Ranger Archive
Thread: FS Findings (regarding scout xp route)
Phenix1050
Thu Aug 19, 2004 3:50 am
#14
eeeeewwwww.....wookiee slobber.
btw, Paks is currently grinding the Force-sensitive "flirting" line. The conversion rates are rediculous. 40 slobbering XP =1 FS flirting XP. 150 tickling XP = 1 FS flirting XP.
we're all gonna be slobbery and ticklish for the next few weeks is my guess.
Owen-Lars
Thu Aug 19, 2004 7:00 am
#15
Therefore if Im a master combat I should be hunting high level (soloable/easily killed) mobs like slinking voritors on dant orenraged rancors on dath.
I think the combat revamp/balance aims to fix this. We shouldnt be able to solo rancors and things like that. Of topic but YEAH WOOOKIE DROOOOOOL
Ronge_Ricin
Thu Aug 19, 2004 7:06 am
#16
This might be off topic and unanswerable, but how does the previous profession grinding play into it? Do you get to skip a few of the earlier missions?
Fodder650
Thu Aug 19, 2004 7:10 am
#17
Thats explained in this post http://forums.station.sony.com/swg/board/message?board.id=TestCenter&message.id=91201
Almagill
Thu Aug 19, 2004 7:14 am
#19
Vorpaks wrote:
Hey, chicks dig guys with accents, what can I say?
BTW, you are a brat.
/tickle Ken mercilessly
/slobber Ken
I'm a brat? Crikey, and today already I've been accused of being old!
If there's going to be drooling, I'll just go get my wetsuit on... and as for accents, what's the drill for getting into TS?
BlakkStar
Thu Aug 19, 2004 7:17 am
#20
I think the combat revamp/balance aims to fix this. We shouldnt be able to solo rancors and things like that. Of topic but YEAH WOOOKIE DROOOOOOL
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Oh yeah I forgot about that. But isnt Pub 10 coming out before the CB? Also u have to consider that if u are hunting in a group then u will be getting overall less xp but more scout xp alot faster than if u soloed.Just imagined if u had a group of 20 rangers hunting enraged rancors only with 2 missions each.
Ronge_Ricin
Thu Aug 19, 2004 7:29 am
#21
So basically, since I holo grinded, I get a 3 week headstart. BFD.
I'd rather take my chances on profession grinding.
Phenix1050
Thu Aug 19, 2004 7:36 am
#22
have fun grinding out the profs then for the next two weeks until pub 10 his live...sounds like you'll make an A+ Jedi if you have zero patience.
Owen-Lars
Thu Aug 19, 2004 7:42 am
#23
This might be off topic and unanswerable, but how does the previous profession grinding play into it? Do you get to skip a few of the earlier missions?
Basically you get to skip some of the fun missions and get right into a grind like you have never seen. The fastest way is to get the 220+ million weapons xp. Oh yeah then you got the trials and the super grind up to knight trials. 
The devs have realy messed up on this one
Owen-Lars
Thu Aug 19, 2004 7:46 am
#24
Oh yeah I forgot about that. But isnt Pub 10 coming out before the CB? Also u have to consider that if u are hunting in a group then u will be getting overall less xp but more scout xp alot faster than if u soloed.Just imagined if u had a group of 20 rangers hunting enraged rancors only with 2 missions each.
lol ya that would work, but what are the chances? People can solo, so they do. Still you are coming up with ideas to get around the problem, yes they would work if you get into a massive group but why should we have to? In this age when solo'ability is everything, why should rangers have to get into a massive group just to get comparable returns to weapons?
Yes there are ways around us not getting as much as weapon and limiting the gap however these methods are not common place in this age and only seem to drive around the problem rather than fix it.
Owen-Lars
Thu Aug 19, 2004 7:47 am
#25
I cannot be certain but ive heard many many posts that even those who have unlock post patch 9 will still have to do the grind. They get credit for all the trees though i think.
Dont quote me on that but thats what ive been reading alot of both on the forums and on test itself.
Phenix1050
Thu Aug 19, 2004 7:55 am
#26
I actually prefer this to the holo-grind however.
Getting massive amounts of XP seems a bit boring, but there are mission to help break up the monotany. They broke is up so that you can't get a Jedi in a week, which is good. They killed people going through all the profs for no reason. However, I am disappointed that the POI's that now appear on the datapad are going to be mass-sploited. I say take 'em off the datapad. I found a good portion of them without datapads before they gave badges.
having them used to mean something since your average holo-grinder wouldn't taket the time to get them, and it showed you were an explorer.
Now, evereyone and their mama's gonna be a master explorer and they'll be pointless badges.
but on the whole, this works out for everyone since it'll be a long process to be jedi, requiring aLOOOONG period of training. Consider all XP gained after you are force sensitive to be part of your training. Luke had to go through combat training. It took him a while to be a Jedi. This way at least, you'll have a purpose for killing gnorts. Plus, I don't know about you but I have TONS of combat XP saved up. If I get FS I can just dump 120k of combat XP (not to mention all the Ranged weapons XP I won't need since I'm going TKA) and I'll have over 40k of XP instantly. That's what...almost one box of combat? LOL