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What exactly are they going to do. Will they make you harder to detect by mobs? Will it effect pvp in anyway? Anyone know?

The only info that i'm aware of is the following from Holocron:

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Wayfaring

Scent mask is now the realm of scouts. Rangers will now get a similar ability called /conceal. A Ranger's conceal ability works very much like scentmask, except for three differences. First, it is a lot more potent: it lasts longer (up to 25 minutes for a Master Ranger) and it rarely breaks. Second, it can be applied to other players. You can now conceal your friends to give them a chance to sneak past enemies as well. The success of the conceal depends on the skill of the Ranger who applied it. Third, it requires a component to apply: a camouflage kit. Camouflage kits are crafted by the Ranger and are planet specific. For example, a Desert Camouflage Kit will allow a Ranger to conceal themselves on Tatooine. Each camouflage kit is assembled from resources gathered on the planet it affects. Camo kits for advanced planets like Endor may be fairly difficult to assemble.

The Ranger will earn experience for successful sneak checks by players he conceals.

It is also possible that the rescue command will be beefed up and moved to the Wayfaring tree (it doesn't really fit in trapping). Bugs with rescue are being fixed as well.

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If you'd like to read the entire thread regarding Ranger Correspondent Issues and the Dev's response to them then see this thread:

http://forums.station.sony.com/swg/board/message?board.id=ranger&message.id=5725

Lowger

Bloodfin

Thanks Lowne. Im a Rifleman/master marksman and im trying to figure out what I wanna do at this point. I wanna be a sniper in PvP, pve means very little to me. But since all weapons have the same range and theres radar in the game AND theres no way to hide from other PC's. Im hoping that they will make a sniper type class possible wither thru the ranger class or the rifleman class itself.

I love the radar in SWG however i've stopped several times after catching myself paying more attention to the radar than to the world around my avatar.

It's at that point that I wonder if the radar is a good thing or not. Don't get me wrong i'm certain if there wasn't any radar that PvPwould be a complete nightmare but it's just a topic that my mind wanders over every now and then. (PvP doesn't concern me much though. I've never been able to mix MMO and PvP correctly in my head. PvP to me is UT2k3, AA, HL etc)

Lowger

Bloodfin

Before I set up my mirco-floras.. what components will be needed for the camo kits?

Zee the only info that I know of is the quoted section above so to answer your question regarding what components are needed....I have no clue.

As far as I know there hasn't been any info released on the specifics but i'm planning on joining TC tonight and I'll try to find out if it's already there or not. If so i'll report back here and let you know.