Ranger Archive

I went solo through the Scout tree, but just joined a town/PA, so Ranger is gonna be a different story. However, I noticed that the Survival Experience I gained from camping itself varied, apparently according to what actions I took while camping.

-> I have done nothing but sit in a chair and gained the max xp for the camptype in 20-25 minutes. Alot of times I got far less xp in the same time doing the same nothing.

-> I have fished in flooded campsites or off the rear section of High Quality Camps and gained somewhat lower xp, but sometimes higher xp (from the camp itself, not counting the xp from fishing).

I have surveyed and sampled, I have crafted, I have spent time rearranging my inventory, I have spent time studying the skill trees, etc, etc, etc.

Now, I have tried to graph some of these xp gains, but have found no method to the madness. Has anyone else found a way to determine what, if anything, maybe I'm just seeing things, affectsthe rate of survival point gain other than the standards like number of visitors and wound heals?

-Naoskair, Scylla

Have you tracked how many people are camping with you? Just guessing, I thought it was merely time in camp, with more xp for having more people in the camp. I read somewhere that you get more xp if more people enter your camp.

Yeah, number of visitors I know increase the xp gain. I spent a lot of time border running for a higher visitor count, but then I learned about fishing with flooded campsites and that's when I really started to noticed the difference in xp gain while performing other actions.

Anything you do in a camp adds to the XP. I proven winner is to craft other camps, for practice so you don't glom up your inventory with camps. You get double XP, the camp's xp goes up and you get survival xp for crafting.

Bring a friend, duel each other for giggles. Pop a camp, heal in the camp, XP goes up. If the friend needs medic xp, so much the better.

My favorite is go hunting on an advanced planet with a group of 8. Expect to stay for a while, everyone gets two missions, but spread out the directions. Do a mission, pop a camp to heal selves and pets, craft new traps, let the entertainers do their thing, whatever. You can max a camp out in as little as 8 minutes if everyone is doing something. You can do 16 missions, get a load of xp and creds on them, and get a load of survival xp from the camps. Not to mention the fun group hunting can be.

JB