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Thread: need help getting to ranger! PLEASE NEED TIPS PLEASE READ!!!!
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NotoriousWookie
Sat Jan 31, 2004 2:21 pm
#1
ok i am just deciding now to go ranger with my rifle after droppign 2h cause it was pointless after dropping ch before i was master cause of nerf now i want to go ranger now i had teh survival column up once but now i do not feel like sitting in a gay camp so someone please tellme the best way to get survival xp and how long if i sit alone in a camp that i should keep it up.
Any tips are greatly appreciated and i bet i have enuff xp for getting novice ranger for all the **edit** i harvested for camp materials and **edit**!
ETtech73
Sat Jan 31, 2004 2:47 pm
#2
Well, it is not what you want to hear, but I sat in camps for hours and practiced making more camps. Also, invite friends to sit and chat with you. Don't make it all about the grind, you can make it a social event, too. Having folks around really helps fight the boredom.
Enoshima
Sat Jan 31, 2004 3:04 pm
#3
Well the camping part seems to cramp everyone's style, unless they are seeking to keep this profession.
But there are some great tips to camping in these forum's. But I will give you might thoughts on camping and how I did it, with minimal disgust of the skill tree.
1. Camp where you know the people are, cities, hunting planets or hunting grounds. Unique visitors is what counts, not your buddy running in and out of the camp.
2. Do something while camping. Crafting, tumbling, or being somewhat injured. If the camp is not being "used", it takes much longer.
3. Try to be AFK as little as possible while doing it. Yes it does get lonely, but you might miss out on some great opportunites, if you are not there. Like making contacts for weapons, or people just wanting your services or goods.
Remember that when you reach Master Ranger, you will become part of the Elite. We have the funniest and most intelligent forums going.
Swimkng
Sat Jan 31, 2004 3:05 pm
#4
hehe, i made it all about the grind 
ask some of your guildies if they could spare some materials for you, sit in a quiet place, get a good crafting macro, and go to work. its a little on the boring side 
but it got me up the survival skill tree in a jiffy 
ask some of your guildies if they could spare some materials for you, sit in a quiet place, get a good crafting macro, and go to work. its a little on the boring side but it got me up the survival skill tree in a jiffy
Swimkng
Sat Jan 31, 2004 3:07 pm
#5
sry, i forgot to add something..... if you do do the grind (that sounds awkward) then also, sit in a camp and every now and then disband it and make another one
JBMat
Sat Jan 31, 2004 3:48 pm
#6
Yanno, reading your post, I am guessing Ranger is not really for you.
We sit a lot in "gay" camps, we are the kings of nerf (nothing works) and worse, we can spell and use freaking punctuation.
Try BH, you probably already have scout maxed, and you can max weapons really quickly, and look at all the neat specials and weapons they have.
You already have a headstart. Go for it.
JB
Swimkng
Sat Jan 31, 2004 3:52 pm
#7
I agree with JBMat, maybe you should try another profession if you don't like this one. Ranger, it seems to me, is an extension of scout, so you'd be doing the same things once you get to Ranger as you would in scout. The items and things you can get and make are agreeably better and cooler, but to get them, you have to use the generally same tactics as you did in Scout to even get the skills
Garvaous
Sat Jan 31, 2004 5:02 pm
#8
JBMat has it about right, you sound like you would fit more in with the bounty hunter crowd--not to mention you are already off on a great start for it...
Aenedor
Sun Feb 01, 2004 5:54 am
#9
Camps are not gay.
Making lots of the best camp that you can make is one way of getting survival exp.
Ocks
Sun Feb 01, 2004 6:29 am
#10
these are great tips and i love being a ranger. but i would love to know how to macro crafting camps. is it possible and how? with a 5 month old baby sometimes all i can do in game is "grind" frontiering xp. while holding her or feeding, changing playing with her...whatever...it gets boring setting up camps. can i get some info on macros for crafting camps. thanks!
PithrenDarkstar
Sun Feb 01, 2004 9:16 am
#11
If I recall, there is a way to make a crafting macro, but you have to manually put the resources in, so you have to be at the keyboard for it.
Infratheimp
Mon Feb 02, 2004 9:32 am
#12
Camping is indeed gay, why dont you set up macro for camping? It's really easy, all it involves is putting a camp in every one of your toolbar slots, then scripting it to change camps every five minutes... I plan on mastering ranger after commando, it is so despicably easy to do...
AgonThalia
Mon Feb 02, 2004 9:49 am
#13
Firstly...
I fail to see how camping and "orientation" have anything to do with each other, however...with that aside
I agree with JBMat, Rangering does not seem to fit your style. I love my broken camps/ traps/ and the mysterious way harvests are calculated. Rangering take patience and a style of play not suited to the powergamer. Yes, it can be done...but the benefits of being a ranger are much more intangible than anything else.
Try Bounty Hunter, your scout skills will be a means to an end there...
I fail to see how camping and "orientation" have anything to do with each other, however...with that aside
I agree with JBMat, Rangering does not seem to fit your style. I love my broken camps/ traps/ and the mysterious way harvests are calculated. Rangering take patience and a style of play not suited to the powergamer. Yes, it can be done...but the benefits of being a ranger are much more intangible than anything else.
Try Bounty Hunter, your scout skills will be a means to an end there...
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