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Hi there.

I was wondering what kind of experience you guys have had lately with soloing as a Ranger/Rifleman, do you solo krayts, or are you restricted to durnis, or somewhere in between?

Thanks!

I'm doing fairly well, having a Grand Wrix helps, but am about to lose that for the skill points. With everything on the face of the game social, your solo ability is directly linked to your ability to command a pet. Although some will try to argue you can use visibility and traps to control the number of pulls, I find this impractical for the thousands of animal deaths you need to effectively level a combat class.

Rumor has it the next big patch will include changes to the agro code, so conceal/surprise shot might become an effective solo method (right now it's send in the cat and start flushing volley once it secures the target's agro). But your ability to solo big things will more likely be due to use of rifleman abilities (conceal shot specifically) until ranger gets some help with its trapping and camping line. As it stands, you won't get anything to stick on a Krayt, and it will be questionable if would help anyway (having a ranged attack and all).

I'm a Master Ranger with 4-0-0-0 Rifleman, and I was able to solo Bluurgs today on Endor (level 50 critters) without using any of my pets. Had to be on top of my game though, and the breaks had to be at least even.

I used an unsliced T21 (don't have the stats handy but it's not remarkable) with a +min/max damage powerup and phecnacine darts. I did have to get them alone...no idea how social they are and didn't try to find out.

I'm also a 2-2-1-4 Creature Handler though, and usually I just send in a pet, bleed everything that agros and then headshot what the pet's hitting, since Riflemen currently can't deal with social mobs very well. That is supposedly going to change Real Soon Now.

I am a 4/3/3/4 Ranger, 2/3/1/3 CH, and a 3/0/0/1 Rifleman. I solo fairly easy with mobs that are 20-30 ish, and can much higher, but the pets take a beating in the process.

Well all that being said, finding Tusken Cheifs and Captains (with their sniper and raider guard) is my favorite source of rifle experience right now. Too bad I feel a little awkward doing that with my Master Ranger title on. I have become rather dependant on the pet, but that will be changing soon: only one CH skill left to release before I can no longer pull the wrix (assuming the CH changes don't come first). Put as DFH pointed out, high level critters alone can be done. But with social critters, you pretty much need a pet if it's larger than a kreetle. Doesn't really matter how large a pet: with flushing shot 2 and melee enemies clustered around it, they go down fast.

you can hold your own but you cant get cocky and go charging in. you should have an idea about your target, do they pack assist etc.these thingsyou only learn through experience through encounters and dying so you understand how to be a more effective hunter.

For example, if you arehunting pickets on Dantooine,look for a nest that is made up of all females or a nest that only has one male. use conceal shot on the male first and takehim down, then take the rest out at your leasure as femalesdont pack assist. If thereis more than one male, dont bother unless you have a pet. there are of course,waysaround this but its more productiveto just track and look for another herd of females.

The short of it is, if you're up against npc's, you can hold your own. If you are up against creatures that dont pack assist, you can hold your own. If you are up against pack assisted creatures, you better have a pretty good plan. If you're trying to solo JediMasters,I hope you like walking lots esp with the CH patch on the way.

I solo fluffy bunnies!

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Kaabezza wrote:
I solo fluffy bunnies!

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How do you do it? I always get killed by those guys!

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StealthNuck wrote:
>How do you do it? I always get killed by those guys!

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I don't bathe for months then run around yelling "Die or I'll make you smell me!"