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Hey guys, I am sure you get this all the time, but well... I am definately in need of some desperate help. My first holo I used has told me to master ranger. Scout xp is no prob, trapping I dont think will be too bad, but that survival xp, and then ranger camping is going to be horrendous. Im still working on trapping 3 and need help! Do you guys have any advice, macros anything to help me get through all the camping xp?? I appreciate any help you can give. thanks.

Survival XP is the hardest to get as a scout. It was the last box I filled before becoming a Master Scout. I camped a lot. I fished a lot (still do when I have time). I camped and fished at the same time for almost double the survival XP I made traps. I surveyed and sampled (still do).

Read Delta's guide on how to master scouting. He has all sorts of useful information about getting survival XP. Go to Slim's shop by Narmle, get one of his 'killer' fishing poles and start fishing! Fishing is relaxing and you can sell the meat or make more bait. Making traps also grants survival XP.

I didn't macro and I don't know any Rangers/Scouts that do. Not sure it's really possible.

How can you tell a good Ranger or Scout? He'll stop by your camp!

I didnt macro camping, so it was my last to get in both scout and Ranger, but that said every day after huting I would set up a camp to heal, leave it up for 15-20 min the set it up again, 2-3 times.

Another way is to go to a high traffic area, like just east or north of starport on LOK, get alot more ppl traffic through your camp and can max out the exp quicker.

My holocron also said master ranger.

Here's a tip.

Find someone grinding medic/doctor.

Macro tumble to kneeling (if you have it) to hurt yourself.

Have them heal you.

Takes 5 mins to max camp xp.

thanks guys, you all rock!!

ok so now that i know traps count as survival xp, i was just wondering can you get the ranger version of camping xp... wilderness is it? from making traps too?

It's all the same xp from Scout to Ranger. You'll get the same xp for camping in a Ranger camp that you do for using a Scout camp. Some people are against macro camping others live by it. Personally, I have a job so I didn't have as much time as I wanted to grind away at the frontieering line so I went the way of the macro. It worked pretty well, only took about 1-1.5 weeks to get through frontieering. The downside was that my pc didn't get a rest for that whole time.

im no ranger (not yet atleast)

but i was able to get hunting4, traping 1-4, and survival 2-4 in one day. how you ask?

throw every trap you have a big animals (to me this was mountian worrts, dewbacks, rontos, etc), then harvest them. that got me through traping and hunting. next to get through survival i set up a camp, and a macro'd making tons of camping kits in practice mode. get like 45 survival xp per camp, grind them strait for about 10-15 min then set up another camp and do it over, you do however burn through ALOT of bone and hide so i suggest you buy atleast 4k of each.

I worked on all the skills at the same time. I went into town got regular missions for creatures and do that until I had a considerable amount of wounds. Then while I was killing creatures I would always start off by throwing every trap I could make. After I had done both missions I would either go get more missions or if I got wounded bad enough I would set up a camp till all my wounds were healed then I would go get more missions and that is how I got to master scout. I was able to move through all the trees pretty much at the same pace.

The fastest, easiest way to get camping xp is simply to find a very large hunting party (IMO) and stick with them for a few hours.

Someone going afk for a bio? Throw up a camp.

Someone died and is running back? Throw up a camp.

Someone puking from spice? Throw up a camp.

If you explain what you are doing and why you are doing it, a lot of people don't mind if you keep your camps up indefinitely.. they like the base feel. Some don't like that one bit, as you can't engage in the fights. That depends on your group, if you have pets, medic skills, and entertainer skills.

I never kept my camps up indefinitely, but I did throw one down at every opportunity -- and netted max or near max xp for each one. We got pretty good at 2-3 minute power sessions -- someone dancing, someone tendwounding, someone would be healing pets, and someone would be afk for a bio. Depending on people, wounds, etc... a camp can max out fairly fast.

I wasn't interested in going fast, and I play casually, but I felt like my survival xp flew by this way.

--Elysa Kamekazi, Master Ranger & Other Stuff, Intrepid

I did the macro camping thing while working from home. It still takes awhile and you consume tons of supplies. If you can travel with groups and throw up camps often, you can get more xp for the camp. I noticed when solo camping, depending on the camp type it would take me 40 minutes to max the camps xp. When travelling with groups, that can be as short as 5 minutes and the max xp of the camp is higher when there are more people in the camp.

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sorry, how exactly do you set up the macro?

Rome wasn't built in a day, and niether is getting to Master Ranger. Believe me, I can empathize with your situation, but unfortunatelygrinding out survival XP will take some time.

What I would often do was set up a camp, and do some things around the house, watch a movie, or television, and just disband, and deploy my camps every thirty minutes.

Good luck.