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I have been trying to find random Black Sun camps with my ranger on Yavin for the last 2 days. Haven't seen any. Did the spawns stop with the last patch?



Groovykool

Nope, spawns are still there. If you can't find anything, try staying in one area and just killing stuff (this helps clear out the spawns and allows new things to show up). NW of the Mining Outpost is a good place to start.

Got a helmet a little while ago. Looks cool, but stats suck

The other day, I went out into Yavin all by myself....

and killed about 15 black sun dudes, including 5 or 6 Assassins (30k+ ham)

Ended up with
1 helmet
2 chestplates
1 r. bracer
1 l. bracer

The loot drops are not at bad rates at all. The problem is, there are so many people out looking for black sun, they are kind of rare...my best advice, hunt early... I ran into tons and tons of them in the early morning....

My BH guildmate and I went after some a few days ago. Usually we search for hours and only find 2 or 3, but this time just outside the outpost along the beach were about 6. Got kinda nasty at the end, all I could do was heal my pet and the BH. I think he got the helm from that run. Our goal is to get 2 complete sets, one for him, one for me. Then continue to hunt them to try to find better peices. No rush going to the Bunker till it dies down a bit.

I haven't found any since the DW Bunker went live. I did find some S of the mining outpost a few days before DW went live though. Maybe they made the spawns more rare once DW went live to get people to go get their butts kicked at the bunker?

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Jedi_Titus wrote:

How tough are the Black Sun guys? and do they spawn in groups or alone? I haven't seen any yet and plan on hunting them in the near future after I get a little higher up fencer.

Oh, btw I made Master Ranger yesterday I'm itching to go hunting on Yavin again, hopefully the spawns there aren't as screwed up as the other planets.

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Medium armor, 30k HAM, mid level resists for the worst of them. You'll be fine as long as you have buffs and armor (they can hit quite hard and, even as a fencer, you'll have trouble killing them before they can drain your HAMs).

How tough are the Black Sun guys? and do they spawn in groups or alone? I haven't seen any yet and plan on hunting them in the near future after I get a little higher up fencer.

Oh, btw I made Master Ranger yesterday I'm itching to go hunting on Yavin again, hopefully the spawns there aren't as screwed up as the other planets.

There are different types:

Black Sun Thugs, Black Sun Guards: 20-24k ham vuln to stun, good all around defense, tough to knock down or dizzy... be sure to intimidate them often.

Black Sun Assassins: 30k+ ham. tougher, meaner, harder, intimidate and stun them frequently.

kinetic damage does decent work on them but i remember 80% elec resists, so no LVA's or LLC's.

As a tkm I have little trouble with BS as long as I head out with a mind buff and a double brandy. I draw them on to me first while wearing my composite but then I switch out to ubese and drop them like an addiction. I can usually tke 3 at a time but that for the most part wipes out the spawn. Try drawing one away then repeat. You can get up to 12 BS out of 1 spawn.