH

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